participate in one of the games. Some of the simpler games played by children come from nature‚ such as using red saga seeds as marbles‚ catching a wild spider to pit it against another spider‚ walking on "stilts" made of coconut shells‚ and using rubber seeds as conkers. However‚ there are many games that are also zealously played by adults that often hold spectators in awe. TOP SPINNING Top spinning draws excited yells and shouts from both spectators and players. Strength‚ skill and physical
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millions of African natives along the way. In the Congo‚ the raw materials that King Leopold perused were ivory and later‚ rubber. King Leopold obtained these raw materials for almost nothing and sold them with inflated prices in Europe. Leopold’s soldiers forced the Congolese into slave labor to extract these raw materials. Consequently‚ he amassed large quantities of rubber and ivory with low labor
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applied‚ the object must be in motion‚ the force and motion must be in the same plane‚ and the energy must be changing. Work is being done on the arm because the elastic force of the rubber band is causing in to travel forward. Kinetic energy is used to pull back the catapult‚ and get the rubber band ready for launch. The rubber band contains elastic potential energy. That elastic potential energy converts to kinetic energy‚ and the marshmallow launched gains gravitational potential energy while losing
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Belgian Congo. ("Congo‚ Democratic Republic of the." Paragraph 2) Soon the Belgian Congo would fall into depression as the Belgians would turn the natives into labor slaves. Belgian Congo is land rich of rubber and Leopold wanted it. "Leopold accumulated a vast personal fortune from ivory and rubber through Congolese slave labor; 10 million people are estimated to have died from forced labor‚ starvation‚ and outright extermination during Leopold ’s colonial rule." ~ "Congo‚ Democratic Republic of the
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Chemistry 11 Santa Monica College Determination of Molecular Mass via the Dumas Method Objectives: • To determine the molecular mass of an unknown volatile liquid using the Dumas method and the ideal gas law. Background: In the early 19th century‚ Jean-Baptiste Dumas‚ a distinguished French chemist‚ created a relatively simple method for determining the molecular mass of a volatile substance. In this experiment we will use a modified version of his technique to determine the molecular
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African continent can be traced back to as early as the late 1400s‚ when an European explorer sailed the west coast and discovered the Congo River. The industrial Revolution sparked Europeans’ keen interest to explore Africa. Diamonds‚ gold‚ ivory‚ and rubber would be the sources of wealth for the Europeans. “Underlying much of Europe’s excitement was the hope that Africa would be a source of raw materials to feed the Industrial Revolution‚ just as the search for raw materials- slaves- for the colonial
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use of one specific area of the world. Some major molecules that were valued are phenol‚ isoprene‚ silk‚ cellulose‚ and glucose. Phenols were used as antiseptics during surgery to prevent cuts and wounds from getting infected. Isoprene‚ which is rubber‚ has been made into countless everyday items that we use to this day. Silk is one of the most valued fabrics in the world. Silk is very hard to harvest and it is expensive. Cellulose is the main component of cotton. Cotton is cheap and most of
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