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Geography
Social Studies
Mr. Chase
Grade 5
The Five Themes of Geography
Location Movement
Absolute Location People
Relative Location Goods
Place Ideas
Human Characteristics Regions
Physical Characteristics Formal
Human-Environmental Functional
Interactions Vernacular
Humans adapt to the
environment
Humans modify the
environment
Humans depend on the
environment
LOCATION
"Where are we?"
Absolute location is a latitude and longitude (a global
location) or a street address (local location).
Beecher Road School:
40°58′ N North Latitude 73°44′ West Longitude
Address: 40 Beecher Road
Woodbridge, CT 06525
Relative locations are described by landmarks, direction or
distance from one place to another.
Beecher Road School:
“Down the street from the Library”
PLACE
rivers Religion
soil Languages
wildlife Roads
vegetation
HUMAN/ENVIRONMENTAL INTERACTION
USA
Great Lakes
The Himalayas
REGION
The Arctic