Class 11 Geography: Geography as a Discipline — Chapter Question Set

(b) Erathosthenese — This is the textbook-supported choice for the question.

(c) Plain — This is the textbook-supported choice for the question.

(d) 1C,2A,3D,4B — This is the textbook-supported choice for the question.

(a) Why — This is the textbook-supported choice for the question.

(d) History — This is the textbook-supported choice for the question.

d) and its different parts — The textbook states: Y ou ar e already aware of some of the phenomena of geographical nature in the world and its different parts.

c) Geography — The textbook states: Now, you will study ‘Geography’ as an independent subject and learn about the physical environment of the earth, human activities and their interactive relationships.

b) Why — The textbook states: Therefore, a pertinent question you can ask at this stage is — Why should we study geography?

a) in the surrounding areas — The textbook states: We depend on the r esources to sustain ourselves in the surrounding areas.

d) means of subsistence’, i.e — The textbook states: Primitive societies subsisted on ‘natural means of subsistence’, i.e.

c) land, soil and water — The textbook states: With the passage of time, we developed technologies and started producing our food using natural resources such as land, soil and water.

b) the prevailing weather conditions — The textbook states: W e adjusted our food habits and clothing according to the prevailing weather conditions.

a) variations in the natural resource base — The textbook states: There are variations in the natural resource base, technological development, adaptation with and modification of physical environment, social organisations and cultural development.

d) which vary over space — The textbook states: As a student of geography, you should be curious to know about all the phenomena which vary over space.

c) taken place over time — The textbook states: Y ou should also be interested in understanding the changes which have taken place over time.

b) over time and space — The textbook states: Geography equips you to appreciate diversity and investigate into the causes responsible for creating such variations over time and space.

a) of the earth’s surface — The textbook states: You will develop skills to understand the globe converted into maps and have a visual sense of the earth’s surface.

d) GIS — The textbook states: The understanding and the skills obtained in modern scientific techniques such as GIS and computer cartography equip you to meaningfully contribute to the national endeavour for development.

c) What — The textbook states: Now the next question which you may like to ask is — What is geography?

b) also the home of many other creatures — The textbook states: It is also the home of many other creatures, big and small, which live on the earth and sustain.

a) mountains — The textbook states: There are mountains, hills, valleys, plains, plateaus, oceans, lakes, deserts and wilderness.

d) villages — The textbook states: There are villages, cities, roads, railways, ports, markets and many other elements created by human beings across the entire period of their cultural development.

c) environment and social/cultural features — The textbook states: This variation provides a clue to the understanding of the relationship between the physical environment and social/cultural features.

b) of their cultural development — The textbook states: The physical environment has provided the stage, on which human societies enacted the drama of their creative skills with the tools and techniques which they invented and evolved in the process of their cultural development.

a) geography”? — The textbook states: Now, you should be able to attempt the answer of the question posed earlier as to “ W hat is geography”?

d) the description of the earth — The textbook states: In very simple words, it can be said that geography is the description of the earth.

c) 276 — The textbook states: The term geography was first coined by Eratosthenese, a Greek scholar (276-194 BC.).

b) Greek — The textbook states: The word has been derived from two roots from Greek language geo (earth) and graphos (description).

a) DISCIPLINE CHAPTER GEOGRAPHY AS — The textbook states: GEOGRAPHY AS A DISCIPLINE CHAPTER GEOGRAPHY AS A DISCIPLINE 3 Put together, they mean description of the earth.

d) abode of human beings” — The textbook states: The earth has always been seen as the abode of human beings and thus, scholars defined geography as, “the description of the earth as the abode of human beings”.

c) aware of the fact that reality is always mult — The textbook states: You are aware of the fact that reality is always multifaceted and the ‘earth’ is also multi-dimensional, that is why many disciplines from natural sciences such as geology, pedology, oceanography, botany, zoology and meteorology and a number of sister disciplines in social sciences such as economics, history, sociology, political science, anthropology, etc.

b) of the earth’s surface — The textbook states: study different aspects of the earth’s surface.

a) different from other sciences in its subject — The textbook states: Geography is different from other sciences in its subject matter and methodology but at the same time, it is closely related to other disciplines.

d) and attempts their synthesis — The textbook states: Geography derives its data base from all the natural and social sciences and attempts their synthesis.

