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Class 12 Chapter 01 Human Geography - Nature and Scope Exercise Solution (English Medium)

Chapter 1

Human Geography - Nature and Scope

 

Que 1 Choose the correct answer from the four options given below:-

(i) Which one of the following statements does not describe geography?

(a) Integrative Discipline

(b) Study of the inter-relationship between man and environment

(c) dependent on longevity

(d) not relevant in modern times as a result of the development of technology

ANS. (d) not relevant in modern times as a result of the development of technology

(ii) Which one of the following is not a source of geographical information?

(a) Details of passengers

(b) Ancient Map

(c) Samples of rocky materials from the moon

(d) Ancient epics

ANS . (c) Samples of rocky materials from the moon

(iii) Which one of the following is the most important factor in the interaction between people and the environment?

(a) Human intelligence

(b) Technology

(c) people's experiences

(d) Human brotherhood

 ANS . (b) Technology     

 (iv) Which one of the following is not an approach to human geography?

(a) Regional Variation

(b) Quantitative Revolution

(c) local organization

(d) Exploration and Description     

ANS. (b) Quantitative Revolution

 Que 2 Answer the following questions in about 30 words:-

(I)       Define human geography.

ANS.  That branch of geography, which deals with the geographical study of human facts, is called human geography. For example, to study human settlement, agriculture, population, industries etc.

Ø  "Human geography is the synthetic study of the relationship between human societies and the surface." - Friedrich Ratzel

Ø  "Human geography is the study of the changing relationship between the unstable earth and the working man." - Miss Ellen Churchill Semple

(II)      Name some sub-fields of human geography.

ANS.

Ø  Economic Geography: It studies the location and distribution of economic activities at the local, regional, national and global levels. Economic geography can be studied under the following points: resource geography, agricultural geography, industrial and transport geography.

Ø  Historical Geography: The spatial and temporal study of geographical phenomena is done under historical geography.

Ø  Social Geography: It analyzes the social phenomena of the place. Poverty, health, education, living are some of the main areas of social geography.

Ø  Population Geography: It studies various aspects of population like population distribution, density, composition, fertility, mortality, migration etc.

(III)     How is human geography related to other social sciences?

ANS.  Human geography takes the help of economics for the study of economic activities; of history for the knowledge of time; Demography for population related characteristics; Agricultural science for distribution of crops and land use; Sociology for the study of human communities, its socio-family customs, etc.; For the study of geo-politics, international relations, polity, etc. takes the help of political science.

Que 3 Answer the following questions in about 150 words:-

(I)        Explain the naturalization of human

ANS. Nature and humans are intricately intertwined. Describing physical and human phenomena with symbols derived from "human anatomy", is called naturalization of human geography and humanization of nature. For example, the 'form' of the earth, the 'beauty' of the mountains, the 'eye' of the storm, the 'mouth' of the river, and the 'head', the 'peak' of the mountains, the 'garbh' of the land (bhoo-garbha), and the metropolis never 'sleep', country is a 'body', transport and communication, are its 'arteries' and river's 'young, adult and old age' etc. so doing geographical study through are some above examples of humanization of nature.

(II)       Write a note on the subject area of Human Geography.

ANS. 

Human geography studies the relationship between the physical environment and the human-generated socio-cultural environment, through their interactions. Under geographical conditions, the study of cultural landscape created by human origin or activities is the subject matter or subject area of ​​human geography.

The scope of human geography is very wide. It includes all those substances, actions and thoughts, which are directly or indirectly related to man and his environment. For example, agriculture, industry, trade, communication, population and its composition, human settlement, language, literature and political and administrative units etc.



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