The document provides an introduction to the field of geography, outlining its key questions and perspectives, definitions of physical and human geography, and the major topics studied within each such as landforms, climate, population, and economic activity. Geography is defined as the study of both the natural and cultural features of the Earth's surface and seeks to understand the relationships between humans and their environments. The document outlines the main concepts of location, place, region, movement, and human-environment interaction that form the core themes of geographic thought.

1. Introduction to
Geography
Unit 1: It’s Nature and Perspective

2. Questions that “Geography”
addresses:
• Where are things located?
• Why are they important?
• How are places related?
• How are places connected?
• How are humans affected by these
locations?

3. Definition of Geography
 Scientific and systematic study of both the
physical and cultural features of the earth’s
surface. It is a spatial perspective looking at
patterns and distributions on the earth’s surface
The word geography was invented by the Greek
scholar Eratosthenes. It is based on 2 Greek
words:
Geo – “Earth”
graphy – “to write”

4. Difference between “Physical
Geography” and “Human or Cultural
Geography:
•Physical Geography is the study of the four
spheres (Lithosphere, Atmosphere,
Hydrosphere, and Biosphere)
•Human (or Cultural) Geography is the study of
the spatial differentiation and organization of
human activity on the earth’s surface.

5. What is Physical
Geography?

6. The different disciplines in
Physical Geography:
•Geomorphology: studies the form and structure of the
surface of the earth
•Climatology: involves the study of long term weather
conditions on the earth
•Hydrography: concerns the distribution of water (oceans,
rivers, lakes, and their uses)
•Biogeography: studies the flora (plant life) and the fauna
(animal life)
•Pedology: study of the soils
•Ecology: studies the interactions between life forms and
the environment
•Geology: study of rocks and the earth’s interior

7. What is Human
Geography?

9. Human Geography (Definitions)
• The study of how people make places, how we
organize space and society, how we interact with
each other in places and across space, and how
we make sense of others and ourselves in our
locality, region, and world. (De Blij)
• The scientific study of the location of people &
activities on the Earth’s surface, where & why
human activities are located where they are,
reasons geographers look at the world from a
spatial perspective & interaction, and diffusion of
people & ideas. (Rubenstein)

10. What we study in Human
Geography?
•Historical Geography
•Demography and Population Geography
•Political Geography: nations, boundaries,
geopolitics, military movements, treaties,
devolution, choke points, and imperialism
•Geography of Religions
•Geography of Languages

11. What we study in Human
Geography?
•Urban Geography: settlements, cities, and
transportation systems
•Economic Geography: industries, economic
development, and manufacturing regions
•Agricultural Geography
•Medical geography
•Social Geography
•Environmental Geography

12. GEOGRAPHIC
THOUGHT

13. FIVE THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY
• Location
• Place
• Region
• Movement
• Human-Environment

14. Location
Location-position on the earth’s surface
• Absolute Location: use of grids – (i.e.
latitude and longitude)
• Relative Location: a way of expressing a
location in relation to another site

15. Site and Situation
 Site – the physical character of a place.
(climate, water sources, topography, soil,
vegetation, latitude, elevation) the combination of
physical features gives each place distinctive
character.
 Situation – the location of a place relative to
other places.

16. Place
Place – specific geographic settings with
distinctive physical, social, and cultural
attributes
 Sense of place: infusing a place with
meaning and emotion.
 Perception of place: belief or
understanding of what a place is like, often
based on books, movies, stories, or
pictures.

17. The Cultural Landscape
 The visible expression of human activity
 The natural landscape as modified by
human activities and bearing the imprint
of a culture group
 Can also be called the “Built
Environment”

18. Movement
 Spatial analysis: the study of
geography phenomena on the
earth’s surface
- How are things organized on Earth?
- How do they appear on the landscape?
- Why of where? and so what?

19. Geographic inquiry
focuses on the SPATIAL:
1. Distance
2. Accessibility
3. Connectivity

20. Culture
Culture is an all-encompassing term that
identifies not only the whole tangible lifestyle
of peoples, but also their prevailing values
and beliefs.
- cultural trait
- cultural complex
- cultural hearth

21. Diffusion
- the process of dissemination, the spread of
an idea or innovation from its hearth to other
areas.
What slows/prevents diffusion?
- time-distance decay
- cultural barriers

22. Two Types of Diffusion
1. Expansion Diffusion – idea or
innovation spreads outward from the
heart.

23. a. Contagious –
spreads adjacently
b. Hierarchical –
spreads to most linked
people or places first.
c. Stimulus – idea
promotes a
local experiment or
change in the way
people do things.
Expansion Diffusion

24. Stimulus
Diffusion
Example:
Because Hindus believe cows
are holy, cows often roam the
streets in villages and towns.
The McDonalds restaurants in
India feature veggie burgers.

