Author Question: Use the Five Themes of Geography location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, and ... (Read 59 times)

asan beg · **on:** Jul 13, 2018

Use the Five Themes of Geography location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, and region to describe your school building.

Question 2

The world regional approach to geography organizes the entire field by identifying three types of regions. Name and describe each type of region.

jamesnevil303 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 13, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Should be similar to the Try It exercise below. Geographic Characteristics of Ground Zero
Location: Lower Manhattan, New York City (with an exact location of latitude: 40 degrees, 42 minutes, 43 seconds; and longitude: 74 degrees,00 minutes, 49 seconds.
Place: Formerly, office buildings and firmsat the heart of one of the world's great financial centers (a reason it was targeted for destruction); now, a place of historical significance and collective grief for people of the United States.
HumanEnvironment Interaction: Lower Manhattan occupies low-lying ground that once was marshy swampland. Construction of the twin towers of the World Trade Center, as well as the buildings erected after the 9/11 attacks, required special foundations to keep the Hudson River's water from pouring in.
Movement: Before 9/11, the daily comings and goings of office workers in the World Trade Center; on 9/11, the diversion of airplanes to target the buildings; after 9/11, the flow of tourists and construction crews to the site.
Region: Situated in a region of the United States known as the Northeast, in a humid subtropical climate region.
You can use the five themes to appreciate any place geographically, from the Great Pyramids of Egypt to where you are now. Try it.

Answer to Question 2

A formal region (also called a uniform or homogeneous region) is one in which all the population shares a defining trait or set of traits.
A functional region (also called a nodal region) is a spatial unit characterized by a central focus on some kind activity (often an economic activity). At the center of a functional region, the activity is most intense, whereas toward the edges of the region the defining activity becomes less important.
A vernacular region (or perceptual region) is a region that popularly exists in people's minds but has no definitive boundaries. This region may play an important role in cultural identity but does not necessarily have official or clear-cut borders