The Spanish Flu of 1918 was an influenza that swept the globe killing more people then World War One‚ World War Two‚ the Korean War‚ and the Vietnam War combined. The virus’s victims were between the ages of nineteen and twenty eight‚ an unusual range compared to expected ages of deaths from a normal flu. The Forsete‚ a ship that set sail from Norway’s northern coast‚ was hit with an outbreak of the Spanish Flu on September 21‚ 1918. Within the next two weeks‚ seven people died‚ and were buried in
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the Americas an irreversible transformation was triggered. The extreme differences in the cultures of the Europeans and Native Americans would prove to be ... As depicted in The Snow Walker‚ the Inuit Tribe was mostly contained within the Arctic Tundra. Whereas‚ in Dances With Wolves‚ the Sioux Indians were west of the Mississippi River in what is known as the prairies and plains. During the 19th century as Europeans ventured westward and began to settle in what we now know as the United States
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Climate: animation -audio http://my.hrw.com/sh2/sh07_10/student/tabpages/hq7c/c25/s01/vc01/hq7c_c25s01_vc01fs.htm • Climate is the average weather in an area across a span of time determined by the temperature and precipitation. • Latitude‚ wind patterns‚ geography and ocean currents are all factors that define climate. • Range from Tropical Desert‚ Tropical Rainforest‚ Temperate Desert‚ or Temperate Rainforest. GCMs – Computer models – study climate change video http://www.sandi.net/cms/lib/CA01001235/Centricity/Domain/7724/video/Global
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There I was‚ stuck in a small enclosed space. It was second grade‚ I was freaking out as if I was experiencing a dark abyss of doom. Calming myself‚ I thought “How did I even get in this mess!” Ten minutes ago‚ I was eating my chocolate pretzels in my second grade classroom‚ trying to solve this complex problem. I looked around‚ I see all my friends struggling as well. My snack had cause me to have a sickening feeling‚ “Stupid chocolate pretzels‚ I am trying to focus.” I thought. After asking for
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aste of pressure-rippled ice‚ and‚ beyond the valley‚ to the desolate and treeless roll of tundra‚ I had no doubt that this was excellent wolf country.” From this description the reader can picture the icy tundra and hills high in the
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prepare a biological report which would scientifically justify extermination of Canis lupus (the wolf)” (Summarized from film Never Cry Wolf‚ Walt Disney Productions‚ director: Carroll Ballard‚ 1983.) . Tyler “is dropped alone onto the frozen tundra‚ where he begins his mission to live among the howling wolf packs and study their waves” (http://www.amazon.com/Never-Cry-Wolf-Amazing-Arctic/dp/0316881791). Because he is without any survival skills and unsure of where to go and start‚ his adventure
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empires. * From 1789‚ Tsarist Russia even included Alaska in North America. This was until 1867‚ when it was sold to the US. * The empire could be divided‚ from north to south‚ into different vegetations. In the far north was the tundra‚ south of the tundra was the taiga‚ the southern part was a vast plain known as the steppe and in the west were forests. Economy: * West European economic growth accelerated during the Industrial Revolution‚ which had begun in the second half of the 18th
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lot of unwise choices during the duration of his trip. First of all he did not tell any of his family members exactly where it was that he was headed to. Along his journey he did tell a few people that his overall goal was to survive a while in the Tundra‚ but he wasn’t even specific with them about where exactly it was that he was headed to. Krakauer and other supporters of Krakauer’s argument may say that McCandless telling people where he was headed to wouldn’t have had a big impact on the outcome
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Eskimo Groups can also be drawn. E The traditional lifestyle of the Inuit is adapted to extreme climatic conditions; their essential skills for survival are hunting and trapping. Agriculture Was never possible in the millions of square kilometres of tundra and icy coasts from Siberia to Northern America and Greenland. Therefore‚ hunting became the core of the culture and cultural history of the Inuit. Thus‚ the everyday life in modern Inuit settlements‚ established only some decades ago‚ still reflects
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• There are different types of habitats for certain animals. • There are so many types of animals such as Mammals‚ Reptiles‚ Birds‚ Insects‚ Aquatic Animals‚ Spiders. • Habitats: Deserts‚ Grasslands‚ Forests‚ Mountains‚ Freshwater‚ Oceans‚ Tundra. • People are mammals. So are dogs‚ cats‚ and horses. Ahmad Bickley ANIMALS 1. Fish are vertebrates that live in water and have gills‚ scales and fins on their body. 2. Amphibians are born in the water. When they are born‚ they breath with gills like
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