Use the Five Themes of Geography – location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, and region – to describe your school building


Should be similar to the Try It exercise below. Geographic Characteristics of Ground Zero
Location: Lower Manhattan, New York City (with an exact location of latitude: 40 degrees, 42 minutes, 43 seconds; and longitude: –74 degrees,00 minutes, 49 seconds.
Place: Formerly, office buildings and firmsat the heart of one of the world's great financial centers (a reason it was targeted for destruction); now, a place of historical significance and collective grief for people of the United States.
Human–Environment Interaction: Lower Manhattan occupies low-lying ground that once was marshy swampland. Construction of the twin towers of the World Trade Center, as well as the buildings erected after the 9/11 attacks, required special foundations to keep the Hudson River's water from pouring in.
Movement: Before 9/11, the daily comings and goings of office workers in the World Trade Center; on 9/11, the diversion of airplanes to target the buildings; after 9/11, the flow of tourists and construction crews to the site.
Region: Situated in a region of the United States known as the Northeast, in a humid subtropical climate region.
You can use the five themes to appreciate any place geographically, from the Great Pyramids of Egypt to where you are now. Try it.

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