Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Geography

Chapter

Fundamentals of Human Geography: Human Geography-Nature and Scope

Question:

Nature provides opportunities to man to use it and man is the personification of it (nature) and there is a relationship between nature and human efforts. It starts making an impression. What is described in these lines?

Options:

Possibilism

Determinism

Neo-determinism

Naturalization of humans

Correct Answer:

Possibilism

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (1) → Possibilism

The lines describe how nature provides opportunities, but it is human effort that shapes and utilizes these opportunities, indicating that humans are active agents in shaping their environment. This reflects the core idea of possibilism, which holds that while the environment offers possibilities, it is human choice, creativity, and technology that determine how these are used.