Who said, “Human geography is the synthetic study of relationship between human societies and Earth’s surface”?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Ratzel
This definition is Ratzel’s. Its keyword is synthesis: human geography brings together the study of human societies and the earth’s surface. Semple’s definition, by contrast, speaks of the changing relationship between the unresting man and the unstable earth, and its keyword is dynamism.
Note: This question was also asked in CUET (UG) 2023 on 18-06-2023 (Slot 1, similar), 12-06-2023 (Slot 2, same), 11-06-2023 (Slot 3, same), 10-06-2023 (Slot 1, same) and 24-05-2023 (Slot 2, same).
NCERT: Fundamentals of Human Geography — Chapter 1: Human Geography: Nature and Scope, definitions of human geography (box) (2025-26)
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