HISTORY 3

WORLD GEOGRAPHY

Name: ___________________________ Score:

Year & Course: ____________________ Date: _____________

I. TRUE or FALSE. Read each statement carefully. Write T if the statement is correct and F if incorrect.
Strictly No Erasure.
____________1. The word Geography was taken from two Latin words which means “earth
description.”
____________2. The study of Biogeography centers on the development and irregularities on the
surface of the earth.
____________3. Hipparchus was the Greek scholar who was the first man to draw imaginary lines on
the surface of the earth.
____________4. Absolute location also refers to the astronomical location since both refers to a
location of a place given in degrees latitude and longitude.
____________5. It was Aristotle who once said that whenever possible, one must investigate on the
place where one is.
____________6. The study of Geography has no meaning whatsoever on the study of Sociology.
____________7. Physical Geography concentrates on the study of one earth feature or human activity
as it happens throughout the word..
____________8. Equator, international Dateline and Prime Meridian are all but imaginary lines on the
globe and maps.
____________9. Topical Geography deals with all or many of the geographic elements of a place or
region.
____________10. Both Eratosthenes and Ptolemy worked in the library in Alexandria, considered the
largest of its time.

II. Enumerate the following. Strictly No Erasure.

a. Branches of Geography
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b. Categories included in the study of regional geography

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c. Basic concepts geographers use

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III. Essay. Answer the question briefly for 5 points.

1. Explain why the study of Geography is very much related in the study of History.