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“Areal differentiation forms the core theme in Geography.” Explain. (10 marks)

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Approach The question demanding how Areal differentiation a central theme in geography. So don’t just explain what is areal differentiation. Explain the following things- geography focused on chorology, idiographic approach. Geography as descriptive theory. Geography as regional synthesis. Use the name of thinkers and statements to conclude the answer. Answer The study of areal variation […]

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Define human development. Discuss the different approaches to human development. (15 marks)

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Approach Define human development. Discuss approaches. Conclude. Answer The term ‘human development’ may be defined as an expansion of human capabilities, a widening of choices, ‘an enhancement of freedom, and a fulfilment of human rights. At the beginning, the notion of human development incorporates the need for income expansion. However, income growth should consider expansion

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State the concept of Age-Sex pyramid. Discuss the different types of age-sex pyramids. (20 marks)

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Approach Define age-sex pyramid. Discuss its types with examples and diagrams. Conclude. Answer The age-sex structure of a population refers to the number of females and males in different age groups. A population pyramid is used to show the age-sex structure of the population. The shape of the population pyramid reflects the characteristics of the

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Make a temporal analysis of approaches to Human Geography. (20 marks)

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Approach In the introduction write the context of various approaches. Explain from colonial period till post modernism with examples. Conclude. Answer  If we imagine the beginning of human geography with the interaction of environment and human beings, it has its roots deep in history. Thus, the concerns of human geography have a long temporal continuum

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Discuss the Naturalisation of Humans and Humanisation of Nature.

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Approach Write definition of human geography in the introduction. Explain naturalisation of humans with examples. Explain humanisation of nature with examples. Conclude. Answer “Human geography is the study of “the changing relationship between the unresting man and the unstable earth.” – Ellen C. Semple. Naturalisation of Humans In the early stages of their interaction with

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“Human geography is the synthetic study of the relationship between human societies and earth’s surface”. – Ratzel. Elucidate.

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Approach Define human geography in the introduction. Relation between human society and earth’s surface with examples. Conclusion. Answer Human geography studies “the relationship between the physical/natural and the human worlds, the spatial distributions of human phenomena and how they come about, the social and economic differences between different parts of the world”. The core concern

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