5 Themes of Geography

Sonya Besagar

Absolute Location

1600 Pennsylvania Ave NWWashington, DC 20500

This is an example of absolute location because an exact street address is given for the location of the White House.

Relative Location

Thomas Jefferson Memorial across from Tidal Basin

This is an example of relative location because an exact location is not given. Instead, its given location is described by its distance from another place (Tidal Basin).

Place: Human Characteristics

These buildings are human characteristics because they are results of humans trying to change the environment. These buildings would not be here if it were not for the actions of humans.

Place: Physical Characteristics

These mountains are physical characteristics because they are natural and not man-made.

Humans Adapt to the Environment

When people wear coats and other winter clothes, they are dressing to keep themselves warm from the cold. Thus, they are adapting to the environment.

Humans Modify the Environment

This is an example of humans modifying the environment because to create Mount Rushmore National Memorial, the mountain was drilled and “sculpted” and had extensive changes made to it.

Humans Depend on the Environment

Humans depend on the environment for food. Without the environment, humans would not have

plants or animals to eat because they also depend on the environment to live.

Movement of PeopleAn example of the movement of people is the Pilgrims coming to America in 1620. One reason they moved from England to the New World was for religious freedom.

Movement of Goods

An example of the movement of goods is how Dole transports fruit from South and Central America to the United States. Goods are usually moved because some countries have products that other

countries don’t, so moving goods contributes to trade.

Movement of IdeasAn example of the movement of ideas is the Nightly News because it relays information from around the world, telling people in America about the goings-on in anywhere from Haiti to China.

Uniform Region

New York is a uniform region because its borders are specifically defined and decided by the government.

Functional Region

An example of a functional region is a newspaper delivery area. This is a functional region because it depends on the function of delivering newspapers. If the newspapers were not delivered, than the boundaries to the region would not exist.