Chapter 1

We study under physical geography:

• Weather , soil , atmosphere , etc

• Agriculture

• Population , Industry

• Urban and rural settlement

Geography is concerned with the description and explanation of the areal differentiation of the earth's surface. Who said it?

• Herodotus

• Erathosthenese

• Richard Hartshorne

• Galileo

Who developed systematic geography?

• Alexander Von Humboldt

• Karl Ritter

• Sample

• Alfred Hettner

Under which approach a phenomenon is studied world over as a whole, and then the identification of typologies or spatial pattern is done ?

• Systematic Approach

• Physical Approach

• Dualism Approach

• Regional Approach

Which one of the following questions is related to cause - effect relationship ?

• What

• Where

• Why

• When

Which one of the following disciples attempts temporal synthesis ?

• Sociology

• Geography

• Anthropology

• History

Which of the following is not matched correctly ?

• Demography ----- Population Geography

• Anthropology ------- Climatology

• Geology -------- Geomorphology

• Pedology --------- Soil Geography

A geographer requires proficiency in maths and arts because :

• He tries to understand the reality

• He attempts temporal synthesis

• He tries to establish cause and effect relationship

• He attempts to show distribution of phenomena through maps.

Which is the most important factor in man-environment relationship ?

• Technology

• Human intelligence

• Time

• Human behaviour

Which of the following branch of geography does not have links with the natural sciences ?

• Oceanography

• Climatology

• Geomorphology

• Demography