Inkera Washington Mrs. Linn English IIII January 14th‚ 2013 How Species Are Becoming Endangered There are so many reasons and factors that are causing all kinds of species to become endangered. Some are natural causes but others are caused by mankind. Species have been coming endangered or sometimes extinct since the beginning of time. Mankind wasn’t such a huge factor until we started to develop more and more as time continued to go on. Almost 99% of threatened species are at risk of being
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WHAP CH. 9 & 10 Reading Quiz Instructions: Copy this exam into a word document...answer the questions. Email me your document. Due by 11:59 on 12/10 (Tuesday Night). Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. __C__ 1. Islam had roots in which set of religious or philosophical traditions? A) Hinduism‚ Buddhism‚ and Manichaeism B) Legalism‚ Daoism‚ and Confucianism C) Judaism‚ Christianity‚ and Zoroastrianism D) Sufism‚ Sikhism‚
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areas. (https://wsd3.wgu.edu/FAQManager/?c=gkt1&action=article&cat_id=001001&id=2&lang=) The diffusion of the potato has many different views and many tales. The domestication of the potato is said to have been around the year 10‚000 BCE near the Andes mountain range. The potato was the most important crop in the Incan Empire. A story states‚ in 1577‚ Sir Frances Drake bartered with Indians for potatoes and took them on his voyage and introduced them to Northern Europe. They reached Bolivia by
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What is important from Unit 1? AR ----- (neolithia Rev) 10‚000—8‚000BCE Hunter-gather to settled community Small nomadic‚ gender equality ////domesticate plants animals‚ gender inequity‚ specialization (lead to
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In ancient times‚ Venezuela was a paradise forindians. It had beautiful beaches‚ tropical forests‚ and gentle grassland of the Llanos. In 1498‚ the first European‚ by the name of Christopher Columbus‚ came to the country. He came during his third voyage of the new world. More explorers came the year after and then eventually the spanish established their first settlement‚ Nueva Cadiz‚ which was later destroyed by a tsunami. The colonies in Venezuela were much less important to the Spanish than the
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traditional wisdom. With this‚ there is an ever increasing level of consumerism as people want different kinds of goods and services which leads to an increase in crime rates‚ thefts and murders. He gives examples of Quecha speaking people of the Andes‚ the Massai and the Bushmen of Africa‚ the Amazonian tribes‚ the forest people‚ the fishing communities‚ nomads and subsistence farmers. It irretrievably damages the knowhow the people had developed to cope up with their environment. This is because
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Transition: However‚ before I do that I would like to give you a little history on cocaine and how it became the cure all drug in America. I. Cocaine has not always been the taboo drug that it is today. A. As a matter of fact‚ natives of the Andes Mountains used the cocoa plant for medicinal and recreational uses for over 15 centuries. 1. The Incas would chew the leaves to enhance their mood and productivity.(1) B. However‚ the drug itself didn’t hit mainstream until in 1859 when an
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Jose De San Martin By: Juemori Davis Jose de san martin has made major revolution in Argentina‚ Chile‚ and Spain. These revolutions have affected not only the countries but also the entire world at large. Jose de san martin was great Argentinian leader. He was born Jose Francisco de san martin on February 25‚ 1778 in Yapeyu‚ which is in the Argentine province. With his father being the general of Argentina at the time and his mother being the niece of a conqueror‚ he was destined for a
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the Columbian Exchange‚ seeing as how it was carried from the New World to the Old World‚ and had a significant impact on Europe‚ as well as other countries from various continents. Potatoes were first known to be grown in the South America‚ in the Andes Mountains‚ and are a crop that is essentially able to grow anywhere in various types of soil. According to a film‚ Botany of Desire‚ there are more than 5‚000 varieties of potatoes‚ and 8‚000 years ago‚ potatoes were domesticated‚ seeing as how some
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From 250 A.D. to the late 1500’s A.D.‚ three advanced civilizations‚ the Mayans‚ the Aztecs‚ and the Incas controlled Central America and South America. Each of them was different but all shared some of the same qualities. They all were civilizations that had a daily life than revolved around religion. Their religions also required a lot of human sacrifices to please the gods. Also‚ they all invented calendars that were surprisingly accurate compared to the calendars today. One of the calendars was
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