c) well as cultural environment — The textbook states: We have noted that there exist variations over the surface of the earth in its physical as well as cultural environment.

b) similar and many are dissimilar — The textbook states: A number of phenomena are similar and many are dissimilar.

a) of areal differentiation — The textbook states: It was, therefore, logical to perceive geography as the study of areal differentiation .

d) perceived to study all those phenomena which — The textbook states: Thus, geography was perceived to study all those phenomena which vary over space.

c) which cause these variations — The textbook states: Geographers do not study only the variations in the phenomena over the earth’s surface (space) but also study the associations with the other factors which cause these variations.

b) related to variations in soils — The textbook states: For example, cropping patterns differ from region to region but this variation in cropping pattern, as a phenomenon, is related to variations in soils, climates, demands in the market, capacity of the farmer to invest and technological inputs available to her/him.

a) to find out the causal relationship between a — The textbook states: Thus, the concern of geography is to find out the causal relationship between any two phenomena or between more than one phenomenon.

d) the phenomena in future — The textbook states: A geographer explains the phenomena in a frame of cause and effect relationship, as it does not only help in interpretation but also foresees the phenomena in future.

c) not static but highly dynamic — The textbook states: The geographical phenomena, both the physical and human, are not static but highly dynamic.

b) and ever-active human beings — The textbook states: They change over time as a result of the interactive processes between ever changing ear th and untiring and ever-active human beings.

a) directly dependent on their immediate environ — The textbook states: Primitive human societies were directly dependent on their immediate environment.

d) Nature — The textbook states: Geography, thus, is concerned with the study of Nature and Human interactions as an integrated whole.

c) Human — The textbook states: ‘Human’ is an integral part of ‘nature’ and ‘nature’ has the imprints of ‘human’.

b) Nature — The textbook states: ‘Nature’ has influenced different aspects of human life.

a) clothing, shelter and occupation — The textbook states: Its imprints can be noticed on food, clothing, shelter and occupation.

d) through adaptation and modification — The textbook states: Human beings have come to terms with nature through adaptation and modification.

Now, you will study ‘Geography’ as an independent subject and learn about the physical environment of the earth, human activities and their interactive relationships. Therefore, a pertinent question you can ask at this stage is — Why should we study geography? Geography as a discipline is concerned with three sets of questions: (i) Some questions are related to the identification of the patterns of natural and cultural features as found over the surface of the earth.

Now, you will study ‘Geography’ as an independent subject and learn about the physical environment of the earth, human activities and their interactive relationships. You will develop skills to understand the globe converted into maps and have a visual sense of the earth’s surface. The earth has always been seen as the abode of human beings and thus, scholars defined geography as, “the description of the earth as the abode of human beings”.

You are aware of the fact that reality is always multifaceted and the ‘earth’ is also multi-dimensional, that is why many disciplines from natural sciences such as geology, pedology, oceanography, botany, zoology and meteorology and a number of sister disciplines in social sciences such as economics, history, sociology, political science, anthropology, etc. You will learn some preliminary aspects of these techniques in your book, Practical work in Geography – Part I (NCERT, 2006). You will continue to improve upon your skills and learn about their application.

You will develop skills to understand the globe converted into maps and have a visual sense of the earth’s surface. They have put their imprints everywhere and created new possibilities in collaboration with nature. Geography as a discipline is concerned with three sets of questions: (i) Some questions are related to the identification of the patterns of natural and cultural features as found over the surface of the earth.

As a student of geography, you should be curious to know about all the phenomena which vary over space. Y ou should also be interested in understanding the changes which have taken place over time. Geography equips you to appreciate diversity and investigate into the causes responsible for creating such variations over time and space.

Y ou ar e already aware of some of the phenomena of geographical nature in the world and its different parts.

Now, you will study ‘Geography’ as an independent subject and learn about the physical environment of the earth, human activities and their interactive relationships.

Therefore, a pertinent question you can ask at this stage is — Why should we study geography?

Our lives are affected by our surroundings in many ways.

We depend on the r esources to sustain ourselves in the surrounding areas.

Primitive societies subsisted on ‘natural means of subsistence’, i.e.

With the passage of time, we developed technologies and started producing our food using natural resources such as land, soil and water.

W e adjusted our food habits and clothing according to the prevailing weather conditions.

