BELL RINGER
• In your notebook, briefly describe your hometown.
(Be sure to write in complete sentences.)
Today’s Big IDEA:
• The Five Themes of Geography allow us to better
understand the Earth, its features, and its people.
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
• How do the themes of location, place, and region
help us better understanding any point on the Earth?
• What net effect have humans had on Earth?
• How has the movement of people and ideas
impacted history?
FIVE THEMES OF
GEOGRAPHY
KEY TERMS
• Location
• Region
• Place
• Relative Location
• Interaction
between Humans
and the
Environment
• Absolute Location
• Movement
• Cultural Diffusion
FIVE THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY
Used by geographers to study
and classify the world.
1. Location
2. Place
3. Interaction between People and the
Environment
4. Movement
5. Region
LOCATION
• Position on the Earth’s surface
• Relative Location
• A location of a place in relation to another
place
• Mexico is to the south of the U.S.A.
• Pittsburg is located west of Philadelphia.
• Absolute Location
• A point on the Earth's surface expressed by
latitude and longitude.
• Baghdad is located at approx. 34N/44E.
• Garnet Valley?
PLACE
• Physical and human
characteristics
• Describing a Location
• Deserts are arid.
• Harrisburg is the state capital.
Describe the “Place”
Index Cards
• Washington D.C.
• New York City
• Los Angeles
• Antarctica
• The Moon
INTERACTION BETWEEN PEOPLE
AND THE ENVIRONMENT
• Human adaptations to climate
and landscape
Examples?
• Pollution
• Air conditioning / heating
• Bridges
• Agriculture
INTERACTION BETWEEN PEOPLE AND
ENVIRONMENT
Describe Five Ways that Humans
have Improved the Environment
Describe Five Ways that Humans
have negatively impacted the
Environment
MOVEMENT
• Transfer or passage of people,
goods, and ideas
• Migration
• Spreading of epidemics (bird flu)
• Trading goods (foreign made cars)
• Sharing of ideas (religion)
• Chinese New Year Migration
MOVEMENT (CONT.)
CULTURAL DIFFUSION
• Cultural Diffusion – The
Spreading of ideas, customs, or
products from one culture to
another.
• Historical Example?
• Buddhism’s spread out of India to
Japan and China along trade routes
• Modern Example?
• American Fast Food throughout the
world
REGION
 Area with its own unifying
characteristics
• Political Region
 The U.S., Canada, and Mexico
are all in North America.
• Physical Region
• Bangladesh is located on a River
Delta
• Cultural Region
 Western PA cheers for the Steelers
and eastern PA cheers for the
Eagles.
Today’s Big IDEA:
• The Five Themes of Geography allow us to better
understand the Earth, its features, and its people.
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
• How do the themes of location, place, and region
help us better understanding any point on the Earth?
• What net effect have humans had on Earth?
• How has the movement of people and ideas
impacted history?
SMALL GROUP ASSIGNMENT
 In groups, describe your hometown with regards to
the five themes of geography. For each, write a few
sentences, and draw a visual representation.
1. Location
2. Place
3. Interaction between People and
Environment
4. Movement
5. Region