Profile of the United States of America
Angel Lovemore Professor Kheirabadi GEO-106: World Region Geography 7/22/2026 I chose the United States because I want to learn about my home country for my own personal use. I want to navigate my country intelligently and to make sound decisions. I hope that I will gain useful knowledge about the United States such that I can decide where to live and work as well as how to prepare for hazards. As for major human characteristics, the racial demographics are important. White people make the majority, but their demographic share is declining. The largest concentration of white people are in New England and the Midwest. The White people are mostly English, German, Italian, and Spanish. The different dominations of Christianity is important for understanding the white population in the United States. Anglicanism or Episcopalianism comes from the Church of England during the English reformation. On the other hand, protestantism originates from the protestant reformation in 16th century Germany. This is important to note because Protestants make up the majority of the Midwest where German and English descendants live, while Catholicism is popular in New York where the Italian-whites live. To note, the Catholic Church originates from Rome which is modern Italy. Race and religion are often tightly correlated, so people who are Evangelicals, Baptists, or Methodists probably were also English-descendant due to the connection between Evangelical Protestantism and the Church of England. Other denominations like Amish and Lutheran likely were German descendants. The Spanish-Speaking White population is interesting because many are mestizo. Mestizo is a mixed race of indigenous and European. Because of the large mestizo population in South America, the U.S. classifies many South Americans as Hispanic-White. Hispanic means spanish-speaking which includes both Latin America and Spain. However, it may be more accurate to describe many Latino-Americans as Native Americans due to being indigenous to the Americas. There are 3 dominant races in terms of population size after Non-Hispanic Whites: Hispanic, Black, and Asian. There is a very large concentration of Hispanic-Americans in Texas and California. This could be because California and Texas are both border states to Mexico. Black-Americans are most concentrated in The South, such as Mississippi, Louisiana, and Georgia. This is likely due to the slave trade in 1700s and slavery in 1800s. Asian-Americans are predominately in California, which correlates to Chinese immigrants who built the pacific railroad in 1869. For non-hispanic white Americans, the democrat population is more dominant in the New England area, whereas the Republican population for non-hispanic White Americans are most dominant in the South and Rockies. The midwest are known as the swing states. I speculate that this is likely due to the mixed English & German-descendant population in the Midwest. German implies Lutheranism, and English implies Evangelicalism. Indeed, the midwestern states of Minnesota and Wisconsin have the most Lutheran churches. Meanwhile, the Bible Belt, known for Evangelical Christians, is located in The South which borders the Midwest. The South and Midwest certainly have a lot of mutual influence and two-way migration. The political and cultural geography of The United States likely ties all the way back to England and Germany despite the history being unconscious and unrecognized. The most significant environmental problems in the United States are most certainly the car-centric design of towns and cities. The United States is car-dependent. The construction of roads and highways destroyed natural environments. Additionally, car exhaust, particularly from benzene but also co2, is causing cancer, climate change, and air pollution. Cities designed around cars create jobs far away from home, and homes far away from stores. Car dependency creates an environment inhospitable to the human body: unwalkable due to urban sprawl, unbreathable due to car exhaust, and unsafe due to car accidents. To conclude, the overall theme is regions in the US like the midwest, south, new england, rockies, and the pacific coast. In my opinion, globalization really began in the 16th century as 4 continents collided: Europe, Africa, Asia, and Americas. The United States was founded by, and developed because of, the convergence of all four continents. Globalization brought ideas like religion and resources like labor. Globalization is also why regions in the US have different racial demographics like White-American (i.e., descendants of Europeans) in New England and Midwest, Black-Americans in the South, Hispanic-Americans in border-states (or more accurately called native american in my opinion), and Asian-American in east & west coastal states.
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