To briefly compare both terms, geography refers to the study of the physical features of the earth as well as its inhabitants or the population; whereas, geology refers to the study of the structure of the earth, its development as well as its origin.
Here is a list of pull factors as to why European immigrants to America during the late 19th and early 20th centuries:
1) Labor contracts- European immigrants were recruited by different American companies to come work for them. This guarantee of employment enticed many individuals to leave their homes.
2) Advertisement of cheap farmland- Many individuals wanted their own space and the ability to make themselves a living. Going to America to buy cheap farmland would afford them this opportunity.
3) Freedoms/Opportunity for a better life- America was advertised as a country where immigrants can start fresh and work hard in order to generate a new fulfilling life.
Virginia, Alabama, Georgia, and other states with big cash crop plantations had the largest slave population in 1860.
God's covenant with Abraham, according to Israelite belief, was to make
Abraham a truly great nation, bless Abraham and his name, and bring hell
upon anyone who curses him. He blessed anyone who is linked to Abraham.
Any of Abraham's descendants were to be given the land from the River
Nile to Euphrates, and this land was to be referred to as the Promised
land, or the Land of Israel. Abraham was also to be made the father of
nations, and the whole land of Canaan was to be given to them. The sign
of this promise to Abraham and his male descendants is known as the brit
milah, and refers to the practice of male circumcision in the Jewish
religion.
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