ancient faults. Earthquakes- Earthquakes are formed by the movement of the Earth’s plates. When a plate squeezes or stretches too much huge rocks are formed at the edges‚ and these rocks can move with a lot of force‚ which causes an earthquake‚ or by human explosions. Earthquakes are concentrated along the plate boundaries. Not all earthquakes occur at the same depth‚ however. Where Hess had postulated that the rocks of the ocean floor were diving down into subduction zones‚ earthquakes occur at shallow
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WHERE ARE ENGLISH-LANGUAGE SPEAKERS DISTRIBUTED? Origin and Diffusion of English • Second language most spoken. o Official in 50 countries (more than any other language). • English Colonies o English migrated with language as established colonies. ▪ Official language of most foreign colonies. o North America (Jamestown 1607 and Plymouth in 1620). ▪ After defeat of French‚ English is main language. o First to North
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1. Language a. Set of sounds‚ combination of sounds‚ and symbols that are used for communication. b. A written or verbal way of communicating to others. c. English‚ Spanish‚ Italian 2. Standard Language a. The variant of a language that a country’s political and intelligence elite seek to promote as the norm for use in schools‚ government‚ the media‚ and other aspects of public life. b. The normal language commonly heard around the area‚ varies between regions. c. Brazil speaks mainly Brazilian
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“Girl” by Hanif Kureishi The short story written by Hanif Kureishi portrays a typical love story‚ but with complex aspects. Hanif Kureishi is an English author‚ novelist and short-story writer. “Girl” was written in 1999. It revolves about a young woman‚ Nicole‚ who is in a relationship with an older man‚ Majid. A classic cliché‚ young girl falls in love with older experienced man‚ and with that some questions and problems naturally will arise. They are together‚ despite of Majid’s age and
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threat to human life or property. 2) Natural hazards are cause by natural processes. 3) Natural hazards can be divided into two types: * Hydro-meteoroidal hazards (caused by climatic processes)- these include droughts‚ floods‚ tropical cyclones and storms. * Geophysical hazards (caused by land processes) – these include earthquakes‚ volcanic eruptions and landslides. Terms: 1) Disaster- when a hazard actually seriously affects humans. 2) Risk- the likelihood that humans will
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What is great geography? What do you consider the discipline of Geography to be? The discipline of Geography is defined by the Royal Geographical Society as the “the study of Earth’s landscapes‚ peoples‚ places and environments” (RGS 2013). Simply‚ the RGS say it is “about the world in which we live” (RGS 2013). The RGS then goes onto state that Geography is unique‚ in that it combines the social sciences (human geography) with the natural sciences (physical geography). Geography enables us to
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Economic Geography--The Starting……. Basically the concepts of Economic Geography is interdisciplinary involving explicitly geography‚ economics and business and implicitly other social and natural sciences. So the discussion should be started with a clear concepts of economics and geography. Concepts of Economics When we think of "Economics"‚ the following words may come to mind representing concepts which we feel might be of particular concern to economists: economic activities‚ markets‚ allocation
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1. The promotion of the acquisition of wealth through plunder‚ colonization‚ and the protection of home industries and foreign markets during Europe’s rebirth was called mercantilism 2. What ultimately proved to be the undoing of monarchical absolutism and its system of patronage during Europe’s rebirth? growing economic power of merchants 3. Which is not characteristic of unitary state governments? Concerned with fostering diversity of regional cultural expression 4. Nigeria is a state
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Four Tradition of Geography The Four Traditions of Geography has many different assumptions and aspects of geography; aspects ranging from basic mapping and geometry‚ to the impact on nature of humans and the processes of the earth itself. Geographers can study and explain their research by selecting a certain tradition that leads to many different fields of geography. “There are four traditions whose identification provides an alternative to the competing monistic definitions that have
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The Five Themes of Geography GY202 Geographic Thought September 6‚ 1995 John Doe During the 1980’s the United States showed unacceptably low test scores on simple Geographic tests. The point Committee on Geographic Education could only attribute these results to Geographic Illiteracy‚ not only on the part of the students‚ but more importantly on the educators themselves. By 1984 it had become inexplicably clear that immediate action must take place to counteract this
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