5 Themes Of Geography

1. 5 THEMES
OF
GEOGRAPHY
SOCIAL STUDIES – MISS MILAZZO

2. Location
Location describes where a place is.
2 Types of Location
Absolute Location
Relative Location

3. Absolute Location
Describes the exact location on the earth’s
surface
Use latitude and longitude to describe this
location
Global address

4. Absolute Location
 Latitude:
40° 7' N
Longitude:
74° W
NEW YORK CITY

5. Relative Location
Describes a place in relation to another place
Typically directional words are used to
describe the location

6. Relative Location
Northeast of
Philadelphia
Located between the
Hudson River and East
River
Empire State
Building is 227 miles
north of the White
House.
It is also about 15
blocks from New
York's Central Park.
NEW YORK CITY

7. Place
The physical and human characteristics that
make a place unique

8. Physical
Characteristics
What naturally is present?
Can include landforms such as mountains or
bodies of water, animals, the climate or
weather conditions

9. Physical
Characteristics
NEW YORK CITY
Located on an island called Manhattan
Has a humid subtropical climate

10. Human Characteristics
What do people make or do there?
Can include their culture, language, religion,
politics, buildings, landmarks, bridges, and
roads

11. Human Characteristics
NEW YORK CITY

12. Human-Environment
Interaction
The impact humans and the environment have
on each other.
Can be positive or negative.

13. Human-Environment
Interaction
Hurricanes can occur
in this area and
subways or low lying
coastal areas need to
be evacuated.
On an island so
humans have had to
adapt and build a
bridge to be able to
and from the city
Air pollution exists
from factories,
buildings, and vehicle
exhaust.
NEW YORK CITY

14. Movement
The mobility of people, goods and ideas
Travel, communication, trade

15. Movement
50.5 million tourists
visited in 2011
Immigration -
Between 1892 and
1956 over 12 million
immigrants passed
through Ellis Island
NEW YORK CITY

16. Region
Unifying physical, human, or cultural
characteristics in an area
Helps geographers split the world into areas of
study

17. Region

NEW YORK CITY
In the Northeast of the United
States
Located along the eastern
seaboard
5 boroughs which include
Manhattan, Bronx, Brooklyn,
Queens and Staten Island

18. Can you name the 5
themes?
Try and give an example of each!
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19. And the 5 themes are…
1 – Location
2 – Place
3 – Human-Environment
Interaction
4 – Movement
5 – Region