Geography: The Study of Earth's Features
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What are the three main branches of geography as a discipline?

  • Economic geography, cultural geography, and historical geography
  • Human geography, political geography, and integrated geography
  • Geology, oceanography, and meteorology
  • Human geography, physical geography, and technical geography (correct)

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

  • Oceanography
  • Geology
  • Geography (correct)
  • Meteorology

Which techniques are commonly employed in the field of geography?

  • Botany and zoology
  • Cartography and remote sensing (correct)
  • Meteorology and oceanography
  • Economics and sociology

What does human geography largely focus on?

<p>The built environment and human interactions with space (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main preoccupation of geographers?

<p>Toponymy and cartology (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the aim of geography as a discipline?

<p>To trace out the laws of nature and mark their influences upon man (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does physical geography examine?

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

What led to the development of integrated geography?

<p>The need to combine physical and human geography (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does technical geography involve studying?

<p>The study and development of techniques used in geography (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the relationship between physical and human phenomena in geography?

<p>They are interrelated and dependent on each other (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the study of geography primarily concerned with?

<p>Understanding the Earth and its human and natural complexities (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>276–194 BC (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is described as 'a bridge between natural science and social science disciplines'?

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

Which concepts are consistent between all approaches to geography?

<p>Space, place, time, and scale (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did geography date back to in the earliest attempts to understand the world spatially?

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

What does geography encompass today?

<p>Multiple approaches and modalities (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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