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The Five Themes of Geography
A Framework for Studying the World
North Carolina Geographic AlliancePowerPoint Presentations
2007
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5 Themes of GeographyGeography is the study of the earth’s
physical features and people’s relationship with them.
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Theme 1: Location
• Where is It?• Why is It There?
Two Types of Location
•Absolute
•Relative
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A. Absolute Location
• An exact point on the Earth’s surface• Uses a grid system of Latitude and
Longitude• A global address
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• Latitude is a map feature that measures the distance north or south of the equator.
• Longitude is a map feature that measures the distance east or west of the prime meridian.
• A map is a flat drawing that shows all or parts of the Earth.
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The EQUATOR: an imaginary line of 0 degrees LATITUDE that divides the earth into a
northern and southern hemisphere.
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The Prime Meridian is an imaginary line
that runs through Greenwich, England (0 degrees longitude) and divides the world into eastern and western
hemispheres
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North CarolinaAbsolute Location
North Carolina Raleigh36° N Latitude 35° N Latitude 79° W longitude 78° W Longitude
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DRMS Latitude and Longitude:35 54 N 78 35 W
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B. Relative Location• Where a place is
in relation to another place
• Uses the Compass Rose and directional words to describe– Cardinal directions
North, West East
South
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What is NC’s Relative Location to the Atlantic Ocean, Virginia, and Tennessee?
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• 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: PlacePhysical Characteristics
• Land Features• Mountains, plains,
and deserts• Climate• Bodies of Water
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● Human Characteristicsof Place
• 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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Cape Hatteras Physical Characteristics
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Biomes: All of these forces work together to form biomes, or areas of land with particular flora (plants), fauna (animals), climate, and inhabitants.
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Theme 3: (HEI) Human Environment Interaction
How People Interact With Their Environment
• Adapt: People change their behavior, eskimos build shelter from ice
• Modify : People change the environmentcut down forests for farming
• Depend on Their Environment- soil to grow crops
http://www.fotosearch.com/comp/corbis/DGT119/BAG0017.jpg
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Depend On, Modify, or Adapt to1. The Aleut use ice to build their homes in
the Arctic Circle.2. The people of NC use their air conditioners
every day during July and August.3. The farmers of NC cut down trees, cleared
fields and planted tobacco in the 1700s.4. The Egyptians used the flood waters of the
Nile to fertilize their crops.
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On the back write 1 How does the Hoover Dam change the environment?
2. How do people depend upon the environment based on this image?
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North Carolina: Human Environment Interaction3. How have humans modified this environment?
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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4. How did Washington Duke modify his environment in Durham, NC?
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Examine the image and list ways that people interact with the environment
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Theme 4: Movement
The Mobility of• People• Goods• Ideas
How Places are linked to one another and the world
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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 (red and
blue states)• Landform Regions• Agricultural Regions• Cultural Regions
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How have these men adapted to their environment?
Teacher: See questions in “Notes” below.
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Review: Describe the Physical and Human Characteristics of Place How have these people adapted to their environment?
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Review Movement The Lost Boys• What were the push
factors that contributed to the movement of the Lost Boys?
• What were the pull factors that contributed to the movement of the Lost Boys?
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/movies/god-grew-tired/from-sudan-ggtu/ http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/movies/god-grew-tired/responsibility-leadership-ggtu/
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Climate Regions We’ll SeeHumid Tropical Warm and Wet Rain Forest
Tropical Savannah
Warm, Wet and Dry Grassland
Desert Dry Sand and Rock
Steppe Hot and Cool, Little Rain Short Grass, Shrubs
Mediterranean Dry, warm summers…Mild, Wet Winters
Scrub Woodland, Grasses
Humid Subtropical
Hot Summers, Mild Winters, Wet
Mixed Forest
Marine West Coast
Mild Summers, Rainy Winters, Ocean Influence
Evergreen Forest
Highland Elevations Mountains