Lesson 13.6 HOW WAS THE PHILIPPINE ARCHIPELAGO FORMED? In 1912‚ Alfred Wegener proposed the past existence of a supercontinent called Pangaea (or Pangea). According to Wegener‚ Pangaea had split apart into a northern half called “Laurasia” and a southern half called “Gondwanaland”. Surrounded by a global ocean called “Panthalassa” and separated by a big body of water called “Tethys Sea”. The slow drifting of continents has been occurring over the past 250 million years. In the 1960s‚ the theory
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Characters Kept Me Company: How Literacy Was My Outlet Reading and writing are significant in my life because they have given me a way to express myself and hide from my everyday life‚ even though I don’t read or write as often as I once did. Literacy provided me a way to understand and communicate with others. Societally‚ literacy is important to comprehension and education. We as humans are taught from the moment we are born to speak‚ read‚ and write. It is our most basic form of communication
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any aid can be provided. There are 400 annual quotas for New Zealand in the scheme and the qualified applications will be approved on a first-come first-served basis. Regarding the jobs in New Zealand‚ people who have worked in New Zealand said it was quite easy to find a job there. You can find a job in restaurants and bars‚ farms and vineyards‚ or the hotel that you are staying. So‚ it is not hard to find a job there as a backpacker. In addition‚ you should submit the application form ASAP as
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to Vienna‚ the epicenter of art at the time. He wanted to enroll in the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna‚ but failed the admission test twice as his technical skills were unsatisfactory. After the death of his mother‚ Hitler became poverty- stricken and was often forced to sleep in homeless shelters or under
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Revolution was quite revolutionary‚ due to the fact that a lot changed in America during the 18th century. Colonist wanted to protect their rights and since they were denied them by their ex-owners the revolution began. The American Revolution greatly transformed America. America singed the Declaration of Independence in 1776. This was the start of the Revolution because America stopped all the unnecessary taxes that they were liable to pay due to the French and Indian war. America was able to succeed
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The Weimar Republic was the German government between the fall of Autocracy in 1918 and the rise of Nazi Germany in 1933. This political system had both positive and negative aspects‚ therefore we could say it was successful to a certain extent. During these years the country had its ups and downs economically‚ politically and artistically. From a creative point of view‚ different art branches‚ such as architecture‚ painting‚ cinema and literature could now flourish. There was an emancipation on that
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spite of their ideals‚ there was one entity stopping them from fulfilling and continuing their beliefs ; Mexico. Although Mexico was precluding their aspirations‚ it didn’t give the United States the right to go to war. Going to war with Mexico was not justifiable for multiple reasons. First‚ and foremost‚ the primary reason war was not justified‚ nor warranted‚ is because the Americans were on Mexican land that they were originally invited to inhabit. Once Mexico was declared free from Spain
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Empire was one of the most powerful‚ longest lasting empires of all time. It was formed by a sultan named Osman in 1299 A.D. He started to expand the empire and make it one of the most feared. Janissaries protected the sultans and fought for them‚ for they were a major part of expanding the empire. The empire grew and grew eventually becoming it’s most powerful under Suleiman “The Magnificent.” After Suleiman’s rule of the Ottoman Empire in 1566‚ a rumor arose that the ottoman that he owned was possessed
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their full power was realized. However‚ these nations failed in their goal to conquer new land and spread their ideologies. In order to determine their failure‚ we must first analyze their successes. The Axis had many successes at the beginning of World War II. Victories such as the German invasion of Poland had given the Axis an early string of victories‚ which could have brought the Axis great success. Other victories from the Axis include France’s occupation by Germany‚ which was a huge land grab
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Ford Motor Company very well defines an entrepreneurial legend. The Ford Motor Company was founded in 1903 to a nearly 40 year old Henry. I find him to be exemplary because he changed the lifestyle of humans by making vehicles available that greatly changed the way that people moved around. Not only did he impact the way that
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