5+Themes+of+Geography

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 * Where something is on the Earth ’  s surface
 * Can be either absolute or relative
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Arial,sans-serif;">Absolute is exact, such as coordinates or your address
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Arial,sans-serif;">Relative is compared to something else, such as "across from McDonald's"
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Arial,sans-serif;">2. Place
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Arial,sans-serif;">Describes what an area looks like
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Arial,sans-serif;">Can be either natural or human made
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Arial,sans-serif;">3. Region
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Arial,sans-serif;">Areas that have something in common and can be grouped together
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Arial,sans-serif;">Political region: country borders
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Arial,sans-serif;">Cultural regions: Latin America
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Arial,sans-serif;">You can group and create regions however you want- even to mislead others!
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Arial,sans-serif;">4. Human Environment Interaction
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Arial,sans-serif;">How is the area being changed by humans?
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Arial,sans-serif;">How are humans being changed by the environment?
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Arial,sans-serif;">Building roads to drive on
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Arial,sans-serif;">Building houses with thick insolation
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Arial,sans-serif;">The movement or spread of <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Arial,sans-serif;">“  <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Arial,sans-serif;">things  <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Arial,sans-serif;">”  <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Arial,sans-serif;"> (people, goods, and/or ideas) from one place to another
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Arial,sans-serif;">People: going to school
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Arial,sans-serif;">Goods: going shopping
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Arial,sans-serif;">Ideas: school or internet
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Arial,sans-serif;">Almost everything deals with some form of movement
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Arial,sans-serif;">