Ms. Shari's Classes World History and Criminal and Civil Law

Comments

• Savanna Sucanick p4

  I guess geography would change alot. I agree with Ms. Shari that it would be way different. I bet they would be a very "rich" place. I mean not that it isn't, the world is very beautiful. The people would probably be totally different.

  9/20/2009 10:36:53 PM
• Will Huff per. 6

  i think the middle east would be relatively the same. people have been farming on lands in Asia for centuries and its not a desert. nor does it show signs of becoming one. i think the middle east is a desert due mostly to changing climates.

  9/20/2009 11:01:36 PM
• alysha b 4th

  if the land was the same as it was before i think that our earth would totally different. some animals may not be around now if it didn't change.they have to adapt to their new surroundings. it makes you really think about what could have happened if it didn't change. we should be glad for where we are today.

  9/21/2009 11:38:21 AM
• Anthony Scerbo ped.1

  well yes geography does impact on humanity alot because due to the environment and how humans are used to their surroundings.

  9/21/2009 4:47:38 PM
• Chris Beresford P.4

  I do believe that geography has a major impact on man, but man has a huge impact on themselves as well. Sure there is geography that man can't change, such as volcanoes or worldwide climate change, but man can strip the land to change the climate and terrain of a specific area.
  
  The situation in Mesopatamia was mostly man in my opinion. They farmed and farmed until the land was stripped of its nutrients, geography didn't farm the land to change the climate, it was done by man. We can impact our local environment by over farming, which is the case in Iraq, but in worldwide cases, geography does have a major impact on man.

  9/21/2009 5:13:43 PM
• bryce child p2

  nope

  9/21/2009 5:49:13 PM
• Jennifer Ross period 3

  To me, geography has a lot to do with humanity.
  Like if we didn't have geography the world, no the society would be completely torn apart and the opposite of what it is now. But I also don't know that much about geography so I'm not really sure what I'm trying to get at.

  9/21/2009 6:08:44 PM
• megan green

  i think the the middle east would have a completely different culture. The farming would completely change and people's life would revolve around the crops that are being grown.

  9/21/2009 7:07:42 PM
• deana baker per. 4

  i think the middle east would be more populated than anywhere else in the world if it didn't become desert the way that it did.
  
  people probably wouldn't have moved from place to place as much if the place they were at didn't end up changing at all.
  
  so im guessing that the other people in different places probably wouldn't have impacted mesopotamian people so the mesopotamian's probably wouldn't have picked up on other people's morals and religions.

  9/21/2009 8:16:50 PM
• raya sayegh

  I wonder the same thing. I think that the land would be more habitational maybe in a way. I guess geography does impact us alot, over years things do change, and it wouldnt suprise me if culture, religion, ect is different from earlier years.

  9/21/2009 9:23:39 PM
• MsShariWorldHistory

  Yes, but would the religion of Islam spread as fast if the geography was more diverse? Do the middle easterners have a common link in their geography which links them religiously?

  9/21/2009 9:41:05 PM
• Erin Lunsford P.3

  Well Ms. Shari i do think that the religion of islam spread as fast if the geography was more diverse beacause if the climate were different then more people would travel and the religion would grow but beacause its a desert and way to dry and hot, the people dont travel as much as if it were cooler.
  My opinion on "Does Geography really impact humanity that much" is that yes, geography greatly impactss humanity. Becaause of climates and places, humans have settled in places where it is durable. thats why no one lives in antarctica or greenland back then becasue they would not survive. But because of overfarming, iraq could of possibly became the way it did but i think that overfarming is not the reason. Climate is what makes Iraq the way it is today and humans hac=ve nothing to do with it. Its where its postioned on the earth that makes Irag the way it is. Like what Will Huff said earlier about people have been farming on lands in Asia for centuries and its not a desert. And people have lives there long enough. The answer is climate and thats why Ira1 is the way it is today and its not do to overfarming if that makes sence!
  

  9/21/2009 10:10:33 PM
• Rachel Pool Per. 3

  If the geography was more diverse, I think the religion of Islam would spread slower, because it would be known to less people. Depending on the actual mountains and such, it would also be harder to travel from place to place to go and teach it to others.

  9/21/2009 10:11:15 PM
• Caleb Redd p.3

  If people hadn't have used the abilities they had and benefits which came from the fertile crescent, would they be as evolved and civilized as they are now? Or would life have gone on just the way it is no but we'd have another source of food. Yet, if not then, then wouldn't we have eventually used it up ourselves. And if they hadn't maybe some wouldn't have survived. Which in turn would mean a portion of our generation wouldn't exist which in the future might have multiplied. So yes, geography really does effect almost as much as religion.

