HUMAN GEOGRAPHY- NATURE AND SCOPE

Question 1

ELLEN C. SEMPLE

Answer 1

HUMAN GEOGRAPHY IS THE STUDY OF THE CHANGING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE UNRESTING MEN AND THE UNSTABLE EARTH.

Question 2

RATZEL

Answer 2

HUMAN GEO. IS THE SYNTHETIC STUDY OF RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HUMAN SOCIETIES AND THE EARTH’S SURFACE.

Question 3

PAUL VIDAL DE LA BLACHE

Answer 3

CONCEPTION RESULTING FROM A MORE SYNTHETIC KNOWLEDGE OF THE PHYSICAL LAWS GOVERNING OUR EARTH AND OF THE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE HUMAN BEINGS WHICH INHABIT IT.

Question 4

WHAT IS ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINISM?

Answer 4

THE INTERACTION BETWEEN THE PRIMITIVE HUMAN SOCIETY AND THE STRONG FORCES OF NATURE WAS TERMED AS ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINISM.

-it is the presence of naturalised human
^listened
^feared
^worshipped
the nature

Question 5

WHAT IS POSSIBILISM?

Answer 5

NATURE PROVIDES THE OPPORTUNITIES AND HUMAN BEINGS MAKE A USE OF THESE, WHICH LEADS TO THE HUMANISATION OF THE NATURE AND STARTS BEARING THE IMPRINTS OF HUMAN ENDEAVOUR.

Question 6

DEFINE NEO-DETERMINISM.

Answer 6

BY GRIFFITH TAYLOR.
THIS CONCEPT GIVES A MIDDLE PATH BETWEEN THE TWO i.e. ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINISM AND POSSIBILISM.
IT DEPICTS THAT NEITHER THERE IS A SITUATION OF ABSOLUTE NECESSITY NOR THE CONDITION OF ABSOLUTE FREEDOM.
a.k.a.- stop and go determinism

Question 7

WHAT ARE THE THREE SCHOOL OF THOUGHT?

Answer 7

1. WELFARE/HUMANISTIC SCHOOL OF THOUGHT-
   it puts great emphasis on the social welfare of the people. like- housing, education, health.
2. RADICAL SCHOOL OF THOUGHT-
   it is based off of the Marxian theory while explaining the causes for- poverty, deprivation and social inequality. main cause being capitalism.
3. BEHAVIOURAL SCHOOL OF THOUGHT-
   it lays importance on the lived experiences of the people and their perception of space based depending on their social categories like- caste, race, religion.

Question 8

WHAT WAS THE EVOLUTION OF APPROACHES IN HUMAN GEOGRAPHY?

Answer 8

1. EXPLORATION AND DESCRIPTION- early colonial period
2. REGIONAL ANALYSIS- later colonial period
3. AREAL DIFFERENTIATION- 1930s through the inter world war period
4. SPATIAL ORGANISATION- late 1950s to the late 1960s
5. EMERGENCE OF HUMANISTIC, RADICAL AND BEHAVIOURAL SCHOOLS- 1970s
6. POST-MODERNISM IN GEOGRAPY- 1990s