Geography

Cultural diffusion is the adoption of another culture’s customs, beliefs, and practices over time. Trade, migration, and communication are the means of cultural diffusion. Leo Fresenius conceptualized cultural diffusion in 1897/98. He describes that cultural items such as ideas, style, religions, technologies, and languages spread… Read More »Cultural Diffusion

Before knowing the five themes of geography, one needs to understand what geography is. Geography studies places and people’s interactions with their surrounding environment. The field of geography is to identify the physical properties of the Earth’s surface and the human societies living on it.… Read More »Five Themes of Geography

Mackinder‘s Heartland theory is a geopolitical concept of political geography. All these theories are related to geopolitical situations and power pattern analysis in the world. Spykerman‘s Rimland theory was developed as a critical analysis of Mackinder’s Heartland theory. Mackinder’s Heartland Theory summary is that those… Read More »Mackinder’s Heartland Theory

The Organic Theory describes a political entity as an organism that requires nutrition to survive. This theory was applied by Adolf Hitler, to justify his ruthless expansion of Nazi Germany. The Organic Theory was developed by German geographer and ethnographer Friedrich Ratzel (1897). Mackinder’s Heartland… Read More »Organic Theory

Malthusian theory was developed by Thomas Malthus in the 18th century. This theory says the population grows at an exponential rate, but food production grows at an arithmetic rate.  A balance between population increase and food supply can be established through preventive and positive checks.… Read More »Malthusian Theory of Population Growth

The Amazon River in South America is the largest in the world based on its discharge volume of water. The Amazon River map shows its major tributaries and watershed areas. The origin of the Amazon River is the Montaro River on the Cordillera Rumi Cruz… Read More »Amazon River Map with its Tributaries and Watershed Areas