Why are most countries that have developed are in cold climates?

Question

Most developing countries are in hot temperatures. Is this just a coincidence?

Answer 1

Agriculture developed as a reaction to a harsher environment... just think about it, if you had any other options, would you plant wheat? It's not particularly yummy and takes a lot of work to make food out of it.

Generally, in tropical areas there is a higher diversity of plant and animal life, which means a wider range of possible food stuff. So if it's a bad year for bananas, chances are good there are other things to eat. :) If there's less of a choice in food stuffs, a bad year in one crop can do a lot of damage, like the potato famine in Ireland.

So agriculture developed as way to provide a more predictable food source. When you have agriculture, you're more likely to have surplus food (so not everyone has to hunt/forage and you can have artisans, priests and soldiers), and you're more likely to have domestic animals, which can provide more muscle power (for plowing or riding) than humans can. So technology and civilization have more opportunity to develop.

By your theory, the Native Americans of North America should have developed the same level of technology as the Europeans... they are very similar in climate! However, the Native Americans were hindered by not having any large domestic animals to use for muscle power. So they had less surplus food, which means less time/people available for developing new technologies.

Answer 2

I believe it is because air conditioning was not widely available until recently but stoves and other heating systems have been around since fire. A microcosm of this phenomenon is evident in the way southern U.S. cities are far more populated now, as a percentage, than they were 75 or 50 years ago.

Answer 3

Very good question, I do not know. It very well may be a coincidence.

Answer 4

because of the bad climates they were forced to think, investigate, analyze more to survive.they were forced to work more because it was harder to find food.