5 themes of geography
LOCATION
"Where are we?" is the question that the theme Location answers. Location may be absolute or it may be relative. These locations, whether relative or absolute, may be of people or places.
An absolute location is a latitude and longitude (a global location) or a street address (local location).
Florence, AL is 34o46' North latitude and 87.40' West longitude
Paris, France is 48o51' North latitude and 2.20' East longitude
Marshall Islands are 10o00' North latitude and 165o00' East longitude Relative locations are described by landmarks, time, direction or distance from one place to another and may associate a particular place with another. PLACE
What kind of place is it? What do you think of when you imagine China? Japan? Russia? Saudi Arabia?
Places have both human and physical characteristics, as well as images.
Physical characteristics include mountains, rivers, soil, beaches, wildlife, soil. Places have human characteristics also. These characteristics are derived from the ideas and actions of people that result in changes to the environment, such as buildings, roads, clothing, and food habits.
The image people have of a place is based on their experiences, both intellectual and emotional. People's descriptions of a place reveal their values, attitudes, and perceptions.
How is your hometown connected to other places? What are the human and physical characteristics of Florence? How do these shape our lives?
HUMAN/ENVIRONMENTAL INTERACTION
How do humans and the environment affect each other? We change the environment and then sometime Mother Nature changes it back. For example, floods in the mid-West, Hurricane Emily (Hatteras), and earthquakes and mudslides in California.
There are three key concepts to human/environmental interaction:
Humans adapt on the environment. Humans modify the environment. Humans depend to the environment.
People depend on the Tennessee River for our water
"Where are we?" is the question that the theme Location answers. Location may be absolute or it may be relative. These locations, whether relative or absolute, may be of people or places.
An absolute location is a latitude and longitude (a global location) or a street address (local location).
Florence, AL is 34o46' North latitude and 87.40' West longitude
Paris, France is 48o51' North latitude and 2.20' East longitude
Marshall Islands are 10o00' North latitude and 165o00' East longitude Relative locations are described by landmarks, time, direction or distance from one place to another and may associate a particular place with another. PLACE
What kind of place is it? What do you think of when you imagine China? Japan? Russia? Saudi Arabia?
Places have both human and physical characteristics, as well as images.
Physical characteristics include mountains, rivers, soil, beaches, wildlife, soil. Places have human characteristics also. These characteristics are derived from the ideas and actions of people that result in changes to the environment, such as buildings, roads, clothing, and food habits.
The image people have of a place is based on their experiences, both intellectual and emotional. People's descriptions of a place reveal their values, attitudes, and perceptions.
How is your hometown connected to other places? What are the human and physical characteristics of Florence? How do these shape our lives?
HUMAN/ENVIRONMENTAL INTERACTION
How do humans and the environment affect each other? We change the environment and then sometime Mother Nature changes it back. For example, floods in the mid-West, Hurricane Emily (Hatteras), and earthquakes and mudslides in California.
There are three key concepts to human/environmental interaction:
Humans adapt on the environment. Humans modify the environment. Humans depend to the environment.
People depend on the Tennessee River for our water