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please help i need to write an essay! Thanks =]
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Describe the relationship between physical geography and world cultures?
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Bob C
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If you live next to the ocean, you tend to eat fish.
In many ways, geography shapes our cultures because because, for thousands of years, most people lived and died without ever traveling more than a few miles from thier homes.
Of course, there always have been and always will be exceptions to this however, even today, this is still the case.
Think about it, the car and the airplane have only existed for about 100 years. Before the car, the train helped people get from place to place but the trip had many hazards and few attempted it. Even then, geography tended to limit where the train tracks could go. Because they started as steam engines, they had to go to places that had water. And, traveling over mountains wasn't that easy either. Even if you had the money to blast the rock and build the tracks, the ice and snow would cause lots of other problems.
Most people mistakenly believe that the world has always been and always will be the way it is today. Typically, this is true for them because not much change occurs during thier short life. Personally, I have had the good fortune to live in a more remote part of the country and grew up without running water, central heating, etc. so I have been able to experience a lot of the change first hand.
Because most people don't live long enough to witness drastic changes, they don't realize how much their culture has changed as well. Typically, in my experience change happens because the cultures tend to intermingle. However, different peoples still tend to migrate towards geography that they are used to or change the place they live to be more like the place they are from. Therefore, my theory is that, not only can geography change a culture, but a culture can change the geography.
But then, I could be wrong.
In many ways, geography shapes our cultures because because, for thousands of years, most people lived and died without ever traveling more than a few miles from thier homes.
Of course, there always have been and always will be exceptions to this however, even today, this is still the case.
Think about it, the car and the airplane have only existed for about 100 years. Before the car, the train helped people get from place to place but the trip had many hazards and few attempted it. Even then, geography tended to limit where the train tracks could go. Because they started as steam engines, they had to go to places that had water. And, traveling over mountains wasn't that easy either. Even if you had the money to blast the rock and build the tracks, the ice and snow would cause lots of other problems.
Most people mistakenly believe that the world has always been and always will be the way it is today. Typically, this is true for them because not much change occurs during thier short life. Personally, I have had the good fortune to live in a more remote part of the country and grew up without running water, central heating, etc. so I have been able to experience a lot of the change first hand.
Because most people don't live long enough to witness drastic changes, they don't realize how much their culture has changed as well. Typically, in my experience change happens because the cultures tend to intermingle. However, different peoples still tend to migrate towards geography that they are used to or change the place they live to be more like the place they are from. Therefore, my theory is that, not only can geography change a culture, but a culture can change the geography.
But then, I could be wrong.
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lindumond
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If I considered this for an hour, I could provide you with a great list. But I won't.
You could look into how ancient peoples, and even more modern groups have settled around bodies of water, especially rivers (because they are moving bodies of water), because they provide them with food, means of transportation, etc.
How volcanoes have completely wiped out civilizations of people (not recently, more like several years ago).
Peoples who are native to isolated areas of the world, especially tribes in places like Africa, don't assimilate with the rest of the world and remain isolated.
I'm not sure if you have to focus on one concept for the whole paper or if you can discuss many. How long must it be? If you want more help, let me know... I'm an English Major and a hell of a bull-shitter when it comes to paper-writing, so I tend to be helpful in these situations.
You could look into how ancient peoples, and even more modern groups have settled around bodies of water, especially rivers (because they are moving bodies of water), because they provide them with food, means of transportation, etc.
How volcanoes have completely wiped out civilizations of people (not recently, more like several years ago).
Peoples who are native to isolated areas of the world, especially tribes in places like Africa, don't assimilate with the rest of the world and remain isolated.
I'm not sure if you have to focus on one concept for the whole paper or if you can discuss many. How long must it be? If you want more help, let me know... I'm an English Major and a hell of a bull-shitter when it comes to paper-writing, so I tend to be helpful in these situations.