SSC MTS EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -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: -The word geography comes from two Greek words, Geo comes from Gaea, meaning earth and ‘ography’ comes from graphein meaning to write about something, therefore geography means “to write about the earth”. geography is broken down into two main areas of study; the natural world and the human world.

Detailed explanation-3: -Eratosthenes, the ancient Greek scholar is called the ‘father of geography. He was the first one to use the word geography and he also had a small-scale notion of the planet that helped him to determine the circumference of the earth.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Geographica (Ancient Greek: Geōgraphiká), or Geography, is an encyclopedia of geographical knowledge, consisting of 17 ‘books’, written in Greek and attributed to Strabo, an educated citizen of the Roman Empire of Greek descent.