Geography

Geography is the study of places and the relationships between people and their environments.Geographers explore both the physical properties of Earth’s surface and the human societies spread across it. They also examine how human culture interacts with the natural environment, and the way that locations and places can have an impact on people. Geography seeks to understand where things are found, why they are there, and how they develop and change over time.

"geo" - earth
"graphor" - mapping/graph

Geography is divided into two main branches:

• Human geography 
• Physical geography

Human Geography

Human geography is concerned with the distribution and networks of people and cultures on Earth’s surface. Human geographers also study how people use and alter their environments. Finally, human geographers study how political, social, and economic systems are organized across geographical space. These include governments, religious organizations, and trade partnerships. The boundaries of these groups constantly change.

Physical Geography

The natural environment is the primary concern of physical geographers, although many physical geographers also look at how humans have altered natural systems. Physical geographers study Earth’s seasons, climate, atmosphere, soil, streams, landforms, and oceans. 

Eratosthenes

"Father of Geography"

A Greek Scholar that is first to use the word geography and  had a small-scale notion of the planet that led him to be able to determine the circumference of the earth.