The Influence of Geography on Our Daily Life

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The Influence of Geography on Our Daily Lives If I were to move from one region to another I would have to except that the people who live there will have a different culture, by the food that they mainly eat, and also by the technology they use to grow crops. They may use simple wooden digging tools, horse drown plows, or maybe giant tractors. They may have more of one specific type of crop, or if it’s a region that is mostly dry, they will have a great variety of crops being grown on the land, and also a climate change due to the difference in altitude. The mid-Atlantic region includes New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland. These five states have large areas of level land but also many mountains and valleys. Mid-Atlantic farmers are able to raise a larger variety of crops, than in New England. Some farmers specialize in dairy products, poultry, or fruit, while others produce green beans, tomatoes, and onions. With generally high rainfall tampering off to the west, and hot summers, the modern south grows a variety of crops. At one point cotton was very important and was based on slave labor. Now farmers grow most grains and other crops like corn, soybeans, peanuts, watermelons, Tabaco, pecans, and citrus fruits. Rice and sugarcanes are also southern crops. The Midwest is a fairly flat expanse of twelve states, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, and Missouri. On these flatlands, farms can stretch for hundreds of Acres. Much of the nation’s corn grows in the “corn belt”. The west covers a lot of covers a lot of ground and and many landforms and climates. If I were to change regions to a state like Kansas I would expect large farms and of flatland, a change in climate, there culture and technology. they will likely use different tools, grow different crops, and have a

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