5. Relative Location
⢠Where a place is
in relation to
another place
⢠Uses directional
words to describe
â Cardinal and
intermediate
directions
6. Wisconsin
⢠Wisconsin is in the upper
Midwestern region of the US.
⢠Lake Michigan forms the eastern
border of Wisconsin and Lake
Superior is the northern border.
⢠Wisconsin lies to the north of
Illinois and east of Minnesota.
16. Theme 3: Human
Environment Interaction
How People Interact With Their
Environment
People . . .
⢠Adapt to Their Environment
⢠Modify Their Environment
⢠Depend on Their Environment
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21. Assignment:
⢠Find an extreme or surprising example of
human environmental interaction (non-US).
⢠Create 1 power point slide
â Include an image
â Include a description (including location)
22. Theme 4: Movement
The Mobility of
⢠People
⢠Goods
⢠Ideas
How Places are
linked to one
another and the
world
26. Movement of People
⢠Humans are a mobile
species
⢠Migration
â Immigration
â Emigration
27.
28. Chinese Migration
⢠The Chinese Economic
Miracle
â 1978 Deng Xiaoping
â Need for mass of labor in
industrial areas on the
coast.
⢠Economic Boom, Rise of
Chinese Middle Class
Vs.
⢠Congestion, Crime
Backlashes against
internal migrant laborers
⢠âThe Last Train Homeâ
29. Movement of STUFF
⢠Natural Resources
⢠Processing
⢠Manufacturing
⢠Marketing
⢠Sales
⢠Resale
⢠Disposal
30. Theme 5: Regions
What Places Have in
Common
⢠Political Regions
⢠Landform Regions
⢠Agricultural Regions
⢠Cultural Regions
32. Formal Region
⢠Most common/familiar.
⢠Determined by the distribution of a uniform
characteristic (physical or cultural)
â Location
â Climate
â Religion
⢠Examples
â Central America (Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama)
â Latin America (spanish-speaking nations)
â Tropics (countries located near equator)
33. Functional Region
⢠Serves a purpose that affects places around it.
â Distributes goods/people
â Serves specific purpose
⢠Examples:
â Panama Canal
â Amazon River Basin
â Hollywood
â Amish Country
34. Perceptual/Vernacular Region
Sense of place defined by peopleâs ordinary
language and informal understanding of a place.
Groups of areas that provoke a certain stereotype or
feeling.
⢠Examples:
â The Bronx
â The âghettoâ
â China town
â The Bible Belt
â Packer Country
35. Assignment
⢠Create a Map of Lodi that defines one of the
following:
⢠Formal Regions
⢠Functional Regions
⢠Vernacular Regions
You will be randomly assigned which regions
you will define.