  9/21/2009 10:20:16 PM
• Caleb Redd p.3

  The people believe what they believe because of the things which they had received, geographically. And therefore georgraphy in one way or another can help determine religious beliefs. My guess is the Muslims wouldn't have believed in the exact same concepts which they do today.

  9/21/2009 10:22:54 PM
• Eavan Lynch period 2

  I agree that geography does have great impact on humanity and the evolution of civilizations. Societies change in relation to their environment by either adapting, changing & growing to meet geographic & environmental challenges or by not learning and fading away. They either fade away completely or move to more hospitable climates, which can then impact other societies and civilizations.
  
  Because our planet is constantly changing & evolving, so too must civilizations change & evolve.

  9/21/2009 10:36:09 PM
• Teresa Valente Per.1

  I think geograpy, Religon and Government does play a big role in history. It just shows us how peolpe can grown things from nothing. so i think it is a big thing.

  9/21/2009 11:06:33 PM
• Savanna Sucanick

  I'm not sure what you're asking Ms. Shari. Could u explain??

  9/21/2009 11:19:00 PM
• Stefan Rosic

  Climate and geography are the most important factors in society. Everything an individual does is built around their affects. Whether it be hunting, or farming, adaptation is key to survival. And with a climate and farmland that is almost impossible to adapt around very few people can with stand it, but if the middle east was more convenient then it would be more populated then it is today.

  9/21/2009 11:44:01 PM
• Ariana Brookin P.2

  I think so because geography does change over the years and if it didn't than the world be plain and simple and that would e boring.

  9/22/2009 12:34:11 PM
• Braxton Moon

  Honestly i think it has a huge impact on humanity. Say instead of starting out in the middle east they would of started out by the ocean they would have adapted too using the ocean as a form of food water too help plants grow. Also i think if people didnt over farm the middle east i think it would be a lucious ladscape with tons of trees and grass instead of a huge desert.

  9/22/2009 4:11:58 PM
• judith pharr period 2

  I think that it would be a lot different. I think the Middle East would be a total different place. The crops and nutrients would be different. That would affect the people as well.

  9/22/2009 5:05:23 PM
• frank

  geography really does take it's tull on human life because if something got changed back then. like farming if your doing it the wrong way someone will tell you "hey your not suppost to do it that way". Because thats not how they did back then. And if geography changes everything changes in a certain way, or in a certain area.

  9/22/2009 5:46:02 PM
• Mitchel Sanders Hour 6

  I think that if the geography of the middle east was more varied Islam would not have spread as quickly. This is because if the middle east was more varied and had more rivers, mountains and other impassible terrain then people would not travle as much. Without the people of the middle east being able to travle easily they would not have spread their culture to one another.

  9/22/2009 6:24:15 PM
• brianna greer, p6

  i think that the middle east would have a completely different culture and lifestyle. i think that geography has a huge impact on everyones culture, ranging from what they eat to just daily activities.

  9/22/2009 6:48:44 PM
• Garett Chambers

  I think the religion would but the same but the land would maybe more green and more people would live there and maybe it wouldnt be so hot there people might want to go there.

  9/22/2009 7:00:34 PM
• Clint Leavitt

  Geography and climate greatly shape the way the modern earth has been formed. Cultures would be very different and customs would be influenced if certain things had gone a different way. But consider this: Maybe the middle east was a desert to begin with. Maybe man reaped all the benefits he could and moved on because he couldn't survive anymore. I could be comepletly wrong but I might as well as the question.

  9/22/2009 7:05:47 PM
• Julio Salinas p.4

  I think that if it wasn't geography we would live somewhere else and we would do things a lot different then we do now.

  9/22/2009 7:32:13 PM
• Lorre Rogers

  Yes, i think that geography would have changed things alot. The land would be much richer. If the Middle East never dried out the way it did, i dont think people would have moved all over the world. We wouldnt have the cultures we do today

  9/22/2009 11:40:56 PM
• courtney smtih

  Ya geography has a huge impact on humanity. It affects the kind of food and nourishment we get, the kinds of jobs that need to be done to obtain necessities such as food, water, and shelter, the way in which shelters are made and the clothing we wear to live in a certain climate, etc. The life style in mesopotamia could be completely different today if it still had the resource that it used to. I am not sure about religion though, I do not think that the middle easterners really are "linked" because of their geography.

  9/23/2009 8:50:56 AM
• zack sumner

  i think geography does affect humanity beacause its all about land and if it changes so does the culture and changes how they live so yea i think it does affect humanity and how they live.

  9/23/2009 9:55:21 AM
• ally antila p.2

  going off of what mrs shari just said, they would have a different religion. In the islamic religion, they pray toward the city of mecca i beileve (correct me if im wrong). and if the geography was different, the city may have been located somewhere else, changing a major aspect of the islamic religion. also, if the land was still fertile and able to grow different crops, the exports and entire economy of those middle eastern countries would be completely different than what it is today. they almost have different styles of dress and different animal inhabitance. so yes, a change in geography can affect aspects like culture and religion.

