REFLECTION ON THE FIVE THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY  1600W

January 18, 2019

The five themes of Geography are key to understanding this amazing subject. Location, place, movement, human environment interaction, and region are the five themes that will be discussed in this paper. The area that we will examine using the five themes of geography is the Genoa Township Hall in Brighton, MI. We will begin by looking into the specifics of location.

Location

Genoa Township is a central location in Southeastern Michigan to many of the major cities including Ann Arbor, Detroit, Flint and the capitol city of Lansing. This township is a bedroom community for many of the major cities. “As of the census of 2010, there are 19,281people, 7,807 households, and 5,647 families residing in the township.” ("Genoa Charter Township - Official Government Site - Livingston County Michigan", n.d.). According to Fouberg, et.al (2012) “location highlights how the geographical position of people and things on Earth’s surface affects what happens and why. Location helps to