WorksheetsGeographical Thought Set 3
Total questions: 85
Worksheet time: 2hrs 8mins
__________________________ uses facts to draw conclusions.
Deductive Reasoning
Inductive Reasoning
The moon was full 4 weeks ago, so it should be full again tonight.
Inductive argument
Deductive Argument
While many countries in the European Union have adopted the Euro, the only Scandinavian country that has adopted it is Finland. Therefore, Sweden does not use the Euro as its currency.
Inductive Argument
Deductive Argument
Who gave the concept of ‘stop and go determinism’?
Griffith Taylor
Ratzel
E.C Semple
Vidal de la Blache
Who of the following is not a sub field of social geography?
Medical geography
Historical geography
Cultural geography
Military geography
In which period quantitative thought became popular in geographical studies?
1850
1920
1900
Late 1950s
Which school of thought is mainly concerned with social well being of people?
Radical
Behavioural
Welfare
Possibilism
Stop and go determinism is also known as
Possibilism
Determinism
Neo determinism
None of the above
Which of the following is a sub field of economic geography?
Geography of leisure
Military geography
Historical geography
Agricultural Geography
which of the following is not an approach of human geography
Radical
Behavioural
Welfare
Explanation and description
Geography of marketing is sub-field of
Urban Geography
Social Geography
Political Geography
Economic Geography
Concept which reflects a middle path between the two ideas of determinism and Possibilism
Environmental Determinism
Possibilism
Stop & Go Determinism
Probabilism
Neo Determinism is also known as
Environmental Determinism
Scientific Determinism
Possibilism
..................Geographers describe the state/country as"Living organism"
German
French
Greek
Roman
Which of the following is not a valid dichotomy about Geography?
Nomothetic Vs Ideographic
Systemayic Vs Regional
Physical Vs Human
Social Vs Cultural
Who among the following defined human geography as: "Human geography is the synthetic study
of relationship between human societies and
earth’s surface."
Ritter
Ratzel
Blache
Semple
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 _____________________.
Determinism
Stop & Go Determinism
Possibilism
Neo Determinism
Low levels of technological development leads to which type of human nature relationship?
Environmental Determinism
Possiblism
Neo Determinism
Stop and Go Determinism
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 ___________________.
Environmental Denterminism
Possiblism
Neo Determinism
Stop and Go Determinism
The theme of human geography is based on -
the study of nature
the study of human being and their activities
the relationship between man and his natural environment
the study of phenomenon occurred on the surface of the earth
"human geography is the study of changing relationship between unresting man and unstable earth" the core idea of above mentioned definition is -
Dynamism in the relationship
Synthesis
New conceptions of the interrelationship
Welfare
Vidal de la Blache Supported the idea of ..........................
Possibilism
determinism
Behavioural school
Radical School
The core concern of stop and go determinism is -
The movement of human from a state of necessity to a state of freedom
Human being should adapt the dictates of nature
Possibilities can be created within a limit and there is no free run without accidents.
none of the above
Which factor helped the human to conquer nature ?
Intelligence
Development of new thoughts
Development of technology
Discoveries and exploration of new ideas
Areal differentiation postulates the idea regarding....
Imperial and trade interests
Elaboration and description of all aspect of a region
Identification and uniqueness of a region
Use of computers and sophisticated statistical tools
Which of the following approach marked by the use of computers and sophisticated statistical tools..
Areal Differentiation
Regional Analysis
Spatial organisation
Exploration and description
"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 -
Possibilism
Humanism
Determinism
Neo- Determinism
“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:.
Possibilism
Neo-determinism
Environmental determinism
None of these.
Which one of the following statement does not describe geography?
An integrative disciple
Study of the inter-relationship between humans and the environment.
Subjected to dualism
Not relevant in the present time due to the development of technology.
Which school of thought employed the Marxian theory?
Welfare school of thought.
Behavioral school of thought
Radical school of thought.
All the above.
Which of the following is not a sub field of economic geography?
Geography of Resources
Geography of Agriculture
Geography of Leisure
Geography of Industries.
Which school of thought laid emphasis or social categories based ethnicity, race and religion?
Welfare school of thought
Radical school of thought
Behavioral school of thought
None of the above.
The introduction of social wellbeing school of thought in human geography is known as:
Humanistic school of thought.
Behavioral school of thought
Radical school of thought
None of the above.
Who gave the concept, ‘Human geography is the study of the changing relationship between the unresting man and the unstable earth?’
Ratzel
Paul Vidal de la Blache
Ellen C.Semple
Griffith Taylor.
Urban/Rural planning is learnt in which of the field of Human geography?
Settlement Geography
Urban Geography
Population Geography
Economic Geography.
According to which approach of human geography does nature gets humanized?
Determinism
Possibilism
Neo-Determinism
None of above
Identify which of the following approaches was formulated during the early colonial period in Human geography?
Exploration and description
Regional Analysis
Areal Differentiation
Spatial Organisation
Areal Differentiation Approach of Human Geography came in which period?
1970s
1990s
1930s-inter war period
Early colonial period
Who is the father of Modern Human Geography?
Eratosthenese
Ratzel
Ellen C Semple
Vidal De La Blache
Which of the following statement reveals the core concept of Human Geography?
It studies the elements of the physical environment.
It studies the law of nature.
It studies the mutual interaction between the physical environment and human beings.
It studies the technical advancement of human being.
Telling a location using latitude and longitude coordinates.
Relative location
Place
Absolute location
Space
The shrinking "timed distance" between locations because of improved methods in transportation and communication.
Distance decay
Time-space compression
Absolute location
Relative location
An area that is defined based on peoples' perception of culture.
