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• Tourism


  Temporary movement of people from their home country for recreation, business and leisure activities
• 1.5 billion international tourist arrivals were recorded in 2019, globally
• A 4% increase on the previous year which is also forecast for 2020, confirming tourism as a leading and resilient economic sector, especially in view of current uncertainties
• This calls for such growth to be managed responsibly so as to best seize the opportunities tourism can generate for communities around the world
• Divisions of Geography


  • Physical Geography
  • Human or Cultural Geography
• Physical Geography


  • Study of origin, landforms, climates, oceans, natural resources
• Human or Cultural Geography


  • Study of distribution of population, various settlement patterns, man's productive activities
• Geographia


  Greek word meaning "earth description"
• Earth is a minor planet bound to an extraordinary star in the outskirts of a galaxy known as the MILKY WAY, far out in the immeasurable universe
• Structure of the Earth

  • Crust
  • Mantle
  • Core
• Movements of the Earth

  • Rotation
  • Revolution
  • Time Determination
  • Seasonal Changes
• Regions of the Earth's Atmosphere

  • Troposphere
  • Stratosphere
  • Mesosphere
  • Ionosphere
• Weather


  Local and temporary condition in the air or the atmosphere
• Climate


  Includes the daily, seasonal and yearly variations in the weather
• Elements of Climate


  • Temperature
  • Precipitation
  • Humidity
  • Atmospheric Pressure
  • Wind
• Factors affecting Climate


  • Latitude
  • Altitude
  • Distribution of Land and Water Bodies
  • Orographic Barriers
  • Pressure and Wind
  • Ocean Currents and Storms
• Globe


  Man's closest representation of the earth itself
• Map


  Representation of all or a portion of the earth, drawn to scale and usually on a plane or flat surface
• Types of Maps


  • Political
  • Physical
  • Thematic
  • General-Purpose
  • Climate
  • Population
  • Economic
  • Vegetation
  • Historical
  • Travel
  • Ocean
  • Community
  • Special
• Map Essentials


  • Title
  • Map Legend
  • Map Scale
  • Direction
  • Latitudes and Longitudes
• Landmasses


  • Asia
  • Europe
  • North America
  • South America
  • Oceania and Australia
  • Africa
  • Antarctica
• Major Landforms


  • Plains
  • Plateaus
  • Mountains
  • Hills

  
• Minor Landforms


  • Valleys
  • Peninsula
  • Deltas
  • Cape
  • Canyon
  • Cliff
  • Isthmus
  • Fjord
  • Desert
  • Tundra
  • Volcano
• Water Masses


  • Pacific Ocean
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Indian Ocean
  • Arctic Ocean
• Seas


  • Caribbean
  • Mediterranean
  • Okhotsh
  • Bering
  • East China
  • Japan
  • North Sea
  • Black Sea
  • Red Sea
  • Baltic Sea
• Water Forms


  • Strait
  • Gulf
  • Bay
  • River
  • Lake
  • Rapids
  • Spring
  • Falls
• Democracy


  Rule by the people
• Republic


  People elect representatives to make and enforce laws
• Monarchy


  Rule by a king or queen
• Aristocracy


  Rule by the aristocrats, typically wealthy, educated people
• Dictatorship


  Rule by one person or a group of people
• Christianity


  Abrahamic religion centered on God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit
• Islam


  Religion with over 1 billion followers, worshipping Allah and considering Muhammad as the most recent prophet
• Buddhism


  Religion focused on the quest for Enlightenment and the Four Noble Truths
• Judaism


  Religion with over 12 million followers, regarding the Torah as the most important holy book and considering Moses as the founder