1._____________________ is the type of interaction between primitive human society and strong forces of nature.
Ans: Environmental determinism
2.___________ is the synthetic study of relationship between human societies and earth's surface.
Ans: Human geography
3.Define human geography.
Ans:
Human geography can be defined in following ways:
4. Stop and Go determinism is also called ______________.
a) Neodeterminism
b) Possibilism
c) Environmental determinism
d) Humanisation of nature.
Ans: a) Neodeterminism
5.Which one of the following statements does not describe geography?
a) an integrative discipline
b) study of the inter-relationship between humans and environment
c) subjected to dualism
d) not relevant in the present time due to the development of technology.
Ans: d) not relevant in the present time due to the development of technology.
6.Which one of the following is not a source of geographical information?
a) traveller's accounts
b) old maps
c) samples of rock materials from the moon
d) ancient epics
Ans: c) samples of rock materials from the moon.
7. Which one of the following is the most important factor in the interaction
between people and environment?
a) human intelligence
b) people's perception
c) technology
d) human brotherhood
Ans: c) technology
8. Which one of the following is not an approach in human geography?
a) Areal differentiation
b) Spatial organisation
c) Quantitative revolution
d) Exploration and description
Ans: c) Quantitative revolution
9.Name some sub-fields of human geography.
Ans:
The sub-fields in human geography are as follows:
10. How is human geography related to other social sciences?
Ans:
Human geography, as you have seen, attempts to explain the relationship between all elements of human life and the space they occur over. Thus, human geography assumes a highly inter-disciplinary nature. It develops close interface with other sister disciplines in social sciences in order to understand and explain human elements on the surface of the earth. With the expansion of knowledge, new subfields emerge and it has also happened to human geography.
10. How is human geography related to other social sciences?
Ans:
Human geography, as you have seen, attempts to explain the relationship between all elements of human life and the space they occur over. Thus, human geography assumes a highly inter-disciplinary nature. It develops close interface with other sister disciplines in social sciences in order to understand and explain human elements on the surface of the earth. With the expansion of knowledge, new subfields emerge and it has also happened to human geography.
11. Explain naturalisation of humans.
Ans:
Human beings interact with their physical environment with the help of technology. It is not important what human beings produce and create but it is extremely important ‘with the help of what tools and techniques do they produce and create’.
Technology indicates the level of cultural development of society. Human beings were able to develop technology after they developed better understanding of natural laws.
Knowledge about Nature is extremely important to develop technology and technology loosens the shackles of environment on human beings.
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 environmental determinism. At
that stage of very low technological development
we can imagine the presence of a naturalised
human, who listened to Nature, was afraid of
its fury and worshipped it.
Nature is a powerful force, worshipped, revered
and conserved. There is direct dependence of human beings on nature for resources which
sustain them. The physical environment for such
societies becomes the "Mother Nature".