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Flashcards: Geography as a Discipline 32 Flashcards 
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True or False: Geography only focuses on human activities and ignores physical features of the Earth. |
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False; Geography studies both physical features and human activities.
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Fill in the blank: The Earth's physical features include mountains, ___, valleys, plains, plateaus, oceans, lakes, deserts, and wilderness areas. |
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Hills
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The Earth's physical features include mountains, rivers, and ___ which shape the environment for living organisms. |
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Plains  |
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True or False: Human activities have no significant impact on the Earth's geography. |
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False. Human activities significantly shape the Earth's geography through the construction of cities, roads, and other infrastructures.  |
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Fill in the blank: The interaction of nature and society is evident in how ___ are crucial for transportation and trade. |
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Rivers  |
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What role do mountains play in shaping human settlement patterns? |
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Mountains can act as barriers to travel, influencing the locations of cities and trade routes, while also being sources of resources like minerals and fresh water.  |
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Geography synthesizes spatial information, similar to how history synthesizes ___ information. |
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Temporal  |
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True or False: Geography only studies physical landscapes and does not consider human interactions. |
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False - Geography also examines human interactions and their impacts on the environment.  |
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The Himalayas serve as a significant barrier in geography, influencing historical events by ___ and ___. |
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Restricting movement and shaping trade routes  |
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True or False: Geographic features such as oceans and mountains have minimal influence on historical narratives. |
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False - Geographic features significantly shape historical narratives and events.  |
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Explain how geography interfaces with natural and social sciences. |
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Geography integrates knowledge from various disciplines to understand the relationships and interactions between different phenomena in both natural and human environments.  |
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Geography can be divided into which two major approaches? |
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Systematic geography and Regional geography.  |
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True or False: Systematic geography focuses on the study of specific regions only. |
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False. Systematic geography focuses on studying phenomena globally and identifying typologies or spatial patterns.  |
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True or False: Human geography emerged solely due to the study of physical geography. |
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False. Human geography emerged as humans influence the Earth's surface and cultural practices, highlighting human activities.  |
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Fill in the blank: Geography emphasizes a dualistic nature, focusing on ___ geography and ___ geography. |
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Physical geography and human geography.  |
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Which type of geography would focus on the patterns of natural vegetation globally? |
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Systematic geography.  |
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