Question

Who coined the term "Geography"?
1. Aristotle
2. Karl Ritter
3. Eratosthenese
4. Alexander Von

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : Eratosthenese

The correct answer is Eratosthenese.

• Eratosthenes was a Greek mathematician who is famous for his work on prime numbers and for measuring the diameter of the earth.
• Eratosthenes may have been the first to use the word geography.
• He invented a system of longitude and latitude and made a map of the known world.
• He also designed a system for finding prime numbers — whole numbers that can only be divided by themselves or by the number 1.
• He was the first person to measure the circumference of the size of Earth.

 Aristotle

• Aristotle was a Greek philosopher.
• Aristotle is the father of zoology.
• Taught by Plato, he was the founder of the Lyceum, the Peripatetic school of philosophy, and the Aristotelian tradition.

Karl Ritter

• Carl Ritter was a German Geographer.
• He is one of the founders of modern geography.

Alexander Von

• Alexander von Humboldt was a German polymath, geographer, naturalist, explorer, and proponent of Romantic philosophy and science.
• He is one of the founders of modern geography.