5 Themes of Geography Flashcards

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5 Themes of Geography

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Location, Place, Human Environment Interaction, Movement, Region

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Absolute Location

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Exact location on Earth, including degrees.

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Relative Location

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Describing the location with things near by. (My house is by Target.)

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Physical Place

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Physical description of a place. Mountains, rivers, ect.

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Human Place

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The human culture of the area. A characteristic made by humans changing the environment.

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HEI

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Human Environment Interaction. How humans adapt, modify and depend.

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Movement

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How goods, people, services and ideas move.

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Formal Region

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Based on some common feature such as climate, cultural factors, economics, or landforms.

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Functional Region

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Organized around a set of interactions and connections between places; has a node of activity.

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Perceptual Region

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Defined by human attitudes about an area.

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