How can bodies of water play an important role in shaping...?

Question

human society and economy?


....Thanks in advance. [[This is for World Studies]]

Answer 1

Bodies of water can provide food, transportation, energy and economic support. If a village is on the shore of a harbor it can open them up to trade with the world and tourism.

Answer 2

An unbelievably complex question, but a good place to start looking at is a comparison between the culture of the U.K. and the rest of Europe, or between Japan and mainland Asia.

Similarly, look how the U.S.'s isolation (by being surrounded by big oceans) benefited it during WWII (i.e., we weren't directly attacked but once, so we were able to recover the fastest and best and thus become a dominating superpower throughout the second half of the twentieth century).

Answer 3

Provide fresh water for drinking

Provide an energy source (steam, or use of moving water to power generators)

Provide a natural barrier to other people

Makes transportation easier than an over-land trip

Answer 4

transportation and food source ( which is why all important cities around the world were sited on shorelines or riverbanks - in that case also drinking supply and sewage disposal usage )

Answer 5

water is very dense and heavy, because of the movement of the water it is constantly over time reshaping the earth.

Answer 6

transprting goods, irrigation, water supply for humans, agriculture and livestock.

Answer 7

trade route, food source, disease control.