7H - History of Geography

Who or what is the father of Geography ?

• Humans
• Philosopher Inmanuel Kant
• Eratosthenes of Greece
• Ptolemy of Egypt

What caused ptolemy of Egypt?

• The academic field of geography started with the mapping of the land
• Definition of geography finally added people.
• Geography moved to a view of the whole earth by mapping the location of places.
• 1984 national council for geographic education along with association of American geographers created 5 themes of geography.

What of the definitions of geography created the first map of the world?

• Ptolemy Egypt
• Eratosthenes
• 20th century
• Islamic

Who created the grid system?

• Rosenberg
• Philosopher Immanuel Kant
• Islamic scholars
• Yi-Fu Tuan

Who were the 3 types of people on ptolemy of Egypt'

• Writer, Astronomer, worker
• Astronomer, Mathematican, worker
• Astronomer,Mathematician, Geographer
• Geographer, Mathematician, Paleontologist

wich of this is true? What did the ptolemy of egybt did or was?

• an exploration of pyramids
• gave latitude and longitude
• created the map
• invented the compass rose

What is one ptolemy of Egypt? c.100 CE- c. 170CE

• Gave latitude and longitude for aprox 100 locations
• Halford Mackinder
• "The study of people in relation to the spaces they inhabit".
• Phyisical Geography

Which type of geography is the "study of earth as the home of people"

• Physical Geography
• Human Geography
• Thematic Geography
• Political Geography

Who were the first people that used Geography?

• Eratosthenes of Cyrene
• Beta
• Marcus Brutus
• Roland Barthes Claude