Human Geography: Nature and Scope Quiz

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What does physical geography primarily study?

  • The physical environment (correct)
  • Social and economic differences between different parts of the world
  • The spatial distributions of human phenomena and how they come about
  • The relationship between the physical/natural and the human worlds

What is the core concern of geography as a discipline?

  • Investigating the social and economic differences between different parts of the world
  • Understanding the earth as home of human beings (correct)
  • Studying the spatial distributions of human phenomena
  • Analyzing the physical environment and life forms including human beings

In what way is geography as a field of study described?

  • Isolated, conjectural, and impractical
  • Individualistic, theoretical, and speculative
  • Integrative, empirical, and practical (correct)
  • Fragmented, empirical, and hypothetical

What does human geography primarily study?

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What major components comprise the earth's surface?

<p>Nature (physical environment) and life forms including human beings (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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Physical Geography

Study of the physical environment.

Core Concern of Geography

Understanding the Earth as the home of human beings.

Geography's Field of Study

Integrative, empirical, and practical.

Human Geography

Study of the spatial distributions of human activities and their origins.

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Earth's Surface Components

Nature (physical environment) and life forms including human beings.

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