Geography Quiz

Overview of Types of Geography

Geography is divided into physical geography, focusing on natural events, and human geography, analyzing how humanity has impacted Earth's development.
Physical geography includes disciplines such as glaciology, geomorphology, climatology, meteorology, hydrology, oceanography, biogeography, pedology, and ecology.
Human geography, also known as anthropogeography, studies how humans have shaped the Earth through practices and ways of life.
Sub-outlets of human geography include political geography, economic geography, health geography, urban geography, military geography, cultural geography, and population geography.
The study of geography dates back to around 200 B.C., with Polynesian cartographers creating maps around 1500 B.C. using sticks and shells.
Greek scholar Eratosthenes calculated the Earth's circumference around 240 B.C., leading to the invention of the compass 40 years later.
The age of exploration began around 1500 A.D., with expeditions by Marco Polo and others to chart areas in the Middle East, Asia, Africa, the Caribbean, and America.
The Waldseemuller Map, created in 1508, was the first to include the Americas, and it is considered a major development in geography.
During the Renaissance, "The Geographia Generalis" by Bernhardus Varenius and Gerardus Mercator's world map laid the groundwork for modern geography.
Alexander Von Humboldt contributed to the study by expanding on the terrain, flora, and fauna of the Earth through his study of South America and creating the first isothermal chart in 1817.
By the early 19th century, geography was recognized as an important discipline and was being taught in universities across Europe.
In 1830, the Royal Geographical Society was founded in London to support further research into the field.