Geography

Concepts
5 THEMES OF
GEOGRAPHY
LOCATION:
▪ Where are things and people located? A location can be absolute (specific) as in
coordinates of map using latitude and longitude, or a location can be relative, as
in next door, nearby or in the same general location as another location.

▪Where is it?
LOCATION
Where something is.
Absolute Location: position
on the globe
San Isidro, Heredia.
Exact location: 10˚
01'59 N and 84˚ 02'41
W.

Relative Location:
Where a place is located
compared to other places
 PLACE:
▪ A place is an area that is defined by everything in it.
All places have features that give them personality and
distinguish from other places (physical and human). If
you refer to your school as a place then that place
would include walls, windows, gym, cafeteria,
classrooms, people, clothing, books, maps, brooms,
hallways, mices, ants, plants and everything else in the
school including languages spoken.

▪What is it like there?

PLACE
Generally what you would
remember about a location
after a visit there
What is your favorite place
to visit? Why?
What place would you most
like to visit? Why?

Each place has its own

personality
REGION:
▪ A region is an area that is defined by certain similar characteristics.
Those unifying or similar characteristics can be physical, natural,
human or cultural.

▪How is the place like the other places?

▪How is different?
REGIONS:

• Places united by certain

characteristics.
• Cultural (Language –
Religion – Customs)
• Political: (Cities –
Countries – type pf
government)
MOVEMENT:
▪ Movement refers to the way people, products,
information and ideas are moved. This can be local,
such as how did you get to school today or, it can be
global such as how did humans get to Costa Rica.

▪ How and why do people

products and ideas move to
and from the place?
MOVEMENT:

How boundaries are

determined and why people
move from place to place
HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT
INTERACTION:
▪ Human-environment interaction looks at the relationships
between the people and their environment. How people adapt
to their environment and how they change it. 

▪ How does the place affect the

lives of people living there?
▪ How do people leaving there
affect the place?
HUMAN
ENVIRONMENT
INTERACTION:
What people / nature does to
change the landscape of a
place.

Check this:
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World
Regions
 What is a region?
Definition: A region is an area with
common features that set it apart from
other areas.

Regions can vary in size from very small

to half of the earth’s surface.
 Physical Regions
Definition: Regions
defined by Earth’s natural
environment.
Characteristics: physical
regions have common
landforms like continents,
mountains, plains, etc.
Examples: Rocky
Mountains, Coastal Plains,
etc.
 Climate Regions
Definition: measures
weather pattern of an area
over a long period of time.
Characteristics: rainfalls
totals, temperatures
averages, highs, and lows
Examples: the climate at the
equator is hot and humid,
the climate at the north pole
is cold and snowy.
 Cultural Regions
Definition: The language, religion,
and ethnic heritage of a group of people.
Characteristics: groups with
common languages, religions,
nationalities
Examples: Latin America is a
cultural region... (it includes South
America, Central America, and the
Caribbean Islands... most people speak
Spanish, Portuguese, or French... most
of the people are Roman Catholic in
faith... it puts together a wide range of
people with similar characteristics.)
 Political Regions
Definition: the area
contained is set up by a
government.
Characteristics: the
physical, cultural, and climate
regions might be very
different within the region.
Examples: Costa Rica,
Israel, Texas…