Geography Essentials
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Which term best describes the study of the earth's physical characteristics, its inhabitants and cultures, climate, and the spatial relationships between all physical and cultural phenomena in the world?

  • Geography (correct)
  • Geology
  • Sociology
  • Anthropology
  • Who is credited with devising one of the first systems of longitude and latitude and calculating the earth's circumference?

  • Eratosthenes of Cyrene (correct)
  • Aristotle
  • Plato
  • Hippocrates
  • What does the word 'geography' mean?

  • Study of cultural phenomena
  • Study of the universe
  • Study of the Earth's surface (correct)
  • Study of climate
  • Where was Eratosthenes of Cyrene from?

    <p>Libya</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main focus of geography?

    <p>Study of cultural phenomena</p> Signup and view all the answers

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