Cultural geography

One of the most vast and discombobulating subjects our education system teaches us is Geography. When I was younger, about nine or ten, I always had the perception that Geography involved the study of volcanos and thunderstorms. However, as I became older I slowly came to the realization that it embodied a great deal more. At the time I was learning about Geography and I didn't even know it. Through my Social Studies class I learned about the Aboriginal Peoples movements through summer and…

The reason I choose a house in Norton Shores area is simply because it is a great neighborhood and is quiet, an excellent safe place to reside with your family. In the Norton Shores area there is an extremely low crime rate and in the Norton Shores public school district. the school system in the Norton Shores school district is safe and a place of higher leaning, for an even better reason, It's a place I would trust to send my own children if I were to ever plan on having any in the near future…

Please define the terms listed below: 1. Physical Geography is the study of the earth’s physical features, like mountains, soils and waters. 2. Human Geography is the study of the way people have had an impact on the Earth’s physical features, like constructing dams or buildings. 3. Absolute location is a location on the earth that can be found by using mathematical coordinates. 4. Latitude is one of the measures used for absolute location. It is a measurement that goes from north to…

I decided to do a research and evaluate Gill Valentine because through some quick background check, I was very interested in that she focused her research on culture of the youth and childhood that are influenced by urban societies and environment. To me, it was her interest in the youth and her ambition toward making contributions to younger generation that made me wanted to know more about the goals of all her researches. Through my research on Gill Valentine, I realized that she is a great…

The major theme of Section one, Units one and two, articles 1-15, in Geography by Gerald R. Pitzl, is how the discipline of Geography is so widely-themed, with the examples of the destruction of rainforests, desertification, and pollution featured in Unit two. Before studying this book, I never thought of pollution or how humans can damage our global environment being a topic a Geographer studied. I thought that Geography was based on maps and the land. The importance of humans and the way we…

Geographers use a variety of maps because it helps us explain what goes on, on the Earth, see what the Earth will be like in the future, and research why the earth does things the way it does. Maps help us explain the weather, the patterns in geology, and other miscellaneous facts. They also help us see what we need to wear, and prepare for like tornados or hurricanes, even earthquakes. Lastly maps help us research why there are hot and cold days, what the average whether will be in a country or…

Over the semester in Human Geography we’ve been learning about other geographical locations all over the world, especially in Asia. How countries have gotten they way they have to this day has been through trade, human movement and political and cultural influences that spread out in a span of over hundreds of years. The creations of states and countries are created through cultural differences and political influences; however there are many arguments over how those paths are created through…

Capitalism is one of the most talked about subjects today by many economic geographers and how much commotion it can cause. Capitalism has been debated since its invention so many years ago. Capitalism is crisis prone and truly only works because it is so dependent on crisis. Capitalism is based on the theory of boom and bust cycle and creates outwards of flow during a boom and causes many jobs to be lost during a bust. David Harvey mentions in his article about the dependency on crisis for…

1___Scale is a geographic tool for creating and interpreting maps. Scale also has a broader meaning for geographers, as the relationship between any phenomenon and Earth as a whole. 2___A region is an area characterized by a unique combination of features. 3___A formal region is an area within which everyone has one or more distinctive characteristics in common, whereas A functional region is an area organized around a node or focal point. 4___An example of a functional region is the…

Africa there are several commonalities that make the continent of Africa prone to certain problems. One of these problems has been made manifest in nation of Angola as it struggles with an outbreak of yellow fever. Many physical and cultural aspects of Africa’s geography make it prone to these types of outbreaks. Angola has had 277 people die from yellow fever since this past December (Kupferschmidt). And the government of Angola has had a hard time stemming new infections for several reasons.…