Reflective Essay
I. Introduction “Geography is the study of Earth’s landscapes, people, places, and environments” (“What is Geography,” n.d.). There are five main themes that can be referred to when discussing geography. The themes help answer specific questions, such as “Where is it?”, “Why is it there?” and “What are the consequences of its being there?” (“The Five Themes,” n.d., p. 1). These five themes are all relevant to the region, location, place, movement, and human-environment interaction. While walking through the neighborhood where I live, I took note of several different things in regards to these five geography themes.
II. General Overview
While walking through the neighborhood where I live, I took note of several …show more content…
First, transportation movement has not changed too much. A little town over from where I live, Mineral, still uses a train to transport goods. In Fredericksburg, a town forty-five minutes from where I live in which I work, they have an Amtrak Train that goes from Fredericksburg to Washington, D.C., which has been used for many year. One thing that has changed is that Fredericksburg started transit busing not too long ago that goes all around the town. The second movement is the impact of immigration in my area. The impact this is making is the development of more Hispanic stores, such as restaurants, grocery stories, and hair salons.
VII. Human-Environmental Interaction Relevance Lastly, I noticed the interaction of human-environment and found more human-environment interactions than I initially thought that I would find. Some human-environment interaction that I found in my own neighborhood was our boat dock and the boathouses that were built. These foundations are modifications that we did to our land that are not natural to the land itself. Of course the road that we drive on and the houses that are built are also human-environment interactions.
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I. Introduction “Geography is the study of Earth’s landscapes, people, places, and environments” (“What is Geography,” n.d.). There are five main themes that can be referred to when discussing geography. The themes help answer specific questions, such as “Where is it?”, “Why is it there?” and “What are the consequences of its being there?” (“The Five Themes,” n.d., p. 1). These five themes are all relevant to the region, location, place, movement, and human-environment interaction. While walking through the neighborhood where I live, I took note of several different things in regards to these five geography themes.
II. General Overview
While walking through the neighborhood where I live, I took note of several …show more content…
First, transportation movement has not changed too much. A little town over from where I live, Mineral, still uses a train to transport goods. In Fredericksburg, a town forty-five minutes from where I live in which I work, they have an Amtrak Train that goes from Fredericksburg to Washington, D.C., which has been used for many year. One thing that has changed is that Fredericksburg started transit busing not too long ago that goes all around the town. The second movement is the impact of immigration in my area. The impact this is making is the development of more Hispanic stores, such as restaurants, grocery stories, and hair salons.
VII. Human-Environmental Interaction Relevance Lastly, I noticed the interaction of human-environment and found more human-environment interactions than I initially thought that I would find. Some human-environment interaction that I found in my own neighborhood was our boat dock and the boathouses that were built. These foundations are modifications that we did to our land that are not natural to the land itself. Of course the road that we drive on and the houses that are built are also human-environment interactions.
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