Summary: An Enduring Human Geography

Scale- relationship between a specific place in the world, and the Earth as a whole.

In the video “Guns, Germs, and Steel: Episode 3”, the relationship between geography and history is examined and, to no surprise, it is extremely strong. In fact, it may arguably be the strongest determining factor of a nation’s success. It is also important to note that geography is one of the most important factors in shaping a nation’s culture and way of life. This means that a nation who is successful in their own geography may not be as successful in one that is very different from what they are used to. Europe’s dominance over Africa is a fantastic example of this.

The first thing that comes to mind when thinking of the word geography, is “land.” However, there is much more to geography than this one singular word. Geography is the study of land on Earth, its physical features, and its atmosphere. Geography is how humans affect the environment. It is what carved and shaped history, and can alter the future in just a snap of the fingers. Geography is a way to travel around the world, multiple times without even having to leave your seat. It is the ultimate difference between many subjects, such as winning or losing, happiness and sadness, or even the common difference between life and death. To many people, geography is a part of everyday life, even though we don’t seem to notice it. We use geography to get to school and work. We use it to find the nearest McDonalds, and to even find out about the weather forecast of the day. Yet, for others, geography is what they live and breathe. Tim Marshall falls into that category as the author of “Prisoners of Geography,” who dedicates much of his time to further analyze the intricate study of geography. In his bestseller, Tim explains to us the allure of ten different regions in the world, while also bringing light to the little harmful events in each region, which could potentially lead to world calamity.

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

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

Geographers study the relationships between topics such as globalization, regions, mobility, nature, culture, and cultural landscapes. Human geography is centered on the study of people, places, and the relationship between people and the environment. Geographers have a way of studying the many patterns within people and the different spaces

The five themes of geography are location, place, human environmental interaction, movement and region. Location has 2 parts, absolute and relative. St. Croix Falls absolute location is 45.4100° N, 92.6397° W, whereas St. Croix Falls relative location is about 1.5 hours from Stillwater, MN. Place is also split into 2 parts, human and physical. Human would be like Lions Park or Interstate Park. The physical would be the St. Croix River. Human environmental interaction is next and, yes, it also has 2 parts, adapt and change. The citizens of St. Croix Falls adapted to the river my building a dam on it, another way they could have adapted could have been to the cold in the winter. The change would be like if the fish were dying out because of

One of the classes I think I've grown in is Cultural Geography because I was not doing that well in that class. My grade in that class was a F. But, at the end of the Semester I was doing better than the beginning and I brought my grades up to a passing grade. Another class I think I've grown in is English because in the beginning I was not passing the class but at the middle of the Semester I was doing better. At the end of Semester I was passing the class. The Habit of Heart and Mind I think I've improved most on is that I do my homework and studying for a test. That helps me to do better at my test and have a good grade. The Habit of Heart and Mind I am using more now is doing my homework every single day. I have gotten better at the habit

Assigning this essay is not for the improvement of our writing skills, but as a way to expand our minds to the complexities of different people because by us choosing to take Human Geography, we’re learning not to believe what was told to us but what we discover. To believe one story is a habit of people due to the badgered points all to similar that forge a single “truth”, but as Chimanda Ngozi Adichie advocates, one story is not inchoately false but incomplete. Correlating to class, two of your goals for your students is learn beyond what has been presented, typically America’s issues, and to enforce the fact geography has many layers. By watching this talk, you’re warning us not become a person who only believes one side because it is not fair to the person or the people being put into one box and also that one place, one region, or one area must not be defined by one variable.

Geography is a science that deals with the description, distribution, and interaction of the diverse physical, biological, and cultural features of the earth's surface (Websters). We study geography so that we can better understand the locations of places, people, cultures, physical features of the Earth and more around us and the world. Studying geography requires looking at all of Earth’s systems.

What is geography? Author Alastair Bonnett attempts to answer this question in the book titled the same. He states that geography is a “human enterprise...[that] is an attempt to find and impose order.”1 He explores the many facets of geography that include history, political power, climate, and the humans that live throughout the world. The first two chapters explain in more detail about how geography is knowing the world through both political order and nature.

Since humans have come into existence they have always been a cause of change of whatever natural areas they inhabit along with the living organisms of those natural areas. The different types of organisms such as plants, animals, and microorganisms that inhabit these areas are known as biological diversity or biodiversity. (USEPA 2010 ) Biological diversity can be affected by many different things, climate change, and area being two specific things. Humans fit into a strange niche of biological diversity. While we have a part of biodiversity and in ecosystems, the human race has spread much farther than any other breed or type of organism except for

Humankind will always have to overcome challenges. Three key challenges that we are currently facing and require immediate action are overpopulation, land use, as well as cultural conflicts. These issues have been prevalent topics in the media in recent years. Unless we start taking the steps to address these concerns, we will continue to see these topics in the media for years to come.

An average American citizen spends about $2,600 on food each year, while other countries can barely even get enough food to feed themselves every day. How did the world become like this? Why is the world so unequal? The reason behind this is geography. Geography was the main reason that Europeans were able to decimate other cultures and appropriate their resources. The geography of Europe allowed Europeans to have good crops, domesticated animals, steel to make weapons, and immunity to smallpox, which ultimately contributed to them coming to power.

Geography is a science that looks into the description, distribution, and interactions of the physical, biological, and cultural aspects of the world. We study geography because it helps us to better understand our history as well as our current situations. It allows us to see how the world is laid out, however, geography is not just limited to maps. There are many other purposes of geography than just showing us where things are in the world. For example, it tells us about culture in different regions and how people interact with their environment.