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Geography for Secondary Schools
Student’s Book Form One

and movements of the Earth in relation to
other heavenly bodies. Also, Geography Activity 1.3
deals with landmasses, water bodies, (a) Visit a nearby area of your school
climate, vegetation, human activities, and or home environment and observe
events in different places of the world. different physical, social, economic
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Geography focuses on the description of the and cultural features.
Earth and its features, and the distribution (b) Create a table to classify whether the
of life on it. This includes human life and features observed fall into physical
the effects of human activities on the Earth. geography or human geography.
Therefore, Geography is the scientific study
of physical characteristics of the Earth and Geography has two major branches,
their influence on human life and activities.
namely physical geography and human
geography. Physical geography is involved
Activity 1.2 with the study of natural features of the

Search for information about physical Earth. It focuses on the structure of the
features including simulations, videos, or earth, atmospheric processes, and the
animations from other reliable sources, formation and distribution of landforms
and note down any features observed. such as mountains, valleys, and plateaus.
It also studies the distribution of plants and
animals (flora and fauna) on the earth’s
Branches of Geography surface.

Every day, man explores different things, Human geography is concerned with the
including the earth’s landscapes, climate, study of man-made features found on
people, and places as he or she navigates the earth’s surface. It also deals with the
through wide and varied aspects of interaction between human beings and the
environment. Furthermore, it studies human
geography. The exploration allows man population aspects such as population

to know different regions, countries, structure, distribution, growth, settlement,
continents, and the amazing physical and and human activities.
man-made features. Geography opens The two major branches of geography need
up a world of endless exploration from geographical skills and techniques that
understanding the wonders of nature like are covered under the technique known as
mountains, rivers, and forests. Furthermore, practical geography. Practical geography
Geography renders the exploration of deals with geographical techniques,
economic activities, population and man- which support scientific approaches to
collecting, recording, storing, analysing
made creations such as cities. Therefore, and interpreting geographical data. It is

this exploration enables man to make a clear potential in understanding physi cal and
distinction between the physical aspects human geography through the study of
and human aspects. cartography, photography, Geographical

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