Geography Themes
Location
- Where is it?
- Why is it located there?
Absolute Location
- Simply put this is the degrees of latitude and longitude.
- EX: 25.2744° S, 133.7751° E is the absolute location of Australia
Relative Location
- A point of reference.
- EX: near, far, a short drive.
- EX: iTEC is near Sunland Park mall
Themes 3-5
- What are their unifying features and how do they
- form and change over time?
- Regions a basic unit for geographic study. Midwest
- Geographers divide the world into regions to help them interpret
- Great Lakes
- Regions can be defined on the basis of: physical and human characteristics.
Human Environment Interactions
- How do people interact with and change their environment?
- Depend on the environment
- Adapt to the environment
- Modify the environment
Movement
- How are people and places linked by communication and
- the flow of people, ideas and goods?
- Transportation, communication, trade
- Patterns of movement such as migration
- Linkages and connections
Place
Human Characteristics
- Who lives there?
- ex: bridges, roads, buildings, culture, language
Physical Characteristics
- What is it like?
- EX: landforms (mountains, plains, etc.), bodies of water (oceans, lakes, bay, etc.), ecosystems (soil, plants, animals, and climate)
Questions to Ask
- What is it like?
- Who lives there