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Five Themes of Geography

THEME
 
KEY IDEAS

Location:
Position on the Earth's Surface

Location of places can be described using relative terms.
Location of places can be described using reference systems.
Reasons can be identified for the location of places.
 

Place:
Physical and Human Characteristics

Places have physical characteristics.
Places have human characteristics.
Places may be described or represented in different ways.
 

Human/Environmental Interaction:
Relationships Within Places

Relationships within places include how people depend on the environment.
Relationships within places include how people adapt to the environment.
Relationships within places include the impact of technology on the environment.
 

Movement:
Humans Interacting on the Earth

Movement demonstrates interdependence.
Movement involves linkages between places.
Patterns of movement involve people, ideas, and products.
 

Regions:
How They Form and Change

Regions are a way to organize information.
A region has common characteristics.
Regions change.
 

 

 
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