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BIG QUESTION:

WHAT ARE THE FIVE THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY?

I will show you the five themes of geography and relate 

them to Prince Edward Island.

THE FIVE THEMES ARE:

LOCATION

PLACE

MOVEMENT

REGION

HUMAN ENVIRONMENTAL INTERACTION

The Island is the little green 

crescent in the circle.

Location helps you find a place in the world. There 

are two types. Absolute Location uses latitude and 

longitude to tell EXACTLY where a place is. 

Relative location is how you would tell someone 

where a place is.

Prince Edward Island is located at 46.3 degrees 

north latitude and 63.5 degrees west longitude. 

This is its exact, or absolute location.

You could say Prince Edward Island is located 

northeast of New Brunswick, or south of 

Newfoundland and Labrador, or maybe east of 

Quebec, or north of the United States. This is its 

relative location.

When you go to a new place, you want to know what it is like. What are the 

people like? What is the weather like? What is the land like? Geographers 

use Place to describe these things.

Prince Edward Island's climate is pretty cold during the winter, with a cool 

spring, and a warm summer and autumn. They have some type of rain or 

snow that falls all year round.

To get there by car, you have to cross the Confederation Bridge from the 

New Brunswick mainland.

I, the Grasshopper, am one of many native animals on the Island, including 

harp seals, salmon, and Atlantic puffins. Native plants include dandelion, 

dock, and violet.

CBC

Movement describes how people and ideas 

move from place to place. You can use a 

vehicle to move people. The Internet, 

newspapers, television, and social networking 

also move ideas.

Prince Edward Island has a road system that 

branches off from Confederation Bridge. It gets 

its television and radio mainly from CBC 

(Canadian Broadcasting Corporation). Before 

the bridge was built, people traveled by ferry to 

and from the island. Ferries are still used today. 

The Islanders also have several newspapers that 

are published right on the Island.

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