5 Themes of Geography | Location

There are 5 major themes of Geography: Location, Place, Human/Environment Interaction, Movement, and Regions. This unit specifically teaches about location. (Please note: If you are a MTL Download Club subscribing member, this resource is FREE!)

Students will learn about two types of location: absolute and relative location. In this process, they will learn about the lines of latitude and longitude, the northern, southern, eastern and western hemispheres and more.

Includes:

•  6 pages of instructional text
•  Vocabulary cards
•  5 student worksheet pages
•  Answer keys

Vocabulary covered in the unit:

• absolute location
• relative location
• lines of latitude
• lines of longitude
• Equator
• Prime Meridian
• parallel
• meridian
• Eastern Hemisphere
• Western Hemisphere
• Northern Hemisphere
• Southern Hemisphere