Introduction

Geography is the study of the earth. Geo means Earth and Graphy means study.

What is geography? #

• Geography is the study of the Earth and how people live on the earth.
• It is the study of land features like mountain, oceans, atmosphere.
• It is also the study of the relationship between people and their activities in the environment.

Branches of Geography: #

• Physical Geography:
  • This is the study of the natural features of the Earth, like mountains, climate, vegetation, and animals.
  • Examples are:
    • Studying how mountains form
    • Studying weather patterns
    • Studying minerals

• Human and Economic Geography:
  • This is the study of how people live in their environment
  • It also looks at how human activities affect the Earth.
  • Examples are:
    • Measuring population growth in cities
    • Looking at how agriculture or mining affects the environment.

Benefits of studying geography: #

• It teaches us to protect the Earth by understanding how human activities can affect the environment.
• It helps develop better reading skills and other important skills like critical thinking (thinking in great detail about something).
• Geography helps us understand the natural processes that form rivers, lakes, mountains, etc.
• Studying geography can lead to many careers and jobs
  • Meteorology (studying the weather)
  • Ecology (studying plants, animals and their environments)
  • Teaching
  • Astronomy
• Geography helps us understand weather patterns, which is important for activities like farming.
• Geography teaches us to ask questions like “why is it here” or “how was it created,”. This curiosity will give us a better understanding of the world.
• It gives us skills that we can then use in our everyday lives, like:
  • Observation (noticing small details in things)
  • Inquiry (asking questions like why, when, how)
  • Classification (organising and sorting of information)
  • Communication (ability to share information with others)