SS-EP-4.1.3
Students will describe how different factors (e.g. rivers, mountains) influence where human activities are located in the community
Landforms such as rivers, mountains, valleys, etc.. have affected and still affect human activities and human development. Our natural surrounding are very familiar to us, however we take them for granted by not realizing how important that are to our everyday life.
The mountains and highlands often act as berries to enemies, transportation, and trade. These mountains can cause good land to be scarce, scarcity in population, and farming. When the mountains become a barrier to trade, the rive valleys and roads become important. Valleys are important for reasons other than as roads through mountains. These areas are also great for farming because of their rich soil. These areas become to the center of the population. The first settlers of our country followed the rivers and settled beside them. The populated developed areas in most of our country correspond with the river patterns. These areas encourage and invite settlement.
Deserts and tundra are not inviting to humans. Life in these areas are very difficult because they require a lot of money and technology. It takes a lot to make your living situations decent enough to make living desirable. For the most part there are no growing cities or bountiful farms. The deserts in the world have very little population. If there is a large settlement in the tundra or in the desert, there must be some reason for it. It may be a militarily strategic location or it may have a deposit of some difficult-to-find and important natural resource. Swamps and rainforests limit what humans can do. The vegetation causes this environment to be difficult to use, and the transportation is very difficult. In moist areas like this there are often insect-spreader diseases.
Students will describe how different factors (e.g. rivers, mountains) influence where human activities are located in the community
Landforms such as rivers, mountains, valleys, etc.. have affected and still affect human activities and human development. Our natural surrounding are very familiar to us, however we take them for granted by not realizing how important that are to our everyday life.
The mountains and highlands often act as berries to enemies, transportation, and trade. These mountains can cause good land to be scarce, scarcity in population, and farming. When the mountains become a barrier to trade, the rive valleys and roads become important. Valleys are important for reasons other than as roads through mountains. These areas are also great for farming because of their rich soil. These areas become to the center of the population. The first settlers of our country followed the rivers and settled beside them. The populated developed areas in most of our country correspond with the river patterns. These areas encourage and invite settlement.
Deserts and tundra are not inviting to humans. Life in these areas are very difficult because they require a lot of money and technology. It takes a lot to make your living situations decent enough to make living desirable. For the most part there are no growing cities or bountiful farms. The deserts in the world have very little population. If there is a large settlement in the tundra or in the desert, there must be some reason for it. It may be a militarily strategic location or it may have a deposit of some difficult-to-find and important natural resource. Swamps and rainforests limit what humans can do. The vegetation causes this environment to be difficult to use, and the transportation is very difficult. In moist areas like this there are often insect-spreader diseases.