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LOCATION
Absolute Location

An exact address of a place using

Latitude & Longitude. Ex: 30N 100W
or 2000 Rollins, McKinney, TX 75069

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LOCATION
Relative Location

the position of a place in relation

to another place.
Ex: East of Wal-Mart or
Main Event is West of Highway 75

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PLACE

What is it like there?

Places have both human and
physical characteristics!
What do you think of when you imagine
China? Japan? Russia? Saudi Arabia?

PLACE

What is it like there?

Physical
Features

Geography (mountains,
rivers, deserts, climate, plant
& animal

PLACE
What is it like there?
Human Features

Culture of the people: language,

clothes, food, religion, the kinds of
people. . .

P L A C E

HUMAN/
ENVIRONMENT
I N T E RAC T I O N
What is the relationship between the people
and their environment?
People change the environment and sometimes Mother Nature changes it back. For example, floods in
the Mid-West, Hurricane Katrina, Tsunamis in SE Asia, and earthquakes and mudslides in California.

There are three main keys to human/environmental interaction:

People change their environment. (pollution, cut down trees, build roads, hunt
animals. . .)
The environment changes people. (hurricanes, tornadoes, drought, flooding. . .)
People adapt to the environment. (clothing suitable for weather conditions. . .)
Examples:
People depend on the Columbia River for our water and transportation.People modify our
environment by heating and cooling buildings for comfort. People adapt to the
environment by wearing clothing that is suitable for summer and winter; rain and shine.

MOVEMENT
How are people and places connected?
The movement of people, the import and export of
goods, and mass communication have all played
major roles in shaping our world.
People everywhere interact and connect. They travel
from place to place and they communicate.

People interact and connect with each other through

movement.
Humans occupy places unevenly on Earth because of the
environment. We interact with each other through travel,
trade, information flows (E-Mail) and political events.

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How are people and places connected?

Reasons for moving

better land, religious

freedom, change to earn a
better living

cars, buses, subways,

commuter trains, and
airplanes
Ways of moving goodstruck, ships, trains, planes
*trade and interdependence
Ways of moving
people

REGION

A region is the basic unit of study in geography. A region is an area

that displays a logical unity in terms of the government,
language, or possibly the landform or situation. Regions are
human constructs that can be mapped and analyzed.

Region
Equatorial
Tropical
Subtropical
Desert
Grassland
Temperate

Geographers divide the world into

regions based on physical features &
cultural characteristics
Protestant
Protestant
Roman
Catholic
Roman
Catholic

Eastern
Orthodox
Eastern
Orthodox
Sunni
Muslim
Sunni
Muslim
Shia
Muslim
Shia
Muslim
Hinduism
Hinduism

Buddhism
Buddhism
Chinese Religions
Chinese Religions
Shinto & Buddhism
Shinto & Buddhism
Judiasm
Judiasm
Tribal, Christian,
Tribal,Muslim
Christian,
Muslim
Tribal & Christian
Tribal & Christian
Traditional & Tribal
Traditional & Tribal

5 THEMES CORNELL NOTES

LOCATION
Absolute Location

Relative Location
PLACE
Physical Features
Human Features
HUMAN/
ENVIRONMENT
INTERACTION
MOVEMENT
Reasons for moving
Ways of moving people
Ways of moving goods
REGIONS

An exact address of a place using Latitude & Longitude. (the position of a place
on the earths surface using the latitude & longitude) Ex: 30N 100W or 2000
Rollins
the position of a place in relation to another place.

Ex: East of Wal-Mart

Geography (mountains, rivers, deserts, climate, plant & animal

Culture of the people: language, clothes, food. . . (the kinds of people who live
there, activities that take place there, religion, language, cultural background
are all characteristics of place)
People change their environment. (pollution, cut down trees, build roads, hunt
animals. . .)
The environment changes people. (hurricanes, tornadoes, drought, flooding. . .)

better land, religious freedom, change to earn a better living

automobiles, buses, subways, commuter trains, and airplanes
truck, ships, trains, planes *trade and interdependence
Geographers divide the world into regions based on physical features &
cultural characteristics

MR. HELP 5 THEMES

M - MOVEMENT
R - REGION

ENVIRONM

LO C ATIO N

HUMAN

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P L A C E