The Clovis were an ancient group of people who were believed to be the first to inhabit North America. They were believed to initially come down from the land bridge known as the Bering Strait around 1300 years ago. Some believe that this is not the case. Evidence of human existence in the Americas before this period has been few and far between until now. In a sinkhole about 30 miles west of Tallahassee‚ Florida‚ under 9 feet of murky water‚ divers found many artifacts‚ such as a stone knife and
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Student Exploration: Seasons: Why do we have them? Vocabulary: direct sunlight‚ Earth’s axis‚ equator‚ indirect sunlight‚ northern hemisphere‚ North Pole‚ season‚ solstice‚ southern hemisphere‚ South Pole‚ summer solstice‚ winter solstice Prior Knowledge Questions (Do these BEFORE using the Gizmo.) 1. At what time of day is sunlight strongest – in the early morning (when the Sun has just risen) or at noon (when the Sun reaches its highest point)? At noon when the Sun reaches its highest point
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wooly mammoth‚ mastodons‚ bison‚ and muskox. ≈10000 BC – Wisconsin’s first known inhabitants‚ the Paleo-Indian people‚ are thought to have arrived from the west and south. The Paleo-Indians were nomadic‚ moving frequently to follow large animal migrations. 8500-6000 BC – As forests continued to emerge‚ big game species moved northward toward the receding glaciers‚ forcing people to rely on smaller mammals and gathered plants. Over time people began to travel less‚ instead settling in to particular
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states to the northern and western states is known as the Great Migration. This Movement has helped shape how America is today‚ from the foods Americans eat‚ what they listen to‚ how they dress‚ and so much more (Stewart E. Tolnay‚ 2003). According to a recent study‚ the Great Migration created the suburbs and ghettos since there were limits on where black people could and could not live (Ryan O’Hare‚ 2016). In addition‚ the Great Migration led into the Harlem Renaissance. This was a time of music‚ literature
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attacked by North Korea either with nuclear power or ground troops and etc. While political and military analysts sound pretty confident that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s threats are just bluster‚ you can’t get around the fact that the region encompassing the Korean peninsula is one of the most heavily militarized places on Earth‚ home to three of the world’s six-largest militaries. America doesn’t have as much insight as we should with regards to the inner workings of what happens in North Korea;
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North Africa is a very interesting place. It has many beautiful landforms‚ such as the Sahara Desert‚ The Nile River‚ and a lot more. There are also amazing cities in North Africa‚ which include Cairo‚ Tripoli‚ Casablanca‚ and many others. Also‚ there are a lot of major conflicts going on right now. The history of North Africa is very fascinating. North Africa’s area in general could affect us‚ (The citizens of the US) in good and bad ways. North Africa is known for its beautiful landforms and
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2003). The first human migration out of Africa was said to have occurred around 125‚000 bce. This migration went north through the Sahara. They were said to have settled the Levant (Oppenheimer‚ 2003). The Levant is the eastern coastline of the Mediterranean Sea (The Free Dictionary‚ 2010). Those settlers died out approximately 90‚000 bce due to an ice age (Oppenheimer‚ 2003). A second migration would occur just 5‚000 years after the catastrophic loss of the first migration. These settlers would
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Migration Essay Introduction: Migration has‚ and always will be part of everyday life whether we realize it or not. Humans have always migrated‚ in search of a better environment for themselves. This dates back to prehistoric times‚ when cavemen were constantly moving to find better living conditions. Migration is a basic human right and need. This is because a person should get to choose where they want to live‚ and no one should stop them. The two main factors that cause migration are push and
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Honors English 10 May 5‚ 2014 Research: The Great Migration The Great Migration was the mass migration of more than six million African Americans from the rural South to the cities of the North and West from 1916 to 1970. This had a huge impact on urban life in the United States. African Americans were pushed out of the rural areas because of whites. Millions of African Americans went to cities like Chicago during the Great Migration like Bigger Thomas in Richard Wright ’s novel Native Son
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will talk about is the fact the Magnetic North is NOT at the North Pole. This is because the magnetic North moves about a lot and does not always match up with the geographical north (the north pole). The diagram above shows us the difference between these two poles. The orange rectangle represents the giant ‘magnet’ inside the Earth and as you can tell (by the South pole facing the geographical North)‚ on a compass the magnetic North is really the geographical South on a
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