GGR329H5 Study Guide - Final Guide: Environmental Determinism, Temperate Climate, Hunter-Gatherer
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1. a) a basic definition of environmental determinism (also known as climatic or geographical determinism) is the view that physical environment sets limits on or determines the fate of humans. The claim that physical geography, particularly climate influenced the mind set of people, which in turn defined the behaviour and culture of the society that those individuals formed. Instead ludwig von mises identifies the misconception of the above interpretation as geography as an active and human action as a passive factor. So geography determines the fate of humans but human action does not. But the way he adjusts himself, methods of social, technological and moral adaptation, are not determined by external physical factors. American continent did not produce the civilization of indian aborigines. According to ludwig von mises the truth in environmentalism is the cognition that every individual lives at a definite epoch or geographical space and acts under the conditions determined by this environment.
