Ap Human Geography Research Paper

During this unit of human geography, I have learned so much about religions, ethnicities, and even culture. For example, I learned about the religion Islam and how it is a religion of peace just like the Hindu religion and as well as the Buddhist religion and much more others. These religions and some others have much in common whether they accept it , these religions and some more are all peaceful religions and all teach good morals and principles to the followers, everyone following footsteps of good people and their good actions and/or deeds. When I was reading chapter 7 ( ethnicity) I learned that ethnicity also has to do with culture and that the chapter before that one, we were reading about ( folk culture) and how it much ties in with

Relocation diffusion- the spread of an idea through the physical movement of people from one place to another.

Geology- It is the study of the Earth, which materials compose it, and how they work together, their processes (earthquakes, floods, erosion) and changes that they have gone through (mountains emerging, valleys, etc.). It also studies the organisms that had been on earth (fossils). It is a wide subject that can be subdivided into fields such as minerology, petrology and so on.

categories. Downtown became the common term used to define the area of the city where the

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.

For the 5th day, he created creatures for the waters and birds for the sky.

1) “It’s the sun” - Over the past 35 years, it has been documented that the

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.

The world is very unequal because Geographic location affects what crops a civilization can grow and how they develop because a civilization can grow a variety of crops on different continents which rely on the weather and the climate which depends upon where the civilization is located. In the middle east is where civilizations grew wheat and wheat is high in protein and last a very long time as long as it is dry. Unlike sago is what they grew in papua new guinea, the sago is low in protein and only last three to four days. This is what affects the health and well being of the people which benefits the civilizations only if they have healthy food. The geography affects the agriculture which makes a civilization’s ability to produce agriculture

Centralized Government made to establish rules and maintain order; as well as handle diplomatic matters.

Water Stress - When the demand for water is higher than the amount of water available.

1A.1.) A nation is a unified group of people with a common culture. An example of a nation without a state is the Kurds.This is because the Kurds do not have a state of their own since the Kurdish land includes parts of Iraq, Syria and Armenia and the Kurdish people are often the majority in cities in this region.

Winter (wet season): Weather similar to that of Spanish coastal towns. Temperature reaches an average maximum of 16*C (61*F) and only about 5 or 6 hours of sunlight can be witnessed during this season.

1. Global warring 2. The increase in the temperature 3. The south the farmers burn rain forest 4.

Cultural landscapes provide a sense of place and identity. They map our relationship with the land over time. An American geographer by the name Carl Sauer wrote an article which explained how cultural landscapes are made up. Religion can shape cultural landscape in various forms, such as sacred site, burial practices, and architecture.