Geography Essay

Throughout this course we’ve examined Appalachia as a separate and distinct region within the United States. The question of whether it’s a subculture or a colony is rather muddy at best. The Oxford Dictionary defines subculture as: “A cultural group within a larger culture, often having beliefs or interests at variance with those of the larger culture”. While this is true of Appalachia to some degree, the problem lies within its geographical area and the large number of subcultures that live in…

How does the way we use borders affect our lives in the world today and the lives of those around us? Living in a world that has so many borders, physical, social, political, and mental forces us to choose between building borders up—causing conflict—or, tearing them down—bringing peace—to one another. How do we understand them so we can better navigate the roles they play in our lives? Looking at borders inside and out we are, in a way, a sort of gatekeeper for all of the borders we experience…

Location is truly a story of young love. As Khalid says himself, this song is about that special type of love that you would travel around the world for. Khalid is able to express this feeling with a lot of symbolism. He really tells us about how he feels in this song. The theme of this song is done through five literary devices. Khalid mostly shows these literary devices through symbolism. First off Khalid says “At times I wonder why I fool with you/ But this is new to me, this is new…

Amazon Jungle, 1974 As She stole through the night, Lina made sure that she melted into the shadows of the tree’s to throw off anyone that might be following her. It had taken her years, but she had finally deciphered the code leading her to the lost temple of Ugiszarie, and more importantly, the Ugiszarie emerald. The Ugiszarie emerald, the whole reason she was doing this ridiculously dangerous task. The Ugiszarie emerald was believed to be a mythical gem that weighed over 900 pounds and…

Seeing Isn’t Believing Maps and literature are tied more closely than most people believe. A book guides a reader through a story, word by word, showing them the development of the authors work. Too often, maps are over looked for their seeming simplicity. People fail to see the research and story the cartographer has created, and in turn miss every step of the cartographer’s choice to exclude and include attributes and other such map features from the final projection. Every map tells a story,…

On April 25, 1986, the world’s worst nuclear accident happened in Chernobyl. An explosion and fire in Nuclear Reactor Number Four sent radiation into the sky and caused ecological damage that would create abnormalities in nature for decades. This has given humanity the responsibility to restore that part of the environment. As a species that inhabits the world, it had become their responsibility of them to take care of the habitats of the planet. The environment is a beautiful thing that was…

By examining the differences between the Hou’s room and Xiao family’s room, it becomes clear that this film does not characterize the home as dependent on class, despite the home’s dependence on material things. The upper class Hou’s room upstairs is functional, yet feels empty and void due to the amount of open space not occupied by furniture or decor. The Xiao’s room downstairs, however, is filled with goods stuffed into every nook and cranny of the room. Despite being filled with less…

According to Oldenburg (1999) the term third place is used to “describe the public spaces used for informal social interaction outside of the home and workplace.” (Soukup, p.421). Third places are public spaces that provided “unique functions within a local community.” Oldenburg’s criteria for traditional third spaces stated that they must be on a neutral ground, must be social leveler, must be accessible, driven by communication, must have regulars, and a playful mood. Furthermore, third…

Discussion The aim of this study was to investigate if age and gender are associated with children’s understanding of the earth’s structure. It was hypothesised that: older children will have a better scientific understanding of the structure of the earth compared to younger children, boys will have a better scientific understanding of the structure of the earth compared to girls, and younger children will construct different mental models of the earth compared to older children. The results of…

First, I wanted to cover maps as an intellectual technology that has changed the way people think. The progression of maps to where they are today can be illustrated and is closely paralleled by childhood cognitive development. Maps, like a child’s development, went from a “egocentric, purely sensory perception of the world to… [a] abstract and objective analysis of experience.” It also caused society to go from a purely sensory observation of the world to a more abstract and objective view of…