The 5 Themes of Geography
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
LOCATION
POSITION ON THE EARTH'S SURFACE
ABSOLUTE LOCATION
- Is the exact place where something is, uses specific coordinates.
- For example: Mille Lacs Lake is located at 46.2381' N and 93.6434' W.
RELATIVE LOCATION
- Relative location is a point or place in relation to another point or place.
- For example: Wayzata West is 10 minutes southwest of my house.
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
- Are mountains, bodies of water, and other natural landforms.
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HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS
- Are man made structures like bridges, buildings and roads.
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DEPEND
- As humans we depend on the environment and its natural resources, such as crops.
- The resources we have help us survive and are apart of the economy.
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MODIFY
- Changing the environment to our needs.
- We modify our environment by building houses, school and businessess.
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ADAPT
- As humans we all have to adapt to the environment in order to be successful.
- Kansas is one of the states that would be the easiest to adapt to because it is about 70 degrees all year round.
- Antarctica or Alaska would be very hard because of the brutal winter weather.
- For example: a Polar Bear is very well suited for cold weather with its thick coat of fur.
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PEOPLE
- Humans moving around the Earth, regions or areas.
- We all move everyday, we move during transport to and from locations.
- Even when we walk to our next class.
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IDEAS
- Borrowing ideas from other people and countries.
- For example: the T.V. show The Voice started in the U.S.
- Now it's in many different countries around the world.
- Sharing ideas can help us create cures with the help of doctors in the world.
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GOODS
- Trade, manufacturing products.
- Technology has an impact on the transport of goods.
- For example: in the 1900's it would take a month to get mail from other states.
- Now it takes two business days to ship it from California to Maine.
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REGIONS
- Areas that have unifying characteristics and boundaries.
- All U.S. states were regions before they were named states.
