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Question 1

The word Geography came
from two Greek words

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“geo”
(Earth) and “graphos” (to

write).

Question 2

Studies the natural
sciences

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Physical geography

Question 3

AKA Human geography

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Cultural Geography

Question 4

MR. HELP

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Movement Region Human-Enviornment Location Place

Question 5

The exact position of any
point on the surface of the
earth as determined by
the coordinates

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Absolute Location

Question 6

The position of an area in
relation to any number of
landmarks.

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Relative Location

Question 7

It refers to the human and physical
characteristics of a location includes all natural
and human-made features.

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PLACE

Question 8

It refers to the characteristics of and interactions
among locations close to each other.

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REGION

Question 9

• common
  physical features such as
  climate and topography

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Physical Regions

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political
units such as provinces and
administrative regions

Answer 10

Political Regions -

Question 11

people
who share the common
cultural traits such as
language and religion

Answer 11

Cultural Region -

Question 12

common resources and
economic activities

Answer 12

Economic Regions -

Question 13

It refers to travel and
how people, products
and ideas move from
one place to another.

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MOVEMENT

Question 14

an
important factor which
influences history and
development of nations

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MIGRATION -

Question 15

leaving
your own country for
another permanently

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Emigration -

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arriving
in another country to
live permanently

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Immigration -

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adaptation process
when two cultures
meet

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Acculturation -

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complete adaption of
new culture and
rejection of old one

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Assimilation -

Question 19

The relationship INTERACTION
between humans and
the environment and
how each is mutually
affected by such
relationship

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HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT

Question 20

THE CHALLENGE- RESPONSE THEORY by?

Answer 20

Arnold J. Toynbee (1943)

Question 21

Societies progress into
civilizations through a
series of challenges that
may be physical or social
in nature.

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THE CHALLENGE- RESPONSE THEORY

Question 22

Indicates the humanity’s
impact on the environment

Expanding ecological
footprint gives rise to new
challenges to our current
development

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ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT

Question 23

-describes our universe forming
from a sudden and rapid expansion
from which all known matter is said
to have emerged.

-13 to 15 billion years ago

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1. Big Bang Model

Question 24

• The sun and planets were formed
  through a process called
  ACCRETION.
• Matter collected into dense clumps
  and disk combined the influence of
  gravity and friction

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Nebular Hypothesis

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Nebular Hypothesis The sun and planets were formed
through a process called

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ACCRETION.

Question 26

The first signs of life emerged
from oceans which is a one-celled
organism called .

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PROKARYOTES

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• conversion of carbon
  dioxide to oxygen
• creation of Ozone layer
  in the atmosphere

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Question 28

Formation of the ______________ of
the earth

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Inner layers

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• Explains that the tectonic
  plates float above the
  molten layers beneath the
  earth and drift into different

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Continental Drift Theory

Question 30

SUPERCONTINENT

(1 billion years ago)

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RODINIA

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SUPERCONTINENT

(300 million years ago)

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PANGAEA

Question 32

● Largest continent ( 43.5
million sq. kilometers )
● Most populated continent
● Divided into 5 regions

● Center of the oldest
civilizations and religions
in the world

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ASIA

Question 33

● smallest continent (7.6
million square
kilometers)
● _______ is (8.5 million
square kilometers)

● Micronesia, Melanesia
and Polynesia

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AUSTRALIA AND

OCEANIA

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● second largest and
populous (30.3 million
square kilometers)
● North Africa and South
Saharan Africa

● Desertification (gradual
destruction of wildlife
habitats)

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AFRICA

Question 35

Despite rich in resources
and biodiversity, the
nations in Africa are still
largely
_____________ due to
conflict, disease and
natural disasters.

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UNDERDEVELOPED

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● second smallest
continent (10 million
square kilometers)
● Small but with great
historical significance

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EUROPE

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● Third largest continent (24
million square kilometers)
● Region of mountains and
volcanic peaks

● Major center for international
migration

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NORTH
AMERICA

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● Fourth largest continent
(17 million square
kilometers)
● Generally tropical in nature

● Agriculture is an important
industry
● Home of the Amazon

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SOUTH AMERICA

Question 39

● Fifth largest continent
(14 million square
kilometers)
● Most isolated and
inhospitable areas in
the world
● Coldest climate
● No permanent human
population

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ANTARCTICA

Question 40

Phenomena caused by
warming waters off

Answer 40

El Niño

Question 41

It is the cooler phase of El
Niño

Answer 41

La Niña