Ap Human Geography Research Paper

“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.

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.

1. The reasons why some buildings are in the floodplains is because of agricultural industry. Another reason is population growth and expansion into those areas where people felt safe because of improvements of levees. Even though people were told about the dangers most people relied on disaster insurance instead of flood insurance. There should be laws that prohibit further development of these areas because it is costing the taxpayers lots of money for people that want to live in these areas that know the risks. If there were laws in place they could use some of the land as soccer fields and football fields as overflow ponds if they do want to build in a floodplain they need to raise the ground up by hauling in soils that will let the water pass through into those overfill ponds.

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.

2. Guadeloupe is made up of nine islands. There are two large islands: Basse-Terre and Grande-Terre.

In chapter 3, it discussed the different territorial states of Egypt, Southwest Asia, East Asia, and the South Pacific. During the early developments of these territorial states, climate played a big role in each states. Farmers were largely affected by the climate changes, and long period of droughts occurred throughout the lands. Due to the radical changes of climates, “powerful warming and drying trend”, it was hard for many territorial states to continue to grow enough crops to feed their people or raise animals (textbook pg 93). Thus, causing them to move and try to find a better place to live where there is more water, and this migration caused many developments to occur. An important development that I would say is the most important that led to the growth of the these early territorial states is the development of the

Geography is a main factor that has heavily influenced the course of human history. With the theory of environmental determinism in mind, geographical factors had the strongest influence towards the beginning of human civilizations when there was less technology powerful enough to challenge Mother Nature. As time passed and new technological advancements took place, nature began to have a bit less effect on what we, as humans, could or could not do, and thus the more flexible theory of possibilism came to light. Geographical elements such as rivers, mountains, and climate have changed our culture and history in ways that we often overlook. Where societies formed and flourished, why Europe seeked world domination, how countries survived invasions,

1. The factors that are listed in 1.2 are world population growth, ecological disturbances, technological advancements, microbial evolution and adaptation, and human behavior and attitudes. World population growth can impact the spread because if we are looking at just one area of people that is extremely crowded and one of them has a disease; by person to person contact it can spread more easily compared to an area of people that is less compacted with people. Ecological disturbances such as climate changes, and natural disasters, can increase spreading of Zika because climate has a lot to do with where the mosquitos, and they also need places to live. If we had a natural disaster such as a flood, that is a lot of water and that’s what mosquitos

Africa’s fascinating geography can start with the continent mostly being composed of old ancient rigid blocks of dirt as said in the article called “Africa”.  Africa also has 8 different climatic regions which are all over Africa and they include “hot desert, semi arid, tropical wet and dry, equatorial, mediterranean, humid subtropical marine, warm temperature upland, and mountain regions”(Africa, 2018). These different regions are what make Africa’s climate so fascinating because each one is different in many ways such as high mountain tops to hot deserts. The last reason why Africa has a fascinating geography is because Africa is the second largest continent in the world right after Asia and Africa is about eleven million seven hundred twenty four thousand square miles. If Africa did not have different climatic regions and it being the size it is Africa would not be that interesting.

East Africa offers experiences that can be found in no other place in the world. For this reason, you need to think about at least one trip to this region of the world and do some of the things mentioned below. Africa is a place where you can experience nature in its purest form. Many of the animals here cannot be found anywhere else in the world except in zoos. Here, they are in their natural environment. Much of the plant life and natural formations have a character to them that is uniquely African. Think about the following.

The first chapter states that if you were to ask for directions in Africa they would direct you towards landmarks. They would use businesses, billboards, and bus stops for navigation (Olopade, pg.4). What makes Africa unique from other countries is 70% of the population is under 30 years old (Olopade, pg.11). Some of the reasons their young population is because of Malaria, HIV/AIDS, and child birth, which are the top causes of death. (Olopade, pg.12). If you wanted food you would make the most of the land you had and use it for farming. The main resources that they have are the sun, soil, and water. These are the necessities needed for daily life and survival.

It is amazing how very little some people know about the continent -- not country -- of Africa, let alone the 57 countries within it. Some people have suggested that Kenya and Nigeria are in South America or even Australia. Although Kenya and Nigeria are both African countries, their cultures are quite unlike each other. The food, speech, and methods of interaction

Somalia possesses a dominantly arid climate. Temperatures are usually between 80 to 110 degrees Fahrenheit. Rainfall is different for separate regions in the country. The rainy season is between April to June and October to December. The northeast usually only gets around four inches or rain, the central areas receive around eight to twelve inches, while the northwestern and southwestern regions can receive twenty to twenty-four inches of rain. Occasionally monsoon winds will accompany the rainfall but for the rest of the year it is mostly hot and

Africa is a continent that has many countries, resources, culture and diversity. However, for the past 50 years there is a huge conflict that threatens all of Africa. It is not war or terrorism, it is in the environment. To start off, the Sahel is spans 5,400 km/ 3,360 mi from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Red Sea in the east. The belt varies from several hundred to a thousand kilometers (620 miles) in width, covering an area of 3,053,200 sq km/ 1,178,850 sq mi). The Sahel is known as the transitional region of semi-arid grasslands, savannas, steppes, and thorn shrub lands lying between the wooded Sudanian savanna to the south and the Sahara to the north. Some of the countries that it the Sahel captures are northern Senegal, southern Mauritania, central Mali, northern Burkina Faso, extreme south of Algeria, Niger, extreme north of Nigeria, central Chad, central and southern Sudan, and northern Eritrea. The climate is typically hot, sunny, dry and somewhat windy all year long.

On the one hand, some people know the weather in Africa is that of a pretty dry climate. This is a bad combination when attempting to grow things that are not meant to be grown in hot dry climates. Many foods and other resources need moisture and water to grow and survive. The effect of climate change has directly affected farmer’s “the changing and unpredictable raining seasons has greatly affected their ability to plan their farming activities” (Kibet par 5). The inconsistency in rain and natural temperature in the