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    Space Exploration: Apollo Missions Space has always interested me and I had a great desire to be an astronomer one day. That has since changed‚ but space is still something I love studying about. Thus this topic was an easy choice. For the Apollo missions‚ it was originally created by NASA to sent a ship to the surface of the Moon and also have it return back to Earth. This was a huge step not only for mankind‚ but for the technology of America in the space race against the SSSR. Some of the questions

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    Exploration on Mars For College Students/Adults \Final-Astronomy Objectives Students will understand the following: 1. Since the dawn of the space age in the 1960s‚ we have sent spacecraft to the most easily reached places in our solar system‚ such as Mars. 2. For exploration of celestial bodies‚ NASA has developed a three-phase strategy: reconnaissance‚ surveillance‚ and in-depth study. 3. Each mission to Mars has made specific discoveries and raised questions to be answered

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    Age Of Exploration

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    other have a differing view. Others believe the age of exploration was undoubtedly the bigger consequence of Gutenberg’s printing press. Therefore‚ the more significant effect of the printing press was the age of exploration because it allowed for what explorers found to be printed and published shortly after they made their discoveries and for stories about exploration

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    Rabbi Kaufman Kohler expressed in his vision for American Jewry. The time period that his writings relate to is 1881 to 1924‚ when about two million Eastern European Jews migrated to the United States. This occurs right after about 250‚000 German Jews migrated to the U.S. during 1820 to 1880. Since the German Jews and the Eastern European Jews migrated to the U.S. during different times‚ different circumstances‚ and from different places‚ how they thought Judaism should be practiced varied. Rabbi

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    Self Exploration

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    truly dig deeply into our thoughts‚ feelings‚ desires and dreams. Part of the problem is that we’re always on the go. When to-do lists keep swelling‚ self-exploration takes a backseat. How can it not‚ when we barely find time for self-care? Specifically‚ self-exploration involves “taking a look at your own thoughts‚ feelings‚ behaviors and motivations and asking why. It’s looking for the roots of who we are — answers to all the questions we have about [ourselves]‚” according to Ryan Howes‚ Ph.D‚ psychologist

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    Christopher Columbus was a famous explorer‚ navigator‚ and Italian. He is credited to opening up the Americas to European colonization. In my report I will touch the topics on Christopher Columbus’s life‚ his exploration to the Americas‚ and later voyages. Christopher Columbus was born in 1451 in Italy. His dad was a weaver. He was born in Genoa‚Italy. As a teen he worked on a ship for merchants. In 1470 Columbus was on a ship‚ later pirates attacked the boat. The boat sank on the portuguese shore

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    Was Columbus’s discovery epochal? Many of us have grown up believing from our earliest school years that Christopher Columbus was the voyager who found America. In between the centuries several European explorers navigated around the world searching for treasures and new lands. Of all the explorers‚ Columbus is the most celebrated and acknowledged - for supposedly founding America in 1492. Columbus was born in Italy in 1452‚ of humble origins; he grew up surrounded by

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    1. The defeat of the Spanish Armada was important to the colonization of America because it made Queen Elizabeth and England more powerful than Spain. England could colonize better now that they had control of the Atlantic Ocean. 2. The Roanoke colony failed twice. The first time‚ it failed because they didn’t start farming right away‚ and a difficult winter sent them all back to England. The second time‚ they needed a lot of supplies‚ so Walter Raleigh went back to England. He couldn’t return for

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    Was the discovery of penicillin an accident? Who really discovered penicillin? Many believe that penicillin was discovered by Alexander Fleming‚ although he sparked the research for penicillin‚ he wasn’t the first. Penicillin had and still does have an effect on the medical world. Penicillin has a very rich history behind it‚ and it is still used world round. One significant story that led to the discovery of penicillin was the one of Alexander Fleming. Although Alexander Fleming is credited for

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    Colonization of Egypt

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    be colonized? No‚ it was greed‚ pure British greed‚ that caused the corruption of Egypt’s balanced culture.<br><br>The economic situation of Egypt before its colonization was quite good. The working and owning class maintained the industrial aspect while the upper class maintained the government and political prospect. Through the colonization of Egypt‚ Britain gained control of the Suez Canal‚ a major part of the world trade routes. With this advantage‚ Britain decided to heavily tax the ships which

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