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The word geography comes from Greek roots that mean what?Read the answer and worked solution →Which branch of geography focuses on the natural environment?Read the answer and worked solution →Which branch studies the patterns and processes that shape human society?Read the answer and worked solution →What does technical geography mainly develop and study?Read the answer and worked solution →Space, place and time are core concepts of geography. Which concept completes the four?Read the answer and worked solution →On a map, scale is the ratio between which two measurements?Read the answer and worked solution →In geography, what is absolute space?Read the answer and worked solution →In human geography, place combines coordinates, activity and what else?Read the answer and worked solution →According to Tobler's first law of geography, which things are more related?Read the answer and worked solution →Which geographer is best known for the first law of geography?Read the answer and worked solution →Who proposed the 'Four traditions of Geography' in 1964?Read the answer and worked solution →Which is one of Pattison's four traditions of geography?Read the answer and worked solution →Which topic belongs to physical geography?Read the answer and worked solution →Which field studies climate, meaning weather averaged over a long period?Read the answer and worked solution →Which field is mainly about water moving and gathering on land and in nearby soils and rocks?Read the answer and worked solution →Which field mainly studies glaciers, ice sheets and the cryosphere?Read the answer and worked solution →Which field studies the Earth's surface landforms and the processes that shape them?Read the answer and worked solution →Biogeography emerged as a field through the work of which scientist?Read the answer and worked solution →Pedology is the study of what?Read the answer and worked solution →Which branch of physical geography studies the Earth's oceans and seas?Read the answer and worked solution →Which field examines how continents were distributed through geologic time?Read the answer and worked solution →The Quaternary period covers roughly how much time?Read the answer and worked solution →Which field gathers, stores, processes and delivers geographic information?Read the answer and worked solution →Which branch bridges human and physical geography?Read the answer and worked solution →Another name for human geography is what?Read the answer and worked solution →Human geographers often work in which area of industry?Read the answer and worked solution →Which kind of methods is human geography much more likely to use than physical geography?Read the answer and worked solution →In which decades did the quantitative revolution become particularly influential in geography?Read the answer and worked solution →Which activity is described as the art, science and technology of making maps?Read the answer and worked solution →What does the abbreviation GIS stand for in geography?Read the answer and worked solution →

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The word geography comes from Greek roots that mean what?

  1. Earth writing
  2. Sky mapping
  3. Land measuring
  4. People counting
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Correct answer: A. Earth writing

1. Geography combines the Greek gê, meaning Earth, and gráphō, meaning write. 2. So the literal meaning is Earth writing. 3. Land measuring suggests surveying, sky mapping suggests astronomy and people counting suggests a census; none matches the roots. _Source: Wikipedia, Geography, Lead section_

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Which branch of geography focuses on the natural environment?

  1. Human geography
  2. Technical geography
  3. Physical geography
  4. Cultural geography
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Correct answer: C. Physical geography

1. The main branches are physical, human and technical geography. 2. Physical geography focuses on the natural environment such as climate, soil and landforms. 3. Human geography studies people and space, and technical geography develops tools, so they do not fit. _Source: Wikipedia, Geography, Lead section_

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Which branch studies the patterns and processes that shape human society?

  1. Physical geography
  2. Technical geography
  3. Human geography
  4. Planetary geography
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Correct answer: C. Human geography

1. Human geography studies patterns and processes that shape human society. 2. It covers political, cultural, social and economic aspects. 3. Physical geography studies nature and technical geography studies tools, so they are wrong. _Source: Wikipedia, Geography, Human_

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