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Looking at The Earth

The document introduces the five themes of geography: location, place, region, movement, and human-environment interaction. It provides details on each theme, including definitions and examples. Location examines where places are in terms of absolute and relative location. Place looks at the physical and cultural characteristics of locations. Region considers how places are similar or different through formal, functional, and perceptual regions. Movement explores how people, goods, and ideas travel between locations. Finally, human-environment interaction discusses how humans relate to and change their physical surroundings.

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Looking at The Earth

The document introduces the five themes of geography: location, place, region, movement, and human-environment interaction. It provides details on each theme, including definitions and examples. Location examines where places are in terms of absolute and relative location. Place looks at the physical and cultural characteristics of locations. Region considers how places are similar or different through formal, functional, and perceptual regions. Movement explores how people, goods, and ideas travel between locations. Finally, human-environment interaction discusses how humans relate to and change their physical surroundings.

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Chapter 1

Looking at the Earth


The Five Themes of Geography

 Geography: the study


of the distribution
and interaction of
physical and human
features on the earth
Why Study Geography
The Five Themes of Geography
 Location
 Place

 Region

 Movement

 Human-Environment

Interaction
5 Themes
Location
Where is it?
 Absolute Location
•Exact place on earth where a
geographic feature is found
•Hemispheres: North, South,
East, West
•Equator
•Prime Meridian
Absolute Location
 Latitude Lines
•Run parallel to equator
•North latitude or South
latitude
 Longitude Lines

•Run perpendicular to equator


•Mark East or West
Longitude/Latitude
Location
 Relative Location
•Describes how a
place is related to
its surrounding
environment
Place
What is it like?
 Includes physical
features and cultural
characteristics
 Description of a place

may change over time


Region
How are places similar or different?
 Formal Regions
•Defined by limited number
of related characteristics
U.S.A and Canada, Latin

America, South Asia


Region
 Functional Regions
•Organized around set of
interactions and
connections between
places
City and its suburbs
Region
How are places similar or different?
Perceptual Regions
•People perceive the
characteristics of
region in the same way
-American Midwest
Human-Environment
Interaction
How do people relate to physical world?

 Learn to use what


environment offers
them
 Change environment to

meet their needs


Human-Environment Interaction
 Learn to live with certain
aspects of environment
 People respond to same

environment in different
ways
Movement
How do people, goods and
ideas move from one
location to the other?
 Linear Distance

•How far across the earth


something travels
Movement
 Time Distance
•Amount of time it takes
to travel
 Psychological Distance

•Way people view distance


The Geographer’s Tools
 Maps, globes, and data
 3 kinds of maps

•General reference map


•Thematic map
•Navigation map
Countries of the World

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