Given below are some of the definitions of Human geography as defined by famous geographers. Identify the pair(s) which is/are rightly matched. 1. Human geography is the synthetic study of the relationship between human societies and earth's surface – Friedrich Ratzel 2. Human geography is the study of changing relationship between the unresisting man and the unstable earth – Ellen Semple 3. Human geography offers a new conception of the inter relationships between earth and human beings – Ellsworth Huntington 4. Human geography may be defined as the study of the nature and distribution of the relationships between geographical environment and human activities and qualities – Paul Vidal de La Blache Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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C 1 and 2 only

“Human geography is the synthetic study of relationship between human societies and earth’s surface”.-Ratzel
Synthesis has been emphasised in the above definition. Hence, Statement 1 is correct.
“Human geography is the study of the changing relationship between the unresting man and the unstable earth.”-Ellen C. Semple .Hence, Statement 2 is correct.
Dynamism in the relationship is the keyword in Semple’s definition.
“Conception resulting from a more synthetic knowledge of the physical laws governing our earth and of the relations between the living beings which inhabit it”. -Paul Vidal de la Blache.
Human geography offers a new conception of the interrelationships between earth and human beings. Hence statement 3 and 4 are incorrect.

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