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Louisiana Geography Chapter 2 Summary

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Louisiana: The History of an American State discusses how culture and geography relate to each other in Chapter 1 and 2. In Ch. 2,”Louisiana’s Geography”, the writers of the textbook divide the discussion about geography into five different topics. Organized into their own section, the topics include ’location’, ‘waterways’, ‘natural regions’, ‘climate’, and ‘human environment interaction’. For the purposes of understanding the role that geography has in shaping culture, only four of the five sections in Ch. 2 provide enough information relevant to the task of establishing a link between Louisiana’s physical geography and its cultural geography. Of all the five sections on physical geography in Ch. 2, the four sections most important on Louisiana’s …show more content…

Because latitude and longitude refer to a specific location, absolute location can be described as the same thing (p.37-38). Absolute location helps people understand exactly where things are and majorly affect the culture of LA. Relative location, which shows where a place is in relation to another place, helps the native people of Louisiana know where things are located (p.37). Latitude and longitude also help mark political boundaries. Boundaries allow people to know where states or cities end and where another begins. These examples, help improve the understanding of where things are, therefore also relate to the culture of LA. Even though location is important to our understanding of culture, so are …show more content…

Flood control includes: levees, locks, dams, canals and reservoirs, which enable the people in Louisiana to live safely (p.64). Because of bad hurricanes, wetlands are beginning to vanish. To prevent vanishing coastlines, the government in Louisiana has made many precautions. Other environmental problems include hyacinth and nutria, which were brought to Louisiana to make life better, but it ended up being a burden (p.69). Now, nutria is out of control and is damaging most of Louisiana’s vegetation. These examples show that the way people interact with the environment affect people, nature, and the culture of

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Augustine was an important development in the history of Florida, but even more important than the settlement itself was the European culture it helped integrate into the largely Native American-populated Florida. Menéndez de Avilés, hailing from Spain, brought with him the Spanish language along with the Catholic religion into Florida (“Latino American Timeline.”). Furthermore, future Florida leadership, for around the next two centuries, would continue to be of Spanish descent (“List of Colonial Governors of Florida.”). As a result of this, Catholicism and the Spanish language were deep-rooted in Florida’s culture back then, and in a way, they still largely are

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The Louisiana Purchase was the purchase of the Louisiana territory by the United States from France in 1803. The U.S. paid fifty million dollars and a cancellation of debts worth eighteen million dollars which averages to less than three cents per acre. The Louisiana territory included land from fifteen present U.S. states and two Canadian provinces. The territory contained land that forms Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska, portions of Minnesota, large portions of North Dakota; large portions of South Dakota, parts of New Mexico, the northern portion of Texas, the area of Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado. The Louisiana Purchase was smart move by the United States.

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In 1983, representatives from regional planning commissions, parishes, municipalities, state agencies, and the private sector met in Lafayette, Louisiana. There they discussed the need for an organization focusing on flood damage reduction issues, the potential for success, and the goals of an association. As a result of this meeting, the first conference of the Louisiana Floodplain Management Association was held in Lake Charles, LA in 1984. After voting to formally organize; the participants established a constitution, bylaws, and a set of policies. Here is a synopsis of those established policies: Encourage plans, projects, and legislation for flood damage reduction in Louisiana; support comprehensive floodplain management; will work for free and open exchange of scientific information to the public and decision makers; provide and promote training and

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This helps tells a story of how Maine was viewed commercially as well as how to perception of Maine has changed over the years. The Maine State Archives does a fantastic job of emulating Maine itself. Maine is a state of wealth and poverty, blue and white collar people, and populated areas and desolate areas. From cities to forests, Maine has a wide variety of people, jobs, and living cultures. The Archives helps recognize the different lifestyles that Maine has to offer its people and explores the different agencies of

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In the book Why Geography Matters: Three Challenges Facing America; By Harm de Blij I learned many things and my perspective about the world and what's going on it has changed after reading this book. After reading this I wished that I had payed more attention to what was going on in the world and now, I will work hard to keep being aware of the world so I am no longer ignorant of it. Harm De Blij points out many things and makes clearer for me. In Why Geography Matters, Harm de Blij exhibits how geography's viewpoints yield one of a kind bits of knowledge into the inter connections that stamp out onto our ever changing world. The book talks about three major problems.

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The Louisiana Purchase began the westward expansion of the United States in the 1840s. Settlers began moving themselves into the new land, exploring and finding out the benefits and costs of living in a previoulsy uninhabited area. A family of five people followed the trend, moving to a section of land near some of their family. The mother, father, and three sons had been on their journey for weeks. The mother tended to her husband, who had broken his leg not too long ago by tripping over some rocks and falling into a ditch.

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In Cowabunga! Surfer Rock and the Five Themes of Geography, Carney makes a strong argument for the power of music as a teaching tool. Music can be used as both a way to deliver information to students, and to allow students to express what they have learned. Studying the five themes of geography (location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, and regions) can appear to be a dull experience for students on the surface. Using a tool such as surfer rock, which Carney (1999) argues has the strongest connotations to the five themes of geography with it originating in a particular region (in this case southern California), aiding in the relocation of an industry, and a diffusion of ideas (p. 10), can help breathe life into the subject.

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In the chapter “Geography Matters”, Thomas C. Foster explains the effect of geography on a story. Geography contributes greatly to themes, symbols, and plot, and most authors prefer to use setting as a general area with a detailed landscape rather than a specific city or landmark. In Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, he does not reveal the actual region of America that the man and boy are traveling in, but describes the mountains and eventual beaches of their path. McCarthy might not have revealed their location because it might ruin the reader’s interpretation of the setting. For example, the pair come across a generic “gap” between mountains and this is a turning point because it confirms the man’s planned path to the south.

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Harm de Blij’s Why Geography Matters: More Than Ever explains the necessity of geographic knowledge in today’s society and the need to further expand interactions within the United States and other countries. This novel expands on the economic, cultural, physical, and political geography of our nation. De Blij outlines on the importance of geographic thought by focusing on climate change, terrorism, the rise of states, and development in Africa.. I believe that while geography has proven to make a noticeable difference in the knowledge of our vast world, it will require an extensive amount of effort in order to make geography known.

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