Why do we study Geography?
Geography is the bridge between the sciences and the humanities and is most
helpful in both major areas.
Geography is the most broad of all
disciplines. There is a geographical component to everything else that can be
studied. One definition of geography is "everything from the tip of your nose
outward." I think it's important to be able to understand all of that.
Another way to think about it is that there are three important questions in geography:
What is where? Why is it there? Why do I
care?
Geography is the study of location and place. Everything has a
location, and there are patterns to places. Location and place dictate how we as
humans interact with each other and with the environment that surrounds us.
Politics, history, religion, society, medicine, economics, science, art,
language, ideas... all are influenced by geography is ways that are obvious and
ways that are subtle. Geography is the attempt to understand the "big picture"
of it all.
That's why it's important to study geography.
Geography
supplies information you need to function in your world. You can learn about the
strengths and weaknesses of your own area. Geography helps to explain cultural
and population differences. Geography shows where the rest of the world is and
how close or far it is from you. Search the origin of the meter to see what
geography can be.
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