GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -What is Geography? The word Geography is derived from the Greek word geo (the Earth, in its broadest meaning) and graphos (graphy, to write about). Literally, to write about the Earth.

Detailed explanation-2: -In very simple words, it can be said that geography is the description of the earth. The term geography was first coined by Eratosthenese, a Greek scholar (276-194 BC.). The word has been derived from two roots from Greek language geo (earth) and graphos (description).

Detailed explanation-3: -That knowledge became known as geography, a term first used as the title of Eratosthenes of Cyrene’s book Geographica in the 3rd century bce.

Detailed explanation-4: -The word geography is derived from the Latin word “geographia” and the similar Greek word “geōgraphia, ‘’ which essentially mean to describe the earth’s surface.