General Certificate of Secondary Education Higher Tier June 2012 Geography (Specification A) Unit 1 Physical Geography 40301H Insert Page 9 is a perforated sheet showing the key for the OS map extracts. Detach Page 9 and use when referring to the OS map extracts. Insert to G/T77080.01/June 2012/40301H 6/6/6/6/6/6 2 Figure 1 Asia North America Pacific Ocean Europe Atlantic Ocean Africa South America Key Young fold mountains Ocean trenches Australia Source: Understanding
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indicate where groups held power in different points of history. Museums exhibit historical and cultural artifacts from different points of history. However‚ do both maps and museums only tell part of the story? In Eavan Boland’s “That the Science of Cartography is Limited‚” she conveys how a certain map‚ specifically a map of Ireland‚ does not adequately express the history of Ireland. While in her poem “The Dolls Museum in Dublin‚” Boland finds that the doll represents more than illustrating a holiday
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Narrative Strategies and Chronotope of Violence in Chimamanda Adichie’s Half of a Yellow Sun By Ayodabo J. Sunday Department of English‚ Elizade University‚ Ilara-Mokin‚ Ondo State‚ Nigeria Introduction As an event in a specific time and history‚ the exploration of the Nigerian civil war as a theme in fiction returns us to the focus on memory and its connection to narrative forms. The war happened in 1967-1970 when the South Eastern states‚ led by Lt. Col. Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu
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How do Walt Whitman (in the selections from "Song of Myself") and Adrienne Rich (in the selection from "An Atlas of the Difficult World" and the poem "Cartographies of Silence") express in their poetry what Diane Middlebrook calls a new sense of "the common world of Americans."? In order to develop this paper it is necessary to talk about Walt Whitman’s poetry. Whitman had become a notable poet by the time the United States discussed against slavery by 1860; in the edition of 1855 of Leaves of
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This rivalry was vigorous in maritime navigation and Cartography. This rivalry was responsible for the dichotomy of (Lusitania) versus the rest of South America speaking Spanish (Hispanic). Both Lusitania (Portugal) & Spain were under one crown. After they split up as 2 countries fuelling this rivalry‚ both countries claimed the whole of South America as colonial possession. Pope has to intervene to stop any Christian blood from spilling. He drew a N-S (vertical) line on the map of continent‚ giving
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Humanism consists of the educational philosophy of human reason‚ creativity‚ freedom and culture. Humanists believe reality is acknowledged through the specific personal experience‚ rather than an intangible supernatural being. Humanism had evolved geographically north whilst chronically towards the 16th Century it sustained true to its originality during the early Italian Renaissance but also developed a unique approach. Determined to publicize the humanist point of view in his book on humanism
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Contents [hide] * 1 Introduction * 2 Branches * 2.1 Physical geography * 2.2 Human geography * 2.3 Integrated geography * 2.4 Geomatics * 2.5 Regional geography * 2.6 Related fields * 3 Techniques * 3.1 Cartography * 3.2 Geographic information systems * 3.3 Remote sensing * 3.4 Quantitative
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MAPS AND HISTORY: MAPS AS SOURCE MATERIAL FOR EUROPEAN ARCTIC HISTORY IN THE 16TH AND 17TH CENTURIES. by Thor B. Arlov 1 INTRODUCTION In one of A.A. Milne’s books about Winnie-the-Pooh Christopher Robin takes his good friend the bear on an expedition: 2 «We’re going to discover the North Pole.» «Oh!» said Pooh again. «What is the North Pole?» he asked. «It’s just something you discover‚» said Christopher Robin carelessly‚ not being quite sure himself. Now‚ as it turned out‚ they did
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contributed to the discovery of the Pacific Ocean‚ he is credited with discovering New Zealand‚ Australia‚ the Hawaiian Islands‚ as well as many more islands in the Pacific Ocean. Captain James Cook’s contributions to cartography‚ the study and practice of making maps‚ made an impact in the lives of explorers‚ navigators‚ and sailors for decades after he passed away. Captain James Cook made many advances in exploration on the seas‚ notable
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The most important technological advancement for European exploration was cartography. Cartography is the science making of maps. Maps helped the captain and the sailors located where they were going. Without cartography‚ captains wouldn’t be able to locate where they want to go‚ whether it be going to Asia or Africa. Cartography helped the ships trade‚ find resources‚ and obtain wealth. The invention of the printing press helped to make maps quicker
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