How has the geography of the West shaped who we are?

Reflection 2: Downtown Calgary Location: (51°04&apos;02&quot;N 114°01&apos;12&quot;W) Place: The landscape of Calgary is a large plain with no mountains. Human environment interaction: people build many buildings which impact the environment. Movement: there are many skytrain(on land) to move people in Calgary. Region: the physical region of this place is Calgary. Driving Question: The downtown Calgary made people settle in the West. People bring productivity and consumption ability to the city government, which boosts the economy. How It Shaped The West: The urbanization make more people settle down in the west, but it has many demands on land resources, energy and biological resources. It changes the original ecological environment by using the land.

The economy allows people to settle in the West. It also allows people to build many kinds of institutions such as companies and schools. Companies make people work, and earn money, and live. Schools teach people knowledge and shape their world view.

Reflection 4: Frank Slide Location: (49°34&apos;39&quot;N 114°23&apos;44&quot;W) Place: There were many rock mountain. A mountain had slide, so there was rubble everywhere. Human environment interaction: people trying to protect the mountain, and make they won’t landslide again. Movement: many people come here to visit the Frank slide. Region: Bellevue which is a municipality in Alberta. Driving Question: It can be related to the economy, because It has many underground coal mines, which in the early 1800s were used as fuel and heating for trains. These coal deals fueled the economy of the time. How It Shaped The West: People are trying to protect the environment of the mountain so that it won&apos;t landslide again.

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Reflection 6: Cave and Basin National Historic Site Location: (51°10&apos;09&quot;N 115°35&apos;29&quot;W) Place: a cave with an hot spring. Human environment interaction: People don&apos;t let people swim in hot springs in order not to let hot spring snails go extinct. Movement: there are some spring snails moving around in the hot spring. Region: town of Banff, Alberta Driving Question: many people come to the hot springs to see the spring snails🐌. They spend money staying in spring hotels and paying to visit spa snails. The spending power of tourists drives the economy of the West. How It Shaped The West: Many years ago people swim in the hot springs, and kill the snails. However now people protest the snails, and stop swim in their habitat.

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Reflection 8: Golden Skybridge Location: (51°18&apos;53&quot;N 116°57&apos;21&quot;W) Place: a big canyon Human environment interaction: people build two bridges on the canyon Movement: I move on the zip line Region: golden Driving Question: Golden Skybridge attracts many tourists and makes them come here to travel. Tourists make the West&apos;s tourism industry grow, as well as its economy. How does it shaped the west: People connected the two sides of the canyon with a bridge, which changed the landscape of the canyon.

The geography of the West gives us a thriving economy, which includes tourism, forestry, mining and agriculture. These help us earn money, settle down, and learn knowledge.

Reflection 5: Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump World Heritage Site Location: (49°42&apos;29&quot;N 113°39&apos;28&quot;W) Place: There were many small rocky slopes and grass land. Human environment interaction: people build a heritage site beside the buffalo jump to introduce the buffalo jump to people. Movement: many people come to the heritage site to visit the buffalo jump. Region: 18 km west of Fort Macleod Driving Question: It helped the economy to shape the west because many tourists came from other places come here to see and learn about the buffalo jump. This has boosted tourism in the west. How It Shaped The West: The Indians used the cliff to hunt bison, and over many years the bison kicked the rocks off the cliff.

The economy allows people to make money. Earning money allows us to find job, buy house, and buy car. Having a house can let us have a place to live, and having a car makes it more convenient for us to travel.

Reflection 3: Calgary Zoo Location: (51°03&apos;07&quot;N 114°01&apos;07&quot;W) Place: The landscape of Calgary zoo is a plain with no mountains(because it is in Calgary). Human environment interaction: people catch wildlife, and put them in to the zoo. Movement: the lemurs are moving around the lemur exhibition area. Region: Calgary Zoo is in Calgary. Driving Question: The zoo attracts many people to visit Calgary, which can develop Calgary&apos;s economy because people promote the development of tourism. The people who come to the zoo will also spend money, which will also boost Calgary&apos;s economy How It Shaped The Wast: People catch wild animals in foreign countries and bring them to the west and put them in zoo. People have also catch wild animals native to the west.

Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump World Heritage Site

Reflection 7: Glacier Skywalk and Columbia Icefield Location: (52°15&apos;33&quot;N 117°16&apos;38&quot;W) Place: glacier in between the mountains. Human environment interaction: Human caused global warming, it melt the glaciers. Movement: people take some buses to come on the glacier. Region: Canadian Rockies. Driving Question: The glacier has attracted many tourists. The tourists bring tourism to the west. Economy includes tourism. How does it shaped the west: people trying to protect the environment and stop the g global warming, so that the glacier will not keep melting too much.

<a href="bookcreator://page/XSWwsiMlTX2Z4D291F4BIQ">Last Spike </a> <a href="bookcreator://page/8oWyzSv1QDaKgXqNANVvbQ">Down town Calgary</a> <a href="bookcreator://page/rIIyCnVzRTCtSUR81aHObQ">The Calgary Zoo </a> <a href="bookcreator://page/U4bK4eEBSzqsW-Bd67M1rg">The Frank Slide</a> <a href="bookcreator://page/fsKtCGkpQIOD2Eyo8HSCnw">Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump World Heritage Site</a> <a href="bookcreator://page/-qjb0twnTbOsPkHBrvxcqw">Cave and Basin National Historic Site</a> <a href="bookcreator://page/Fn4XMPFBQaWnlot-kuZ2jg">Glacier Skywalk and Columbia Icefield</a> <a href="bookcreator://page/OUXFMZTISh2e81pKkrLG2g">Golden Skybridge</a>

Reflection 1: Last Spike Photo Location: (50°58&apos;31&quot;N 118°43&apos;25&quot;W) Place: the physical place is a plain beside the mountain Human environment interaction: people build a railway here and impact the environment. Movement: people use the railway and train to move goods and ideas Region: the formal region is Craigellachie Driving Question: The last spike shapes people in the west, because of the goods that trains bring boost to the economy of the west. Trade in goods develop the economy because it makes people more productive and labor. How It Shaped The West: Trade in goods shaped people in the west because goods from other regions can improve people&apos;s lives and make them more knowledgeable. The build of the railway has changes the landscape, such as dig holes through mountains to make the train pass.

The economy allows people learn knowledge. No matter how old people are, they can learn. Learning can make people knowledgeable. Children can have good attitudes when they grow up because of learning.

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