Chapter 27 Study Guide 1. The process of industrialism threatened traditional and social hierarchies in both societies. In Russia‚ the aristocracy was threatened by the abolition of serfdom‚ the creation of regional zemstvoes‚ and reforms of the army. In Japan‚ the samurai were almost destroyed by the fall of the shogunate‚ the destruction of feudalism‚ and military reform. Both nations used territorial expansion as a means of mollifying the aristocracy and building support for the imperial government
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the entire developed world at a whopping 1.3 billion. Spatially‚ most of the rapid population growth rate has occurred in the developing countries of the world‚ as seen in the diagram below. The urban population from 2008 more than half of the human population were living urban areas‚ they are now 3.3 billion urban residents. The average world population density is expected to rise from 44 people per sq km to 66 people per sq km. Here are some of the reasons for population density; climate‚ location
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How to measure development: 10/11/2013 1. PowerPoint: Economic: GDP‚ GNP/GDP per head capita‚ real GDP‚ GNI Social measures: Life expectancy‚ birth rate‚ adult literacy‚ and infant mortality‚ HDI. Happy Planet Index is an index of human well-being and environmental that was introduced by the New Economics Foundation in July 2006 2. Read: HDI p.28-29 a) List the 3 components of the HDI Life expectancy‚ adult literacy rate and standard of living (income adjusted to local cost of
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Natural Hazards Faith McPhee SANDSTORMS -wind current goes under layer of sand and picks it up like a tidal wave. -mostly in deserts (no vegetation) -Dust Devils in U.S.A (smaller version of sandstorm but with dust) -is sometimes caused by soil loss in dry lands -fast moving Cyclones/Typhoons/Hurricanes -Starts as storm‚ but is considered a TROPICAL storm when winds reach 74 miles per hour. -swirling water inward is eye‚ swirling < is southern hem‚ swirling > is northern hem. -Convection
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Introduction to Geography The world is getting smaller‚ we now live in a global village due to our enlarged technical skills. It is today as easy to fly from eg. Dublin to Rome as it was to travel from Dublin to Cork 150 years ago‚ Not to mention flights to the moon & back. Geography has turned out to be the study of man in space. Between mass media and frequent travel the child is bombarded with impressions about the planet he lives on. In today’s world the child hears random words‚ names of
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Examine the geopolitical and environmental impacts of oil production in the Bahamas. (15) Recently‚ there has been a plan to drill oil in the Bahamas. This oil drilling will take place somewhere in the Southern Bahamas‚ closer to Cuba. However‚ there needs to be a referendum to see if the Bahamian public agrees with the thought of drilling oil. Before this referendum can happen‚ the government has allowed ‘exploratory’ drilling to see if there is actually oil in the Bahamas worth making a referendum
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GEO 211 Member Participation Leadership Workload Feedback Time-Management Bobby 4 2 4 4 3 Yibo 2 1 2 2 2 Will 4 3 3 4 4 This project was challenging from the beginning. We had difficulty identifying what we were going to center our project around. Once we got going however we did get a lot of productive work done. I didn’t contribute a large direct contribution to the paper‚ but I did the introduction and conclusion portions. I also worked closely with Yibo and Bobby to structure their arguments
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barrier from winds that come from the sea. Sand dunes have vegetation such as spinifex which inhabit the dunes and help to hold the sand together and preventing heavy erosion. The process of nature is hard on the sand dunes itself‚ but because of human interference the speed and power of erosion of the sand dunes and beaches within the region have caused mass destruction. Evaluate the responses of individuals groups and governments to coastal management of the Cronulla/Wanda/Kurnell environment
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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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mainland. At around 30.2 million km2 including adjoining islands‚ it covers six percent of Earth’s aggregate surface zone and 20.4 percent of its aggregate area region. With 1.1 billion individuals starting 2013‚ it represents around 15% of the world’s human populace. Africa’s populace is the most youthful amongst every one of the landmasses; the middle age in 2012 was 19.7‚ when the overall middle age was 30.4. Algeria is Africa’s biggest nation by zone‚ and Nigeria by populace. Africa‚ especially focal
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