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Human Lecture One: Human Geography before 1945
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1Who laid out the foundations for geography as a specific branch of knowledge; bringing together the wealth of new empirical information gathered during European exploration and colonialism in the 17thC and 18thC. Organising and ordering the existing knowledge of the world in new ways using methods of scientific enquiry?
- AHumboldt and Ritter
- BCharles Darwin and Friedrich Ratzel
- CPaul Blache and Richard Hartshorne
2Which geographer authored 'Kosmos' which included regional economics, climates and vegetation zones; which encouraged the accurate study of phenomena to find definitive laws and causes?
- AHumboldt
- BRitter
- CDarwin
- DRatzel
3Which geographer dedicated himself to the study of the earth as the home of mankind, adopting in a mosaic world view (his work was teleological)?
- AHumboldt
- BRitter
- CRatzel
- DDarwin
4In what year was the Royal Geographical Society formed?
- A1830
- B1840
- C1850
- D1860
5How did Charles Darwin's Origin of Species (1859) impacted geography?
- ABroke links between geography and natural theology
- BLaid the basis of new ways of conceptualising the relationship between people and the environment
- CHeightened interest in the regional as a subject for geographical enquiry
- DAll of the above
6Which doctrine stated human activities are controlled by the environment. Stimulated by Darwin's work; these ideas could help to explain the pattern and processes of human habitation of the Earth's surface?
- AEnvironmental Determinism
- BSpatial Science
- CHumanism
- DPostmodernism
7Who is considered the founder of environmental determinism in geogrpahy?
- AHumboldt
- BRitter
- CRatzel
- DDarwin
8Which one of the following is not one of the three main aims of anthropogeography?
- ATo describe the regions of the habitable earth, and distribution of mankind over it
- BTo study human migratory movements of all types and their dependency on the land
- CTo analyse the effects of the natural environment on the human body and spirit, both on individuals and entire social groups
- DFocuses on interdependence and repercussions between human civilisation and physical nature
9Ellen Semple (a student of Ratzel) argued what in her 'Influences of the Geographical Environment' (1911)?
- AHuman temperament, culture, religion, economic practices and social life all derived from environmental influences
- BThere were racist implication of environmental determinism as it assumed people in certain regions had unity in characteristics; which can degenerate into grave racial faults
- CBoth of the above
10What came about as a critique to environmental determinism (proposed by Febvre 1922, drawing on the works of Blache) which recognised that natural feature influence human activity but could not be regarded as determining them; focusing on interdependence and repercussions between human civilisation and physical nature?
- APossibilism
- BHumanism
- CPositivism
- DSpatial Science
11How did American, European and French developments of Regional Geography in the 19thC differ?
- AAmerica: descriptive rather than systematic study. French: associated with work of Blache. European: combination of both
- BAmerica: associated with work of Blache. French: descriptive rather than systematic study. Europe: combination of both
12What was Paul Vidal de la Blache's work (the other is the work of Richard Hartshorne)?
- AApproached the regional concept from its human and cultural dimensions. Defining the 'region' as a unique expression of the interaction between humanity and the physical environment
- BArgued that geography was about the analysis and synthesis of phenomena in space; it's unique role was to study 'the world, seeking to describe, and to interpret the difference among its different parts (1939)'
13Which geographical approach helped develop geography in the following ways? (Allowed the study of human-environment interaction, served as an excellent teaching aid, provided a sound classification tool and gave geographers a clear object of enquiry, which distinguished it from the work of other disciplines)
- ARegional Geography
- BEnvironmental determinism
- CPossibilism
- DSystematic approaches
14What is the correct order of progression of geographical approaches?
- AEarly development of human geography (Humboldt and Ritter), Environmental Determinism (Ratzel, Semple), Possibilism (Febvre), Regional Geography (Blache, Hartshorne)
- BEarly development of human geography (Humboldt and Ritter), environmental determinism (Ratzel, Semple), Regional Geography (Blache, Hartchorne), Possibilism (Febvre)
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- Approaches to Geographic Knowledge (Human Approaches) Quiz on Human Lecture One: Human Geography before 1945, created by Monty Leaman on 20/05/2017.
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