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Human Geography, Nature & Scope

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

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Class
Date
1.

The theme of human geography is based on -

a)

the study of nature

b)

the study of human being and their activities

c)

the relationship between man and his natural environment

d)

the study of phenomenon occurred on the surface of the earth

2.

Vidal de la Blache Supported the idea of ..........................

a)

Possibilism

b)

determinism

c)

Behavioural school

d)

Radical School

3.

The core concern of stop and go determinism is  -

a)

The movement of human from a state of necessity to a state of freedom

b)

Human being should adapt the dictates of nature

c)

Possibilities can be created within a limit and there is no free run without accidents.

d)

none of the above

4.

Which factor helped the human to conquer nature ?

a)

Intelligence

b)

Development of new thoughts

c)

Development of technology

d)

Discoveries and exploration of new ideas

5.

"Neither is there a situation of absolute necessity and nor is there a condition of absolute freedom, human being can conquer nature by obeying it".

Above mentioned lines are correctly defines the concept of -

a)

Possibilism

b)

Humanism

c)

Determinism

d)

Neo- Determinism

6.

Which one of the following is not a source of geographical information?

a)

Traveler’s accounts

b)

Samples of rock materials from the moon

c)

Old maps

d)

Ancient epics.

7.

Who gave the concept of ‘stop and go determinism’?

a)

Griffith Taylor

b)

E.C.Semple

c)

Ratzel

d)

Vidal de la Blache

8.

“Nature provided opportunities and human being make use of these and slowly nature gets humanized and starts bearing the imprints of human endeavor.” reflects the concept of:.

a)

Possibilism

b)

Neo-determinism

c)

Environmental determinism

d)

None of these.

9.

Which one of the following statement does not describe geography?

a)

An integrative disciple

b)

Study of the inter-relationship between humans and the environment.

c)

Subjected to dualism

d)

Not relevant in the present time due to the development of technology.

10.

Which of the following is a sub field of social geography?

a)

Geography of Resources

b)

Electoral Geography

c)

Historical Geography

d)

Geography of Tourism.

11.

Which school of thought employed the Marxian theory?

a)

Welfare school of thought.

b)

Behavioral school of thought

c)

Radical school of thought.

d)

All the above.

12.

Which of the following is not a sub field of economic geography?

a)

Geography of Resources

b)

Geography of Agriculture

c)

Geography of Leisure

d)

Geography of Industries.

13.

Which school of thought laid emphasis or social categories based ethnicity, race and religion?

a)

Welfare school of thought

b)

Radical school of thought

c)

Behavioral school of thought

d)

None of the above.

14.

The introduction of social wellbeing school of thought in human geography is known as:

a)

Humanistic school of thought.

b)

Behavioral school of thought

c)

Radical school of thought

d)

None of the above.

15.

Who gave the concept, ‘Human geography is the study of the changing relationship between the unresting man and the unstable earth?’

a)

Ratzel

b)

Paul Vidal de la Blache

c)

Ellen C.Semple

d)

Griffith Taylor.

16.

Urban/Rural planning is learnt in which of the field of Human geography?

a)

Settlement Geography

b)

Urban Geography

c)

Population Geography

d)

Economic Geography.

17.

Who among the following defined human geography as: "Human geography is the synthetic study

of relationship between human societies and

earth’s surface."

a)

Karl Ritter

b)

Paul Vidal De La Blache

c)

Friedrich Ratzel

d)

Lucien Paul Victor Febvre

18.

Read the excerpt below and answer the question.

"In the early stages of their interaction with their

natural environment humans were greatly

influenced by it. They adapted to the dictates

of Nature. This is so because the level of

technology was very low and the stage of

human social development was also primitive."


This type of interaction between primitive

human society and strong forces of nature was

termed as _____________________.

a)

Environmental Determinism

b)

Possiblism

c)

Neo Determinism

d)

Stop and Go Determinism

19.

The people begin to understand their

environment and the forces of nature with the

passage of time. With social and cultural

development, humans develop better and more

efficient technology. They move from a state of

necessity to a state of freedom. They create

possibilities with the resources obtained from

the environment. The human activities create

cultural landscape. The earlier scholars termed this as ___________________.

a)

Environmental Denterminism

b)

Possiblism

c)

Neo Determinism

d)

Stop and Go Determinism

20.

Geography of tourism is a sub field of

a)

Urban geography

b)

Social geography

c)

Economic geography

d)

Population geography