Geography: An Overview

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What is the primary focus of geography?

Understanding the Earth's physical features

Understanding the Earth's natural phenomena

Understanding the Earth and its human and natural complexities (correct)

Understanding the Earth's human inhabitants

When was the first recorded use of the word 'geography'?

9th century BCE

In ancient Babylon

The concepts of geography date back to the earliest attempts to understand the world spatially

276–194 BC (correct)

What are the core concepts of geography consistent between all approaches?

Linking natural science and social science disciplines

Understanding physical features, human inhabitants, and natural phenomena

Space, time, and scale (correct)

The study of lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth

Who is credited with the earliest example of an attempted world map?

Ancient Babylon Signup and view all the answers

What has geography been called in terms of its interdisciplinary nature?

A bridge between natural science and social science disciplines Signup and view all the answers

What makes geography an extremely broad discipline today?

Its interdisciplinary nature and multiple approaches Signup and view all the answers

Which branch of geography largely focuses on the built environment and how humans create, view, manage, and influence space?

Human geography Signup and view all the answers

What is the systematic study of the Earth, its features, and phenomena that take place on it?

Geography Signup and view all the answers

Which type of approach combines physical and human geography and concerns the interactions between the environment and humans?

Integrated geography Signup and view all the answers

What do geographers seek to classify, compare, generalize, and trace out in their study of phenomena?

Laws of nature Signup and view all the answers

Which technique involves the study and development of maps and geographic information systems?

Cartography Signup and view all the answers

What kind of approaches do many studies in geography take, employing both quantitative and qualitative methods?

Mixed-methods approaches Signup and view all the answers

What concept led to the development of integrated geography in the discipline?

The difference between physical and human geography Signup and view all the answers

'A thing not of mere names but of argument and reason, of cause and effect' is a description of which aspect of geography?

'Geography as a Science' Signup and view all the answers

'To know by heart a whole gazetteer full of them would not, in itself, constitute anyone a geographer.' This quote emphasizes the importance of which aspect in geography?

'Names of places' Signup and view all the answers

What attribute characterizes something falling into the domain of geography?

Spatial component that can be placed on a map Signup and view all the answers

भूगोलीय दृष्टिकोण की अन्तर्वर्तीता का किस पर निर्भर होता है?

भौतिक और मानविक घटनाओं के बीच संबंध Signup and view all the answers

किस बात पर भूगोल को जानकार को भूगोलीय नहीं माना जाता?

स्थानों के नाम Signup and view all the answers

किस प्रकार की पहुंच भूगोल के अंतर्वर्तीता को सुलझाने में महत्वपूर्ण होती है?

समस्या-समूह Signup and view all the answers

किसे 'केवल नामों का ही नहीं, बल्कि मत, कारण, प्रतिक्रिया, परिणाम' का वर्णन माना गया है?

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भूगोल क्या अध्ययन करता है?

मानव और प्राकृतिक जटिलताओं की समझ Signup and view all the answers

भूगोल की प्राचीनतम कोशिका 'गेओग्राफिया' का पहला प्रयोग किसने किया था?

एराटोस्थनीज Signup and view all the answers

किसकी श्रेणी में भूगोल के संदर्भ में 'पृथ्वी' के साथ-साथ अन्य तारों के शरीरों पर भी समाजिक-वैज्ञानिक पेड़-पौधों के बीच के संक्रियाओं पर प्रकाश डाला जा सकता है?

नक्षाविज्ञान Signup and view all the answers

नक्षाविज्ञान में कौन-कौन से संक्रिया/समुलसंक्रिया के अध्यन होते हैं?

प्राकृतिक आपत्तियों के प्रति सतर्कता Signup and view all the answers

भूगोल की धारा का मुख्य विषय क्या है?

स्थान Signup and view all the answers

किस प्रकार के अनुसंधान में कई अध्ययनकर्ता आँकड़ा-मौलिक और गुणात्मक दोनों प्रकार के दृष्टिकोण अपनाते हैं?

मिश्रित-पद्धति Signup and view all the answers

किस तकनीक में परिसरी संरेखन, संवेदनशीलता, साक्षात्कार और सर्वेक्षण शामिल होते हैं?

रिमोट संवेदन Signup and view all the answers

किस शाखा में, मुख्य रूप से, मनुष्य निर्मित पर्यावरण पर और कैसे मानुष पर प्रभाव डालते हैं, पर ध्यान केंद्रित होता है?

पुर्ति-परंपरा Signup and view all the answers

'सिर्फ नामों का ही नहीं, कुतरक और तर्क, कारण और परिणाम' का वर्णन किस पहलू में है?

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