Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Geography

Chapter

Fundamentals of Human Geography: Human Geography-Nature and Scope

Question:

German Geographers describe the country as a ______.

Options:

Physical World

Dead Organism

Planet

Living Organism

Correct Answer:

Living Organism

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (4) → Living Organism

We often talk of the ‘face’ of the earth, ‘eye’ of the storm, ‘mouth’ of the river, ‘snout’ (nose) of the glacier, ‘neck’ of the isthmus and ‘profile’ of the soil. Similarly regions, villages, towns have been described as ‘organisms’. German geographers describe the ‘state/country’ as a ‘living organism’. Networks of road, railways and water ways have often been described as “arteries of circulation”.