Discussion
Which one of the schools of thought first developed possibilism ?
Answer: C
Possibilism was first developed by the French School of Geography, led by Vidal de la Blache and developed by Lucien Febvre. It holds that nature offers possibilities and humans choose among them according to their culture and needs.
The German school is known for early environmental determinism (Ratzel), so A is wrong. The Russian and British schools are not identified as the origin of possibilism.
Febvre said that there are no necessities, but everywhere possibilities, and man, as master of the possibilities, is the judge of their use. Vidal de la Blache's school in France studied genres de vie, ways of life, and this gave the idea its foundation, in contrast with the German tradition of environmental control.
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