5+Themes+of+Geography

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 * 1) Location
 * Where something is on the earth's surface
 * can be either absolute or relative
 * Absolute is exact, such as coordinates or your address
 * Relative is compared to something else, such as "across from McDonald's"
 * 1) Place
 * Describes what an area looks like
 * Can be either natural or human made
 * 1) Region
 * 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
 * 1) Human environment interaction
 * How is the area being changed by humans?
 * How are humans being changed by the environment?
 * Building roads to drive on
 * Building houses with thick insulation
 * Wearing shorts in the summer
 * 1) movement
 * The movement or spread of “  <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Arial,sans-serif;">things  <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Arial,sans-serif;">”  <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Arial,sans-serif;"> (people, goods, and/or ideas) from one place to another
 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Arial,sans-serif;">People: going to school
 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Arial,sans-serif;">Goods: going shopping
 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Arial,sans-serif;">Ideas: school or internet
 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Arial,sans-serif;">Almost everything deals with some form of movement