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Geography's Role
The existence of geographical features profoundly influences a nation's development.
One geographical feature that determines a nation's development is the presence or absence of natural resources. Consider how the presence of natural resources impacts the nations of Japan and Portugal. Natural resources are typically defined as land or raw materials; they occur naturally within environments that exist relatively undisturbed by man, in a natural form. Japan has very few mineral natural resources, with the result that it is the world's largest importer of coal and liquefied natural gas, as well as the second largest importer of oil. Japan does however have an abundance of fish. Portugal on the other hand has a long list of natural resources: fish, cork forests, iron ore, copper, zinc, tin, tungsten, silver, gold, uranium, marble, clay, gypsum, salt, arable...
A country's natural resources can make or break its economy. The quantity of a country's natural resources determines the health of its economy, the quality of life of its citizens and so forth. Countries with extensive quantities of natural resources tend to be among the more highly developed, industrialized or wealthy nations.
Another aspect of geography that impacts a nation's development is its spatial location relative to other countries. Whether a country is geographically isolated, like the island of Japan, or whether it shares a boundary with a friendly, neutral or warlike neighbor will have a significant effect on its geopolitics. A country's location determines how easy it is to attack or defend, which has profound political implications; likewise its ability to launch an attack as well. Geography influences the makeup of a country's military…
Yet, there have been transplant successes in sheltered embayments. One of the major conclusions that have been seen is that the cost of reef repair and coral transplantation is generally high but effectiveness is usually very low. Protection and conservation, rather than restoration of damaged reefs, is the preferred priority. However, there have been a number of successful mitigation efforts in Hawaii (Jokiel, ). Disorder is a natural structuring force
In fact, during the 1787 Constitutional Convention, Slonim notes that the need for a bill of rights was not even a topic of discussion until Virginian delegate George Mason raised the issue just several days before the Convention was scheduled to rise on September 17; Mason suggested that a bill of rights "would give great quiet to the people." Following this assertion, Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts moved that the
A favorite target for conspiracists today as well as in the past, a group of European intellectuals created the Order of the Illuminati in May 1776, in Bavaria, Germany, under the leadership of Adam Weishaupt (Atkins, 2002). In this regard, Stewart (2002) reports that, "The 'great' conspiracy organized in the last half of the eighteenth century through the efforts of a number of secret societies that were striving for
civilizations we have studied thus far in this course, which do you believe has contributed the most to our present society and why? You must state you case by giving specific examples based on reading and research. Each civilization of the world has grown and evolved on the contributions made by civilization preceding their own. It is beyond contesting that Mesopotamian and Egyptian civilizations (3000-12000 B.C.E.) laid the foundation of
New states lying north of said parallel would be admitted as non-slave while those lying south would be slave. The importance of the Missouri Compromise cannot be over-stated. It impacted the boundaries of several other states other than Missouri and led to some of the most hotly contested political debates in United States history. Interestingly, the boundary established through the Missouri Compromise, that is, the 36?30' parallel, had actually been in
History Of Egypt Civilization Emerges in the Nile Valley 2-3 The Age of the Pharaohs (3200 BCE - 30 BCE) 3-4 British Colonial Rule (1914-1954) 4-5 Modern Egypt (1954 -- Present Day) 5-6 Conclusion & Suggestions Egypt has always remained one of the most intriguing areas on the planet, with historians, archaeologists and laymen alike flocking to the country on a steady basis throughout the last two centuries to indulge their curiosity and explore the heart