Question

How did physical and human geography affect settlement in Alaska

Answer 1

The extreme Alaskan climate conditions may play a role. These harsh conditions will likely deter settlement. With little vegetation for early settlers to burn, there may not have been the draw to inhabit this area.

Answer 2

The way physical and human geography affected settlement in Alaska were the massive migration of aroun 100,000 persons that sought gold in the klondike

Step-by-step explanation:

In 1896 local miners discovered gold in Klondike, leading the rushers to move up in the area to seek for it. The majority of the rushers took as destiny the southeast part of Alaska near the Yukon River to sail to Klondike and start searching for it. In 1897 Californians were the most abundant in the are and they were responsible for the media and cultural perspective this phenomenon took.