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Agripedia, Interactive Multimedia Instructional Agriculture Resources. Geography & Geology For Kids - By KidsGeo.com. Internet Geography @ www.learnontheinternet.co.uk. GEOGRAPHY. Welcome to Geo-Globe: Interactive Geography! GeoBee Challenge Game, Geographic Bee Practice, Geography Trivia - Five themes of geography: Location, place, Human-Environmental Interactions, Movement & Regions. In 1984, probably long before anyone reading this was born, a group of people decided what children should learn about geography. Basically, they decided that you should know about the Five Themes. Since then someone else has come up with something called the National Standards.

When we describe a place we still use the five themes, the standards are more to do with the way we are taught things. Here are the five themes. When you have finished reading them all, try out the exercise at the end to find out just how much you understood. Location This is divided into 2 parts: Specific location General Location Specific location is shown by an address. Both of these examples well tell you exactly where a place is. General location is shown by saying where something is in relation to somewhere or something else. Ten minutes away by train in front of the bank With these two examples you can only find what you want if you know from where you are starting. Place Physical Differences xHuman Differences. Geography World. National Geographic - Inspiring People to Care About the Planet Since 1888. Geography For Kids. USA Geography - Map Game - Geography Online Games.

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