5+themes+of+Geography

5 themes of Geography

1. Location -where something is one the earths surface - can be either absolute or relative - Absolute is exact such as coordinates - relative is compared to something else 2. Place - describes what an area looks like - can be either natural or human made 3. Religion - Areas that have something in common and can be grouped together - Political region: country borders - Cultural regions: latin America - You can group and create regions however you want- even to mislead others - Climate region 4. human environment Interaction - how is the area being changed by humans? - How are humans being changed by the environment - building roads to drive on 5. movement
 *  The movement or spread of “things”(people, goods, and/or ideas) from one place to another
 * People: going to school
 * Goods: going shopping
 * Ideas: school or internet
 * Almost everything deals with some form of movement