How Geography Has Affected Human Development

Geography has changed how human growth has occurred in many different ways. Geography being not only the shaping of the land but also including the climate and weather patterns affects human development in a lot more ways than most people know. Geography still affects us today when we decide to move or even the beliefs and culture we have and live in. People inhabiting the world have been affected by geography in the sense that humans have followed food sources and resources to discover new lands. Human migration and settlement set-up is changed by the available resources the land provides, the difficulty to scale the terrain, and the average temperatures of that area. Cultures and lifestyles of humans have been molded off of what that group
The two things that humans considered were food supply and shelter. Many humans started to scatter across the globe for the sole of following wild game migration patterns and areas where crops would grow better. People look for better and more fruitful places to move to and that is what caused most of the migration between continents that happened. The Bering Strait is a great example for how humans follow food. The Bering Strait is a strait where a land bridge was once formed in between Russia and Alaska. Wild game that the humans hunted migrated across this land bridge down into North America. This caused the humans who lived off this game to then follow their food supply into North America where food was more plentiful. The action of these humans crossing over into North America caused the Americas to then have indigenous people on them. People have also moved out of colder area to more temperate areas because crops wouldn’t grow in the original colder climate. People have also migrated to different areas to try and find shelters. Many humans in older times lived in the mountains because a cave is a quick and easy home to set up in. Caves were valued even more because they were secure and sturdy shelters. Humans were always looking for these natural shelters to move into seeing as how they were easily accessible. Humans didn’t just look for natural homes though they would also migrate if there