Friday, November 3, 2017

5 Themes of Geography





The theme that is the most difficult is Location because I am pretty good at the other themes but I am not understanding location that much. This theme is hard for me because, does it mean like the exact coordinates of a specific place because place also means an specific spot but region has a lot of places in a spot? The other themes of geography are pretty good and I can really explain Human Environment Interaction really good.
The five themes of geography helps us to analyze the world better by telling us where each place is and the connection and relationships between the people and the Earth.
For example:
Location is the absolute of relative location of a place, absolute location is coordinates of an place and relative location is when you use the scale on an map to find the distance between two locations/coordinates
Place- is the human and physical characteristics of an place like the buildings people build is an example of a human features/characteristics, physical characteristics is like a mountain
Movement- when people trade all around the world
Humans and the environment- people adapt by putting a jacket on when it's cold outside, people alter the world by polluting the air, people use the land by cutting down wood.
Region- The areas and the human and physical characteristics

1 comment:

  1. Nihara, I found a lot of important information on your blog. I like how you mentioned that the 5 themes of geography help us analyze the world. I was quite unsure about what you meant about having to find the absolute relative location of a place, since relative and absolute location are two different things.
    Your writing made me form an opinion that location and region are easily mixed up, since you can also find the location of a region. While I was reading your post I found myself wondering about your definition of region. Region is when places have something in common.
    Overall, good job on your blog!


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