5 Themes of Geography

Part B:


Location:


Absolute Location:

• Exact location of Jakarta -6.2000 S, 106.8000 E

Relative Location:

• Located in the northern, southern and eastern hemisphere
• located in Asia
• neighbouring countries are Malaysia, Singapore and Papua
• Borders the Indian Ocean and pacific ocean

Place:


Physical Features:

• Volcanoes, mountains, costal plains, lakes and rivers are around the island
• Animals are found on the islands such as; rhinos, tropical frogs and cockatoos
• Plants are found on the islands such as; Orchids, rhododendrons and wax ginger flower

Cultural Features:

• Barobudor Temple, Prambana Temple and the Bali are man made features
• Islam is Indonesia main religion
• Indonesian is the main language
• The Indonesian flag is based on the banner of the 13th century Majapahit Empire in East Java

Human-Environment Interaction:

• Indonesians use some of the land for farming
• They adapt to the environment  by choice of clothing
• Indonesians have changed the land for the worse by logging and mining
• Most Indonesians live in Jakarta, mainly  because it is the capital city and is where most trade opportunities arise

Movement:

• communication satellites and community based internet infrastructures are used to spread ideas
• Boats, trains and gas are methods of travel
• Oil and gas are the main export as well mineral fuels
• Refried petroleum oil is the main import

Region:


Indonesia and it's neighboring countries have a similar region.

• Same climate
• Same language
• Have similar landform
• All export oils
• Neighboring countries either border the Pacific Ocean or the Indian Ocean