Five Themes of geography

I think that analyzing the world with fives themes of geography help people better understand connections between people and earth because when you are using the five themes of geography you can help show how people are getting around the world with movement. You can show where a certain area is with location. With region you can show what is within a certain area. With Place you can pinpoint a certain thing or building and with human and environment interactions u can see how people change, adapt to and use the environment.


I think that Location is the hardest because you have to find relative and absolute location and with relative and absolute location you have to pinpoint the exact coordinates of a certain place and you have to show the directions of where it is. Also with relative and absolute  location u have to find the geological distance between two areas.

Review of everything from Map Standard and Map Skills

One thing I find easy about basic map skills is are cardinal directions because we have learned about directions our whole life and many of us have already done directions and know what directions are. I find it easy because if you know the four basic directions (north, east, south, west) then you can easily find out what the other directions are (northeast, northwest, southeast, southwest). I struggle most with coordinates because coordinates is the only new thing I am learning out of the four map skills. Also I am having trouble placing the coordinates. Basic map skills are necessary because when you are looking at a map if you are trying to go somewhere or if you are looking at a map for school you need to learn how to look and read a map. Basic map skills can help people understand geography more because if there are things happening in the world you can use basic map skills to find out where they are happening.