AUSTRALIA Australia is situated in the eastern part of the Southern Hemisphere. Australia is an island continent lying between the Indian Ocean on the west and Pacific Ocean on the east. It is the sixth largest country and the smallest continent. HISTORY James Cook discovered Australia on the 20th of April 1770. The original inhabitants of Australia were people called Aborigines. This name they gained from British people in 1788. The each group of Aborigines had its land and language. They
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One interesting event from 1960 was the testing of the first atomic bomb by France. Between 1960 and 1966‚ seventeen bombs were tested by France. These bombs leaked radioactive materials that are still affecting citizens near the bomb sites in the Sahara Desert. It is estimated that hundreds of soldiers and nearly thirty million civilians were knowingly exposed to the radioactive areas. The bomb testings and radioactive exposure were reportedly meant to “study physiological and psychological effects
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The Pacific Ring of Fire (see below) Tectonic plates of the world. The Pacific Ring of Fire (or just The Ring of Fire) is an area where a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur in the basin of the Pacific Ocean. In a 40‚000 km (25‚000 mi) horseshoe shape‚ it is associated with a nearly continuous series of oceanic trenches‚ volcanic arcs‚ and volcanic belts and plate movements. The Ring of Fire has 452 volcanoes and is home to over 75% of the world’s active and dormant volcanoes
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129&ty=85 http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2011/05/17/scientists-will-use-fukushima-radiation-to-study-ocean-currents/ http://www.snopes.com/photos/technology/fallout.asp Contaminated Water Seeping Out It could be transported over long distances by ocean currents. mainly eastwards by the Kuroshio current system The great quantity of water in the Pacific Ocean will rapidly disperse radioactive materials This map showing the projected path of fallout across the western United
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of success depended heavily on complete surprise. On November 26‚ 1941‚ the Japanese attack force‚ led by Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo‚ left Etorofu Island in the Kurils (located northeast of Japan) and began its 3‚000-mile journey across the Pacific Ocean. Sneaking six
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This first theory is the most accepted by citizens. People believe Amelia Earhart and her navigator‚ Fred Noonan‚ got off course at a refueling stop at Howland Island in the Pacific Ocean. So‚ they radioed the U.S Coast Guard. Amelia couldn’t spot an island in the distance‚ and the plane crashed and they sunk‚ killing both of them. It left no sign of where they landed. A second theory is Earhart landed safely on Gardner Island‚
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Cabot explored the Rio de la Plata (River of Silver) in Argentina and stayed in that region for three years. Cabot thought there was a passage to the Pacific Ocean. The crew was attacked by the hostile Indians‚ and Cabot eventually lost his flagship. Half of his men perished from famine and disease. Discouraged by his failure to find the way to the Pacific‚ Cabot returned to Spain in August 1530. His expedition had been a dismal failure. EXPEDITION OF SAAVEDRA The expedition left port of Zihuatanejo
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“What Happened On Easter Island- A New Scenario” Summary Easter Island is about 64 square miles in the South Pacific Ocean‚ and is located around 2‚300 miles from Chile’s West Coast and 2‚500 miles east of Tahiti. Known as Rapa Nui to its earliest inhabitants‚ the island was christened Paaseiland‚ or Easter Island‚ by the Dutch explorers in honor of the day of their arrival in 1722. It was discovered by the people of Chile in the late 19th century and now maintains its financial system by tourist
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HAWAIIAN HISTORY STUDY GUIDE - answer all of the questions on homework worksheets - describe the Pacific ring of fire The Pacific Ring of Fire is an arc of intense seismic (earthquake) and volcanic activity stretching from New Zealand‚ along the eastern edge of Asia‚ north across the Aleutian Islands of Alaska‚ and south along the coast of North and South America. It is composed over 75% of the world’s active and dormant volcanoes. - describe the Hawaiian hot spot‚ plate tectonics‚ and how Hawaiian
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Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo are two different places‚ it is synonymous with one another. They are located on the west of Mexico by the Pacific Ocean‚ 250 km (4 hour drive) northwest of Acapulco. Zihuatanejo (zee-wha-tan-EH-ho) was a resort for the Mexican nobility before the colonial Spaniards arrived. Retaining most of its original Mexican atmosphere‚ it’s a quiet fishing village with beautiful views of the ocean. Ixtapa (eesh-tah-pa)‚ originally spelled Iztapa‚ is a 10-minute drive to the south of Zihuatanejo‚ and is a
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