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Geometry is used mainly in construction.
Geometry is the study of the properties and relationships of magnitudes (lines - shapes - objects) in space. Its function is to allow us to more fully understand the physical world around us.
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The answer is in the word -- Geo means 'Earth', and 'metry' means 'measure'. Geometry means to measure the earth. Ancient Egyptians used a form of simple geometry. When buildings or crops needed to be plotted out, geometry was used.
It may be easier to talk about what part of the world the study of geometry originated in. The earliest records of geometry can be traced to two areas around 3,000 BC-- the Indus Valley which is modern-day India and Pakistan, and Babylonia /Mesopotamia, which is modern-day Iraq.