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An Analysis of the Summer Employment Problems
Employment
Geography
Summer
I see two major issues and a couple of minor issues facing Arthur, problems with finding summer employees. The first major issue is to find workers who are willing to work on short notice. The second is finding employees who do not have a problem with not knowing how many hours they will get to…
An Overview of the Infamous Dust Bowl in the United States
Dust Bowl
Geography
weather
In the early 1900s, farmers in the United States, especially those in the Great Plains region, faced a difficult period. The aftermath of World War I resulted in an oversupply of crops and subsequently lower prices for farmers. To combat this, Midwest farmers focused on cultivating wheat as it was highly demanded and profitable. They…
A Personal Reflection on the Change in My Attitude towards Lacrosse Practice and Athletic Skills over the Summer
Geography
Sport
Summer
I really wished I hadn’t signed up for this. I am stepping out of my car, with my lacrosse stick and bag in my hand. My stomach is rumbling inside from my nerves. Today is the first day of lacrosse practice that I just had to sign up for two months ago. I know it’s…
River Indus: The Largest River in Pakistan
Environment
Environmental science
Geography
Morphology
Natural Environment
Natural Resources
Water
The River Indus, the largest river in our country, originates from the northern slopes of the Kailash Range in Tibet (China) and passes through the Himalayas before entering Pakistan’s territory near Gilgit. In its upper region, several streams join it, while both its western and eastern tributaries contribute to its vast volume and speed at…
Trigonometry Lab Hours of Daylight
Astronomy
Geography
Mathematics
Two important events on the earth take place everyday that is Sunrise and Sunset. The time duration from the Sunrise and Sunset is day length (or length of days or length of daytime. However, it can be noticed that over the course of a year, the length of the day or the number of hours…
The About Ferdinand Magellan
Exploration
Geography
In the early 1500s, almost four and a half centuries before men first orbited the earth; an expedition completed and led by Ferdinand Magellan performed a task of comparable significance for that time period. Magellan, a Portuguese navigator for Spain, sailed westward with a fleet of five ships from the port of Sanlucar de Barrameda…
Two Africans Recall the Arrival of the Europeans
Africa
Two Africans Recall the Arrival of the Europeans Baba and Ilanga bot remembered the event of the Europeans coming to their villages. The villagers sat and wondered what it would be like when the Europeans came. Before they came Baba and Ilanga lived in their village where they both worked out in their fields, or…
America and Asia – Differing Views
America
Asia
Miss SaigonAmerica and Asia have always had their constant share of differing views regarding everything from lifestyles to foreign policies. Asian countries such as the Philippines, North Korea, Vietnam, Japan, and China, have at one time or another, sometimes even consistently, accused the United States of bullying their individual countries into following their wishes in…
Chernobyl Disaster Facts and Information
Natural Disaster
The accident On April 26, 1986, Soviet’s Union Chernobyl nuclear plant exploded letting out a massive amount of radiation that all Russian citizens would debate for years to come. At exactly 1:21 am. on April 26th 1986 in Chernobyl, a city near the Pripiat River the No. 4 reactor exploded and released thirty to forty…
North American Free Trade Agreement and American Consumers
Free Trade
North America
QUESTION 1: What caused the migration of textile jobs out of the United States after NAFTA was established? ANSWER 1: The establishment of NAFTA led to a significant decrease in textile and apparel production in the United States between 1994 and 2004. Textile production declined by 20% and apparel production decreased by 40%. As a…
| theme | The five themes of geography are location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, and region. |
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| description | Geography is a field of science devoted to the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of the Earth and planets. The first person to use the word γεωγραφία was Eratosthenes. |
| quotations | Geography has made us neighbors. History is not everything, but it is a starting point. Love, having no geography, knows no boundaries. There is an eternal landscape, a geography of the soul; we search for its outlines all our lives. War is God’s way of teaching Americans geography. |
| information | Importance: Geography can help us understand the planet’s movement, changes, and systems. Topics that are relevant to today such as climate change, water availability, natural resources, and more are much easier understood by those who know geography well., |