I would say that the answers which show how the physical environment affects people are b) Derrick, who lives near the Shenandoah Mountains, spends most weekends hiking (because he lives near those mountains, he can do this on a regular basis) and e) Penelope, who lives in the San Juan Islands, seldom leaves her house without an umbrella (because it always rains there). I would also add C) Jocelyn, who lives in Boothbay Harbor, Maine, makes her living by selling lobsters to local restaurants (because that place has a lot of lobsters).
Proximity means close to you. For example A few yards. Its proximity to the sun in its passage near that body.
Political geography studies all the following except Economies ( answer A). Political geography is concern with study of both spatially uneven outcome of political processes and the ways in which political processes are themselves affected by spatial structure. It also involve study of boundaries and their associated region.
That is because of how far the stars are from where we are.