5 Themes of Geography Notes

How people, animals, goods, and ideas move into, out of, and through a place.

Examples: airports, highways, rivers, social media​

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How people adapt to or change the environment

Examples: using irrigation to make golf courses in the desert, traditional clothing based on seasons, types of houses based on local climate

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An area of places with common characteristics

Formal regions- officially defined (USA, Sedgwick County, Wichita)

Functional regions- ​defined by connections (Wichita TV market)

Vernancular regions-​ defined by people's perception, have no official boundary (the Great Plains, the Midwest)

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Where in the world is this place?

Absolute location- uses EITHER latitude (north/south east/west) or street address; is unique to one place- 2023 N. Arkansas, Wichita, KS 67213 or 37.6872° N, 97.3301° W

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Relative location- a place ​described by its relation to other places; NOT unique to one place. Kansas is north of Oklahoma, O'Reily's Auto Parts is across the street from Quick Trip.

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Describes the physical & human characteristics of the place

Human- things made by or about people. Land use, buildings, languages, religions, transportation types, farms, etc.

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Physical things- naturally ocurring things in the environment​. Lakes, mountains, wildlife, forests, etc

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