Where do volcanoes and earthquakes occur? In geography it is important to be able to describe geographical patterns. The map below shows some of the strongest earthquakes and active volcanoes in the world. Can you notice a pattern in the distribution (spread) of volcanoes and earthquakes?
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Why do civil war occur? Contrast two contemporary conflicts to explain why politics turns into violence? This paper will define civil war and why does it occur. In addition‚ it will cover civil war in Somalia in 1991 till present and Iraq civil war in the 2006 to 2008 before the invasion of US. These two countries will be used to explain why politics turn into violence. The causes of civil war are due to many factors such as nationalism‚ failed state‚ economy‚ territorial ambition‚ religious
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There are many reasons scope creep can occur. Some of the most common ones are poor requirement analysis‚ underestimating the complexity of the projects‚ poor communication between parties‚ and a weak project manager or executive sponsor. An example of a project where scope creep was involved would be the IT projects with the UK healthcare industry. Although I was not directly involved with the project‚ I feel this is a good example of how scope creep can occur. Many of the project with UK health care
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Examine why time-space convergence occurs at different rates in various parts of the world. (15 marks) The basic concept of time-space convergence is when ‘the travel time required between places decreases and distance declines in significance’‚ and is used to examine the changing nature of spatial relationships. Time-space convergence occurs at different rates across the world‚ with some areas of the world having seen little in developments of technological links‚ or lacking available communications
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Why were the major cities of Britain bombed by the Germans in 1940-41? There were many reasons why the major cities of Britain were bombed by the Germans in 1940-41. The main reason was‚ on the night of August 24th 1940‚ a German bomber accidentally dropped a bomb on London. The British were furious at this. In revenge Britain attacked Germanys capital city‚ Berlin‚ for four days! This outraged Hitler‚ as he boasted to many of his people that Germanys capital city would never get bombed. The difference
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Kazakhstan into farming land. Yet‚ there were 3 main reasons why this project failed. Khrushchev had discouraged the use of the highly popular and efficient crop cycle and fallow land techniques. Furthermore‚ he did not provide these farms with the basic tools and materials to grow crops. He did not even provide them with fertilizer. This caused much of the farmland to be ruined and in 1960 half of all the farmland designated for this new
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UCL MSc Technology Management Li‚ 2014 How Cameras Have Changed? 1 Introduction A camera is a device with which users record images as well as store them. These images could be still photographs or moving images like videos or movies [1]. In this paper‚ camera refers to an independent device rather than the camera embedded in other electronic devices as an additional part. Cameras evolved from the camera obscura (see Appendix 1 for the principle of the camera obscura)‚ and have been changing continuously
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colonies are categorized into three groups- New England‚ Middle‚ and Southern. Although economy and religion had importance‚ geography was the primary factor in shaping the development of the British colonies. Although the separatists came to North America for religious reasons‚ it was not the reason for New England’s development and prosperity. Geography is the primary factor because economic activities and trade were all dependent of the environment in which the colonists lived. Its cold climate
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However even if your house doesn’t have as much radon‚ there is still a major risk factor. People‚ who smoke and have radon‚ will have a higher percent of getting lung caner‚ than a house with a lot of radon but the people there don’t smoke. That’s why you should avoid smoking. #3: If you have a higher elevation you are more likely to have a higher level of radon. So one factor is elevation. Another factor is if you have a stable ground. For example‚ if you have a stable ground‚ then radon is
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Political scientist Samuel P. Huntington argues that the West only dominated the world because they knew how to fight and were good at it. This is largely true and is evidenced by their influence on Eastern nations throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries all the way until 1945. The West forcefully colonized Africa following the abolition of the slave trade. Similarly‚ they imposed their will on China and caused social‚ political‚ and economic turmoil in their wake. Finally‚ in Japan‚ they
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