World Geography: The Five Themes of Geography Chart – Flashcards

Location, Place, Environment, Movement, Regions (LPEMR)

Exact (Absolute) Location and Relative Location

Latitude and Longitude (Example: San Antonio is located at 29N, 98W)

Location of something based on locations of other things (Example: San Antonio is located North of Laredo, South of Dallas, East of El Paso, West of Houston)

Historically because of its proximity to water for drinking, transportation, and agriculture

Physical Features and Human Features (Culture) create the character of an area, that is the geographic theme of a place [Example: San Antonio - Physical Features: End of the Plains, Start of the Hill Country. Human Features (Culture): Spanish/Mexican, German, Texan (Rancher), Rebel South, Federal USA (Military Bases)]

How people relate to the land - adapting to it, changing it, depending on it (modifying it)

How people, goods and ideas move to and change other areas - also known as Diffusion (Cultural Diffusion/ Spatial Diffusion) (Example: Columbian Exchange between Old and New World)

A group of areas that share common characteristics

Areas that have something specific in common (Example: Rocky Mountain Region, The Corn Belt)

Different areas that come together and function as a region (Example: Cities - East Side, West Side, South Side, and North Side of San Antonio are very different yet together function as one geographical region - The City of San Antonio)

Areas that people perceive to be regions but hard to define (Example: The Midwest, Dixie)