5 themes of geography

What’s the acronym for the 5 themes of geography?

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Movement

How humans, goods, and ideas are moved from place to place

What are the 3 types of movement?

Human movement, information movement, and idea movement/beliefs, trends

Human movement

Examples: trains, planes, cars, walking (how people get to their destinations)

Information movement

Examples: word of mouth, letters, texting, email, phone, computer (how information gets traveled around)

Idea movement/ beliefs, trends

Examples: cultural diffusion, magazines, tv, and social media (how trends and beliefs get spread)

Region

Area that shares common characteristics

What are the 2 types of regions?

Formal region and functional region

Formal region

Region that is defined by administrative or government (ex: countries, city, china town)

Functional region

Region that is defined by a function (ex: zip codes, cellphone coverage)

Human environment interaction

How humans interact with their environment

What are the 3 types of human environment interaction?

Depend on it, adapt to it, modify it

Depend on it

Examples: use wood for homes (using their surroundings to meet their needs)

Adapt to it

Examples: dress according to the usual weather (being used to or conforming to your environment)

Modify it

Examples: add ac’s , new shops (making your environment more up to date based on your needs)

Location

Where we are

What are the 2 types of location?

Absolute, relative

Absolute location

Actual address, coordinates like Longtitude and latitude

Relative location

Landmarks, direction, time, distance, from one place to another (not saying the exact address but guiding someone to the location)

Place

What it’s like there

What are the 2 types of place?

Human characteristics and physical characteristics

Human characteristics

culture, beliefs, language, population size, work (how people are there and what they do)

Physical characteristics

landforms (mountains, rivers), climate, vegetation, wildlife (what the area is like around it or the environment)