What is a specific example of how geography affects people?

Answer 1

Altitude or Mountain Sickness is a very good example of how geography affects people.

Answer 2

Listen to the news. Did you hear about the fires in California? Geography (the mountains) has a big affect on the winds that result in the drying out of the vegitation that then results in these wildfires spreading as fast as they do in this locale.

Most communities spring up around natural water sources, be it oceans, bays, or rivers, as these water sources provide for their ability to grow and harvest food and to transport materials.

Sometimes geography can isolate people from other people. For example, mountains and islands.

Geography affects weather patterns and weather patterns affect people and the way in which they live.

Geography determines the types of materials that people have readily accessible to them for building such things as homes.

Geography affects the types of foods people eat.

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Answer 3

Borders

Answer 4

the extremes of geographic conditions have the most effect. far north or south is so cold that humans cannot survive without protective clothing. high altitudes , such as in the tallest mountains can cause altitude sickness and death.

Answer 5

Earth Quakes and Volcanic eruptions all due to the positioning of the different continental plates and how they move with respect to one another.

Answer 6

The rate of occurence of skin cancer in Australia. You have people with northern-European fair skin living in a basically tropical climate with LOTS of sun, hence the high cancer rate.

Answer 7

the climate

the temperature can make a great impact on a human

Answer 8

if it were not for geography, i wouldnt know where i am.