five major extinctions that have happened in the past were due to natural causes. The first started with severe and sudden global cooling and lost 25% of families. The second happened near the end of the Devonian Period and may or may not have been the result of a global climate change of which 19% of families were lost. Evidence suggests that a bolide impact similar to the end-Cretaceous event may have been the cause of 54% of families lost in the third major extinction. Shortly after dinosaurs
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The drive for independence by the American colonies faced a slim chance of success without outside assistance. The French‚ who were the most likely ally in this cause was recently the enemy of both the English and Americans. This would present a challenge for the American colonists as France’s finances had been depleted just as Britain’s had over the course of the Seven Year’s War. This however‚ was not the whole story. The French‚ regardless of their financial difficulties had a grudge against Britain
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if the religion did not serve to provide hope to the people‚ it consolidated people into a single group with similar mindsets. Depending on a person’s religion‚ their reactions and responses to the plague differed. Some saw it as having a divine origin‚ some saw it as being the cause of bad
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sweet potatoes‚ tomatoes and tobacco. Europe would also see some new diseases originating from the Americas‚ most notably syphilis. Though not as rich in large food animals as Europe‚ some New World animals would make their way back including turkeys. The major portion of the Columbian Exchange was from Europe to the Americas. Conquerers and colonists brought old world staples such as cattle‚ pigs‚ and sheep‚ as well as horses for travel. Some unintended passengers to the Americas included disease carrying
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CHAPTER 17&18 OUTLINE STUDY GUIDE Bryan Marchena I. The Columbian Exchange and its Effects A. Cultural Diversity 1. The peoples of the New World lacked immunity to diseases from the Old World. Smallpox‚ measles‚ diphtheria‚ typhus‚ influenza‚ malaria‚ yellow fever and maybe pulmonary plague caused severe declines in the population of native peoples in the Spanish and Portuguese colonies. Syphilis was the only significant disease thought to have been transferred from the Americas to
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Hunger in America By: Kaylee Moore Hunger is a major problem here in the United States. According to outnumberhunger.com 1 in 7 Americans experience hunger. 12 million families are hungry. There are many contributing factors to this issue. Some of these factors are unemployment‚ the national minimum wage‚ and other expenses. Unemployment could be the biggest reason people are hungry. Based on information from fortune.com‚ it says that the unemployment rate is at fourty percent. This means that
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“Forgive your enemies‚ but never forget their names.” After John F. Kennedy managed to prevent nuclear armageddon‚ implement peace corps‚ urge public service‚ and ignite man’s first journey to the moon‚ one would think the best we could do to repay him in any way possible would be to find justice in his assassination. On November 22‚ 1963 in Dallas‚ Texas‚ President Kennedy‚ Texas Governor John Connally‚ and their wives rode through Dallas in an open‚ slow motorcade when three shots echoed leaving
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The terms noble cause and corruption have been used separately to describe the law enforcement profession. However‚ it is rare for those outside of law enforcement to use those two terms in concert. Historically‚ police officers have used noble cause corruption repeatedly in order to get the “bad guy” off the streets. The noble cause corruption means that an officer will abandon legal and ethical means to achieve a good end. Also‚ noble cause corruption occurs when officers are willing to break the
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What were the causes of the Italian invasion of Abyssinia in 1935-36 and what where the consequences for the League of Nations. The invasion of Abyssinia took place in 1935-36 when Benito Mussolini‚ the Italian dictator invaded Abyssinia with no apparent reason. It was a diplomatic crisis which showed the league was weak and was one of the biggest failures‚ if not the biggest which ended Europe’s peace and allowed Italy to become more fascist and in the end to ally with Germany‚ dividing Europe
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In hopes of survival‚ many people began to leave everything behind like what they had and moved to small cities and country sides in hope of fleeing from the Black Death. Fathers abandoned their children‚ wives and children abandoned their dad/husband‚ one brother to sister. Some fled to villages‚ others to villas in order to get a change in air. Where there had been no plague‚ however‚ most who fled carried the disease and
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