We use the Five Themes of Geography when we want to learn about a certain country, city, region, etc.
Ask yourself these questions about a particular area, city or country:
- Where is the place (longitude, latitude, continent, hemispheres)?
- How far away from home is it (travel time by plane, distance in miles or kilometers)?
- What countries are neighbors of the country?
- Describe the place (size, shape).
- What is the climate (temperature, rainfall)?
- What kinds of physical features are there (mountains, rivers, deserts)?
- Describe the people who live there (nationalities, traditions, etc.).
- How do people use the land (farming, herding, mining, industry)?
- How have people changed the land?
- Where do most people live (near a river or coastline, in the mountains)?
- Why do you think people settled there (water, safety, food, natural beauty)?
- How will you travel to the place (route, drive, fly, walk)?
- Does the country export goods to other places? If so, what and where?
- Does the country import goods from other places? If so, what and from where?
- Why would people leave or move to the country (jobs, family, climate, war)?
- What language(s) do people speak?
- What are the political divisions of the country (states, provinces, republics)?
- How is the country similar to any of its neighbors (traditions, language, climate)?
Place
Human-Environment Interactions
Movement
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