5. *Human Geography*
• Describes and studies what
human beings do in and on
land and water.
• Cultures-It divides the people
of the world into groups
called Cultures.
6. Branches of Human Geography
• 1. Economic Geography
• 2. Political Geography
• 3. Geography and Political Science
• 4. Social Geography
7. The Elements of Geography
Physical or Natural Elements
A. Weather and Climate
B. Landforms
1. Continents and Islands
2. Highlands
3. Lowlands
C. Waterforms
1. Oceans and Seas
2. Waters of the land
D. Plants and Animals
E. Natural Resources
Cultural or Human Elements
A. Man
1. Population
2. Cultural Groups
3. Cultural Institutions
B. Works of Man
1. Settlements
2. Economics or Ways of Life
3.Routes of Transportation
4. Communication
10. 2.Regional Geography
• The investigation and
correlation of all significant
phenomena as they are
found in any particular area
11. 3. Economic Geography
• Emphasizes the
relationships between
man's efforts to earn a
living on the earth's
surface.
12. 4.Political Geography
•The study of internal and
external relationships of political
units according to their structure
and function as occupiers of
space