BLOG #16 Geography

While physical geography encompasses the earth's surfaces, human geography involves the economic, social, and cultural systems of our planet. There is a great deal of diversity within the United States, as this country continues to gain various peoples from around the world. Traditionally, white European Americans have been the majority represented in the country's population. Those numbers are changing as seen in states like California, New Mexico, and Texas where less than 50% of those populations are considered white.

While the Southern, Appalachian, New England/ Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, Southwestern, and Western regions of the U.S. have varying histories and characteristics, each region has developed into rural and urban areas. Currently, the world-wide trend is to move to more urban areas in search for jobs and better resources. However, it is the trend in the U.S. to move out to more rural areas.

The economic, environmental, political, and cultural systems both impact and connect the world. Events in one area can affect events in other areas. While technology is improving communications, as well as the job market, the majority of the world has been unchanged by its advances.