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Identify some of the key thinkers who have shaped the history of Geography and
describe and comment upon the contributions these thinkers have made.
1. Eratosthenes the one who coined the term geography, He made probably the
earliest maps of the known world between however his most prominent contribution was
the idea of latitude and longitude. Eratosthenes came up with the word geography. He
was likewise the first man actually to have the option to compute the size of the earth.
The world's axial tilt, and potentially even its distance from the sun.
2. Al Idrisi he's similarly as acclaimed for being a mapmaker as he is for a geographer.
Al Idrisi didn't simply make the map of Eurasia and North Africa found in the Tabula
Rogeriana, he likewise composed a very definite record of the entirety of the
geographical highlights, ethnic groups, financial components, and different highlights of
each area he drew.
His data was gathered from interviews with guests to the territories he expounded on,
just as his own movements in a time-frame when barely any individuals voyaged more
than five or ten miles from their homes, he had visited Spain, Portugal, France,
Anatolia, and England by age sixteen, and voyaged much more widely further down the
road.

3. Alexander von Humboldt His work established the framework for the study of
biogeography. He was the main individual to build up the possibility that climate
patterns, topography, and science all influenced figuring out which plants were
equipped for thriving in which areas.
He meticulously gathered geographical and biological data over the years, and
deliberately followed the connections he found between them. The final product was the
Kosmos, a multi-volume work that secured the parts of geology and common science
that he committed his life to.

4. Immanuel Kant He believes that geography ordered things as per place, while
history grouped things as per time. Thus, according to Kant, geography had a
significant spot in essentially every aspect of information. In 1757, Immanuel Kant
turned into the first to explicitly teach geography as its subject while at the University of
Königsberg. By building up the scholarly significance of geology, he lent more
authenticity to geography as an intellectual discipline.
5. Carl Ritter one of the main figures in modern geography Working during the
nineteenth century, Ritter dealt with the different geographical highlights of the world
like organs in the human body – he accepted that everyone collaborated with the others
to make a cohesive whole, and that, much the same as an individual's organs decided
their wellbeing, the geographic highlights of a spot influenced the historical backdrop of
its occupants.
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1. Differentiate Environmental Determinism and Environmental Possibilism.
Environmental Determinism is a theory that the environment causes a social
turn of events or the possibility that the environment impacts individuals. It is also the
idea that actual climate, atmosphere, and geography shape human ideas, activities, and
practices. For instance, a human in a rainy, rocky atmosphere develops, creates, and
carries on uniquely in contrast to one who experienced childhood in a tundra. The
thought is that people and networks will make practices and standards that adapt to the
climate. While, Environmental Possibilism, is a theory that individuals can change or
overcome an environment. Gives that people can utilize tools and technology to either
change or address natural concerns. For instance, focal warming will assist one with
living in the tundra, and the making of rainwear will help in rainy areas. In the two
regions, protected (or layers of) apparel will assist one move about. At the end of the
day, climate places constraints on people, however, people can change their current
environment.

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