Canadian Geography: Exam Review UNIT 1: CHAPTERS 2-7 Small-scale map- map that shows a small amount of detail for a large area. Eg; 1:250 000 Large-scale map- map that shows a large amount of detail for a small area. Eg; 1:50 000 Types of Maps General-purpose Maps * Provide information on one map * E.g. atlas‚ road maps‚ etc.… Features * Bodies of water * Roads & railway lines * Parks‚ Towns & Cities * Elevations‚ longitude & latitude Thematic Maps
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PHILIPPINES (FILIPINO) CULTURAL AND FOLK DANCES PHILIPPINES (FILIPINO) CULTURAL AND FOLK DANCES INTRODUCTION AND DANCES Countries in the world have their own cultures made more colorful‚ beautiful and vibrant because of Folk Dances that are reflection of who they are. In the east‚ the Chinese have their symbolic Dragon Dance‚ the Japanese have the ancestral dance Bon Odori. In the west the Americans have their Square Dance. On the other hand‚ the Philippines will not be left behind. "The Pearl
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powers that are likely to be able to challenge the USA’s dominance and transform the unipolar structure of the international system Unipolarity is defined as a distribution of power internationally in which there is clearly only one dominant power or ‘pole’ (Baylis et al‚ 2001:577). In terms of the distribution of power‚ the most significant consequence of the cold war was the triumph of the USA over its main rival- the Soviet Union. The new world order was soon unfolding in which USA held an unprecedentedly
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Solenoids Permanent Magnet- Magnetic Field. http://www.diracdelta.co.uk/science/source/m/a/magnetic%20field/source.html Magnets have two poles called North and South. Similar (like) magnetic poles repel. Unlike magnetic poles attract. A magnet attracts a piece of iron. The most important of the two properties of attraction and repulsion is repulsion. The only way to tell if an object is magnetised is to see if it repels another magnetised object. The strength and direction of a magnetic field
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Having lived between 18th and 19th century‚ author Mary Shelley was greatly influenced by the intellectual movement of Romanticism. Since she was closely associated with many of the great minds of the Romantic Movement such as her husband Percy B. Shelley and Lord Byron‚ it is natural that her works would reflect the Romantic trends. Many label Shelley¡¯s most famous novel Frankenstein as the first Science Fiction novel in history because its plot contains the process of a scientist named Victor
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climbing levels of carbon dioxide are of special concern at the poles for two reasons. First‚ Polar Regions are especially sensitive to global warming. Already‚ temperature increases measured at the poles are twice those measured at the equator. Also‚ warming temperatures in the Arctic may release even more carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases such as methane‚ by melting frozen soil called permafrost. In this way‚ thawing at the poles may result in a positive feedback loop‚ in which thawing causes
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On August 5‚ 1772‚ Russia‚ Prussia and Austria signed a treaty that Partitioned Poland. This was the beginning of a three part partition ending in 1795 where Poland ceased to exist. The people of Poland had been trying to create a reform. Catherine the Great‚ Empress of Russia‚ did not want the ideas of a republic to invade Russia. She wanted to remain Empress and did not want to change her political regime. However‚ this was difficult for Catherine the Great because she was very passionate about
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called the equatorial plane and marks the point where the whole cell will divide when nuclear division is completed; the ends of the spindle are the poles to which the chromatids will migrate. The chromatids are attached to the spindle fibers at the centromeres. During ANAPHASE the two chromatids of each chromosome separate and move to opposite poles‚ as if pulled along the spindle fibers by the centromeres. During TELOPHASE new nuclear envelopes form around the two groups of daughter chromosomes
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1. (10 points) Write out your pre-lab prediction‚ including what evidence or previous knowledge you have to support that prediction. --Answer below: Things "rising" and "setting" give the appearance of something rising or setting. In reality objects like the Sun or Moon aren’t physically rising from the horizon. Most of the motions we see in the sky are caused by the Earth’s motion‚ both its rotation and orbital motion. So all of the "motions" described below are really apparent motions and not
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The theme of Touching Spirit Bear is that you can always change yourself for the better. Cole went through some rough times as a child which caused his actions to be pretty dumb as he was nearing adulthood. Cole repeatedly slammed the head of one of his peers into the sidewalk for telling people he robbed a hardware store and left it a disaster. Afterwards‚ the Circle sentenced him to live in isolation on an Alaskan island. Cole had to chose between changing his ways or potentially going to prison
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