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What is the literal meaning of the term 'geography'?

  • The study of maps
  • The study of human societies
  • The science of weather patterns
  • The Earth description (correct)

    • What does geography seek to understand?

  • Only the physical features of Earth
  • The history of human civilizations
  • Earth and its human and natural complexities (correct)
  • The geological composition of Earth

    • Who was the Greek scholar associated with the first recorded use of the word 'geography'?

  • Socrates
  • Plato
  • Eratosthenes (correct)
  • Aristotle

    • What is geography often described as, in relation to other disciplines?

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

    To what period does the earliest example of an attempted world map date back?

    <p>9th century</p> Signup and view all the answers

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