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Development Of Geographic Thought  Question Paper

Development Of Geographic Thought  

Course:Bachelor Of Arts In Geography

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2010



KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2010/2011
FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF
BACHELOR OF EDUCATION, BACHELOR OF ARTS & BACHELOR OF
SCIENCE

AGE 101: DEVELOPMENT OF GEOGRAPHIC THOUGHT

DATE: THURSDAY, 2ND DECEMBER 2010
TIME: 8.00 A.M ? 10.00 A.M

INSTRUCTIONS:
Answer Question ONE (1) and any other TWO (2) Questions.

Q1.
Write short notes on the following concepts:
(a)
Principle of activity [10 marks]
(b)
Lebensraum [10 marks]
(c)
Principle of unity in diversity [10 marks]
Q2.
(a)
What is Quantitative Revolution? [5marks]
(b)
Critique the use of quantitative methods in geographic studies.[15 marks]
Q3.
Drawing examples from the recent Chilean case where 33 miners were trapped underground for months, discuss the concepts of Environmental Determinism and possiblism. [ 20 marks]
Q4.
Examine the erroneous concepts about the earth that were put forward by the Greeks in the ancient world. [20 marks]
Q5.
a)
What is a paradigm? [ 4 marks]
b)
Explain Kuhn's Paradigm of Science. [ 16 marks]






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