Topic/Inquiry: “What is the Colosseum?” Jan Scott - Year 11 Ancient History Focus Questions: Who decided the construction for the colosseum and what are the theories existing revealing the purpose of the construction? (600) What are the conservation issues or problems in relation to the colosseum? (400) What was the significance of the Colosseum that makes it so important to preserve? (700) What’s the evidence or research techniques used to determine the history of the Colosseum
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A hobby is a regularly activity that is done for pleasure‚ typically‚ during one’s leisure time. Hobbies can include: the collection of themed items and objects‚ engaging in creative and artistic pursuits‚ playing sports‚ along with many more examples. By continually participating in a particular hobby‚ one can acquire substantial skill and knowledge in that area. Generally speaking‚ a person who engages in an activity solely for fun is called an amateur (or hobbyist)‚ as opposed to a professional
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attract investment because of their less demanding labor and environmental laws. ANS: T PTS: 1 6. The central problem in environmental law lies in determining which activities alter the environment to an unacceptable extent. ANS: T PTS: 1 7. Conservationists have sought international environmental legal relief through dispute resolution‚ import bans‚ and multilateral treaties. ANS: T PTS: 1 8. One dispute resolution mechanism used frequently in international disputes over the environment is binding
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Romania and its potential as a tourism generating region There is no longer any doubt for anyone regarding the importance of tourism in today’s world. Why people travel‚ why they buy the holidays or business trips they buy‚ what makes them chose where and when they wish to travel‚ is very important to those who work in the tourism industry to understand and share. The academic books that dealt with these questions identified systems‚ enabling factors and motivations that lead to this phenomenon
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What has landscape architecture and industrialized society to learn from indigenous cultures and their symbiotic relationships with nature? “‘Despite nature’s many earlier warnings‚ the pollution and destruction of the natural environment has gone on‚ intensively and extensively‚ without awakening a sufficient reaction; it is only during the last century that any systematic effort has been made to determine what constitutes a balanced and self-renewing environment‚ containing all the ingredient’s
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Umahmaa Ibrahim Thomas Orf Geography 1 10/ 6/ 2013 Chapter 11 Key Terms Q1: Contrast and explain the concepts of ecosystem and biome. A: An ecosystem is a natural unit consisting of all plants‚ animals and micro-organisms in an area functioning together with all the non-living physical factors of the environment. Among terrestrial ecosystems‚ the type that provides the most appropriate scale for understanding world distribution pattern is called a biome. Q2: What is an ecotone
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ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS “The Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs‚ but not every man’s greed.” – Mahatma Gandhi. The ‘Environment’ is a term used to represent an entire systems‚ geology‚ and climate. An Environment can be any scale‚ including global‚ regional‚ local‚ and even down to single locations‚ and things like buildings. Often the phrase ‘the environment’ is used to denote the global environment‚ or a larger regional
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Ms. Duba Eng 101 Sect. 31 11/3/11 Welcome to the Jungle‚ We ’ve Got.. Where Did They Go? Imagine that one day your great grand-children or even your grand-children grow up believing that Polar Bears and Pandas are as mythical as unicorns. Due to factors such as illegal game hunting‚ environmental pollution and human encroachment into habitats‚ more and more species of animals are becoming endangered every day. It is society ’s duty to discover the source of the problem as well as find solutions
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Kaziranga National Park Kaziranga National Park is a national park in the Golaghat and Nagaon districts of the state of Assam‚ India. A World Heritage Site‚ the park hosts two-thirds of the world’s Great One-horned Rhinoceroses. Kaziranga boasts the highest density of tigers among protected areas in the world and was declared a Tiger Reserve in 2006. The park is home to large breeding populations of elephants‚ wild water buffalo‚ and swamp deer. Kaziranga is recognized as an Important Bird Area
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Kyle Lisenbee Professor Bailey‚ Shawn ENV 160 201 17 July 2016 The Lake Tahoe Basin Of all the large‚ pristine‚ and crystal-clear lakes in the United States‚ Lake Tahoe is one of the most well-known. Nestled high up in the Sierra Nevada Mountains‚ the border between California and Nevada bisects the lake‚ creating a shared ecological wonder between the two states. The Lake Tahoe Basin forms a natural bioregion‚ a depression in the land with boundaries that extend from the shore line of the lake to
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