The Five Themes of Geography

push factors

Reasons people emigrate or move from one place to another place. Ex: natural disasters, war, or low employment

Pull factors

Reasons people immigrate to a place. ex: job opportunities, climate, peace

regions

An area of land made up of places with specific characteristics in common or a unifying feature.

relative location

Describes location of a point by telling what it is near or what is close by.

human features

How people in a place live: occupations, pastimes, the language they speak, how their government works, tradition such as holidays, population density.

movement

How people, goods, information, and ideas move from one place to another. This movement overtime changes various aspects of cultures around the world.

emigration

Moving out of country.

immigration

Moving to another country.

cultural regions

Regions based human features, such as language or religion.

physical regions

Regions based on natural divisions on Earth, such as landform regions or vegetation regions.

climate

The average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time

absolute location

The exact location of a point on the earth's surface using latitude and longitude.

five themes of geography

The five themes of geography provide people ways to study Earth and organize the information about Earth. The five themes are: location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, and region

place

The physical and human features of a location. What's it like when you get there? Each one has its own physical and human characteristics.

geography

The study of Earth including; its features, the effects the land has on the people, animals, plants; and the effects those living things have on the Earth.

human environment interaction

What people do to the environment and what the environment does for the people who live there.

location

Where on Earth a place is. There are two forms of location: absolute location and relative location.

modification

Changing or modifying the environment to fit peoples needs. Ex: to build trails and or roads people need to cut down trees. These trails and roads allow people to get from one place to another.

lines of latitude

Imaginary lines that run east and west but divides the Earth into north and south. These lines measure degrees north or south of the Equator.

lines of longitude

Imaginary lines that run north and south but divides the Earth into east and west. These lines measure degrees east or west of the Prime Meridian.

adaptation

Making an adjustment of some kind to be able to live in a particular environment. Ex: When you live in a cold climate you wear warm clothes.

physical features

Natural features: landforms, water forms, climate, native plants, and native animals. What's it like when you get there?

migration

The movement from one country or location to a different country or location.

dependence

To rely on some aspect of your environment to be able to live in a particular way. Ex: When people use trees for heat or to build a shelter.