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    Geographers often think about five main themes, or topics, When studying geography. Location tells us where a point is on the Earth's surface and why it is there. Place tells us special features an area might have, such as climate, people, landforms.

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    Geographers often think about five main themes, or topics, When studying geography. Location tells us where a point is on the Earth's surface and why it is there. Place tells us special features an area might have, such as climate, people, landforms.

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    TheFiveThemesofGeography

    Learningaboutplacesisanimportantpartofhistoryandgeography.Geographyisthestudyof
    Earthssurfaceandthewaypeopleuseit.WhengeographersstudyEarthanditsgeography,they
    oftenthinkaboutfivemainthemes,ortopics.Keepingtheseinmindwillhelpyouthinklikea
    geographer.

    Location
    EverythingonEarthhasitsownlocationtheplacewhereitcanbefound.Locationtellsuswherea
    pointisontheEarthssurfaceandwhyitisthere.Italsotellsushowfarapointisfromotherpoints.

    Place
    Everyplacehasphysicalandhumanfeaturesthatmakeitdifferentfromallotherplaces.
    Physical
    features
    areformedbynature.
    Humanfeatures
    aremadebypeople.Placetellsusspecialfeatures
    anareamighthave,suchasclimate,people,andlandforms.

    HumanEnvironmentInteractions
    Peopleandtheirsurroundingsinteract,oraffecteachother.Peoplesactivitiesmaychangethe
    environment.Theenvironmentmayaffectpeople.Sometimespeoplemustchangehowtheyliveto
    fitintotheirsurroundings.

    Movement
    People,goods,andideasmoveeveryday.Theymoveinyourstate,ourcountry,andaroundthe
    world.Wetravelandcommunicatewithoneanother.Wedependoneachotherforproductsand
    ideas.

    Regions
    AreasofEarthwithmainfeaturesthatmakethemdifferentfromotherareasarecalledregions.A
    regioncanbedescribedbyitsphysicalfeaturesoritshumanfeatures.RegionsareareasofEarth
    thatarealikeinonewayoranother.
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