Formal region
Functional region
Vernacular (perceptual) region
The inverse relationship between distance and connectedness.
Environmental determinism
Time-space compression
Distance decay
Possibilism
The belief that landforms and climate are the most powerful forces shaping human behavior and societal development.
Environmental determinism
Time-space compression
Distance decay
Possibilism
A view that acknowledges the limits on the effects of the natural environment and focuses more on the role that human culture plays.
Environmental determinism
Distance decay
Time-space compression
Possibilism
Explains location by using other areas as reference points.
Absolute location
Relative location
Place
Space
Who used the terms 'unresting man' and 'unstable earth' to define human geography?
Ratzel
Semple
Blache
Huntington
'Kari has special tyres for the winter and keeps the headlights of her powerful car switched on'. This statement is an example of which of the following concepts?
Environmental Determinism
Possibilism
Environmentalism
Neo Determinism
'Neither is there a situation of absolute necessity nor is there a condition of absolute freedom' relates to which of the following concepts?
Environmental determinism
Possibilism
Environmentalism
Neo determinism
Which of the following is not a valid dichotomy about the nature of geography?
Nomothetic Vs Idiographic
Regional Vs Systematic
Artificial Vs Sythetic
Law making Vs Descriptive
Concept which reflects a middle path
(Madhyam Marg) between the two ideas of
environmental determinism and possibilism.
Neo Determinism
Neo Possiblism
Areal Differntiation
Quantitative revolution
The broad approach to geography in which the focus is on identifying the uniqueness of any region
and understanding how and why it was different from
others.
Areal Differnetiation
Spatial Organisation
Quantitative revolution
Regional analysis
Marked by the use of computers and sophisticated
statistical tools. Laws of physics were often applied to
map and analyse human phenomena. This phase was
called the _______________. The main objective was
to identify mappable patterns for different human
activities
Areal differntiation
Spatial differentiation
Quantitative revolution
post modernism
Which of the following sub field of human geography is related to Psephology?
Electoral geography
Military geography
Historical geography
Medical geography
Social deprivation, poverty etc are related with -
Behavioural geography
Humanistic geography
Regional geography
Radical geography
Conceptual difference in Geography is known as-
Areal differentiation
Dualism
Spatial organization
Ideography
A view that acknowledges the limits on the effects of the natural environment and focuses more on the role that human culture plays.
Environmental determinism
Distance decay
Time-space compression
Possibilism
Humans possess the ability to dominate their environment is known as
environmental determinism
possibilism
cartography
animism
demographics
Which geographical theme would involve the study of the impact drainage has on part of the Florida Everglades?
Movement
Location
Place
Human Environment Interaction
This is a perspective that focuses on the relationships between living things and their environment.
Spatial Perspective
Ecological Perspective
Possibilism
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 ___________________.
Environmental Denterminism
Possiblism
Neo Determinism
Stop and Go Determinism
Naturalisation of humans is also termed as ___________________.
Environmental Denterminism
Possiblism
Neo Determinism
Stop and Go Determinism
"The peoples of the cold regions, including those living in Europe, are spirited, but deficient (lacking) in skill and intelligence. The peoples of Asia are the opposite, they are intelligent and inventive, but lack spirit and are in subjection and servitude. The Greeks, living in a region between these extremes of hot and cold, enjoy the advantages of both; they are high spirited and intelligent" Aristotle, Greek Philosopher
Determinism
Possibilism
"A new study suggests that the environment in which a society lives may powerfully shape the kind of religion it adopts… Sure enough, the authors found that cultures who believed in a moralizing (punishing) god or gods tended to be located in environments that were harsher to deal with and less climactically stable." Washington Post / November 2014
Determinism
Possibilism
"In Bangladesh, annual flooding can disrupt school for hundreds of thousands of students… Mohammed Rezwan, a Bangladeshi man, has built 20 floating schools out of donated boats… He has also built 5 floating health clinics to access people who are disconnected from transportation because of floods." New York Times / June 2013
Determinism
Possibilism
"Due to the accidents of geography – in particular, the continents’ different areas, axes, and plant and animal species. That is, the different historical trajectories (stories) of Africa and Europe stem (come) ultimately from differences in real estate." Jared Diamond, Ecologist & Geographer
Determinism
Possibilism
"The Dutch, in the Netherlands, are some of the lowest-lying countries in the world. As a result, they constantly have to deal with the rising sea level flooding their country. However, 300 years ago they built windmills that pump water out of the the farmland. The Dutch have been outsmarting the water that’s everywhere around them for a thousand years." CBS News (modified) / May 2017
Determinism
Possibilism
Man is a passive agent, and nature is active agent, which controls the action and decision-making processes of man.
Determinism
Possibilism
Nature provides possibilities and man utilizes them according to his culture, traditions, and levels of socioeconomic development.
Determinism
Possibilism
Land being cleared in the Amazon for farming/ranching, to (theoretically) help the economic situations of the farmers by creating more available farmland.
*answer based on description* but .. also consider the cost/consequences of these actions and try to think of more sustainable alternatives. By doing this, not only are we destroying the rain forest but can you imagine farming in this environment. Ek.
Determinism
Possibilism
The notion that the physical environment causes social development – the environment limits human activity
environmental determinism
possibilism
culture
resources
The notion that the physical environment may limit some human actions, but people have the ability to adjust to their environment – example, people choose to plant crops which are more likely to be productive in their given region.
environmental determinism
possibilism
culture
biome
Ellen C. semple is associated with
Determinism
Possibilism
Probabilism
Neo determinism