25. Regions
1. Formal/Uniform region: defined by a
commonality, typically a cultural linkage or
a physical characteristic.
e.g. German speaking region of Europe

26. 2. Functional/Nodal region: defined by a set
of social, political, or economic activities or
the interactions that occur within it.
e.g. an urban area, magazine
circulation, radio station

27. 3. Perceptual Region/Vernacular: ideas
in our minds, based on accumulated
knowledge of places and regions,
that define an area of “sameness” or
“connectedness.”

28. What are Geographic
Questions?

29. Why do Geographers use
Maps, and What do Maps
Tell Us?

30. Two Types of Maps:
Reference Maps
- Show locations of
places and geographic
features
- Absolute locations
What are reference
maps used for?
Thematic Maps
- Tell a story about the
degree of an attribute,
the pattern of its
distribution, or its
movement.
- Relative locations
What are thematic
maps used for?

31.  Mental Maps:
Maps we carry in our minds of places we
have been and places we have heard of.
can see: terra incognita, landmarks, paths, and accessibility
 Activity Spaces:
the places we travel to routinely in our
rounds of daily activity.
 How are activity spaces and mental maps related?

32. WHAT ARE
LANDSCAPE?

33. ‘Landscape’ is a concept which includes the
physical environment and people’s perception
and appreciation of that environment. It is not
restricted to the purely visual, but may comprise
and encompass the ways in which individuals and
communities perceive the natural and physical
resources, as through traditions, lore, and legends
that express the significant and memorable
elements of a landscape.
Landscape means the natural and physical
attributes of land together with air and water which
change over time and which is made known by
people’s evolving perceptions and associations
[such as beliefs, uses, values and relationships] .

34. WHY ARE
LANDSCAPES
IMPORTANT?

35. ECONOMIC SOCIAL/CULTURAL ECOLOGICAL
Tourism
Branding
Attracting
Investment
Attracting
Residents
Productive
Capacity
Quality of Life
Spiritual
Renewal
Sense of Place
and Identity
Cultural Values
Historical
Linkages
Indigenous
Habitats
Regeneration
Conservation
IMPORTANCE OF LANDSCAPES

36. Threats to Landscapes and
Features
 Subdivision and associated urban development
 Buildings and structures which singly or cumulatively
intrude into or dominate a landscape
 Infrastructure, including roads, driveways, pylons and
transmission towers, which intrudes into and dominates
landscapes
 Monoculture forestry and other cultivation activities which
introduce hard geometric lines and patterns into the
landscape, cover landforms and coastal margins, produce
sediments loads during harvesting and homogenize the
landscape
 Earthworks which modify landforms and which are
visually intrusive through creating cuttings and filling
(including aggregate and mineral extraction)

37. ACTIVITY:
In a one whole sheet of paper. Write a 300
word analyzation about the impact of
geographical and cultural diversities on the
lives of the people. Recreate through video
presentation “major” impacts that disturbed
the lives of the many.

38. ASSIGNMENT:
In a white cartolina draw and create a
panoramic view of global village that
you have in mind. Write also an
analysis of the global village you draw
in an A4 size bond paper.

39. ONLINE REPORTING
REPORTERS TOPICS
1. Landscapes of Primary Activities-
Agriculture
1. How agriculture help
people;
2. Significant agricultural
practices from different
parts of the world.
2.
Landscapes of Secondary Activities
1. Industrial Revolution; Industrial
Location Definition of Industrial
Revolution;
2. Evolution of Industrial Revolution

40. WORLD HISTORY 1

41. Activity
1. Explain the role of geography in shaping human
history.
2. In your opinion, does theistic evolution have a basis
for its explanation?
3. How does theistic evolution reconcile the theories of
evolution and creation?
4. Do you agree with the theory of evolution? Justify
your answer.
5. Should we be grateful to the people who devote their
time to study and conduct researches on the origin of
the Earth? Why?

42. Reporters Topics
Clarido, Justine Marie Physical Features of the Earth
Soliva, Erick Origin of the Earth
Conejos, Hannah Mae Origin of Mankind
Reyes, I-jay Paleolithic and Neolithic Period
Dasalla, Michaella Mesopotamian Civilization
Quiton, Micah Mae Chinese Civilization