HME06- Quiz 1 Flashcards
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A science that deals with the description, distribution, and interaction of the diverse physical, biological, and cultural features of the earth’s surface.
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Geography
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Five (5) themes of Geography
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- Location
- Place
- Human- Environment Interaction
- Movement
- Regions
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Every point on Earth has this. It is a description of where it is.
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Location
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A site’s location is expressed in:
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Specific and Absolute
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the White House is located at 38 53’ 51” N 77 02’ 11“W. A specific description like this one is called
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Absolute Location
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- It is closely related to Location. However, it
does not refer simply to where an area is. - Refers to the area’s landscape, the features that define the area and make it different from other places.
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Place
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Geographers examine how those features interact. In particular, they want to understand how people interact with their environments-how people and their physical environments affect each other.
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Human- Environment Interaction
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An area’s environment includes its:
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land, water, climate, plants, and animals
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People are constantly moving. They move within cities, between cities, and between countries. Geographers want to know why and how people move.
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Movement
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Creating these also makes it easier to compare places. Comparisons help geographers learn why each place has developed the way it has.
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Regions
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Scholars have divided the study of geography into six parts called
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The 6 Essential Elements of Geography
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A geographically-informed person knows:
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- World in Spatial Terms
- Places and Regions
- Physical Systems
- Human Systems
- Environment and Society
- Uses of Geography
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It helps us understand the spatial organization of people, places, and environments on the earth’s surface and how it affects our lives and society.
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World in Spatial Terms
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It is a cognitive tool that helps us to better understand the spatial relationships of people, places, and environments.
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Mental Maps
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- They use a geographical reference system and can be used on all scales.
- It allows us not only to better understand our environment but also our own memories.
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Mental Maps
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The physical and human characteristics of places
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Places and Regions
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- how people create regions to interpret Earth’s complexity
- how culture and experience influence people’s perceptions of places and regions
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Places and Regions
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These physical processes are the ones that shape the patterns of the Earth’s surface.
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Physical Systems
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It is the study of natural processes and phenomena on Earth.
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Physical Geography
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What is a common topic in physical geography?
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Characteristics and Spatial distribution of Ecosystems on the Earth’s Surface
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Give at least five (5) examples of Physical Systems
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- Valley
- Glacier
- Ocean
- Cliff
- Canyon
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These are concepts or theories that focus on people’s interactions with the environment. This includes human activities and how they affect the natural world.
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Human Systems
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These are important because of their impact on economic development, conservation of natural resources, food production, the spread of disease, economic development, and
more.
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Human Systems
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This is a very important part of geography because it shows how humans impact the environment and vice versa.
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Human Systems
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They connect in a lot of ways. The environment’s effects on society can be seen in everyday life. For example, higher pollution levels have been linked with poorer mental health.
Environment and Society
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It impacts all aspects of life. It affects the natural environment, culture, economy, and development.
Geography
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Can be used to study different aspects of life like natural resources, climate patterns, landforms,
Geography
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It is used to understand human interactions with their environment like migration patterns or trade routes.
Geography
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It plays a key role in the development of these different areas.
Physical Geography of an Area
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Uses of Geography:
1. Study different aspects of life
2. Understand human- environment interactions
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It is one of Earth’s seven main divisions of land.
Continent
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Give the seven (7) continents
1. Asia
2. Africa
3. North America
4. South America
5. Antarctica
6. Europe
7. Australia/ Oceania
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It is the study of the earth as the home of humans.
Geography
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It is concerned with the combination of factor that make each individual place unique
Geography
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Uniqueness results from combination of the physical and cultural factors
Geography
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It is the study of travel and tourism, as an industry and as a social and cultural activity
Tourism Geography
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It is fundamental to study to tourism, because tourism is geographical in nature
Geography
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It is geographical in nature
Tourism
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Physical Setting of a Place
Location
Landform
Climate
Vegetation
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Keywords for Location
- Hemisphere
- Latitude
- Longitude
- Prime Meridian
- Equator
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Any circle drawn around Earth divides it into two equal halves.
Hemisphere
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What are the four (4) hemispheres?
Northern
Eastern
SOuthern
Western
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These are horizontal lines that measure distance north or south of the equator.
Latitudes
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These are vertical lines that measure east or west of the meridian in Greenwich, England.
Longitudes
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Together, they enable cartographers, geographers and others to locate points or places on the globe
latitude and longitude
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It is the line of 0° longitude, the starting point for measuring distance both east and west around Earth
Prime Meridian
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An imaginary line around the middle of a planet or other celestial body. It is halfway between the north pole and the south pole, at 0 degrees latitude
Equator
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The combination of Absolute and Relative location
Geographic Location
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Internal characteristics of place
Ex: Naga City is located at 13.6218° N, 123.1948° E
Absolute Location/ Site
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External relationship of a place
Ex: Elias Angeles St. beside St. John the Evangelist Metropolitan Cathedral, Bagumbayan Sur, Naga City, 4400
Relative Location/ Situation
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It passes through the mid-Pacific Ocean and follows a 180 degrees longitude the north-south line on the Earth.
