Question

essential skills to study geography

Answer 1

map skills
and mugging up skill
to study geo you must be interested in it otherwise you will be bored

Answer 2

Firstly , you should be interested in map work . Then,You need to pay great attention to each and every word written . And most probably you need to keep in mind everything you have learned in your previous years in geography .
And if you are new then keep calm and as your teacher explains just listen to her forget about everything and most prominently ,read what you read in class the same day at home .
Hope it helps