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The Five Themes of Geography
A Framework for Studying the World
PRESTON HIGH SCHOOL GEOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT
PowerPoint Presentations2012-2013
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Theme 1: LOCATION
• Where is It?• Why is It There?
Two Types of Location
•Absolute
•Relative
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Absolute Location
• A specific place on the Earth’s surface• Uses a grid system• Latitude and longitude• A global address
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WHAT IS SHE TALKING ABOUT?!!!• Lines joining points of the same latitude trace circles on the surface of the Earth called parallels, as they are parallel to the equator and to each other.
• The North Pole is 90° N; the South Pole is 90° S.
• The 0° parallel of latitude is at the equator; it is the fundamental plane of all geographic coordinate systems.
• The equator divides the globe into Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
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North CarolinaAbsolute Location
• North Carolina36° N Latitude 79° W longitude
• Chapel Hill35° 55' N Latitude 79° 05' W Longitude
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Relative Location
• Where a place is in relation to another place
• Uses Directional Words to describe– Cardinal Directions (N,S,E,W)– Intermediate Directions (NW, SE,
etc.)
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North Carolina
• North Carolina is bordered by Virginia on the north, South Carolina and Georgia on the south, and Tennessee on the west.
• The Atlantic Ocean forms North Carolina's east coast.
• North Carolina is one of the Southeastern States
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Theme 2: PLACEa) Physical Characteristics• Land Features• Mountains, plains,
and plateaus• Climate• Bodies of Water
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North Carolina: Physical Characteristics
http://www.wetmaap.org/Cape_Hatteras/ch_tm_2.html
Photos above: Steve Pierce
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Theme 2: PLACEb) Human Characteristics
• People• Culture• Language• Religion• Buildings and
Landmarks• Cities
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North Carolina: Human Characteristics
National Geographic Magazine
http://www.rivinus.com/camerastuff/charlotte_nc.htm
Top right:http://graphics.fansonly.com/photos/schools/unc/nonsport/school-bio/unc-oldwell2-lg.jpg
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Theme 3: Human-Environment Interaction
How People Interact With Their Environment
People . . .• Adapt to Their Environment• Modify Their Environment• Depend on Their Environment
http://www.fotosearch.com/comp/corbis/DGT119/BAG0017.jpg
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North Carolina: Human Environment Interaction
http://aam.wcu.edu/grant/images/Fontana%20Dam%20Shirley.jpg
http://www.ee.duke.edu/~sag8/Duke/02-03/PiKA/Fall%20Break/Fall_Break_02.htm
http://www.dukemagazine.duke.edu/dukemag/issues/091002/images/mallc.jpg
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Theme 4: Movement
The Mobility of• People• Goods• Ideas
How Places are linked to one another and the world… and how things get there!
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North Carolina: Movement
http://www.marad.dot.gov/Gallery/MoreheadCity/pages/Ming%20Europe.htm
http://www.evertize.com/land/images/I-40-64%20interchange.JPG
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Theme 5: Regions
What Places Have in Common:
• Political Regions• Landform Regions• Agricultural Regions• Cultural Regions
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North Carolina: Regions
http://home.neo.rr.com/rodsphotogallery/NaturalWonders/SeaSand/Images/JockeysRidge.jpg
http://www.shorebirdworld.org/fromthefield/Images/Hatteras%20Light.JPG
http://www.homestead.com/pncfa/files/piedmontmap.jpg
http://www.ncbbi.org/images/piedmont-images/piedmont-nc-heartland-golf.jpg
Steve Pierce
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Review of Themes1. Location
– Absolute & Relative
2. Place
– Physical & Human
3. Human Environment Interaction
4. Movement
– Mobility & Linkage
5. Regions
– Political & Landform
– Agricultural & Cultural