What Is Geography?

Question 1

What is the definition of geography?

Answer 1

Geography is the study of the world, people and places?

Question 2

Name the two categories of geography?

Answer 2

Physical and human geography.

Question 3

Sometimes there is a 3rd category of geography. What is this called?

Answer 3

Environmental geography.

Question 4

What is physical geography?

Answer 4

It is the study of the natural world.

Question 5

What does physical geography include?

Answer 5

It includes rocks, soil, climate, rivers, volcanoes and earthquakes.

Question 6

What is human geography?

Answer 6

Human Geography is the study of humans and their behaviour. It will also look at how humans interact with the natural world. E.g. refugees, cities, tourism.

Question 7

What are the 6 counties in Northern Ireland?

Answer 7

FATLAD.
Fermanagh
Armagh
Tyrone
Londonderry
Antrim
Down

Question 8

What do we man by the UK?

Answer 8

England
Scotland
Wales
Northern Ireland

Question 9

What do we mean by the British Isles?

Answer 9

5 countries include:
England
Scotland
Wales
Northern Ireland
Republic of Ireland
About 5 thousand tiny islands

Question 10

What do we mean by Great Britain?

Answer 10

It is made up of 3 countries:
England
Scotland
Wales

Question 11

What 5 Ws should you use when learning about Geography in the news?

Answer 11

5 Ws to use are:
Who?
What?
Where?
When?
Why?