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    *2. (a) Name four west European countries that explored the New World and name* one explorer who sailed for each country‚ (b) Of the four *explorers‚ named*‚ state the one you would most have liked to accompany. Discuss two reasons for your choices. Four west European explores that traveled to the New World. {draw:frame} {draw:frame} Christopher Columbus (c. 1451 – 5/20/1506 Jacques Cartier (12/31/1491 – 9/1/1557) {draw:frame} John Cabot_ (c. 1450 – c. 1498)_ Pedro Álvares

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    Dr. Stephen Petranek said‚ ”Some of the greatest advantages in civilization and technology‚ came because we explored.” Humans should not colonize Mars. If humans colonized Mars‚ humans would barely be able to survive. Mars lacks two very crucial products to survive‚ food and oxygen. Humans of the future would not benefit with colonizing Mars because humans who go to Mars‚ will have a risky voyage‚ there is not oxygen‚ and it will cost a lot of money to arrive on Mars. The voyage to Mars is very risky

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    Europeans Settled in North America over 500 years ago‚ but why? I have three reasons that I think is what pulled the Europeans to settle in North America. My three reasons are freedom of religion‚ the discovery of new land‚ and to find resources that are rare. The first pull factor for the settlement in North America is the freedom of religion. “Catholic leaders in Spain often burned heretics—nonbelievers—in public during the Inquisition of the 1400s and 1500s.” “Heretics” or "nonbelievers" were

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    Armstrong limit which absolutely is the limit for human survival. Average surface pressure is about 0.6% of Earth sea level. A leak in your spacesuit would kill you quickly. No oxygen to speak of either" ("Ten Reasons NOT To Live On Mars - Great Place To Explore"). Mars has such a small atmosphere that humans are not used to and would not be able to live in without a spacesuit. Not having oxygen to breath in safely would be very harmful to humans and it would make it hard to do day to day activities. However

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    Why European Immigrants Travelled to America Question: "Describe several reasons Europeans immigrated to the U.S. in the late1800’s..... Progressing through the 1800’s to the turn of the nineteenth century‚ there were dramatic social and societal changes marking a new path for the future of America. The population increased by millions as more and more immigrants sought new lifestyles to match the luxurious ones Americans were rumored to have‚ due to their industrial‚ democratic system. Through

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    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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    question‚ ‘Are young children intrinsically motivated to see others be helped?’. The broad question gathered from this experiment is‚ ‘Do humans have an innate‚ genuine concern for the well-being of others?’. These questions are meaningful as this investigation could prove the existence of a distinctly human‚ nurture characteristic‚ that all share. Alternatives The experiment will likely have one of two outcomes‚ either young children are intrinsically motivated to see others helped or they are not.

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    inequality‚ poverty‚ and lack of capital flow. They see globalization as a success because substantial economic growth and increase in trade can be seen throughout Latin America. However‚ others believe that the negative

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    Should We Colonize Mars

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    landscape. By exploring and understanding Mars‚ we may gain key insights into the past and future of our own world‚” By Buzz Aldrin. We should colonize Mars because it is a place that we could better adapt to and that we are vastly over populating our planet. Changing Mars’ climate is something that humans should accomplish if we are going to efficiently colonize Mars correctly. As said before‚ first we should make Mars warmer‚ and second we should make their atmosphere more thicker than it is now.

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    The European arrival in the Americas dramatically altered the entire world. Their arrival brought both positive and negative effects between the New World and the Old World. The natives in the Americas and the Europeans were affected by the discovery‚ bringing trade and trade to the both places. The impact of the European discovery of the Americas is depicted through documents 2‚3‚5‚6 in which the positive impact is shown‚ and through documents 1‚4‚7‚8 in which the negative impact is shown. The

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