My 5 Themes of Geography Reflection

Analyzing the world with the five themes of geography helps people better understand connections between people and earth because it helps people find out a lot of information about others. It helps them find where others are located. It also helps learn more about others’ religions and manner. For example if your friend lives in another country they might have different culture than you, and you don’t want to be rude by doing something that does not meet their culture's manner expectations.

I think the theme that is most difficult to understand is the human and environment interactions theme. It is the most difficult one because people (including me) usually mix up; using and changing the environment. You really have to perfectly understand every single detail in order to be able to understand which one it is. For example if somebody is cutting down trees in a forest they might be changing the environment but they might also be using it.

My Basic Map Skills Reflection

    What I find easy about basic map skills is remembering all the continents and oceans. It is quite easy for me because I've  been already learning them for 3 years in Belarus before moving to America. There is also not too many of them, so they are not that hard to remember. Even though I perfectly remember all the oceans and continents it was pretty hard to find the coordinates. Finding the coordinates is pretty confusing. The 4 hemispheres is what makes it the most difficult. But I found a way to learn how to find the coordinates, I just studied at home with textbooks. But I wouldn have spent my time studying if it wasn't important. I think that learning the basic map skills in necessary because itś going to help you in life. Whether you are going to become a geographer or if you are just planning on traveling some where.