Development of Geographical Thought

The ILIAD was written by...............?

• Homer

• Ptolemy

• Eratosthenes

• Aristotle

Greeks were famous for............?

• Physical geography

• Mathematical Geography

• Human Geography

• Social Geography

Who coined the term Geography?

• Eratosthenes

• Hecataeus

• Ptolemy

• Homer

Who reported the phenomenon of Monsoon winds to Arab world ?

• Ibn Khaldun

• Iban Batuta

• Al Biruni

• Al Masudi

Who wrote Kitab-al-Hind?

• Al Idrisi

• Al Biruni

• Iban Batuta

• Ibn Hawqal

Who among following stated "the apparent westward movement of stars is due to the rotation of the earth own its own axis"

• Varah Mihira

• Aryabhata

• Brahmagupta

• Bhaskara

'Brihat Samhita' was written by ......

• Aryabhata

• Chanakya

• Varaha Mihira

• Kalidasan

Who among following are credited with preparing first world map with scale

• Strabo

• Eratosthenes

• Ptolemy

• Anaximander

Latitudes in India are known as

• Akshamsh

• Rekhansh

Who is considered to be father of Geography

• Hecateous

• Eratosthenes