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Sykesville The town of Sykesville in Carroll County Maryland may be a small town; however it is rich with history and culture. Location According to the textbook, the absolute location of a given area is defined as “the position reckoned by latitude and longitude on the globe and also includes site and situation.” The absolute location of Sykesville is 39.37 11° N, 76.97 25° W. The relative location of the town of Sykesville is situated 21 miles Northwest of Baltimore, 24 miles East from…

Comparative Immigrant Groups: Unit 2 Assignment Many immigrants migrated to the United States for the obvious choice of reasons such as freedom, working environments, and to become successful to provide for their families. As this progressed there were many downfalls for both these ethnic groups where it may be struggling to move down to the point where they experienced hardships of being able to maintain a stable life even for themselves. Not including their same ideal dreams of creating a new…

As the world’s population expands higher every day, people continue to search for ways to mitigate the problems of their countries reaching the maximum amount of people it can handle. When China went under new leadership in the late nineteen forties, they even tried to make their population grow quicker (BGE). They called this program the “Great Leap Forward”. The only thing this leap propelled forward to was a time of immense poverty and famine(BGE). Was China’s one child policy a future proof…

Vulnerable Population I believe the vulnerable population will continue to grow. The United States population is expected to continue to grow at 0.9% per year. It is estimated there will be 400 million people by 2039 and over 400 million by 2050. The growth is mostly going to be from many of immigrants coming into the United States. By that time the United States would see a growth in Hispanic and Asian population triple. Additionally, the population will also be older than what we see today. It…

As terrorism is on the rise, many people flee their country in hopes of finding sanctuary; but with such an influx of people and the very real fear of terrorism, misinformation and misconceptions are impossible to avoid. It is easy to make assumptions, especially when having little to no knowledge on the subject. Even more so when presidential candidates choose to exaggerate the facts and blow things way out of proportion. There are many misunderstandings surrounding the refugees, therefore…

Populations consist of a group of individuals that are of the same species (Habitat, ecosystem, population and community). They also have unique attributes such as growth rate, sex ratio, mortality rate, and age structure (Klappenbach). Ecosystems can be defined as cyclical systems that are self-sufficient (Habitat, ecosystem, population and community). Organic carbon flows from organism to organism through what they consume, and is taken from the atmosphere through photosynthesis and returned…

The United States was built on the backs of immigrants, pilgrims, and refugees. Innovation generates great new ideas as thoughts come together. From the industrialization of steel to the invention of the light bulb and telephone, immigrants welcomed into the United States have improved the infrastructure and lives of all Americans. Currently, the Islamic State and civil war are displacing twelve million families from their homes. These people flee into the wilderness in mass travelling as…

Excursion Assignment Over time the city of Toronto has constantly expanding and redeveloping. The result of redevelopment and expansion is change is change is styles of architecture. This can be seen in the location of houses in Toronto, and in a smaller community such as the Ryerson campus. Traveling from the suburbs to the urbanized heart of Toronto, the change of architecture was noticeable. In the suburbs there are many multi-story houses, in residential neighborhoods. But when…

Marginality of American Asians In the United States, Asians encompass 6% of the total population. There are now 17.3 million Asian Americans, up from 6.9 million in 1990, in the United States. Asian Americans are currently the fastest growing population in America (Census data, n.d.). The rise of Asian Americans really tweaked my interest in Asian Culture. Asian culture is one that I have very little knowledge. In my teaching experiences, there have been very few Asian Americans in my…

Homogamy, defined as the similarity between partners, plays an important role in the gene pool, the distribution of resources, and the social relations in communities. In Partner Choice and Homogamy in the Nineteenth Century: Was There a Sexual Revolution in Europe?, Marco H.D. van Leeuwen and Ineke Maas (2002) used qualitative and quantitative data from nineteenth century northern Sweden to determine if there was a move from homogamy to heterogamy. They found little support for decreasing…