Basics scientific notation for distances Earth-Sun distance = 93 million miles = 8.3 light minutes = 1 AU Celestial Spheres & Motions of Stars Zenith- point on celestial sphere directly overhead Nadir- point on celestial sphere directly below Celestial poles- either of two points at which extensions of earth’s axis intersect celestial sphere Circumpolar stars- stars that never set at a given latitude; all stars between Polaris and northern horizon Diurnal motion of stars Means daily Stars
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The Spanish conquistadors’ motives greatly affected the people living in the new world. These motives influenced the Native Americans in all different ways some ways better or bigger than others. Three of the biggest motives that effected the Native Americans were gold‚ Christianity‚ and glory. The first Spanish conquistadors’ motive that greatly affected the people living in the new world was the search for gold. You can see that this was a big motive by looking in documents two and three. In
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reached the equator in a country called Sierra Leone. To make everything worse‚ Magellan found out that 3 of the Spanish Captains were planning to kill him and King Manuel sent ships to sabotage their voyage. To avoid the ships from Portugal‚ Magellan ordered the captains to sail along the African coast. They survived the storm but Magellan knew one was about to happen on board. One of the Spanish Captains—Juan de Cartagena— deliberately disobeyed Magellan. After three days‚ Magellan confronted Cartagena
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believe the President should OR should not tamper with the individual’s right to own guns and briefly give three reasons (or mention the three articles that you will use to support your position) why you feel that way. • Body – Begin with a topic sentence that states your first reason or article that shows why gun ownership and use should be untouched OR limited. Provide a quote (#1) that supports your opinion. Explain what that
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This semester‚ in the English 100 class that I have taken‚ I realize I have learned a lot more than I originally thought. In my efforts of writing this paper‚ flipping through my different notes‚ I really have learned how to write better papers. I learned how to use a web-log‚ also referred to as a blog. I had never posted on a blog and I didn’t even know what one was. It is very interesting to me that our English classes were able to read each others postings and writings on the blog we used for
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Origins of Spanish Civil WarReligion and Economics By: Kristina Russell and Sydney Watson Paper 2: Assess the importance of religious and economic factors in the origins of the Spanish Civil War Separation of Church and State Anticlericalism Distribution of land and equality Thesis In the 1930’s‚ tension between political parties‚ the fight for equality‚ and the separation of church and state caused visible alterations in Spain’s religion and economy leading to anticlericalism and anti-fascist
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Spanish history goes all the way back to the Paleolithic age and just like all cultures it has a dark past also. It’s dark past is the Spanish Inquisition were many people were killed from being accused of not fully converting over. These accusations could either true or false‚ it doesn’t matter either way they had to confess or continue being tortured. The history of the Spanish Inquisition dates back all the way to A.D. When the rulers decided to combine their kingdoms. The Spanish Inquisition
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The Spanish civil war is often seen as a fundamental divide between right and left- the first major struggle between Fascism and Communism. The Spanish civil war started distinctly as a Spanish civil war born out of Spanish disputes‚ but it was soon to take on an international character. The military situations were practically equal to both sides before the foreign intervention. However‚ after Germany‚ Italy‚ and USSR intervened the situation changed dramatically. In general‚ the decision by foreign
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One of the main goals in the Spanish colonies was to convert the natives from their native religions to christianity. It was quite debated how this should take place with one of the major spots of contention being the native use of idols. There two sides to the idol discussion in the Spanish colonies‚ the first was that all idols should be completely annihilated‚ which clergymen like Pablo José Arriaga supported; the other half of the debate was that the natives should be allowed to keep their idols
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their surrounding natural resources which would be then used in trading‚ selling‚ and building ships‚ etc. Although both the British and the Spanish colonies existed for the profit and the power of the core nation‚ the two nations featured different systems of colonial administration.
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