Geography is the study of the earth's physical features and how humans interact with and organize themselves within different environments. It involves analyzing factors like landforms, climate, resources, and how political boundaries are drawn. Geography is important to the study of history because environmental conditions influence where people settle and how they support themselves, which resources they have access to helps determine how civilizations develop, and geographic features like rivers and mountains impact transportation and conflict.

2. WHY IS GEOGRAPHY IMPORTANT IN HISTORY?

3. WHAT IS GEOGRAPHY?
Concept: The study of the features and systems of the
earth’s surface, including continents, mountains, seas, weather,
and plant life, and of the ways in which countries and people
organize life within an area

4. WHAT IS GEOGRAPHY?
Concept: The study of the features and systems of the
earth’s surface, including continents, mountains, seas, weather,
and plant life, and of the ways in which countries and people
organize life within an area

5. IMPORTANT VOCABULARY HTTP://DICTIONARY.CAMBRIDGE.ORG
Vocabulary:
• Environment: The conditions that you live or work in and the
way that they influence how you feel or how effectively you can work:
• Maps: Is a visual representation of an area, a symbolic depiction
highlighting relationships between elements of that space such
as objects, regions, and themes.
• Regions: The conditions that you live or work in and the way that
they influence how you feel or how effectively you can work:
• Resources: Something that can be used to help you // Resources
are natural substances such as water and wood which are valuable in
supporting life // Resources are also things of value such as money or
possessions that you can use when you need them.

6. MAPS
Types of maps:
• Road maps >
• Physical maps
• Political maps
• Demographical maps

7. MAPS
Types of maps:
• Road maps
• Physical maps >
• Political maps
• Demographical maps
The purpose of the physical map
is to show features of geography
such as mountains, soil type or
land use.

8. MAPS
Types of maps:
• Road maps
• Physical maps
• Political maps >
• Demographical maps
The purpose of
the political map is to
show territorial
borders

9. MAPS
Types of maps:
• Road maps
• Physical maps
• Political maps
• Demographical maps >

10. RESOURCES

11. WHY IS GEOGRAPHY IMPORTANT IN HISTORY?
Geography is important because it is a major
factor in why people choose to live where
they do, how battles are fought, and in how
much the people come into contact with
others outside their area.

12. WHY IS GEOGRAPHY IMPORTANT IN HISTORY?
River valley civilizations are characterized for
their need and dependency of their
environment. They settle in low fertile land,
irrigated by major rivers. Their main
resource is water, but, because fo it, they
find or create secondary resources such as:
fish, farming, and commerce.
< Look at the Nile Delta. It ends in the
Mediterranean, but it is sorrounded by a
desertic environment. Could a civilization
flourish in such a place?