  9/23/2009 5:12:59 PM
• Meagan Rieck period 2

  the middle easterns do have a common link in their geography which links them religiously. also religion in islam can spread fast if religion was more diverse. i think that if more people stopped forcing others in their religious ways than there might not be wars, and we might not lose our population. people should not be controled mentaly and physically. we should all have more freedom, but less control over what we have in beliefs, education, and science.

  9/23/2009 6:24:07 PM
• Melanie Hale P.2

  I believe both man and the environment impact eachother. Man can control the crops, what they believe in as to religion, and the stories passed on that we sometimes call culture. Geography, the way the earth does all the crazy things its done like ice age...or it becoming a desert can affect where man go. They had to migrate somewhere am i right? not only to the geography but different beliefs& government, may force people to move out too.

  9/23/2009 6:30:13 PM
• EaglesFan93

  The obvious answer would be that Desert camo would then be useless in the middle east, but I believe that the Middle east would be much more inhabited and less hostile overall. Living on such a barren wasteland like Iraq creates huge problems for people. They can't currently have a lifestyle similar to ours because the climate and landscape render it impossible. If the Climate was more tropical, then I think that not only the economy would be better, but they would be much happier.

  9/23/2009 7:08:05 PM
• bryce child P2

  Okay to expand on what i said No i dont think anything would change what does religion have to do with Geography

  9/23/2009 8:12:03 PM
• KATE :D per.6

  i think geography would change alot in a society. the way the land is reflect alot on how humans are today. if it is desert now they probably have tougher skin and get there crops from somewhere fertile.

  9/23/2009 9:34:03 PM
• stacey fawthorp

  I agree with Chris, i believe that geography has a large impact on the humans, but humans have a large impoact on themselves as well. Major Earth Disasters, as volcanoes or hurricanes or the environment cannot be effected by the human population, but the terrain and stripping land is what man does effect. Man stripped the nutrients and overfarmed the land to where it turned into desert, in the case of how it is now. Iraq probably wouldn't be Iraq if it wasn't how it is present day.

  9/23/2009 10:03:00 PM
• Bryanna Zarate pd. 3

  The middle-east would be different because things would be different. Geography does change humanity a lot. Things slowly change over years; so today is different than 100 years ago, and today is much different than it will be in 100 years from now.

  9/23/2009 10:04:30 PM
• alyssa willis

  I do believe that geography impacts culture and religion, but I don't think that the middle east would be completely different today if their geography was changed. Seeing as how their religion is not based solely on geography, it cannot be said that their religion would be totally different if the geography of the middle east was different as well.

  9/23/2009 10:08:13 PM
• Riley Angell P.3

  When I picture the middle east what I think of is their desert geography and religion. If the geography were to be diverse, I would see it as a completely different picture. It is very likely that geography does have an impact on humanity, but not necessarily all cultures, religions, or governments. An example of how geography does effect humanity would be when people move from one country to another, they adapt and take on characteristics of their new surroundings and could also mix in their own prior beliefs.

  9/23/2009 11:35:54 PM
• Jason Perez P.4

  From what it sounds like, the world would probably look a whole lot different if we hadn't of stripped the land and use it for farming. Of course the climate changes would have a little impact on how the earth turns out, but we are most likely the main reason.
  
  And if the land was more diverse, I think the spread of the Islam religion would have taken longer. Their religion is probably based off on their surroundings. So if the environment is not custom to what the Islam religion believes in, they would have to change it. This would take time to do.

  9/23/2009 11:45:45 PM
• Tasha :D

  MsShari, you picked a tough one!
  No, the religion of islam would not have spread as fast if the geography was different, because say, there were mountains surrounding it, those sharing/spreading the religion would have to take longer to share it with the nest person they saw because crossing a range of mountains takes a whole lot longer than going through some flat land!!! lol, yes, i think that geography really does impact humanity THAT much. ^_^

  9/23/2009 11:51:36 PM
• Marlene Perez Pd3

  I agree with Ms.Shari because I think that geography does have a lot to do with our human life, and i think that it did impact a lot of people because it does change our lives..

  9/24/2009 3:50:47 PM
• Nick Fillhouer

  Yes, geography definately changes the way that people do things around the world. Everything can be affected by geography because the environment that we live in affects the way people dress, the way people interact, and their religous beliefs. If the earth was the same, geography wise, then everyone would act the same live the same lifestyle.

  9/24/2009 5:55:40 PM
• Will Huff per. 6

  if the terrain around Islam was more rugged then i guess the religion would have spread slower. if Jesus had been born in northern Russia would his teachings be so well known? i believe so. i doubt chance placed Jesus in the middle of the world. and in a place of flat easily cross able lands. there must have been a bigger plan.

