https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/members/patbigby/activity/ Activity feed for Pat Bigby. Sat, 01 Jan 2050 18:00:18 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 3d751d57d674a6ba1b2109a0e1e1f1de https://humangeography.commons.gc.cuny.edu/forums/topic/reading-review-question-5/#post-297 Mon, 16 Apr 2018 23:04:04 -0400 The industrial revolution had a big impact on society back then as the invention of clocks and watches changed the way people began to behave as they also started to organized themselves in new ways. People then realize the importance of how essential time is in the money making process. They enjoyed the benefit of having digital watches and…[Read more]

]]> bf20af3a37e9b2803fc44eeefc9dcfee https://humangeography.commons.gc.cuny.edu/forums/topic/reading-review-question-1/#post-296 Mon, 16 Apr 2018 22:38:27 -0400 One theory which was suggested is the Domestication theory which was proposed by a group of scholars. It all started when humans begin to settle in specific geographical location where they abandon their nomadic ways of finding food and instead began practicing the cultivation of plants and the raring of animals. This lead to a surplus of food for…[Read more]

]]> a53f46e42cbfb609d6b9d4ec1542d92a https://humangeography.commons.gc.cuny.edu/forums/topic/reading-review-question-2/#post-294 Mon, 16 Apr 2018 22:18:36 -0400 Environment determinism also known as climate determinism is an approach which implies that individuals are bound to their environmental settings, especially climate. In other words different environmental differences determine human behaviors. An example is a country in the Tropics such as Jamaica where people have the stereotype of them having a…[Read more]

]]> 741a2f1c172a569c5750705288d75826 https://humangeography.commons.gc.cuny.edu/forums/topic/snow-storm-in-spring/ Sat, 31 Mar 2018 22:12:39 -0400 On Wednesday March 20, 2018 New York City experienced a snow storm on the first day of spring. Schools and government places were closed because the state was expecting 8-12 inches of snow over a period of 24 hour.

]]> b4ce70066553211ee4117bccf8cf489c https://humangeography.commons.gc.cuny.edu/forums/topic/passenger-on-the-train-track/ Sat, 31 Mar 2018 22:05:45 -0400 One Thursday evening while heading home from school, there were major delays on the uptown and downtown 2 and 3 trains because of an unruly customer laying on the train track.

]]> 3d9239427e4fb3e38a1aaf52a46bdf3e https://humangeography.commons.gc.cuny.edu/forums/topic/5-train-show-time/ Sat, 31 Mar 2018 22:00:31 -0400 So I was on the 5 train heading home from work and at 59 street two young men enter the train with speakers, clearing the middle of the train saying “what time is it? It’s show time”.

]]> 8f1d8534653f7bef650651b6fd28a984 https://humangeography.commons.gc.cuny.edu/forums/topic/reading-review-question-7/#post-209 Sun, 04 Mar 2018 21:41:16 -0500 Some economic effects of migration of undocumented foreign nationals are that it creates labor market competition, overpopulation which may threatens the security of legal residence, reduce wages as the are being underpaid and also they contribute to both state and local taxes through the buying of food, clothing and shelter which is actually good…[Read more]

]]> 4c7e62dcb614122153934065e25f8732 https://humangeography.commons.gc.cuny.edu/forums/topic/reading-question-4/#post-208 Sun, 04 Mar 2018 20:51:29 -0500 The Industrial Revolution started in England and Europe in and around the 18th century. Textile which is the making of cloth by hand and iron were the first commodities to be industrially produced.

]]> 72f2561eda72f5e234677bb079426ad6 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/487845/ Wed, 31 Jan 2018 23:50:53 -0500 03bcbb3584c862cfc8991a308ebc0525 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/487842/ Wed, 31 Jan 2018 23:46:41 -0500