Orleans a treacherous hurricane struck with one hundred and forty mph winds. Hundreds of thousands of residents near the area evacuated days before the storm was supposed to hit. Katrina was one of the most powerful storms to ever form in the Atlantic Ocean and affected the Bahamas‚ Florida‚ Louisiana‚ Mississippi and many other areas. Nearly six months after the hurricane‚ more than 1‚300 bodies were found and hundreds are still unaccounted for. This hurricane was a level five and affected many
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March 7‚ 2006 Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Slavery originated from Africa "after the Bantu migrations spread agricultural to all parts of the continent." Africans would buy slaves to enlarge their families and have more power. Also‚ they would buy slaves in order to sell them to make a profit. It then spread out from Africa to Portugal and was said‚ "it is estimated that during the four and a half centuries of the trans-Atlantic slave trade‚ Portugal was responsible for transporting
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time. In October of 1922‚ she was the first woman to fly to the altitude of 14‚000 feet. Then‚ 6 years later‚ in August of 1928 she was the first woman to fly across the North American continent and back. She was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean alone. She was the first person‚ male and female‚ to fly from Hawaii to the US mainland. By 1927 she had amassed about 500 unaccompanied flying hours. Secondly she did some pretty cool things for a woman in that time period. Women weren’t allowed
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that with the aid of modern technology‚ humans could survive. However‚ a theory that was recently put forward‚ claims that we are heating the planet too fast and that this warming trend will trigger rapid cooling. The polar oceans causes the current known as the North Atlantic Current (conveyor belt) to fail. The ice age that follows would be far colder than normal and would destroy civilization in the northern hemisphere. Now you might think that this is bad but it gets far worse. People who predicted
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rich culture and amazing food. That’s not all of it though; Spain is one of those places you have to experience yourself. Located in South Western Europe; Spain borders two different seas: the Mediterranean Sea and the Balearic Sea‚ and the Atlantic Ocean. Most areas of the country enjoy three hundred days of sunshine every year. It’s no wonder why people visit this beautiful country. Spain is divided into 50 administrative provinces (including Balearic and Canary) each with its own civil governor
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is positive because the food is going from wild too domesticated and not having to hunt for it. Another great turning point in history would be the age of exploration becausetrade went from just being in the Mediterranean sea to the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. According to document 4 the Europeans started to adventure out to the rest of the world. Many aspects of this exchange had positive effects‚ such as the exchange of foods between Europe and America‚ there were also negative effects‚ such
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The leader I chose was Amelia Earhart. Amelia Earhart was an american aviation pioneer and author. She was born July 24‚ 1897 and disappeared June 2‚ 1937. She was homeschooled with her sister by her mother and a governess until Amelia was 12. She attended and graduated from Hyde Park High School in Chicago‚ Illinois. She went into training from the Red Cross where she volunteered to be a nurse during WW1 in Toronto. Amelia enrolled in a pre-med program of Columbia University. In 1920‚ Amelia left
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Factors that affect climate Latitude: Ocean Currents: Wind and air masses: Elevation: Relief: Near water: Global Factors that Affect Climate As the suns UV rays hit the earth they hit is directly at the equator causing more heat. Because these rays are direct and they hit direct at one spot. For part a‚ the earth start to slope‚ in which the sun’s rays have to hit a larger areas‚ and have to travel further distances. As the latitude increases‚ the average annual temperatures decreases. In North
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Technology Over the years‚ technology has evolved and given us many advantages such as the breakthroughs in medical science‚ transportation‚ and the internet. Imagine your life without all of these benefits. Technology has forever changes our lives and given us new ways to see life. Can you imagine where we would be now without it? During the last 30 years medicine has reached new frontiers and many new breakthroughs that benefit the public on regular bases. Now what were once unknown
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Statistics The population is about 28.81 million people. And it is located in africa and the. Religion angola’s population is over wheel mongy shristan. Per capita income is about 6220 pd dollars. And the country length is 48l‚400 mi. The main exports are oil‚ dimond‚ fish. Geography Mountains and lowland plato stuff. And the weather is quite warm there and the timperter in the summer is 100 to 99. The timpertches are is 57 or 40 so that cold. Yes it does rain and snow it has two seasons
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