On Thursday, June 27, 2013, US President Barack Obama announced the end of trade privileges with Bangladesh over safety concerns and working conditions of its factories (Shah, 2013). Bangladesh will b...
Jared Diamond, the author of ‘guns, germs and steel’ theory, aims to explain the material success of European civilization through the lenses of certain preconditions, including geography, use of ...
Geography 2: The Shape of Nicaragua War
The war involved the nations of Miskito and other Indians, such as Sumo, and Rama. The communities were involved in domestic and global power struggle, and they fought for their cultural survival. The...
African states did not develop in the same way as European states as they were not subjected to the same political and geographic pressures that led to war, according to Herbst (1990). War is a terrib...
A short documentary “Message in a Bottle” focuses on the problems and potential dangers that island flora and fauna have to face under the influence of globalization on the example of three island...
Historically, regional and national boundaries were based largely on natural landforms such as mountain ranges and rivers. For example, the boundary between France and Spain is due to the Pyrenees Mou...
1. What are the major physical features of the country you chose? Iceland was formed by the spreading of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, an area where the plates below the ocean, the North Americ...
Italy is a country which is located in South Europe. It juts south from the Alps and extends into the Mediterranean Sea. The country is mainly composed of a slender, long boot shaped peninsula. In add...
Slavery’s institution sheds light on numerous aspects of the South that include the sociological and cultural elements that shaped society. Plantations and slavery expose the demographics and econom...
The Geography of Latin America
Latin America was a terms that was initially used by French geographers to differentiate between Romance (Latin based) and Anglo based Anglo languages. The present day Latin America refers to countrie...