  9/24/2009 7:30:33 PM
• meghan cederberg

  Geography does impact humanity that much by changing everything or at least a lot of things throughout the years.

  9/24/2009 8:41:55 PM
• ilya yurgayev

  I do believe that geography does impact the world because everything in our generations always change cause of what people do.

  9/24/2009 8:43:36 PM
• Connor Andrews

  The middle east would probably be more diverse and greener with plant life and more water today if it weren't for our ancient ancestors the mesopotamians.

  9/24/2009 9:53:28 PM
• djahna simmons

  yes geography does impact the humanity. if humanity didn't strip the land of the good things the earth would still be rich. If the earth was still rich we would try harder to save it. And it would stop global warming.

  9/24/2009 11:15:48 PM
• Aidan Moore P-2

  Geography does play an important role in civilization but I don't believe it effects religion that much (except for the Greeks). It does effect the size of the population, cities, and expansion of ideas and goods but not so much with religion.

  9/24/2009 11:37:56 PM
• Savanna Sucanick

  I'm sure they would have a lot of food to share. They would trade so that it won't go to waste and get lots of money. They would be pretty rich.

  9/25/2009 12:02:19 AM
• Erin Lunsford P. 3

  I also think that the people of Iraq are different now then they once were. With such great farming people would come exchanging cultures and life was good ther, Now its not good there at all and i think but im not sure, i think they are not that diverse in religion/culture

  9/25/2009 7:44:38 PM
• kristina dicarlo p 4

  I agree if the climate was different the people would also be different a behave differently then they do now in modern day times.

  9/25/2009 8:29:46 PM
• Ilya Yurgayev

  hey Anthony Scerbo you say that geography does impact the world but you really don't give that good of a reason could you explain it more.

  9/25/2009 8:32:47 PM
• alyssa willis

  if the middle east were different today, and more fertile as it used to be, i think the people living there would be happier and maybe not as bitter towards one another.

  9/26/2009 2:40:09 PM
• iana stein period 3

  I do believe that man geography has a huge impact on someone, but people also have a huge impact on geography. I also believe that the culture and religion would be completely different. If they had not of farmed the way that they did and had stripped the nutrients their way of life would be completely different. It's weird to think that something as little as farming could change something as significant as that.

  9/26/2009 9:15:20 PM
• kelsey lunsford per. 4

  Yea i do think that dose have an affect on humanity. i do think people have to adapt to their new surroundings. There would probably be different religions there because different people might have stayed.

  9/26/2009 11:30:38 PM
• emmy sowerwine p3

  I think if the early humans wouldn't have stripped the middle east of it's nutrients, people would still be striving there today. If they wouldn't have ruined the land, they wouldn't have had to move and I think we'd still be there today. No one would live in any other place other than the middle east and life would be boring because we'd all be the same.

  9/27/2009 1:21:42 PM
• emmy sowerwine p3

  Geography has a huge impact on human culture. If we all still lived in the middle east, we'd probably have one religion and one set of crops to farm. We'd all have the same biological componants, look the same, and have one culture. No seperations of people or cultures. It would be completely boring if we all were the same.

  9/27/2009 1:27:45 PM
• Teresa Martinez Period 4

  I think it would stay the same geography might be pretty powerful but change is still change. But im sure religion might have channged.

  9/27/2009 7:53:55 PM
• Teresa Martinez Period 4

  I agree with will, i also think the middle east is a desert due mostly to changing climates, but i also think religon would be the least worry if weather occured so much there and if it were different now well who knows.

  9/27/2009 8:11:20 PM
• iana stein period 3

  Responding you your question, I do think that easterners have a link to each other. Although they have they own beliefs in their religions, some a quite similar if not the same. They had influences off of each other to make them and their religions what they are today.

  9/28/2009 12:26:05 AM
• Haley Bardzik

  I think Geography does impact humanity in a way.I think that maybe if the land for habitation wasnt destroyed there might be more fighting then there already is today because there would be more land to fight over and power would be wanted more.

  9/28/2009 9:13:29 PM
• Branden Wedwick

  Well, I'm sure it would be greener, and that would make the terrorists slightly happier and less evil. That's just a joke.
  
  But on to business, there would most likely be greener land, and I don't think that that would affect the climate.

  9/28/2009 9:45:06 PM
• Ariana B.

  I think the middle east would be the different because people would know more things and more people would live there.

  9/29/2009 12:32:01 PM
• Lorre Rogers

  i think that the rate at which the people spread would have slowed down. i also thinkn that if geography werent important than the history would be different and our lives as we know it would be totally changed

  9/29/2009 6:01:42 PM