Ap Human Geography Chapter 2 Essay

Giving full credit to restricting the Mississippi River as the culprit for loss of wetlands is not accurate. The booming oil and gas exploration of the 1970’s and 1980’s merits a name on the marquee as well. The pipelines and canals used to transport the resources to the outside world placed a great deal of stress on the fragile wetlands. Erosion from the barges in and out of the marshes as well as the salt water allowed into the fresh water, providing a precarious habitat for fresh water species – flora and fauna alike. Plants provide root systems to hold soil in place. Fish and fowl provide an economy for the area. Enter

Located at the base of the Wasatch Mountains is the wonderful city of Sandy. Sandy City is one of the more populous areas of Salt Lake City and the 5th largest city in Utah. It is a large, mostly suburban area with a population of about 94,000 people. It extends from I-215 to the north, E 12300 to the south, W 10600 S to the west, and Little Cottonwood Canyon Road to the east.

“Times and conditions change so rapidly that we must keep our aim constantly focused on the future”. This is a quote by one of the most successful and innovative men to ever live, Walt Disney. He was successful because he constantly kept looking to make a better future for himself and others. He did this through interactions with the world and everything around him. Interactions such as these can push mankind forward. They lead to innovations that revolutionize the world we live in. It only takes one great idea to change the world and make it a better place for everyone. Human geography deals with how human actions influence and impact other humans and the world’s environment.

The geography of the region shaped the lives of the people in the Ancient World by allowing permanent settlements to flourish, by allowing technology to adapt, and by isolating them from other cultures. The geography of a civilization can range from mountains, deserts, oceans, and forests. This can allow for many advancements and setbacks.

1. In a compared map of the Holy Land and the state of New Jersey, there are not a lot of differences in the amount of land. Although the Holy Land does not provide important resources, people have been fighting over it throughout history.

In the text they used ‘pretty bloody extraordinary’ to describe the project the Paterson is undertaking, the words give off an air of passion to the project. The writer gives off the impression that the whole project is extraordinary with words ‘grand, epic and phrases like ‘not a single soul’.

The enviromnet plays a huge role in the way they live in Africa. Where a region is located has a very big impact on the activities that are able to take place there. If a place is too hot or too cold, certain plants are not able to grow there. Also, too much rainfall or not enough rainfall can help or prevent certain plants from growing. In Africa your specific location in regards to elevation, and the equator, the climate and the natural resources all play a role in Africa's economy.

Chapter Four mainly revolves around three major ideas and/or themes. These are the ideas of industrialization, empires, and war; more specifically World Wars 1 and 2. It starts by explaining the start of the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain in the mid 1800s and how it originated and the events surrounding it. Many of the key ideas in this chapter will aid me in also discussing the economic history of Sweden.

Due to Melbourne’s climate is one of a temperate oceanic climate. During the summers between the months of December and February, temperatures may rise to 40oC, but are averagely ranging between 20oC to 26oC. The coldest temperatures occur during the winter months of June and August which often lie within a range of 10oC to 15oC

This semester I learned that there are four different branches of human geography. First to define the different geographies: social, has to do with society and what that regions society values. An example of this would be school systems. Cultural geographies has to do with symbolic practices and shared sets of meaning, a simple example of this could be in Italy, most people are Roman Catholic, and share those values. Political, is the type of government that county has, for example North Korea is communist. Lastly, economic, is that countries economy, for example Greece, currently is in an economic crisis.

1) Because of differing state policies when approaching multiple languages, Belgium only gains antagonism from multiple languages while Switzerland has more unity. Belgium gives autonomy to regions based on the two differing languages they speak, which creates more difference. Switzerland has four national languages, because they are using their diversity as a unifying factor rather than a dividing one.

1. Four problem passages in Chapter 14 are firstly the "Two Accounts of Creation" which people believe there are contradictions in creation in regards to vegetation. Issue being that it states in Chapter 1 of Genesis that vegetation was created on the third day but in Genesis 2 it states that vegetation did not appear until the creation of Adam. The solution to this is that Chapter 2 is supporting Chapter 1 in giving more detail to vegetation in regards to the types and that their actual physical growth that can be seen was not until Adam was created but that plantation occurred as it states in Chapter 1 of Genesis. Thus man was created first and then vegetation followed. Second, "Cains Wife", the issue presents if Cain and Abel murdered one

Since 1930, over 2,300 square miles of wetlands have disappeared and recording about 23-25 square miles of wetlands are lost each year. “This is equivalent to losing a football field every thirty-eight minutes” (Losing Ground). Human and natural activities are at fault for the coastline destruction but human activities are the most responsible for having accelerated the amount of destruction. One major form of human activities that have hurt the coast was the construction of levees. Levees are man-made earthen hills that surround the Mississippi River, and many other bodies of water, and protect people from the natural flooding that occurs.

To begin, one of the largest and long term solutions is the effort to combat climate change. Climate change contributes to coastal flooding through multiple ways, but the most devastating to coastal cities is sea level rise. Increases in global temperatures cause sea levels to rise, which causes flooding at earlier stages due to tides already being higher from higher sea levels. When this happens, high tides come in further and cause more flooding. Sea level rise contributes to both ‘nuisance flooding’ and catastrophic flooding. It can cause longer duration and intensity of flooding, as the flood waters take longer to subside (Ezer & Atkinson, 2014). Catastrophic flooding caused by large scale events, such as a hurricane, are more prevalent now than 100 years ago, which corresponds to the rise in sea levels. Suggestions to combat climate change are varied and range from lowering carbon emissions to reducing deforestation (NTNU, 2015). Reducing sea level rise that is caused by global warming through climate change is an important aspect of flood prevention. In regards to nuisance flooding alone, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has stated that sea level rise will cause increasing nuisance flooding and the time between flooding incidents will decrease (NOAA, 2015). Due to the many solutions proposed

While reading this section of the book, I was very astonished at the actions of humans in the last century. We have disrupted the natural process of delta building. By placing levees along the Mississippi river, we have been successful in providing flood protection from the river overflowing its banks but have also prevented nature from settling sediment in the wetlands. As a result, all the nutrients that are required for growing land are being carried with the sediment straight out into the Gulf of Mexico, rather than playing their nature-intended role in building Louisiana's coastal wetlands. I’ve seen this firsthand living in South Louisiana, small tracts of land that were once visible tiny islands in the wetlands are now completely gone,