https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/members/sali/activity/ Activity feed for Syed Ali. Sat, 01 Jan 2050 18:00:18 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 cfc6519e49d3c01f765cb67bb03ca70b https://humangeography.commons.gc.cuny.edu/forums/topic/reading-review-question-5/#post-243 Fri, 16 Mar 2018 22:03:30 -0400 Due to steamboats and railroad travel times drastically decreased. The materials and commodities from different parts of the States were then more accessible.

]]> 4fddfcc7070aef734dba4951df125602 https://humangeography.commons.gc.cuny.edu/forums/topic/reading-question-4/#post-242 Fri, 16 Mar 2018 21:47:09 -0400 The Industrial Revolution began in England around 1781. Due to them having a vast amount of cheap coal. In Germany it was lumber. The first commodity was textiles.

]]> d5afe84634c66915ec43719639049eb0 https://humangeography.commons.gc.cuny.edu/forums/topic/reading-review-question-3/#post-241 Fri, 16 Mar 2018 21:20:21 -0400 I believe the current era should be called the Anthropocene, humans are still altering the composition of the atmosphere and planet increasing Carbon, Sulfur, and Nitrogen compounds. According to the reading geologists believe the anthropocene started in the latter part of the 18th century.

]]> 919d9940c1553af6702c02f0c1e7bb7a https://humangeography.commons.gc.cuny.edu/forums/topic/reading-review-question-2/#post-157 Mon, 12 Feb 2018 00:45:43 -0500 Environmental determinism is the concept of how the environment shapes how a people develop. One example being nations that have natural barriers tend to have a disposition towards isolationist ideas.

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