What geography studies
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Write the meaning of “geography” in your own words and show which two Greek words it comes from.
A description of the Earth; “ge” = Earth and “grapho” = I write.
2
List six things people get from nature.
Sample: air, water, soil, plants, coal, oil.
3
Observe one natural phenomenon near your home (wind, rain, fog) and describe it in 3 sentences.
The answer depends on the student’s observation; the sentences should say what was seen, when and how.
4
Which is closer to physical and which to socio-economic geography: “how mountains formed”, “where cotton is mostly grown”?
The first is physical; the second is closer to socio-economic geography.