Geography

“The knowledge about nature is extremely important to develop technology.” Examine the statement.

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…

What do you mean by “Naturalisation of Humans and Humanisation of Nature”?

In the early stages of human interaction with their natural environment, humans were greatly influenced by nature, as they had low levels of technology. They adapted to the dictates of Nature, listened to Nature, and were afraid of its fury and worshipped it. This happened because the level of technology was very low and the…

What do you mean by Dualism in Geography? What is the meaning of words nomothetic and ideographic?

There is a wide-range debate whether geography should be studied with a regional or systematic approach. This is called dualism. Nomothetic means: law-making while ideographic means: descriptive. Whether geographical phenomena be interpreted theoretically or through a historic institutional approach. There exists a dichotomy between physical and human geography.

Explain the concept of environmental determinism with suitable examples.

Determinism refers to the point of view supporting environmental control on human action. Accordingly, history, culture, lifestyle and stage of development of a social group, society, or nation are largely governed by the physical factors, (like terrain, climate, fauna and flora) of the environment. The determinists generally consider humans as passive agents. For example: Benda,…

What do you mean by Dualism in Geography?

The emphasis of Geography is on the study of nature and human beings. Geography is subjected to dualism and the wide-ranging debates started whether geography as a discipline should be law-making (nomothetic) or descriptive (idiographic). There is a wide-range debate whether geography should be studied with a regional or systematic approach. This is called dualism….

Give examples of how both physical and human phenomena are described in metaphors using symbols from the human anatomy.

There are various examples in the physical world where human symbols and metaphors are used: the ‘face’ of the earth ‘eye’ of the storm ‘mouth’ of the river ‘snout’ (nose) of the glacier ‘neck’ of the isthmus ‘profile’ of the soil. Villages, towns, and regions have been described as organisms. German geographers describe a country…

Define ‘Human Geography’ in your own words. Mention any four fields of Human Geography.

Human geography defines the impact and behavior of people and their implications in the physical world. It includes religion, language, and government of people that vary across the world. It also discusses the standards of living and quality of life across the world. It shows the inter-relationship between the physical environment and socio-cultural environment created…

Support the statement “Nature is extremely important to develop technology”.

Technology is being developed by humans for ages and with every passing day, technology keeps getting more developed. But this development depends on nature and natural products including wood, plastic, rubber, paper, etc. Without these products of nature, it is nearly impossible to bring about technological improvement. Technology indicates the level of cultural development of…