SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT GEOGRAPHY

 

1. WHO IS THE FATHER OF GEOGRAPHY?

Ans. ERATOSTHENES

2. WHO WROTE THE GES PERIODOS?

Ans. HECATEOUS

3. WHO INVENTED ASTROLABS?

Ans. HIPPARCHUS

4. WHO WAS THE FATHER OF MATHERMATICAL GEOGRAPHY?

Ans. THALES AND ANAXIMANDER

5. WHO DRAWED MERIDIAN ON MAPS?

Ans.  ERATOSTHENES

6. WHICH PERIOD IS CONSIDERED AS DARK AGE?

Ans. EARLY MEDIEVAL PERIOD (300 AD TO 1200 AD)

7. WHO WAS THE FIRST CARTOGRAPHER?

Ans. ANAXIMANDER

8.WHICH IS THE LONGEST RIVER IN WORLD?

Ans. THE NILE RIVER

9. WHO IS THE FATHER OF CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY?

Ans. CARL O. SAUER

10. WHO IS THE FATHER OF URBAN GEOGRAPHY?

Ans. Mr. KARL MASSERT