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Our wide world. The philippines and its strategic location in the world. Philippines is part of a wide world home of the Filipino people its beautiful and strategic location show that the Filipino are blessed by God - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
OUR WIDE WORLD
THE PHILIPPINES AND ITS STRATEGIC LOCATION IN THE WORLD
Philippines is part of a wide world home of the Filipino people its beautiful and strategic location show
that the Filipino are blessed by God rich natural resources, tropical climate,
beautiful scenery bring hope to the Filipinos
inspire them to take good care of the resources for the welfare of the next generation
THE SHAPE OF THE EARTH people believed that the earth was a
flat land with water in some of its parts belief changed after the studies
conducted by several scientists Aristotle and Pythagoras said that the
earth’s shape was that of a sphere
in the third century, Erasthotenes of Cyprene gave the size of the earth, but it was not the exact size
research and studies continued in order to find out the exact size and shape of the earth
Sir Isaac Newton conducted a research proved that the earth is not exactly
round, it is oblate spheroid
In 1735, the French conducted their studies and they agreed with what Newton had said
Sebastian Del Cano – proved that the earth was not flat - travelled with Fernando Magallanes
FERNANDO MAGALLANES
discovered spices in our country a Portuguese but served the king of
Spain killed by Lapu-Lapu, chieftain of
Mactan. accompanied by Enrique came to the Philippines in March 16,
1521 5 ships: Trinidad, San Antonio,
Concepcion, Victoria and Santiago
REMINDER:CIVICS 4
1.Study the following topics for Quiz No. 1 Definition of History Importance of studying History Meaning and Importance of globe
and map Definition and importance of
studying geography2. 20 items for every quiz.3. Study hard and be prepared. Goodluck…………..msj07