01.01 Assignment Historians apply geographic skills in order to learn about the past and solve historical problems. Complete the two parts of the following written assignment to show your understanding of these skills. Part 1 Explore the interactive maps to answer the three questions in Part 1 of this assignment. If you need to review how to use a map’s scale‚ please go to the Locating Places section of the Map Tutorial and read through page 3. Please remember to submit your responses for Part
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The Great Storm of 1987 By Scarlett The British Isles weather patterns Air masses and the British weather. The five major air masses which affect the British Isles (Arctic maritime‚ Polar continental‚ Tropical continental‚ Tropical maritime and Polar maritime) are which contribute to the weather in the UK. When the air masses mover from their source region they change and are modified from the surface over which they travel‚ this alters there temperature‚ humidity and stability
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In "Why Place Matters‚" Wilfred M. McClay and Ted V. McAllister argue that people underestimate the importance of physical locations and the connections to a specific place. The authors say that as society becomes more mobile and attached to technology‚ we risk losing connections to local areas that form our identities and civic virtues. While it may seem outdated to rely on physical connections‚ I believe that stable physical locations are indispensable. When people are heavily involved in social
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What matters most to you and why? I must confess that‚ until I read this application question‚ I had never given much thought to determining exactly what I consider most important in my life. I believe I am one of many applicants who confront this question without a ready-made answer‚ and I am astonished by the realization that so many of us lead our lives without reflecting on our roles. That is all the more perplexing when we consider that many of these individuals are businesspeople‚ that is
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“You matter.” This is a phrase that has become synonymous with suicide prevention. This is a phrase that can mean so much to a person who is in the depths of their struggles with mental health issues or even just a person who has fallen in a time of need. But‚ why is this phrase so impactful to the minds of people struggling? According to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention‚ “44‚965 Americans die by suicide” each year. For every suicide that has occured‚ 25 people have attempted to end
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Nathan Jingst Mrs. Miller Spanish II 31 October 2014 Geography of Cuba Cuba is located in the Caribbean‚ and is the largest island there. Technically‚ the country does not border any other countries. The United States leases Guantanamo Bay‚ a military prison‚ in an eastern section of the country (Geography). Other than this‚ Cuba is completely surrounded by water. Cuba has an area of 42‚803 sq. miles. It is about 760 miles long‚ and about 55 miles wide. Its closest neighbor is Haiti‚ about 50 miles
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Air Mass Q1 A Air Mass is an extremely large body of air whose properties of temperature and moisture content (humidity)‚ at any given altitude‚ are fairly similar in any horizontal direction. * can cover hundreds of thousands of square miles. there can be small variations An air mass is a large body of air that have similar characteristics‚ such as pressure‚ temperature‚ and moisture. What determines its characteristics is the source region. The source region is the surface over which
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Explain the distribution of the world’s major geophysical hazards. Some parts of the world are more often and more severely afflicted by natural hazards than others due to the geological structure of the Earth. The earth’s crust is made up of seven major plates and a number of minor plates. The plates move because of the convection currents in the mantle caused by temperature differences within the mantle‚ leading to volcanoes and earthquakes‚ the world’s major geophysical hazards. The movement
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Why total quality matters in the 21st century Quality can be defined in many ways depending on product or services it refers to. As stated by Russell and Taylor III‚ (2010) The American Society for Quality (ASQ) defines quality as "a subjective term for which each person has his or her own definition. In technical usage‚ quality can have two meanings: (1) The characteristics of a product or service that bear on its ability to satisfy stated or implied needs and (2) A product or service free
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What is Geography? Geography‚ simply put‚ can be summed up in two words: “where and why” (Rubenstein). However‚ it is difficult to sum geography up simply because‚ in fact‚ there is nothing simple about it. Geography can explain everything about “the earth‚ its peoples‚ and why [the] two interact as they do” (Sherer). Geography is studied by the geographers of the world who use “[maps] and mapping… [To] analyze and portray the world” (Knox) because “people everywhere struggle to understand [it]”
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