There are variations in the natural resource base, technological development, adaptation with and modification of physical environment, social organisations and cultural development.

As a student of geography, you should be curious to know about all the phenomena which vary over space.

You learn about the diverse lands and people.

Y ou should also be interested in understanding the changes which have taken place over time.

Geography equips you to appreciate diversity and investigate into the causes responsible for creating such variations over time and space.

You will develop skills to understand the globe converted into maps and have a visual sense of the earth’s surface.

The understanding and the skills obtained in modern scientific techniques such as GIS and computer cartography equip you to meaningfully contribute to the national endeavour for development.

Now the next question which you may like to ask is — What is geography?

It is also the home of many other creatures, big and small, which live on the earth and sustain.

There are mountains, hills, valleys, plains, plateaus, oceans, lakes, deserts and wilderness.

There are variations in its social and cultural features too.

There are villages, cities, roads, railways, ports, markets and many other elements created by human beings across the entire period of their cultural development.

Now, you will study ‘Geography’ as an independent subject and learn about the physical environment of the earth, human activities and their interactive relationships. As a student of geography, you should be curious to know about all the phenomena which vary over space. It was, therefore, logical to perceive geography as the study of areal differentiation . Thus, geography was perceived to study all those phenomena which vary over space. Geographers do not study only the variations in the phenomena over the earth’s surface (space) but also study the associations with the other factors which cause these variations. Geography as a discipline is concerned with three sets of questions: (i) Some questions are related to the identification of the patterns of natural and cultural features as found over the surface of the earth. Human Geography (i) Social/Cultura l Geography encompasses the study of society and its spatial dynamics as well as the cultural elements contributed by the society.

Now, you should be able to attempt the answer of the question posed earlier as to “ W hat is geography”? You are aware of the fact that reality is always multifaceted and the ‘earth’ is also multi-dimensional, that is why many disciplines from natural sciences such as geology, pedology, oceanography, botany, zoology and meteorology and a number of sister disciplines in social sciences such as economics, history, sociology, political science, anthropology, etc. As a social science discipline, geography studies the ‘spatial organisation’ and ‘spatial integration’. Geography as an integrating discipline has interface with numerous natural and social sciences. The geographical factors have modified the course of history in different parts of the world. Biogeography The interface between physical geography and human geography has lead to the development of Biogeography which includes: (i) Plant Geography which studies the spatial pattern of natural vegetation in their habitats. Richard Hartshorne Geography studies the differences of phenomena usually related in different parts of the earth’s surface.

Y ou ar e already aware of some of the phenomena of geographical nature in the world and its different parts. Y ou ar e already aware of some of the phenomena of geographical nature in the world and its different parts. Now, you will study ‘Geography’ as an independent subject and learn about the physical environment of the earth, human activities and their interactive relationships. Therefore, a pertinent question you can ask at this stage is — Why should we study geography?

Now, you will study ‘Geography’ as an independent subject and learn about the physical environment of the earth, human activities and their interactive relationships. Y ou ar e already aware of some of the phenomena of geographical nature in the world and its different parts. Now, you will study ‘Geography’ as an independent subject and learn about the physical environment of the earth, human activities and their interactive relationships. Therefore, a pertinent question you can ask at this stage is — Why should we study geography? Our lives are affected by our surroundings in many ways.

Therefore, a pertinent question you can ask at this stage is — Why should we study geography? Now, you will study ‘Geography’ as an independent subject and learn about the physical environment of the earth, human activities and their interactive relationships. Therefore, a pertinent question you can ask at this stage is — Why should we study geography? Our lives are affected by our surroundings in many ways. We depend on the r esources to sustain ourselves in the surrounding areas.

Our lives are affected by our surroundings in many ways. Therefore, a pertinent question you can ask at this stage is — Why should we study geography? Our lives are affected by our surroundings in many ways. We depend on the r esources to sustain ourselves in the surrounding areas. Primitive societies subsisted on ‘natural means of subsistence’, i.e.

We depend on the r esources to sustain ourselves in the surrounding areas. Our lives are affected by our surroundings in many ways. We depend on the r esources to sustain ourselves in the surrounding areas. Primitive societies subsisted on ‘natural means of subsistence’, i.e. With the passage of time, we developed technologies and started producing our food using natural resources such as land, soil and water.