This document summarizes the key elements of regional geography. It discusses four main categories: natural environment, human geographies, political geographies, and economic geographies. The natural environment section defines this concept and provides examples like global climate change, weather, natural hazards, and natural resources. Human geographies examines languages and religions spoken around the world. Political geographies analyzes the different forms of government such as monarchy, democracy, and authoritarianism. Finally, economic geographies explores the primary, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary sectors of the world's economy.

1. The Elements of Regional
Geography

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No. Contents
1 Introduction to World Regional Geography
2 Elements of Regional Geography
3 Definition Natural environment
Global Climate Change
Weather
Natural Hazard
Natural Resources
4 Definition Human Geographies
Language
Religion
5 Definition Politic Geographies
Type of Government
6 Definition Economic Geographies
Type of Economic Sectors

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*The World Regional Geography is a study about
the world’s regions.
*This study is divided into two main branches
which are:
*Physical geography
( natural resources, global climate change and etc.)
*Human geography
(language, cultural, politic, economics and etc.)

4. Elements
of
Regional
Geography
Natural
Environment
Human
Geographies
Political
Geographies
Economic
Geographies

5. Natural Environment

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Definition
*The set of living and non-living things
on Earth occurring naturally, without
the influenced by humans.
Examples:
Global climate change
Weather
Natural hazard
Natural resources

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*Climate change refers to the rise
in average surface temperatures
on Earth.
*Also know as Global warming.
*Caused by human activities such
as:
•Burning of fossil fuels
•Deforestation

9. *
*Weather is the condition of the
atmosphere at a particular place over a
short period of time.
Examples:
Sunny
Rain
Cloudy

10.  A naturally occur
disaster that will
have a negative
effect on humans.
*Examples:
Earthquakes,
Volcanic Eruptions,
Tsunami, Landslides
and many more.
*

11. *
*Natural resources are resources that
exist naturally without actions of
humankind.
*All natural resources fall under two
main categories:
*Renewable
(water, animals and plants)
* Non-renewable Resources.
(oil and minerals)

13. Human Geographies

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*A branch of geography dealing with
how human activity affects or is
influenced by the earth's surface.
*This study includes:
Languages
Religions

15. Language is a human
system of
communication that
uses arbitrary signals
such as voice sounds,
gestures and written
symbols.
Five most spoken
languages in the world:-
•Mandarin Chinese
•English
•Spanish
•Hindi
•Arabic

16. Religion is a particular
system of faith, worship
and practices that define
the relations between
human being and sacred
or divinity (personal God
or Gods).
Top three(3) religions:
Christianity
Islam
Hinduism

18. *Political geography is a branch of geography
that deals with human governments, the
boundaries and subdivisions of political units
as nations or states, and the situations of
cities.
*The five main forms of power are:
* Monarchy
*Democracy
*Oligarchy
*Authoritarianism
*Totalitarianism.

19. Monarchy is a form of government
in which a single family rules from
generation to generation. Ex: UK
Democracy is defined as a form of
government in which power belongs
to the people. Ex: US
Oligarchy is a form of government in which
all power resides with a few people or in a
dominant group within the society.
Ex: Soviet Union
Authoritarianism is a form of
government in which people have
no participation. Ex: Cuba
Totalitarianism is a form of government in
which one person or political party
exercises absolute control.
Ex: North Korea

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*Economic geography is the study of
the location, distribution and spatial
organization of economic activities
across the world.
*Types of world’s economic sector:
*Primarily sector
*Secondary sector
*Tertiary sector
*Quaternary sector

22. Primarily
• The extraction of raw materials from the earth.
• Ex: farmers, coal miners and hunters
Secondary
• The transformation of raw materials into goods.
• Ex: seamstress, factory worker or craftsman
Tertiary
• The supplying of services to consumers and
businesses.
• Ex: restaurant bartenders, accountants and pilots
Quaternary
• Intellectual activities, such as scientific
research, education and information technology.
• Ex: scholars, researchers and librarians

24. Name: Nordiana Sharafina Bt Abu Bakar
Matrix Number:11DPI16F1001
Lecturer’s Name: Mohd Norulhisyam Bin
Hassan