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What revolution occurred in the Age of Enlightenment related to natural philosophy?

  • Scientific revolution (correct)
  • Technological revolution
  • Revolution within natural philosophy
  • Industrial revolution

Which academic discipline is considered one of the branches of social science?

  • Astronomy
  • Botany
  • Physics
  • Anthropology (correct)

Which approach may interpretivist or speculative social scientists use?

  • Chemical analysis
  • Genetic engineering
  • Social critique (correct)
  • Mathematical modeling

What do positivist social scientists use as tools for understanding societies?

<p>Methods resembling those used in the natural sciences (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In modern academic practice, what do researchers often do in terms of methodologies?

<p>Researchers are eclectic, using multiple methodologies (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the etymological origin of the word 'Geography'?

<p>Combination of Greek words 'Geo' (The Earth) and 'Graphien' (to describe) (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who was the Greek scholar credited with the first recorded use of the word 'γεωγραφία'?

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

What is the focus of geography as a discipline?

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

Which ancient civilization produced the earliest known attempted world map?

<p>Ancient Babylon (9th century BCE) (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How is geography described in relation to other scientific disciplines?

<p>A bridge between natural science and social science disciplines (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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