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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?

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

What is the main preoccupation of geographers?

Toponymy and cartology (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the aim of geography as a discipline?

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

What does physical geography examine?

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

What led to the development of integrated geography?

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

What does technical geography involve studying?

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

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

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

What is the study of geography primarily concerned with?

Understanding the Earth and its human and natural complexities (B) Signup and view all the answers

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

276–194 BC (C) Signup and view all the answers

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

Geography (B) Signup and view all the answers

Which concepts are consistent between all approaches to geography?

Space, place, time, and scale (A) Signup and view all the answers

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

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

What does geography encompass today?

Multiple approaches and modalities (A) Signup and view all the answers