SSC
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
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Question
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Geographers use History to do which of the following?
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Make future predictions
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Determine the latitude and longitude of a location
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Help understand the past
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Determine the geographic formations of an area
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The two most important tools geographers use are maps and globes.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Greek prefix “geo” means “earth” and the Greek suffix, “graphy, ‘’ meaning “description, ‘’ so a geographer is someone who studies the earth. The word “geography” is a Middle French word that is believed to have been first used in 1540.
Detailed explanation-3: -Mapping the World The geographer’s most important tool is the map. Mapmaking went through a revolution in 15th and 16th centuries when a marvelous age of exploration dawned.
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