The unique geographical position of the United States of America has a lot to do with its superpower status than you might think. This video covers how geography can tell you a lot more information about an area than just different locations. Find out how oil, coal, minerals, fertile plains, farmland, coastline, climate, and more things made the US a superpower.

Books mentioned in the video:
Guns, Germs and Steel: https://tapthe.link/GunsGermsSteelBookD

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Links for further investigation:
Alabama coastlines and modern elections: https://tapthe.link/WyDGJn42s
How geography made US a superpower thread: https://tapthe.link/Tu3t4Y8US
Why Europeans dominated Americans thread: https://tapthe.link/VQdvKClrr
Why Brazilians speak Portuguese thread: https://tapthe.link/Gm8rZWCB6
India’s overpopulation thread: https://tapthe.link/MQd1US9tK
Locust attacks vs the shape of Indian Ocean: https://tapthe.link/GDThkPuYu
Chicago size vs ice age: https://tapthe.link/Z8yalRNEX
Why New York is bigger than most east coast cities: https://tapthe.link/gMZga5A9b
Blue banana GDP: https://tapthe.link/3AJGRsekK
Geography interesting posts: https://tapthe.link/NRuOS6_2U
YT channel for geography:    / geographynow  

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:20 Geography
01:39 Explaining things based on geography
04:41 How US became a superpower
06:05 Producing stuff/farming
07:00 Oil and gas
08:55 US & Power
09:15 Why white europeans took over America
11:40 Diseases
13:26 Geography is amazing

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