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Q: How has geography influenced the economies of the Caribbean countries?
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How does geography affect Economic growth?

Geography can have a big affect on economic growth. For example, in Africa, many countries (such as the Democratic Republic of the Congo) are landlocked and can therefore only trade with their immediate neighbors.


What kinds of regions can be classified as human regions?

Basically there are three kinds of regions in the study of human geography. A summary of these three regions are as follows: A. Core Regions. These are areas that dominate trade, control of advanced technology, and include societies that have high levels of productivity within diversified economies. Examples of this are found in Europe, the USA , Canada and Australia; B. Peripheral Regions. These are areas with under developed economies with low levels of productivity. They may often have narrowly specialized economies. In cases where the narrow products are unique & in demand, they may help to a large degree in keeping the area more prosperous then would normally be the case. These regions are often referred to as "developing " areas or 3rd world areas. These compose what some specialists also term "leased developed countries". Many times these economies are subject to being dominated by the countries in the Core Regions. Examples found here would include such areas as Ethiopia, Nepal, Bolivia & Guatemala; and C. Semi-peripheral Regions. These regions contain areas and or nations that fall in-between the Core & Peripheral zones, if you will. They are developed to the extent that they are not dominated by Core Regions, but instead can be found dominating the Peripheral Regions. Examples of this would include countries such as Mexico, Taiwan and India.


What impact does the location of resources around the globe have on countries and their economies?

If resources are easily accessible for countries, they can trade these resources for other resources or goods they don't have. Resource surpluses can also be sold for a profit to other countries.


Define economic geography?

In Economic Geography, we study the (locational, organizational and behavioral) principles and processes associated with the spatial allocation of scarce (human, man-made and natural) resources (which are also distributed spatially) and the spatial patterns and (direct and indirect, social, environmental and economic) consequences resulting from such allocations.


How does the physical geography of an area help to determine the economic activities of a particular area?

The physical geography of an area can play a major role in the economic activities of that particular area. For example, prairie areas tend to be the breadbaskets of their countries while areas by the coasts are involved with maritime activities.

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