The Five Themes of Geography

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location

Tells you where it is (absolute and relative)

<p>Tells you where it is (absolute and relative)</p>
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place

What's it like when you get there? Each one has its own physical and human characteristics.

<p>What's it like when you get there? Each one has its own physical and human characteristics.</p>
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regions

What do the locations have in common?

<p>What do the locations have in common?</p>
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movement

People and ideas spread and get around!

<p>People and ideas spread and get around!</p>
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human-environment interaction

What do the people do to the environment? What does the environment do for the people?

<p>What do the people do to the environment? What does the environment do for the people?</p>
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Human Characteristics

Anything manmade: art, language, religion, government, landmarks, bridges, roads etc. What's it like when you get there?

<p>Anything manmade: art, language, religion, government, landmarks, bridges, roads etc. What's it like when you get there?</p>
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Physical characteristics

Natural features: landforms, water forms, climate, native plants, and native animals. What's it like when you get there?

<p>Natural features: landforms, water forms, climate, native plants, and native animals. What's it like when you get there?</p>
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interact

adapt to, modify, depend on

<p>adapt to, modify, depend on</p>
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modify

Build trails and roads; cut down trees

<p>Build trails and roads; cut down trees</p>
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adapt to

wear warm clothes

<p>wear warm clothes</p>
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depend on

use trees for paper, heat, homes

<p>use trees for paper, heat, homes</p>
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absolute location

The EXACT location of a point on the earth's surface using latitude and longitude.

<p>The EXACT location of a point on the earth's surface using latitude and longitude.</p>
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relative location

Describes location of a point by telling what it is near or what is close by.

<p>Describes location of a point by telling what it is near or what is close by.</p>
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equator

An imaginary line around the middle of the earth halfway between the North Pole and South Pole with a latitude of 0.

<p>An imaginary line around the middle of the earth halfway between the North Pole and South Pole with a latitude of 0.</p>
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hemisphere

Half of the earth -- either Northern / Southern, or Eastern / Western

<p>Half of the earth -- either Northern / Southern, or Eastern / Western</p>
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prime meridian

An imaginary line with a longitude of 0 that divides the earth into Western and Eastern hemispheres.

<p>An imaginary line with a longitude of 0 that divides the earth into Western and Eastern hemispheres.</p>
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longitude

Imaginary lines that measure degrees east or west of the prime meridian

<p>Imaginary lines that measure degrees east or west of the prime meridian</p>
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latitude

Imaginary lines that measure degrees north or south of the equator

<p>Imaginary lines that measure degrees north or south of the equator</p>