Question

Here are some milestones in the development of technology used by geographers. Put them in the order in which they appeared in history.

Cartography
Photography
Navigational Compass
Internet

Answer 1

The technology milestones for geography in chronological order are: Cartography, Navigational Compass, Photography, and the Internet.

Step-by-step explanation:

The student has asked for the chronological order of development of certain technologies important to the field of geography. To put the milestones in historical order, we must consider the approximate time periods during which each became prominent.

The navigational compass was used by the Chinese during the Song Dynasty, which dates back to about the 11th century.

Cartography, or the creation and study of maps, has been an integral part of human history for much longer, but it certainly was formalized as a field of study many centuries ago, well before the navigational compass was widely used.

Photography was invented in the early 19th century, and though it isn't a tool used exclusively by geographers, it has become important in the documentation and study of geographic features.

Finally, the internet, which emerged in the latter half of the 20th century, has revolutionized how geographic data is shared and analyzed, particularly with the advent of Geographic Information Systems (GIS).

1. Cartography
2. Navigational Compass
3. Photography
4. Internet

Answer 2

The right order is Cartography -> Navigational Compass -> Photography -> Internet.

Cartography - The first examples of maps used in Cartography dates back to the human pre-history. The oldest recorded route was found in Anatolia and was dated 6100-6300 BC, showing buildings and a volcano.

Navigational Compass - The first known compass was made with Lodestone, a black magnetized iron ore, during the 12th century. Chinese, European and Arab mariners used a different mechanism to make the magnetic phenomenon possible, but eventually, the lodestone was used to magnetize a needle that was floated on a small piece of wood in a small container of water.

Photography - The modern photography was established during the 19th century and was only used in a consistent manner by geographers by the end of that century.

Internet - The most recent milestone was the internet that came after the development of electronic computers in the 1950s.