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M1TOPIC 1: BRIEF REVIEW OF GEOGRAPHYWhat is Geography?Geography(fromGreekgeographia, lit. "earth description") is thesciencethat studies the lands, the features, the inhabitants, and the phenomena of theEarth.A literal translation would be "to describe or write about the Earth". The first person to use the word "geography" wasEratosthenes(276-194 BC).

2 MAIN BRANCHESPHYSICAL GEOGRAPHYHUMAN GEOGRAPHY(or physiography) focuses on geography as anEarth science. It aims to understand the physical problems and the issues oflithosphere,hydrosphere,atmosphere,pedosphere, and globalfloraandfaunapatterns (biosphere).focuses on the study of patterns and processes that shape the human society. It encompasses thehuman,political,cultural,social, and economicaspects.

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHYHUMAN GEOGRAPHY

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UNIT 1: GEOGRAPHICAL TOOLS AND WORLD TIME LINE

INSTRUMENTSCLASSICMODERN

SYMBOLS

DISTANCES

DIRECTIONS

CARDINAL DIRECTIONS (North, East, West, South)

INTERMEDIATE DIRECTIONS (halfway directions. Ex. Northeast)

OUR EARTH ON A FLAT MAP

UNDERSTANDING MAPSBASIC PARTS OF A MAPKeyCompass RoseScale BarLocator MapLegendTitle

ELEVATION

LOCATOR MAP

ROAD MAP

LATITUDEEarth is almost a perfect sphereEQUATOR halfway between N and S Poles0 latitude lineLATITUDEThe distance north or south equatorEast to west line circle around the globe and are parallelsDivided into half called Hemisphere (North & South)

LONGITUDEPRIME MERIDIANPasses through Greenwich, EnglandMERIDIAN the lines of the longitudeINTERNATIONAL DATELINE (180latitude)

GREENWICH

Short AssessmentWhat do geographers study?Based on the diagrams shown right, in which two hemisphere do you live?Give at least 3 Basic Parts of Maps

M1PROJECT: ASEAN CORNERASEAN PROJECT

M1EARTHS ROTATION & WORLD TIME ZONE

EARTHS ROTATION

INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE

TIME IN CLOCK