Instructions:

You must select for this assignment ONE of the topics provided in the following list. You must conduct research on the topic you selected and write a short (200-250 words), essay in which you report your research findings.

-Explain how geography interacts with sociology.
-Discuss the impact of pollution on the environment.
-Explain the relation of social change to each of the following: discovery and invention, cultural diffusion, ideas and ideologies.
-What are some of the problems that a country faces in trying to limit its population growth?.
-Have the predictions of Thomas Malthus come true?
-Identify some of the reasons why the world population has grown in the past 200 years.
-Describe the Industrial Revolution and some of the reasons why it was successful in the United States.