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    Unit 1 Vocabulary Valerie Kinnison Geography: study of people their environments‚ and their resources. The geography of the country affects many people. Location: position of a place on the earth’s surface Location of a city can affect what type of people lives there. Latitude: distance north or south of the equator The low latitude areas receive more sunlight. Longitude: distance east or west of the prime meridian Longitude lines run perpendicular to the latitude lines. Export: goods

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    The author of this text wants the reader to see how the family felt after being robbed. They were in complete shock. The family’s house got robbed of all of their valuables. Now their trying to find a new place to live. The writing strategy I used was tone. The author uses tone to show how she felt towards the family when they got home and realized they were robbed. The author of this book used tone in this text to emphasize how the family was in complete shock when they came home and saw that

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    in Kabul‚ is separated from most cities by a vast desert and it is difficult to control anything outside of the capitol. * Members of the Taliban cross between Afghanistan and Pakistan. * Type of State * The people of Afghanistan have gone under several regimes yet remain as a nation-state. However‚ The U.N. Security Council warned that Afghanistan might become a failed state due to growing Taliban violence‚ illegal drug production‚ and fragile government. * Despite the division

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    Chapter 1: January of 1993‚ the war hits home for him when he and his friends visit the village of Mattru Jong to see some old friends and practice their rap group performance for an upcoming talent show. Beah’s home has been attacked by rebels. Beah and his friends go to the nearby wharf to await the incoming people and look for their families among the refugees. When no one they know arrives after several hours‚ the boys decide to head back to Mogbwemo to find their families. The boys stop at

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    all the different fast-food restaurants in Russia and delves into Papa John’s. Also‚ it talks about their owner in Russia‚ Christopher Wynne who had previously worked in the U.S. In this article‚ the concept of cultural landscape is used in a way in which the fast food industry decides to modify the traditional landscape of Russia‚ with it not having fast food restaurants‚ to now having hundreds of Papa John’s‚ Taco Bell‚ Sbarro‚ etc. The owners of these companies decided to put their restaurants

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    AP Human Geography Chapter 1 review Because of the rise of the rest‚ the world has encountered its third shift of global power in the history of the Modern World. The rise of the Western World was given precisely at the moment of the Renaissance and the Enlightenment‚ when classic knowledge was rediscovered. The importance of the 3 rises is immensely important to the development of modern society. Besides the rise of the rest‚ Zachariah imposes his opinion on what should be done and what

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    MODULE: STUDY SKILLS MODULE TITLE: SUSTAINABILITY IN OLYMPICS SUSTAINABILITY IN OLYMPICS 2012 INTRODUCTION The focus on Stratford required a regeneration in an Area that is not only culturally diversified‚ but suffered a Social deprivation hence the need for a catalyst that will not only increase the Vision and plan for an urban Renewal but it will encapsulate the programme of Urban Regeneration and economic development. This report will examine the Sustainability plan forwarded by the

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    Thrift (2002)‚ provides a general overview of geography as a discipline. His work gives a summary of the success‚ problems and the way forward for geography. He did a good work by buttressing his argument with specific examples‚ such as the landscape ecology evolution in geography at the University of Edinburgh. Also‚ he made mention of the success human geography is making in the public policy sector‚ which came up last three weeks in our class discussion and is a central theme is this week’s reading

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    memoir A Long Way Gone‚ the author‚ Ishmael Beah‚ relates his story to the title. On page 65‚ the author says: “We were a long way from Mattru Jong. A long way gone.” The title‚ A Long Way Gone‚ gives the reader a glimpse of how far Ishmael is away from Mattru Jong‚ his life before being a soldier‚ and how distant he is with himself. Mattru Jong is a city in Sierra Leone‚ which Ishmael‚ his brother‚ Junior‚ and a few friends travel to in chapter 1 to attend a talent show. While on the way to Mattru

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    Brianna Selhorst Glenn Ames Contemporary World History 5 December 2007 A Long Way Gone vs. Blood Diamond A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier and the recent 2006 film Blood Diamond both depict how it was living in Sierra Leone‚ Africa during the Civil War in the ‘90’s. While A Long Way Gone focuses on child soldiers and what they had to live and go through for many years‚ Blood Diamond focuses mainly on how the country is torn apart by the struggle between government soldiers and rebel

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