1. Location

2. Place

3. Movement

4. Regions

5. Human - Environment Interactions

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5 Themes of Geography

We know how to describe a place using the five themes of geography.

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The six elements of geography explain how we study geography.

​Six Elements of Geography

• Map usage

• Spatial organization of people / places ​

​​Spatial ​

• physical / human characteristics of a place

• ​creation of regions

​​Places / Regions

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• shaping Earth's surfaces

• ​Ecosystems

​​Physical Systems

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• Learn about the past

• Plan for the future​

Uses of Geography

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• Migration

• Culture

• ​Economics

• Governments ​

• Cooperative / conflicts​

Human Systems

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• physical systems and human system interact

• ​resources

• human impact on the world​

Environment & Society