Emily Evenson
5 Themes of Meography
Location
Absolute location is a specific location.
Relative location is an approximate location.
The absolute location of Albany is 42.6525° N, 73.7572° W
Albany is just northwest of St.Cloud.
Map citation: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Albany,+MN/@45.5725335,-94.6123258,11z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x52b5adc8245cbc85:0x2c22f8b1841514de
Place
There are two types of place, human characteristic and physical characteristic.
Human characteristic is what is put in place by humans.
Physical characteristic are the landforms, climate and all the natural features.
Five physical characteristics of my home are trees, grass, hills, swap and Sand Lake
Five human characteristics of my home are garage, tarred driveway, shed, house and our garden.
House citation: https://www.google.com/maps/@45.6039475,-94.6475459,3a,75y,349.11h,103.22t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sVLPybFeBcDdNINy9Y8XxqA!2e0!7i3328!8i1664
Human Environmental Interaction
There are three types of Human Environmental Interaction, adapt, modify, and depend.
Adapt is making something suitable for a new use or purpose.
Modify is when you make partial or minor changes to something.
Depend is when you rely on something for support or maintenance.
dress for the weather
for food
Movement
coat from china
Region
One unifying human feature of the Midwest is the restaurants.
One unifying physical feature of the Midwest is all of the lakes.
Midwest citation: www.erc.uic.edu