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World Geography Practice Test: Models & Principles
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In geography, models are theoretical frameworks that let us predict things like spatial relationships, interaction with or across space, and other issues of geography. Geographers base models on large patterns and test these theories against real-world data to help determine how and why things happen as they do. 

For example, the study of Earth's landscape and composition through geography is organized into five themes: location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, and region.

World Geography Practice Test: Models & Principles
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1. Ratzel coined the term ‘Anthropogeography’ which he used for the
2. Consider the following statements:
1. The genre de vie of Vidal de la Blache refers to the inherited traits that members of a human group learn, what we may call culture.
2. The genre de vie is a basic factor in determining which are the various possibilities offered by nature a particular human group will select. Which of the statements (s) given above is / are correct?
3. The Colby hypothesis offers a dynamic explanation of
4. Consider the following statements:
1. Ritter identified races by skin colour.
2. Ritter’s concepts regarding the Earth’s geographical patterns were teleological. Which of the statement(s) given above is / are correct?
5. Which one of the following geographers wrote the book ‘Influences of Geographic Environment’?
6. Consider the following statements:
1. Ellen Semple accepted the Ritzel’s ideas about the state as an organism and introduced them to America.
2. Ellen Semple published her first professional article dealing the role of the Appalachians as a barrier in American history. Which of the statements(s) given above is/are correct?
7. Consider the following statements:
1. ‘Humboldt’ gave the first scientific description of the relation of altitude, air temperature, vegetation and agriculture in tropical mountains.
2. Ritter developed the concept that continental climates are colder in winter and warmer in summer than the climates at places near the oceans at the same latitude. Which of the statement(s) given above is / are correct?
8. Regarding von Humboldt, consider the following statements:
1. He assembled materials to show how environments varied with differences in agricultural practices, reflecting interaction among altitude, temperature and vegetation.
2. He developed synthetic reasoning leading to inductive generalisation. Which of the statement(s) given above is / are correct?
9. For preparing the world map, Eratosthenes used prime meridians through which one of the following?
10. Which one of the following is the correct statement? Varenius’s ‘special geography’ was
11. The correct sequence of Von Thunen’s optional land use rings is
12. Marxist geography found its most detailed and lucid expression in the writings of
13. The most salient contribution to the study of ‘Spatial diffusion processes’ was made by
14. Consider the following statements:
1. Columbus estimated that Asia must lie very close to Europe on the West on the basis of the work of Ptolemy.
2. Strabo gave a correct explanation of the floods of the Nile, attributing them to the heavy rains in Ethiopia. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
15. Revenstein and Zelinsky are well known for their work in the context of which one of the following models/theories?
16. Consider the following statements:
1. Al-Baruni first presented the idea that the Southern Hemisphere was mostly an open ocean and that most of the world’s land area was in the Northern Hemisphere.
2. Ibn-Batuta quoted in his writings that Hindus believed that the tides were caused by the moon.
17. Of the following, who enunciated that history should be studied geographically and all geography historically?
18. Who of the following was the first scientific geographer who ascertained the length of equator on sound principles?
19. ‘Human activities are conditioned and sometimes determined by biophysical environment’ is related to the doctrine of
20. Consider the following statements:
1. Ritter’s scientific geography was based on concept of unity in diversity.
2. Ritter’s concept regarding the meaning of observed geographical patterns on Earth were teleological. Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
21. Ratzel’s second volume of ‘Anthropogeography’ emphasized on
22. Consider the following statements: The central themes of Vidal de la Blache are that
1. Nature sets limits and offers possibilities for development.
2. Man’s adjustment to nature is the function of traditions and mental structuring. Which of the statement(s) given above is / are correct?
23. Assertion (A) : In contempory, there is an increasing awareness of the need for an interdisciplinary approach to the regional problems. Reason (R) : Group of scholars with diverse backgrounds and skills focus on specific sets of regional problems more comprehensively and scientifically. Codes
24. The unified elemental complex, in which all the features of the physical, biotic and societal environments are functionally associated with man’s occupance of the earth has been called
25. Assertion (A) : According to determinists, people living in similar environment manifest similar social, economic and / or historical development. Reason (R) : Every aspect of man’s life mirrors the influences of the physical environment of his habitat. Codes

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