Latin American Current Event
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Prentice Hall World Geography Chapter 32 Review
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World Geography Chapter 32 Japan and the Koreas Copyright ? 2003 by Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ. All rights reserved. SECTION World Geography Copyright ? 2003 by Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ. All rights reserved. Section 1: Japan: Land of the Rising Sun Section 2: Japan's Economic Development Section 3: The Koreas: A Divided Peninsula Chapter 32: Japan and the Koreas SECTION Japan: The Land of the Rising Sun What are Japan?s chief physical characteristics? What geographic factors contribute to the variety of climates found in Japan? What factors encourage national unity and identity among the majority of the Japanese people? 1 SECTION Physical Characteristics 1 SECTION
Prentice Hall World Geography Chapter 34 Review
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World Geography Chapter 34 The Pacific World and Antarctica Copyright ? 2003 by Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ. All rights reserved. SECTION World Geography Copyright ? 2003 by Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ. All rights reserved. Section 1: Australia Section 2: New Zealand and the Pacific Islands Section 3: Antarctica Chapter 34: The Pacific World and Antarctica SECTION Australia How did various migrations to Australia affect population and land use? Why is Australia?s population clustered in and around its major cities? How have European settlers changed Australia?s environment? 1 SECTION A History of Migration 1 SECTION A History of Migration
Prentice Hall World Geography Chapter 29 Review
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World Geography Chapter 29 The Countries of South Asia Copyright ? 2003 by Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ. All rights reserved. SECTION World Geography Copyright ? 2003 by Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ. All rights reserved. Section 1: Road to Independence Section 2: India's People and Economy Section 3: Other Countries of South Asia Chapter 29: The Countries of South Asia SECTION Road to Independence What role did Mohandas Gandhi play in India?s move from a British colony to an independent nation? How did religious conflict contribute to independence for Pakistan and Bangladesh? 1 SECTION Indian Independence
Prentice Hall World Geography Chapter 21 Review
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World Geography Chapter 28 Regional Atlas: Introduction to South Asia Copyright ? 2003 by Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ. All rights reserved. SECTION World Geography Copyright ? 2003 by Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ. All rights reserved. Section 1: Historic Overview Section 2: Physical Characteristics Section 3: Climates Section 4: Ecosystems Chapter 28: Regional Atlas: Introduction to South Asia Section 5: People and Cultures Section 6: Economics, Technology, and Environment Section 7: Database SECTION Historical Overview
Human Geo ch. 9
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More Developed Regions Two of the nine major cultural regions- North America and Europe- are considered more developed. The other seven regions are considered less developed The distribution of more and less developed countries reflects a clear global pattern of all the MDCs(which are place up north mostly) and LDCs (which are place South mostly) North American: HDI 0.95 The US ranked only thirteenth in the HDI in 2009.Tje U.S was near the top in two of the four indicators GDP per capita and literacy state. North America was once the world?s major manufacture , automobiles, and other goods Europe: HDI 0.93 Europe was regarded as two regions in 1940s-1990s Democratic West closely linked economically and militarily with the U.S The Other was the Communist East . Russia: HDI 0.73
APWH Chaper 28 notes
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Chapter?28: Revolutions and National States in the Atlantic World Chapter Outline Popular sovereignty and political upheaval Enlightened and revolutionary ideas Popular sovereignty: relocating sovereignty in the people Traditionally monarchs claimed a "divine right" to rule The Enlightenment challenged this right, made the monarch responsible to the people John Locke's theory of contractual government: authority comes from the consent of the governed Freedom and equality: important values of the Enlightenment Demands for freedom of worship and freedom of expression Demands for political and legal equality (a) Condemned legal and social privileges of aristocrats (b) Jean-Jacques Rousseau,?The Social Contract
APWH Chaper 30 notes
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Chapter?30: The Americas in the Age of Independence Chapter Outline The building of American states The United States: westward expansion and civil war By 1820s all adult white men could vote and hold office Rapid westward expansion after the revolution Britain ceded all lands east of theMississippi River?to United States after the revolution 1803, United States purchased France's Louisiana Territory, west to the Rocky Mountains By 1840s, coast-to-coast expansion was claimed as the manifest destiny of the United States Conflict with indigenous peoples followed westward expansion 1830, Indian Removal Act forced eastern natives to move west of the Mississippi Thousands died on the "Trail of Tears" to Oklahoma Stiff resistance to expansion: Battle ofLittle Big Horn, 1876, Sioux victory
APGov - Visual Vocabulary Assignment - Federalism
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2 [Type text] VISUAL VOCABULARY ASSIGNMENT AP: UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT & POLITICS Directions 1.) You may work alone or with a partner. (No more than 2 people together) 2.) You must construct a visual representation of each of the five types of federalism listed below: Dual (Layer Cake) Federalism Marble Cake Federalism Competitive Federalism New Federalism Coercive Federalism 3.) Find an appropriate, accurate definition for each of the terms listed above and rewrite it into your own words. Simplify it so that a ninth grade Civics student could understand it. 4.) On the paper provided, or one similar, please create a visual representation (symbol) that accurately reflects the definition or explanation of the word.
Work based on excerpts from Jared Diamond's Collapse
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Diamond?s Thesis : Jared Diamond?s thesis is pointing out how if people look at the past with knowing eyes of how the past either succeed or failed, this knowledge can be brought to the modern day as a warning to change the world?s current environmental problems. It is a combination of both human choices to their environment and the environment itself that will either prevent or cause environmental collapse.
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