One of the Five Themes of Geography

1. LOCATION Exact location- The exact spot on the Earth’s surface where something is located. We use either longitude and latitude or a street address Relative Location- Where something is in relation to something else

2. PLACE Geographers describe places by their unique physical and human characteristics.

3. What are physical characteristics? THINGS THAT OCCUR NATURALLY Landforms Wildlife Plants Climate

4. What are human characteristics? The actions and ideas of people that result in change Buildings

5. Roads

6. Clothing

7. Food

8. Traditions

9. What physical characteristics can you find? Sand dunes river trees

10. What human characteristics can you find? boats village People walking

11. List 10 physical and 10 human characteristics you can see in this puzzle.

12. Are these two streets in the same city? What makes them different? Are there more physical or human differences?

13. Here are pictures of 2 deserts. Could these pictures be of the same desert? Why or why not? One of these pictures is of the Sahara and the other is of the Painted Desert in Arizona. Can you tell the difference? How?