GGR329H5 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Mediterranean Climate, University Of Salamanca, Plant Reproduction
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Ggr329 question answers: give a basic definition of environmental determinism. 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. Man lives in a definite geographical environment and is forced to adjust his action to the conditions of this environment. But the way he adjusts himself, methods of social, technological and moral adaptation, are not determined by external physical factors. For example the north american continent did not produce the civilization of indian aborigines.
