The 5 Themes
The travel of people, goods, and ideas from one location to another
movement
Include landforms such as mountains, hills, plains, volcanos, etc and and water sources such as oceans, lakes, streams, rivers, etc, and how they are all distributed over the earth
[Natural] Physical features of the Earth
An area with definable characteristics
Reigion
Describes the area over which something is spread
Spatial Distribution & Division
Involves humans interacting with the natural environment
Human environment interaction
Human Characteristics (non-physical & physical) include
Culture, language, the economy, history, etc
Describes where something is on the Earth
Location
Describes how the Earth’s natural physical features (aka natural environment) effects or impacts humans and how humans affect or impact their natural environments e.g. clothing, agriculture, & transport
Human-Environment Interactions (HEI)
Describes the physical and/or human characteristics of a location i.e. what it’s like there
Place
primary tools of geometry
Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Compass, Globe, Map, Global Positioning System (GPS