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WMS 5 Themes
WMS (Weber) 5 Themes of Geography
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Location, Place, Region, Movement, Human-Environment Interaction. | 5 Themes of Geography |
| Where a place is. | Location |
| The exact point a place is located, usually described in latitude and longitude. | Absolute Location |
| Where a place is located in relationship to other places. | Relative Location |
| Described by physical and human characteristics. | Place |
| plants, animals, landforms, climate, bodies of water. | Physcial Characteristics of a Place |
| cities, towns, governments & cultural traditions. | Human Characteristics of a Place |
| A group of places that have physical, human or both kinds of characteristics in common. | Region |
| How people are connected with and depend upon other regions, cultures, and people in the world. | Movement |
| The positive and negative things that occur when people interact with their surroundings. | Human-Environment Interaction |
| Everything that surrounds a person. | Environment |
| People have changed their way of life to adjust to the natural resources around them. | Adaptation |