Geography as a Discipline

He is known as the “Father of Geography”.

• Herodotus

• Eratosthenes

• Charles Darwin

• Ptolemy

The natural resources, vegetation, climate, and topography of territory are important factors in the livelihood of its inhabitants. This statement about geography is related to what discipline?

• Sociology

• History

• Economics

• Political Science

What do we use to find absolute location?

• a GPS and an XLP

• landmarks and distances

• latitude and longitude

• the equator and international dateline

Which of the following is an aspect of Human environment interaction?

• Modification

• Adaptation

• Dependency

• All of the above

Which of the following is NOT an example of Areal Differentiation?

• Equatorial regions have hot and humid climate.

• As we climb up the Himalayan mountain the type of vegetation varies with height.

• Cropping pattern of plains will differ from that of plateau regions.

• The lifestyle of people of USA is different from people of Africa.

Which of the following questions is not concerned with Geography?

• What

• Where

• When

• Why

Which of the following disciplines attempts temporal synthesis?

• Political Science

• Sociology

• Geography

• History

Bio-Geography a subfield of Geography is related to which field of Science?

• Physics

• Geology

• Botany

• Geomorphology

Which of the following is NOT matched correctly?

• Demography - Population Geography

• Anthropology - Climatology

• Geology - Geomorphology

• Pedology - Soli Geography

Which of the following question is related to cause and effect relationship in geography?

• What?

• Where?

• Why?

• When?