Five Themes of Geography

Movement and Region

Movement

• Why do people move from one place to another?– What is that called?

• What role do resources play in movement?

Trade

• The movement of goods between areas.– Two types• Imports• Exports

• We all trade things on a daily basis. What types of things do you trade?

Ideas

• Communication systems– Many types

• Old days– Messenger, missionaries, letters, passenger

pigeon• Today– IM, Facebook, Myspace, TXT• Instantaneous communication and gratification

Interdependence

• The dependence of countries on goods, resources, and knowledge from other parts of the world.– Examples:_____________________

• Sharing

• How does this affect culture?

Region

• An area with unifying characteristics– Can be political, economic, religious, physical, or

cultural.– Contries can be defined in more than one region• Ex – Pakistan is in SE Asia physically, Third World

economically, and the Muslim Cultural region.