5 THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY PLACE A theme of geography that conjures up a mental picture of a place with people going about their everyday lives in their familiar environment PLACE is the personality of geography ID: 294571
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AFRICA5 THEMES OF GEOGRAPHYSlide2
PLACEA theme of geography that conjures up a mental picture of a place with people going about their everyday lives in their familiar environment.
PLACE is the personality of geography.Slide3
2 things to consider about a place: Physical characteristics – things determined by nature, such as climate, land forms, indigenous plants and animals, and types of soil.
Human characteristics – can be defined by the culture of a place, for example, the language, clothing, architectural styles, and government ideologies.Slide4
What features make Africa unique?WildlifePhysical characteristics
People
Where they live
Language they speakSlide5
Huge contrastsLarge cities – small villagesModern – old tribal customs
Living locations:
Coastal regions
Savanna regions
Grasslands and certain types of agricultureSlide6
Coastal Cities/PortsNorthern – EuropeEastern – Asia
Western – North America and Western Europe
Suez Canal – shortcut from Mediterranean Sea to the Indian OceanSlide7
Physical CharacteristicsHuge rainforests – equator
Plains in the East
Tell mountains
Deep valleys
Huge deserts – Sahara covering the northSlide8
REGIONA region is an area that is defined by certain similar characteristics. Those unifying or similar characteristics can be physical, natural, human, or cultural.
A region is described by the features that make it unique, either small or large.Slide9
Regions can change over time due to changes in climate, economic conditions, accessibility of trade routes, and many other factors.Slide10
Well known regions:Nile Valley Region – long history
Longest river in the world
Has affected the lives of people, wildlife, and vegetation for thousands of years
Banks of river are rich, green, fertile strips of land.
People raise crops, relying on water from river
many town and cities are found along the riverSlide11
Well known regions:Serengeti Plains
Flat, grassy area filled with a variety of wildlife
Masai
Mara National Reserve
Game reserve for endangered animalsSlide12
HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONHuman-environment interaction looks at the relationships between people and their environment; how people adapt to the environment and how they change it. Slide13
How do people depend on the environment? (Example: In ancient times, the annual flooding of the Nile River produced good soil for growing crops.)
How to people adapt to the environment?
(Example: The ancient Egyptians rebuilt their homes each year, after the annual flooding. As time went on, they built their homes above the flood plain.)
How do people modify the environment?
(Example: The ancient Egyptians built irrigation ditches to help water the crops. In modern times, Egypt built a dam to control the flood waters of the Nile River.) Slide14
Nile river has flooded for thousands of yearsAswan High Dam – blocked the flow of the river and created lake
Nassar
Abu Simbel – ancient Egyptian Temple
Taken apart and reassembled in a location away from the lake.Slide15Slide16
LOCATIONWhere is it?
Absolute
: A location can be absolute (specific) as in coordinates of a map using longitude and latitude
Relative
: A location can be relative - examples: next door, nearby, a short drive, down the road a ways. Or, it can be in the same general location as another location - example: next to the post office.Slide17
Both the equator and Prime Meridian pass through Africa
Large size of Africa makes giving is absolute location very difficult
Huge size and location gives Africa many different climates.
Surrounded by bodies of water-
Atlantic Ocean to the west, Mediterranean Sea to the north, Indian Ocean to the East
Sinai Peninsula links Africa with AsiaSlide18
MOVEMENTMovement refers to the way people, products, information and ideas move from one place to another. Slide19
African MovementTravel for work, school, or recreational.
Many forms of travel-
Rural or remote locations may still use traditional forms of transportation (oxen pulling a cart)
Camels now used mainly to attract tourists.
Small airplanes and helicopters are used to fly tourists.
Urban – trains, bikes, cars, scooters, buses, trucks
Coastal – to travel to
other locations