International Date Line- Time
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Which country celebrates the New Year first in the world?
Tonga
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The small Pacific island nations of Tonga, Samoa, and Kiribati/ Christmas Island were the first to celebrate the new year,
Tonga
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Which country celebrates New Year Last?
Howland and Baker Island
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It is an uninhabited coral island located just north of the equator in the central Pacific Ocean, about 1,700 nautical miles (3,100 km)
southwest of Honolulu.
Howland and Baker Island
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A zone on the terrestrial globe that is approximately 15° longitude wide and extends from pole to pole and within which a uniform
clock time is used
Time Zone
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The surface features of a specific place are referred as
landforms
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The combination of landforms in a particular place is referred as its
Topography
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These are constantly changing
Landforms
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A form of tourism that involves responsible travel (using sustainable transport) to natural areas, conserving the environment, and improving the well-being of the local people.
Ecotourism
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Travel that aims to preserve the natural world
Ecotourism
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It is the average weather in a given area over a longer period of time.
Climate
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Three (3) elements of Climate
1. Sensible Temperature
2. Winds and humidity
3. Basic climatic controls
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what our bodies sense the temperature and climate to be
Sensible Temperature
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Key Elements in climate
Winds and humidity
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the amount of heat and precipitation landforms, prevailing winds, land-water relationships
basic climatic controls
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climate variables
1. Continent effect
2. Prevailing wind system
3. Precipitation
4. Landforms
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having cold winter and cold summer
High Latitudes
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warm to hot all year round
Low Latitudes
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distinctive seasonal changes
Mid Latitudes
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Five (5) major climatic regions
1. Tropical
2. Dry
3. Temperate Climate (Mild and Continental Climate)
4. Continental Climate
5. Polar climate
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are defined by a monthly average temperature of 18 °C (64.4 °F) or higher in the coolest month, and feature hot temperatures all year round.
Tropical
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3 Tropical CLimate Types
Tropical Monsoon
Tropical Wet
Tropical Dry
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Regions lying within the dry climate group occur where precipitation is low.
Dry Climate
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Two dry climate types:
Arid (10-30 cm rain) and Semiarid (Enough to support grasslands)
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Have distinct cold seasons. Their climate is influenced mostly by latitude and a region’s position on the continent.
Mid climates
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Regions with mild and continental climates are also called
temperate regions
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They have colder winters, longer-lasting snow, and shorter growing seasons.
Continental Climates
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Three (3) types of continental climates
Warm summer
Cool Summer
Subarctic Climate
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regions often have wet summer season
Warm summer
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have winters with low temperatures and snow. Cold winds, sweeping in from the Arctic, dominate winter weather
Cool summer
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North of regions with cool summer climates, experience very long, cold winters with little precipitation.
Subarctic Climate
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The two polar climate types, tundra and ice cap lie within the Arctic and Antarctic Circles near the North and South Poles.
Polar Climate
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Two (2) polar climate types
Tundra
Ice Cap
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It is a general term the plant life of a region
Vegetation
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regulates the flow of numerous biochemical cycles, most critically those of water, carbon, and nitrogen; it is also of great importance in local and global energy balances
Vegetation
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strongly affect soil characteristics, including productivity and structure.
Vegetation
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serves as wildlife habitat and energy sources for vast array of animal species on the planet
Vegetation
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Types of Natural Vegetation
Forest
Grasslands
Desertic Scrubs
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luxuriant forest found in wet tropical uplands and lowlands around the Equator
Tropical Rainforest
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the world's largest tropical rainforest. It is home to around 40,000 plant species, nearly 1,300 bird species, 3,000 types of fish, 427
species of mammals, and 2.5 million different insects
Amazon Rainforest
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- occur in regions with heavy rainfall for part of the year followed by a marked dry season
- are dense and lush during the wet summers, but become a dry landscape during the dry winters when most trees shed their leaves
Tropical deciduous Forests
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a category containing multi-story forests, where more than 80% of tree species keep their leaves during the entire year.
Temperate Evergreen Forest
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- located in the mid-latitude areas
- are found between the polar regions and the tropics
Temperate deciduous Forests
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usual postfire management procedure starts with the cleaning and falling of burned trees and ends with the plantation or direct seeding
Mediterranean Forests
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consist mostly of conifers, which are trees that grow needles instead of leaves and cones instead of flowers
Coniferous forests
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These are large, rolling terrains of grasses, flowers, and herbs.
Grassland biomes
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Two (2) types of grasslands
Tropical Grassland
Temperate Grassland
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occur on either side of the equator and extend till the tropic.
