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</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main preoccupation of geographers?

    <p>Toponymy and cartology</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</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.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What led to the development of integrated geography?

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

    What does technical geography involve studying?

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

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

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

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

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

    Which concepts are consistent between all approaches to geography?

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

    What does geography encompass today?

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

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