Permanent damage to landscape – environmentalgraffiti.com With explosions and massive machines scraping into the earth’s crust like a bad case of scabies‚ its small wonder open cast mining has made what many see as an unpleasant impact on the planet’s surface. The face of the earth is beleaguered with giant scars‚ scoured out in our ongoing bid to the plunder the planet of its natural resources. Chuquicamata in Chile is a colossus of a mine that has churned up a record total of 29 million tonnes
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Lines of Latitude are parallel to the equator. True Lines of longitude are parallel to the polar axis. True What is the approximate diameter of Earth at the equator? About 8‚000 miles “Time” can be used to calculate latitude. False Why is it difficult to produce a 2-dimensional map of the earth that will faithfully reproduce to entire earth surface without distortion? There is no way to produce such a map because of the shape of the earth. According to Oceanography‚ Which of the following was the
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As discussed‚ Loanin is one of the developing countries which have rhodium reserves under its surface. Talking about the Loanin‚ it is famous for his pastoral settings and there are nomadic tribes who usually drive cattle and gain their living. One of the significant importances that this country has is related to the Loanin monkeys who lives in the virgin hardwood forest which are not found anywhere around the world. Looking at the literacy rate of the country‚ 90% of the population is illiterate
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is in Cultural Geography because I have an F in it because I wasn’t in class the days she collected some old work. I turned them in today but she still hasn’t put them in to power school so I technically have an F in Cultural Geography but it’s only because she just hasn’t updated it which is not fair. I am still doing well in her class even if she hasn’t put in my real grade into the grade book . I am also doing well in Learning Lab because so far in this semester I have written all the blogs and
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Mark Twain once described the Hawaiian Islands as “The loveliest fleet of islands that lies anchored in any ocean”. Hawaii is the most unique of the states of America. To further understand the geography of Hawaii‚ one must understand how Hawaii was formed‚ how Hawaii was populated‚ and understand what Hawaii came to be today. To begin‚ Hawaii is the longest chain of islands in the world. It was originally formed by a fissure more than 1600 miles long that lies along the floor of the Pacific Ocean
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Age of Extremes The Short Twentieth Century‚ 1914 - 1991 Eric Hobsbawm The text I have chosen to analyse for this essay is Eric Hobsbawm ’s historical epic "Age of Extremes - The Short Twentieth Century 1914 - 1991". The text‚ originally printed in 1994‚ seeks to present a thorough yet necessarily broad analysis and (importantly) explanation of the world (albeit with a more attention given to Europe) of the twentieth century‚ or more specifically‚ what Hobsbawm calls the "Short Twentieth Century"
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Geography Geography and climate have always had very potent effects on culture. Geography‚ or the study of relationships between people and locations on Earth‚ very often shapes the way people live and interact with each other. Climate‚ or the prevailing weather patterns over time of a region‚ also has drastic effects on society and cultures‚ and these statements are especially true in the South East Asian nation of the Philippines. The Republic of the Philippines is an archipelago‚ or chain of
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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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The Industrial Revolution was a time of profound change in the United States. This time would be one of the most exciting ones for the United States. Eric Foner says‚ “The country enjoys abundant natural resources‚ a growing supply of labor‚ an expanding market for manufactured goods‚ and the availability of capital for investment‚” (2016). The United States was becoming a force to be reckoned with; however‚ the Industrial Revolution only sped up this process. As Foner explained‚ the United States
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DBQ- Why Study Geography? Math‚ science‚ reading‚ and writing are some of the main core subjects that most kids think are most important and valuable than the subject geography. Sometimes we say that geography is not that important to kids like us and that we don’t need to worry about it as much. That’s when some of us ask‚ what is the value of geography to modern kids like us today? There are three reasonable answers to it which is: Americans are bad at geography; without geography‚ a bad future
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