Syllabus

Course Code: B-GEO-202    Course Name: Human Geography- I

MODULE NO / UNIT COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE NOTES
1 1. Nature and scope of human geography, branches of human geography.
2. Human-environment relationship: environmental determinism, possibilism and ecological approach.
2 3. Human race: Meaning, classification of races and their global diffusion and distribution.
4. Tribe: Definition, classification and global distribution; environmental adaptation by Eskimo, Bushman, Gonds and Gujjars.
3 5. Religion: Meaning, nature, classification and evolution.
6. Geographical distribution of religions: Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism and Judaism
4 7. Language and dialects: nature and classification of world languages.
8. Global distribution of major languages: English, Latin, Arabic, Mandarin and Hindi.
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