Consider the following statements:
1.Environmental determinism says culture and human activity are determined by the environment
2.Environmental possibilism holds that the environment limits people but does not decide their behaviour, linked with the Anthropocene and anthropogenic activities
ABoth statements 1 and 2 are true ✓ Correct
BOnly statement 1 is true
COnly statement 2 is true
DNeither statement 1 nor statement 2 is true
Correct answer: (A) Both statements 1 and 2 are true
Explanation
Both statements are true, so the pair on determinism and possibilism holds together.
Statement 1 correctly says environmental determinism makes the environment decide culture and human activity.
Statement 2 correctly says environmental possibilism lets the environment set limits while people still choose their actions.
The possibilist link to the Anthropocene fits, since humans now reshape their surroundings through anthropogenic activity.
Determinism and possibilism are the two classic contrasting schools of human geography.
The French geographer Vidal de la Blache is closely associated with possibilism.
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