5 Themes Of Geography

Improved Essays
The article I chose is called “The Arctic has lost so much ice that now people want to race yachts through it.” This article relates to the 5 themes of geography because it uses and is involved in location, place, human-environment interaction, movement and regions. The article has an overall discussion about how the sea ice covering the top of the world reached the lowest maximum extent yet observed in winter, when ice is at its peak. This means that in the last four years, Arctic sea ice has seen a new low both for its seasonal winter peak in 2015 and for its summer minimum in 2012. I will explain how this article uses the 5 themes of geography throughout my writing. The article uses location because it describes the absolute and relative

Related Documents

  • Improved Essays

    Jimmy Carter writes, “tearing open the heart of our greatest refuge,” to describe what industrialization will do to the Arctic National Wildlife refuge. The general argument in Carter’s forward is that this Arctic refuge should not be developed for industry. First, he uses facts and evidence to build his claim. Then he uses word choice and imagery to support his argument. His purpose is to persuade his audience that development will have negative consequences for the Arctic refuge, in order to protect this unique awe inspiring wildlife refuge.…

    • 731 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    1. Agricultural Revolution- The Agricultural Revolution began around 8500 BCE and lasted till around 3500 BCE. We know today that the hunter/gatherer societies eventually settled down.…

    • 1284 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Please define the terms listed below: 1. Physical Geography is the study of the earth’s physical features, like mountains, soils and waters. 2. Human Geography is the study of the way people have had an impact on the Earth’s physical features, like constructing dams or buildings. 3.…

    • 891 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    1) Geography- Where were they located? What is the place called today? What effect did the geographic setting have on the civilization that grew there? Were they geographically isolated from other civilizations?…

    • 397 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    These days, countless countries consider America as one of the best and happiest countries because of its high GDP. As a result, Americanization can be seen around the world. However, there are many Americans who travel out of America to find happiness today, and Eric Weiner, the author of The Geography of Bliss, is a case in point. In his book, Weiner introduces a lot of discoveries regarding foreign cultures that contribute to happiness and compare them to major cultures including the American one. In order to improve the American happiness rate, Americans should abandon their own thoughts such as focusing on money and the principle of competition that can limit or lessen their happiness.…

    • 1133 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Where Did Agriculture Originate? a. Began before recorded history. A. Origins of Agriculture. a. Agriculture – Modification of Earth’s surface through cultivation of plants and rearing of animals for sustenance or economic gain.…

    • 357 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Geography Quiz

    • 933 Words
    • 4 Pages

    19) A forest has a GPP of 3.8 kg C/m2/year and the rate of cellular respiration is 2.4 kg C/m2/year. What is the NPP? A) 6.2 kg C/m2/year B) 1.4 kg C/m2/year C) 1.0 kg C/m2/year D) 9.12 kg C/m2/year E) 1.58 kg C/m2/year 20) The number of species in a given area such as a pond, the canopy of a tree, or a plot of grassland, is known as _______________.…

    • 933 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Agriculture- Practicing farming, to develope a variety of different kinds of products including crops and animals for a way to provide food. People use farming to make human development better and to be able to keep our human life. Cultures and climates have had different effects on the way different people practice farming.…

    • 711 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Austronesians- began to explore and settle on islands of pacific ocean basin as early as 2000 B.C.E. Chavin Cult- religion from the Andes mountains after 1000 B.C.E., disappeared about 300 B.C.E. Lapita- society from New Guinea to Tonga (1500-500 B.C.E.) with agricultural villages, networks of trade and communication, and hierarchical chiefdoms Maya- Mesoamerican civilization concentrated on Yucatan Peninsula and in Guatemala and Honduras, contributions to mathematics, astronomy, and development of the calendar Mochica- society in the Andean valleys, near Moche River, artist legacy remaining, ceramics were made to represent gods and everyday life Olmecs- earliest known Mexican civilization, lived in rainforests along Gulf of Mexico, developed…

    • 157 Words
    • 1 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    In the article 5 Maps and Charts That Will Surprise You by Ezra Klein, the author argues that Switzerland is the best place to be born. ¨Being rich helps more than anything else,¨ they write, ¨but that's not all that counts¨. (Klein 5) The author is trying to interpret that being wealthy doesn't allow you to have perfect health. Even if you are poor you can have good health. More specifically, (Klein) argues that things like crime, and trust in public institution and trust in family life matters, too.¨ (Klein 5) Public institutions are typically community centers, libraries, hospitals, and some colleges.…

    • 239 Words
    • 1 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The novel, “The Power of Place: Geography, Destiny, and Globalization’s Rough Landscape”, by Harm De Blij has taught me many things ranging from medical aspects to cultural problems within countries all around Earth. De Blij taught me as the world is “flattening” we are being able to connect easier to different places all over the world, but as the world is “flattening” cities are becoming less like the ones around them and more like different cities across the globe. As these cities are becoming less and less like their own countries, it is causing their economy to grow since they are bringing in mobals, jobs, and businesses. I’ve also learned that us, globals, are fortunate to have access to medicine and medical treatments that people in…

    • 353 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Location, place, region, movement, and human/ environment interaction all make up geography. Geography is technically “the study of the physical features of the earth and its atmosphere and of human activity as it affects and is affected by these, including the distribution of populations and resources, land use, and industries”. This is the dictionary definition of geography, but the themes are geography are what actually make up what geography really is. The five themes cover all the subjects you would need to know about any part of geography. Geographers use geography as a way of life and it interests them to study it.…

    • 1003 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The Intimacies of Four Continents Précis Lowe, Lisa. The Intimacies of Four Continents. Duke University Press, 2015. In The Intimacies of Four Continents, Lowe examines the often obfuscated links between “European liberalism, settler colonialism in the Americas, the transatlantic African slave trade, and the East Indies and China trades in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries,”(Lowe 1) via the archive, autobiographies, literature, and philosophy.…

    • 754 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    History tells the story of human kinds past. The human species evolved from hunters and gatherers to Neolithic people, who began to build villages, which turned to cities all around the world. This transition gave humans a new way of life, focusing on things like building cultures and monuments, which will stand the tests of time. Throughout history, many civilizations have sprung up with different cultures, ideas, technologies, and political systems. However, not all these civilizations were successful and many were destroyed for several reasons.…

    • 1459 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Place also includes human characteristics. This can be a state to a…

    • 1000 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays