This document outlines the key elements of regional geography, including the natural environment, human geographies, political geographies, and economic geographies. It describes the natural environment as consisting of living and non-living things that occur naturally on Earth. Human geography examines how human activity affects or is influenced by the Earth's surface, looking at factors like language and religion. Political geography deals with systems of government and power structures. Economic geography studies the location and organization of economic activities and sectors including primary, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary industries.

2. ELEMENTS OF REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY
• NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
• HUMAN GEOGRAPHIES
• POLITICAL GEOGRAPHIES
• ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHIES

3. NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
• THE SET OF LIVING AND NON-LIVING THINGS ON EARTH OCCURING NATURALLY, WITHOUT THE INFLUENCED BY
HUMANS.
• EXAMPLES :
~> GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
~> WEATHER
~> NATURAL HAZARD
~> NATURAL RESOURCES

4. GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE :
-CLIMATE CHANGE REFERS TO THE RISE IN AVERAGE SURFACE TEMPERATURE ON EARTH.
-CAUSED BY HUMAN ACTIVITIES SUCH AS BURNING OF FOSSIL FUELS, DEFORESTATION.
WEATHER :
- THE CONDITION OF THE ATMOSPHERE AT A PARTICULAR PLACE OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME
- EXAMPLES : SUNNY, RAIN, CLOUDY

5. NATURAL HAZARD
- A NATURALLY OCCUR DISASTER THAT WILL HAVE A NEGATIVE EFFECT ON HUMANS.
- SUCH AS EARTHQUAKES, VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS, TSUNAMI, LANDSLIDES.
NATURAL RESOURCES
- RESOURCES THAT EXIST NATURALLY WITHOUT ACTIONS OF HUMANKIND.
- TYPE OF RESOURCES:
~> RENEWABLE –WATER, ANIMALS, PLANTS
~> NON-RENEWABLE – OIL, MINERALS

6. HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
• A BRANCH OF GEOGRAPHY DEALING WITH HOW HUMAN ACTIVITY AFFECTS OR IS INFLUENCED BY THE
EARTH’S SURFACE
• EXAMPLES :
- LANGUAGE
- RELIGIOUS

7. LANGUAGES
- HUMAN SYSTEM OF COMMUNICATION THAT USES ARBITRARY SIGNALS SUCH AS VOICE SOUNDS, GESTURES, WRITTEN SYMBOLS
- MAIN LANGUAGES :
~>MANDARIN CHINESE
~> ENGLISH
~> SPANISH
~> HINDI
~> ARABIC

8. RELIGIONS
- PARTICULAR SYSTEM OF FAITH, WORSHIP AND PRACTISE THAT DEFINE THE RELATIONS BETWEEN HUMAN
BEING AND SACRED OR DIVINITY (PERSONAL GOD OR GODS)
- MAIN RELIGIOUS :
~> CHRISTIANITY
~> ISLAM
~> HINDUISM

9. POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY
A BRANCH OF GEOGRAPHY THAT DEALS WITH HUMAN GOVERNMENT, THE BOUNDARIES AND SUBDIVISIONS OF
POLITICAL UNITS AS NATION OR STATES, THE SITUATION OF CITIES.
• TYPES OF POLITICAL :
- MONARCHY
- DEMOCRARY
- OLIGARCHY
- AUTHORITARIANISM
- TOTALITARIANISM

10. MONARCHY
- A FORM OF GOVERNMENT IN WHICH A SINGLE FAMILY RULES FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION.
- EXAMPLE : UK
DEMOCRATIC
- A FORM OF GOVERNMENT IN WHICH POWER BELONGS TO THE PEOPLE
- EXAMOLE : US
OLIGARCHY
- A FORM OF GOVERNMENT IN WHICH ALL POWER RESIDES WITH A FEW PEOPLE OR IN A DOMINANT GROUP WITHIN THE SOCIETY.
- EXAMPLE : SOVIET UNION
AUTHORITARIANISM
- A FORM OF GOVERNMENT IN WHICH PEOPLE HAVE NO PARTICIPANTS
- EXAMPLE : CUBA
TOTALITARIANISM
- A FORM OF GOVERNMENT IN WHICH ONE PERSON OR POLITICAL PARTY EXERCISES ABSOLUTE CONTROL.
- EXAMPLE : NORTH KOREA

11. ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
• THE STUDY OF THE LOCATION, DISTRIBUTION AND SPATIAL ORGANIZATION OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
ACROSS THE WORLD
• TYPES OF ECONOMIC SECTOR :
~>PRIMARITY SECTOR
~>SECONDARY SECTOR
~>TERTIARY SECTOR
~>QUATERNARY SECTOR

12. PRIMARILYSECTOR
- THE EXTRACTION OF RAW MATERIALS FROMTHE EARTH
- EXAMPLE : FARMERS,COAL MINERS, HUNTERS
SECONDARYSECTOR
- THE TRANSFORMATIONOF RAW MATERIALS INTO GOODS
- EXAMPLE : SEAMLESS,FACTORYWORKER,CRAFTSMAN
TERTIARY SECTOR
- THE SUPPLYINGOF SERVICES TO CONSUMERSAND BUSINESSES
- EXAMPLE : RESTAURANT BARTENDERS,ACCOUNTANTS, PILOTS
QUATERNARY SECTOR
- INTELLECTUAL ACTIVITIES SUCHAS SCIENTIFICRESEARCH, EDUCATION,,INFORMATIONTECHNOLOGY
- EXAMPLE : SCHOLARS,RESEARCHERS,LIBRARIANS.