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Location - Most geographic study begins with learning the location of places. Location can be absolute or relative.

Absolute location of Paris, France- 49 N, 2 E

Paris, France's relative location - Central to southern europe 

Place - Place describes the human and physical characteristics of a location. Physical characteristics include a description such things as the mountains, rivers, beaches, topography, and animal and plant life of a place. Human characteristics include the human-designed cultural features of a place, from land use and architecture to forms of livelihood and religion to food and folk ways to transportation and communication networks (Give 4 examples, not 2).

Cote de Azur - The French Riviera

Popular beach in France

The Loire(629 mi) is the longest river in France.

Mont Blanc-largest mountain in France

15,781 ft above sea level

Mediterranean Monk Seal

endangered species in France

Human-Environment Interaction - This theme considers how humans adapt to and modify the environment. Humans shape the landscape through their interaction with the land; this has both positive and negative effects on the environment.

Negative effect;

Positive effect; 

people in France plant trees and is part of the go green program

Movement - Humans move, a lot! In addition, ideas, fads, goods, resources, and communication all travel distances. This theme studies movement and migration across the planet.

Immigrant population as a percentage of total (2005): 8.1%

Region - Region divides the world into manageable units for geographic study. Regions have some sort of characteristic that unifies the area. Regions can be formal, functional, or perceptual.

Formal regions are those that are designated by official boundaries, such as cities, states, counties, and countries. For the most part, they are clearly indicated and publicly known.

     Functional regions are defined by their connections. For example, the circulation area for a major city area is the functional region of that paper.

     Perceptual regions, such as "The South," "The Midwest," or the "Middle East;" they have no formal boundaries but are understood in our mental maps of the world 

Île-de-France region

Paris is located here

Rhône-Alpes region

mountain region