The discovery‚ exploration‚ and colonization of foreign lands by the Europeans were driven by three vague yet consistent points. God‚ gold‚ and glory were the three chief reasons for exploration. The motives for Spanish‚ French and English explorers were all different‚ although in some ways‚ they were the same. They all wanted to find the Northwest Passage‚ which they believed was a direct and efficient route to the Orient (home of spices‚ silks and wealth). They also wanted to lay claim to new land
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result‚ plutonism lead to the discovery of uniformitarianism. Uniformitarianism is the theory of all natural laws and elements that help to form the earth‚ continue to exist and function in the present as they have in the past. This theory later led Charles Lydell to example his theory “the present is the key to the past” which turned out to be one of the most significant impacts on the way science study the earth and the universe. Lydell’s theory led to the discovery of biological evolution; allowing
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Two of her main discoveries came from uranium because Marie spent a lot of her research into uranium she discovered these two things out of it: Radium‚ and Polonium. First I’ll go over Radium. Radium‚ is purely from uranium it is radioactive but also good for many purposes
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Discovery Channel’s global strategy takes it to the top of ratings CEO David Zaslev explains why he is glad to be welcoming Oprah to the world of the subscription market In June 1985‚ the Discovery Channel launched in the US. It had only 156‚000 subscribers and no original programmes. This month‚ Discovery Communications celebrated its 25th anniversary – now the world’s number one non-fiction media company‚ with 1.5bn subscribers in 170 countries. The secret to its success‚ says its president
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Explain how technology was a stimuli to the Age of Discovery? There were many technological advances in the Age of discovery. The development of the cannon‚ which was able shoot iron or stone balls. This device could take down city walls or fortresses. A western technician built 56 small cannon’s and gigantic gun that could hurl stone balls weighing 800 lbs. The gun could only be loaded and fired only by about a hundred men working together‚ and reloading took 2 hours. Although the cannon had serious
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Did you know that without mistakes discoveries could not be found? Thomas Edison had said ’1 percent inspiration 99 percent perspiration. In 1871 an adventurer by the name Hernrich Schliemann was digging for the lost city of troy. This explorer did not always tell the truth either. This proves that discoveries make you selfish‚ controlling‚ and greedy. Henrich Schliemann made up fake experiences about when he traveled to San Francisco. But he had never traveled to San Francisco. Schliemann loved
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Just like potato chips‚ silly putty‚ and corn flakes‚ penicillin was an accident. Many people contributed to the bringing about of penicillin. The discovery of penicillin‚ the history of it are two very important subjects on how it became what it is today. First of all‚ penicillin was discovered by a bacteriologist Alexander Fleming. This scientist discovered it by accident. He went away for a while and when he came back a mold was covering all his petri dishes. Fleming did some testing with a particular
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In ancient times‚ trade could be a matter of survival. Eventually ancient peoples began trading luxury items as well‚ such as art and jewelry. When Europe and Asia discovered each other‚ tentative political bonds began to form once they discovered what the other had to offer. The Silk Road was the most significant and important trade route for many hundreds of years‚ especially during the Tang dynasty. Although it is called the Silk Road‚ there was a variety of products and even ideas that were transported
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Rod‚ The Franklin Stove‚ Swim Fins and much more. One of his most famous discoveries was electricity. Franklin began working on electricity after he heard a lecture about it in Scotland in 1743. Five years later he sent a letter over it to the Royal Society. In 1751‚ he published his book of his electrical current experiments in England called Experiments and Observations of Electricity. Before Franklin started his discovery of electricity‚ the main idea of electricity consisted of two opposing forces
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Background study Teachers are increasingly facing serious instructional challenges as the diversity of students within each class room continues to widen. Patterson(2002) noted that within each classroom student of a wide academic range with different labels such as gifted‚ fast learners‚ average learners‚ slow learners and the low learners all face their teacher daily with full hope that their need will be met. The conventional teaching method seems not to have adequately equipped instructions with
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