Geography is the study of the relationship between people and the land. Geographers compare and contrast various places on the earth. But they also go beyond the individual places and consider the earth as a 36. The word geography 37 _ from two Greek words, gee, the Greek word for” earth" and graphein, 38 means "to write.” The English word geography means "to describe the earth.” Some geography books focus on a small area like a town or city. Others deal with a state, a region, a nation, or a 39 continent. Many geography books deal with the whole earth. Another way to divide the study of 40 is to distinguish between physical geography and cultural geography. The former focuses on the natural world; the 41. Starts with human beings and studies how human beings and their environment act upon each other. But when geography is considered as a single subject, _ 42 branches can neglect the other.

                             A geographer might be described 43 one who observes, records, and explains the differences between places. If places 44 alike, there would be little need for geographers.

                             We know, however 45 no two places are exactly the same.Geography, then, is a point of view, a special way of looking at places.