Five Themes of Geography Flashcards

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What are the five themes of geography?

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location, place, movement, human-environment interaction, and region

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location

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it refers to two different kinds of location, a specific location and a relative location

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specific location

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using latitude and longitude, you would find a specific location on a map

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relative location

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refers to the way in which different places are connected by different elements

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place

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it gives us human and physical characteristics that make a place unique

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human/environment interaction

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it means how humans and environments interact and what is the result of that interaction

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movement

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anything that interacts; people, places, and things

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region

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a place in the world that shares characteristics, they can be physical, human, and cultural characteristics

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