A Commonplace Book

Category: geography...

  • the science of describing and analyzing spatial variations in physical, biological, and human phenomena on the Earth's surface
  • geography is one of the oldest subjects of study and it has been called the mother of sciences and in the classical world it was closely tied to history or astronomy or philosophy
  • maps - no matter what other technology has been developed - remain the distinctive tool of the geographer
  • studying for the National Geography Bee
  • Geography has made us neighbors. History has made us friends... (JF Kennedy)
  • Teachers try to rush things. They talk of geography before the child knows the way around his own backyard. They teach history before the child understands anything about adult motivation. (CJ Sommerville)
  • War is God's way of teaching American geography. (A. Bierce)
  • landlocked countries surrounded by landlocked countries are Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan

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