Site

Today in class, we talked about site. Site is the physical character of a place. Important characteristics of site include climate, water sources, topography, soil, vegetation, latitude, and elevation. Although people have disagreed on the attributes of a good site, factors of site have always been essential in selecting locations for settlements. Humans have the ability to modify the characteristics of a site. The Southern portion of New York City's Manhattan Island is twice as large today as it was in 1626 when Peter Minuit bought the island from its native inhabitants for the equivalent of $23.75 worth of Dutch gold and silver coins. Also, we are similar to North Korea in a certain kind of way. We are both on the same line of latitude and longitude, and the weather is very similar also. One of the only things about the difference of North Korea and Maryland is that we are a democracy and they are a dictatorship.