Canadian Shield Relative Size/Location This region occupies over 50% of canada’s total land area (approximately 4‚ 800‚000km2)‚ making up parts of 6 provinces and 2 territories. The Canadian Shield is the largest landform region in Canada. Physical Landscape The Canadian Shield is made up of metamorphic and igneous rock‚ containing some of the world’s oldest rocks. It had once been a major mountain region but it is now relatively flat with rounded rock hills. In addition‚ hundreds of thousands
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Heather Furlong AP Human Geography Summer Assignment Quote: “We were first introduced to rap music during one of our visits to Mobimbi‚ a quarter where the foreigners who worked for the same American company as my father lived” (Beah 6). Explanation: The theme of region is shown in this quote as the author describes one of his many trips down to Mobimbi. Region describes the geographical unit based on characteristics and functions of culture. This quote also shows a very specific type of
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The geography of Greece had a big impact on its development of the years. The geography consists of many mountains along with being surrounded by water. These geographic advantages affected the development of its politics‚ military and economy and ultimately led to the success of Polis. Due to the geography of the region‚ the Greeks were isolated from each other due to the mountainous terrain. As a consequence of this isolation‚ “Greek communities tended to follow their own separate paths and develop
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Population case study: India | Geography HL | Contents: 1. Population Transition: Structure and composition 2. Population Issues 3. Population Policies in response to population issues a. Evaluate and assess 4. Population trends: Possible scenarios b. DTM – fifth stage Population Transition: Structure and composition Introduction * India is a country with a considerably young population as compared to many others in the world. * It is estimated
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especially true for Colonial America. The reason fashion played an important role in colonial life is because it depicts status‚ connects the colonists to Europe‚ and helps them express themselves. Clothing also helps explain a great deal about the colonists in America. Colonial America’s fashion was influenced by Europe‚ but ultimately became American through creating clothing styles specifically for colonists’ daily needs (Loren‚ 4). Trade played an important role in Colonial America because it
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We believe that the geography of Japan has had a heavy influence on the development of society‚ and we will state and explain the reason why throughout this essay. The following two sentences help to summarise the effect that Japan’s geography has had on its society “The Japanese have different lifestyles depending on their place of residence and their age or generation. Their eating habits‚ type of housing‚ language‚ style of thinking‚ and many other aspects of their everyday life hinge upon where
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men were leisurely enjoying their lives hunting deer and animals‚ fishing and building homes for their families. Doing things that the noble class of Europe did in their leisure. The image of native women in Europe was established by stories and reports sent back to the homeland. As colonies started establishing themselves there was a skew in the ratio between men and women. The interests of the Virginia Company‚ the first company to establish settlement in the New World‚ was mining. Mining was soon
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A new and struggling nation‚ America battled for democracy as they fought for independence and after they received independence and release of Britain’s tight and strong grip. The question of how to become more democratic‚ equal opportunity for all people‚ was prevalent in American society in the 1700’s. Wethersfield‚ Connecticut was a symbol of American society in the late 1700’s as they struggled with the balance of property‚ role of religion‚ and equality for all people. Between the 1750’s and
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1. Chasteen states that by the late nineteenth century Latin American countries aimed to imitate England‚ France or the US‚ countries that equated Progress. What material or technological transformations did Latin Americans seem to have associated to the idea of “progress”? Latin America decided to associate with the idea of progress the idea of being able to export their home grown goods. While England‚ France and the US‚ exported industrial machinery (because it was made in those countries) Latin
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Rachna Shah APUSH: Log Entry #2 5. The requerimiento was only an excuse to treat native people brutally‚ confiscate their land‚ and enslave them‚ because the Europeans believed that that would be the most efficient way. Of course‚ if the natives weren’t manacled‚ then they would have fought back‚ and quite possibly‚ especially if the natives enslaved by Columbus and his original men‚ have beaten the Europeans‚ at least for the time being. The Native American men wouldn’t have given up their rights
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