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I think religious beliefs are declining day by day, due to technology and scientific teachings, humanities have started seeing the world differently. Religious and cults are human-made, it’s something that was embedded in us as a child.

Environmental determinism is a belief that the physical environment factors determine the patterns of humans culture and societal development. An example, Kaieteur falls in Guyana, a site for tourism and a source used for electricity.

Some economics effects of migration in the United States by undocumented nationals are: they do not pay federal tax, they take jobs away from the Native-American born, and increase  government spending.

Neoliberalism is a term commonly used to describe the free market economy. It involves policies with free trade, privatization, price deregulation, reduced size of government and flexible labor market. I think this is a bad policy because only one set of people are benefiting. The wealth doesn’t trickle down to the lower class. The rich are the…[Read more]

Yes, this era should be called the “Anthropocene.” Human beings have significantly impacted the Earth’s geology and ecosystems. They have caused mass extinctions of plants and animals, they have polluted the ocean and altered atmosphere.

Industrial Revolution, the term used in modern days is the process of change from an agrarian and handicraft economy to one dominated by machine manufacturing. This process began in Britain in the 18th century and spread across the world. Textile and iron were the two commodities that were first industrially produced.

One theory that been suggested by humanity undertakes agriculture is the “domestication theory.” Daniel Quinn proposed this theory. This theory states,  humans abandoned their old way of living (Nomadic way) and start domesticated plants and animals. They became farmers.