Ap Human Geography Research Paper

Geography is a science that analyzes the Earth’s surface and its physical features. To quote F.P. Stutz and B. Warf,

"Geography examines why things are located where they are. " (Stutz &Warf 2).

The term geography is credited to the Greeks. The expression originated out of the want to keep records of landscapes, natural resources, early discoveries, and travels. These records were called maps. The word Geo stands for “Earth” and graphy means “to write”. There are two main branches of geography. The first is physical geography and the second is human geography. Physical geographers look at, measure, and describe how the development of the landform and its changes affect different climates. Physical geography also studies how activities

The fieldwork involves gathering information, and photographs taken from the air by a spacecraft called satellites. Geographers use computers to help them understand the information they receive. This information is then displayed on maps called Topographic maps. These maps display the natural land formations as well as how people have divided the land to show the boundaries of countries and the many political divisions. Economics is the social science that analyzes how people, governments, firms, and nations make choices about production, consumption, and the transferring of capital.

Economic Geography is a field of study within the discipline of geography that specializes in the distribution and use of a region's economic resource. Some economist considers economic geography a new field of study while others view the discipline of economic geography, as being middle aged in need of improving its ability to address dynamic procedures and causal forces in spatial economics. John W. Alexandra view economic geography as

“The study of areal variation on the Earth's surface in man’s activities related to producing, exchanging, and consuming wealth " (Alexandra