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.
