-Natural Environment -Human Geography -Politic Geography -Economic Geography

1. The Elements of Regional
Geography

2. *
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

3. *
*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

6. *
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

7. *
*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

14. *
*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

21. *
*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