The rate of precipitation, the source of water (snow on mountains), and slope of the river.…
o A yardstick for measuring the absolute time of evolutionary change based on the observation that some genes and other regions of genomes appear to evolve a constant rates…
Ionosphere- The layer of the earth's atmosphere that contains a high concentration of ions and free electrons and is able to reflect radio waves. It lies above the mesosphere and extends from about 50 to 600 miles (80 to 1,000 km) above the earth's surface.…
How might the differences in seasonal tides affect the upwelling and driven tides in Antarctic areas near the poles?…
1. Describe the dispute between the United States and Russia at the end of World War II. How and why did it escalade into a cold war?…
In the 1980s, the mountain slopes around Nagsasa Cove were covered with tropical rainforest and inhabited by Aeta people, as they were for hundreds of years. The shoreline was mostly rocky, with short patches of beach here and there. Some distance beyond the shore (as indicated in old maps of the cove) was a rich coral reef, prolific with all kinds of fish and marine life. There was logging, but not on a large scale.…
|1. |At the global scale, political geographers study the spatial manifestations of political processes expressed in the organization|…
-Many parts of the virgin tropical rainforests have been cleared either for lumbering or shifting cultivation. When these clearings are abandoned, less luxuriant secondary forests, called belukar in Malaysia, spring up.…
The whole purpose of this chapter is to clarify the pivotal need of geographic comprehension in society. Geography is divided mainly into two categories; human and physical geography. Each geography examines different kinds of information. Physical geography clarifies the physical landscapes of districts and places while human geography looks to break down the spatial circulation of humans and their cooperation’s. Chapter 1 summaries the significance of geography and how it influences all aspects of life. Regardless of what or where we are going, geography is some way or another required in those things. Everything in the planet has an immediate association to place, area, development, interaction and region. The chapter additionally abridges…
In the years 550 - 600 there was political disorder in Arabia and communication routes were not safe to use. Religions were different in every kingdom across Arabia and was a large cause of this crisis. Judaism was the dominant religion of Himyarite Kingdom, while Christianity became the official religion in the Persian Gulf. While much of Arabia believed in more than one god (polytheism), there was want for a more spiritual religion. Most did not want to be converted to a foreign faith, but those faiths gave reference points, and the old vocabulary of Arabic was replaced by Jewish and Christian loanwords. These words are usually adopted from another language with very few changes. On the day before the Islamic era, Quraysh was the leading tribe of Mecca. They were also a very strong force in Arabia at the time. To ensure that anarchy was avoided, they had "sacred months". In these months, violence was not allowed and travel was safe for everyone. The shrine in Mecca and the surrounding area…
-People’s core values and beliefs are found in their religion, an essential element of the definition of culture.…
11. Biggest threats to biodiversity: HIPPO, habitat loss, invasive species, population growth, pollution, and overexploitation…
1. Indigenous and national culture and languages can be eroded by the modern globalised culture.…
Both Kingdom of Kongo and Kingdom of Ghana were states. The government of Kongo consisted of a king and officials who oversaw affairs and beneath the king and officials were six provinces administered by governors. Chiefs governed the local villages. They were famous for their tight centralized government. The kingdom of Ghana provided gold, ivory, and slaves for traders from…
Pop customs tend to diffuse rapidly and primarily through hierarchical diffusion from the nodes. (Certain fads can diffuse contagiously)…