Question

PLEASE HELP WORTH 25 POINTS!! Where are glaciers found in Alaska and why are they located there? What are the great river systems of Alaska and where are they located?
Why is there a significant difference between urban and rural Alaska? Use details from the readings to support your ideas.
Why has travel within Alaska historically, and today, been difficult? Use details from the readings to support your ideas and provide examples.
Critical Thinking Questions - Each answer should be at least four complete sentences.
How would you use the geographic concept of "place" to describe your community? Use details from the readings to support your ideas.
How would you describe the geographic region in which your community is located? Use details from the readings to support your ideas.
Select names of streets in your community, settlements and physical features (such as mountain peaks and rivers) in your region. How do they reflect the history of your area?

Answer 1

Answer:

Where are glaciers found in Alaska?  Part of the tidewater glacier is located in Reid Inlet within Glacier Bay National Park in Alaska.

Why are there glaciers in Alaska? Because Alaska was covered by glaciers during the Great Ice Age. Today's glaciers are leftovers from the ice age and they are really old.

What are the great river systems of Alaska and where are they located?

Alaska's major Interior river systems include the Yukon/Koyukuk and the Kuskokwim and they are located in the boreal forest.

Why is there a significant difference between urban and rural Alaska?

Because only a minority of Alaska are considered rural while the majority is considered urban and they keep it that way.

Why has travel within Alaska historically, and today, been difficult?

You can only fly to Alaska and that isnt so easy because as flying in Alaska was very difficult with changing weather and mountainous terrain.