Geography Basics Quiz

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

  • Technical geography
  • Human geography (correct)
  • Physical geography
  • Integrated geography

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

  • Toponymy
  • Cartography
  • Areography
  • Geography (correct)

Which technique involves studying and developing the to?

  • Remote sensing
  • Cartography (correct)
  • Interviews
  • Surveys

What kind of approaches do many studies in geography take, breaking down into quantitative and qualitative methods?

<p>Mixed-methods approaches (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Geography as a discipline can be split broadly into three main branches: human geography, physical geography, and technical geography. What does physical geography examine?

<p>The natural environment and how organisms, climate, soil, water, and landforms produce and interact (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does geography seek to understand?

<p>The lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who is credited with the first recorded use of the word 'geography'?

<p>Eratosthenes (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is one of the core concepts of geography consistent between all approaches?

<p>Focus on space, place, time, and scale (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which discipline has been described as 'a bridge between natural science and social science disciplines'?

<p>Geography (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

When did the earliest example of an attempted world map date back to?

<p>9th century BCE in ancient Babylon (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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