Wednesday, August 31, 2011

5 Themes of Geography definitions

Location: Where a place is on earth.  ( absolute-exact location or relative- what it is near)

Place: the physical and human characteristics of a place. ( what does it look like)

Human and Environment Interaction: The way and the environment effect each other (adaptation)

Movement: The way people, goods, and ideas, travel from place to place (planes, cars, internet)

Regions: Areas of the world that have common physical, human, or cultural characteristics (Formal- country, Functional- zipcode, Vernacular- perception)