Tropical Grasslands
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are composed of a rich mix of grasses and forbs and are underlain by some of the world's most fertile soils.
Temperate grasslands
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a general term that includes several desert plant communities occurring usually at elevations below 3,500 feet
Desert Scrub
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Two (2) types of Deserts Scrubs
Tropical desert
Tundra region
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- located in regions between 15 and 30 degrees latitude
- the environment is very extreme
- have the highest average monthly temperature on earth
Tropical deserts
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the ecosystems are treeless regions found in the Arctic and on the tops of mountains, where the climate is cold and windy, and rainfall is scant
Tundra Region
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What are the land-water relationships?
High latitude
Low latitude
Mid latitude
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Three (3) main types of Geography:
Physical Geography
Human Geography
Environmental
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The study of the natural features of the earth’s surface in its current aspects, including land information, climate, current and distribution of flora and fauna.
Physical Geography
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Another name for Physical Geography
Physiography
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The branch of natural science which deals with the study of processes and patterns in the natural environment
Physical Geography
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Study of whole natural equipment of the region in terms of its resources potentialities and human occupancy and use
Physical Geography
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Importance of Physical Geography
understanding things about countries and regions
help determine the economics of a nation
key to understanding history, economics, and humanity in general.
determine the weather/ climate of an area
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Branch of the social sciences that studies the world, its people, communities, and culture with and emphasis on the relations of and across space and place.
Human Geography
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The study of interaction between human beings and their environment in particular places and across spatial areas.
Human Geography
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Importance of Human Geography
gives an overview of the spatial effects of human activity and interaction
understanding of the human mind and the effect of sociology
to be updated on current events in society
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the branch of geography that describes and explain the spatial aspects of interactions between human individuals or societies and their natural environment.
Environmental Geography
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It involves several aspects of the relationship between humans and the environment.
Environmental Geography
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Sub-branches of Geography
1. Regional
2. Tropical
3. Economics
4. Political
5. Historical
6. Zoo
7. Social
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- a study of world region
- a certain approach to geographical study, comparable to quantitative geography or critical geography.
Regional Geography
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It is paid to the unique characteristics of a particular region such as natural elements, human elements, and regionalization which covers the techniques of delineating the space of regions.
Regional Geography
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What are the four (4) World Regions?
America
Asia Pacific
Europe
Middle East/ Africa
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Regions of America
North America
South America
Central America
Caribbean
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Regions of Asia Pacific
Central and South Asia
Northeastern Asia
Southeastern Asia
Australia
Oceania
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Regions of Europe
Northern Europe
Southern Europe
Eastern Europe
Western Europe
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Regions of Middle East/ Africa
Middle East
Northern Africa
Southern Africa
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- the study of places and people in the tropics
- it is the study of single phenomena on the earth's surface
Tropical Geography
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It is directed toward an understanding of spatial arrangement or a real distribution of the phenomenon and its significance to the human occupancy of the area.
Tropical Geography
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Enumerate the countries w/ large areas of tropical forests:
Brazil
Congo
Indonesia
Peru
Colombia
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- the study of the location, distribution, and spatial organization of economic activities across the world
- it represents a traditional subfield of the discipline of geography
Economic Geography
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concerned with the economics activities of man in specific localities and related to the other phenomena with which they are associated
Economic Geography
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Seven (7) countries with the largest economies:
1. US
2. China
3. Japan
4. Germany
5. UK
6. India
7. France
8. Italy
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It is the field of human geography that is concerned with the study of both the spatially uneven outcomes of political processes and the ways in which political processes are themselves affected by spatial structures
Political Geography
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It is the study of internal and external relationships of political units.
Political Geography
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Seven (7) Oldest Governments in the World
1. Japan
2. Ancient Rome
3. Ancient Greece
4. China
5. Ancient Egypt
6. Harappan Civilization (Indus Valley)
7. Sumer (Ancient Mesopotamia)
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It is the study of the human, physical, fictional, theoretical and geographies of the past
Historical Geography
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It is the study of change in a real differentiation through time.
Historical Geography
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Study of a place or region at specific time or period in the past, or the study of geographic change in a place or region over a period of time.
Historical Geography
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The oldest city in the world
Damascus, Syria (11,000 years old)
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The oldest city in Asia
Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka (2,500 years old)
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The oldest city in the PH
Cebu City (85 years old)
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The science of dealing with the geographical distribution of animals.
Zoo Geography
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Determination of the areas characterized by special groups of animals and study of the causes and significance of such groups
Zoo Geography
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The largest mammal in the world
Antarctic Blue Whale
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The smallest mammal in the world
Etruscan SHrew (Etruscan Pygmy Shrew)
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It is the branch of human geography that is most closely related to social theory in general and sociology in particular, dealing with the relation of social phenomena and its spatial components.
Social Geography
