IMPORTANCE OF STUDYING GEOGRAPHY
- Facilitates good relationship among nations by studying geography of other regions of the world.
- it’s a career subject in that it enables one to go for advanced studies in specialized fields e.g. geography teachers, meteorology, surveying etc.
- Enables us to appreciate other people’s way of life by learning economic activities of different communities within our country and other parts of the world.
- Enables us to conserve our environment when we learn negative and positive effects of human activities on the environment.
- Enables us to conserve our resources when we learn wise use of resources in conservation and management of resources e.g. wildlife, forests, energy, etc.
- Inculcates in us virtues of cooperation and patience as we work in groups.
- Makes us to appreciate manual work as we are involved in practical geography which may lead to self-employment.
- Promotion of industry such as tourism by guiding tourists to places of interest by using maps, calculations of distances etc.
Relationship between Geography and Other Subjects
- Mathematics
Mathematical techniques are used in drawing graphs and pie charts and mathematical formulae are used in geography to calculate distances, areas, population density, population densities, etc.
- History
History uses geographical tools like maps, charts and graphs to show where past events took place e.g. the movement of people in the past.
- Biology
Geography explains the distribution of organisms and factors influencing their distribution on the earth’s surface.
- Physics
Geography uses physics principles and formulae to calculate and describe aspects such as magnetic field, gravity, vibrations of the earth etc.
- Chemistry
Geography applies chemistry in studying chemical composition and chemical changes which take place in soils and rocks.
- Agriculture
Geography studies farming systems, their distribution and factors affecting farming activities.
- Meteorology
Geography uses meteorological information in the study of weather and in classifying climatic regions and mapping them.
- Geology
Geography studies rocks.
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