KJ Spain GEOG 2010

In 2010 the nation of Haiti was struck by an extremely destructive earthquake. Many lost their homes and livelihoods. We can still see much of the destruction today as many of the nation's structures were never rebuilt. Three of these buildings, as shown in the map, were the National Palace, main jail, and the Port-au-Prince Cathedral. The palace and cathedral were sources of income for the country through tourism which was a major source of income for Haiti. The prison, on the other hand, had more immediate repercussions as the prisoners escaped and caused havoc alongside the earthquake. Haiti still spent many years going through hardship as many lived in tents up until the end of 2012. Then at the end of 2016 Haiti was hit by Hurricane Matthew; killing 546 and accumulating damages of up to $1.9 million. They were then hit by another earthquake just last year. As seen in the map, Haiti has still not rebuilt everything and as long as disasters keep striking, they may never be able ...

This is a map showing the path of slave ships across the U.S., Europe, and Africa while also indicating hurricane pathways at the time. The Atlantic Ocean acted as a permeable barrier between the slave ships and their destinations. The map data shows that the hurricanes also acted as a barrier as no ships would cross the hurricane paths at the times of the hurricanes. The data also shows that the highest volume of slave deaths was not out on sea, but at the drop-off ports. This could be because of their bodies giving into the shock of the long journey, starvation/ dehydration, or the introduction to new diseases that were not found in their country of origin.

The U.S. and West African nations have very different ways of farming the rice crop. For instance, in the U.S. rice is farmed for commercial use and in West Africa rice is developed for individual and local area use. This would explain why the sizes of the fields vary between the two with the U.S. having much larger fields. We can see that the U.S. is using rice farming tactics that are found in West Africa. This is caused by the relocation diffusion from the original Africans brought over to the U.S. as slaves.

My map is the food preference of the states within the Dixie using the above map for reference. The colors on the map relate to the grouping of food that is preferred in those areas. We have gold representing sandwiches, yellow representing meat, gray representing seafood, light purple representing soup, dark purple representing pizza, blue representing BBQ, and orange representing fried. We can see that overall, in the Dixie sandwiches are the most preferred food with seafood and meat coming in second and third respectively.

Above is a map of the Dixie region. The Dixie is within the purple line with a few exceptions. These exceptions are close to tourist spots or streets with names including Dixie. All of the markers on the map represent a business with Dixie in their name. I do agree with most of what has been considered the Dixie area, but I also feel that some states are too different and should be classified as such. One such example would be Louisiana as it is quite obvious that its overall culture does not match that of other states within the Dixie. I also see no similarities between the Dixie states and any state above Kentucky.

Over time the younger Vietnamese generations lost the ability to speak fluently in their parent's language and have become more integrated into the American culture. There was a majority decline in the desire to be farmers and fisherman and an increase in the desire to pursue other works. Even so, there are those who still want for the original New Orleans Vietnamese work style and the community still thrives today. This is a map of census tracts for Orleans Parish, Plaquemines Parish, and St. Bernard Parish. This census data is used to help understand the change in Vietnamese population of these areas from before Katrina to after Katrina. The two markers indicate the areas with the highest concentration of Vietnamese population. The previous map was based around the area with the highest Vietnamese population in Versailles.