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China and Opium: A Book Review of “The Social Life of Opium in China” by Zheng Yangwen
Book Review
China
Life
Our of all the controversial narcotics, opium is one of the most popular drug since time immemorial. The use of opium is traceable embedded in many cultures of the world. It is just ironic that opium use is one of the most detested acts, and yet the society seems to tolerate its existence. Moreover,…
The Velicovsky Predictions
Earth
Moon
Sun
Venus was a comet before it became a planet ca 1500bc. High surface temperature of Venus in 100″s of degrees and a massive surface pressure. Retrograde revolution of Venus. Anomalous behavior. Petroleum products in atmosphere of Venus. Plastic constitution of body of Venus not very rigid due to above. Interplanetary Electromagnetic @ Electrostatic forces becoming…
Summary of “The World Without Us” by Alan Weisman
World
The concept of the supposed total destruction of human race has undeniably gained significance especially if the apparent environment-related issues are to be considered. The view or implied fact that it is people themselves who caused such kind of destructive problems concerning the planet and its overall surrounding led to the theory of making…
The effect of climate change on the Jordan River
Change
Climate Change
Introduction The Jordan River is a river located in Southwest Asia which drains its water into the Dead Sea. The Jordan River is said to be one of the most sacred rivers in the world. It measures two hundred and fifty one kilometers long. The tributaries of the Jordan River are: the Hasbani which originates…
DBQ Native Americans in the United States
America
Native American
United States
In the 1850s, American colonists started to move westward and started to take over more of the “unclaimed” territory. There were many Native American tribes living in the west already and the Americans pushed them out of their land in order to expand their own territory. The government and all the people moving westward had…
Case Assignment Royal Caribbean
Caribbean
Forty five years and forty ships later, based out of Miami Florida, Royal Caribbean is the second largest cruise line in the world, behind frontrunner’s Carnival. ARCH operates its ships under the brand names Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises, Pullman, Samara Cruises, and Crisis©rest De France. These fleets are competing in the maturing oligopolies and…
Insanity As A Defense
Common Law
Criminal Justice
Insanity Defense
Jury
psychiatry
The insanity defense is a defense that is used in the courts to say the defendant was not aware of what they were doing at the time of the crime. The terms of such a defense are to be found in the instructions presented by the trial judge to the jury at the close of…
Marine Biology- Angel Fish.
Biology
Coral reef
The mystery of the deep blue sea. Such a marvelous place, with incredible species, and ones yet to be discovered. It’s like a puzzle waiting to be solved, trying to uncover what’s hidden beneath the deep unknown waters. So many fish, and species in the ocean, its so hard not to be fascinated by this…
Insights on De Tocqueville’s Democracy In America
Democracy
Democracy in America
It has been said that a French aristocrat Alexis de Tocqueville, whovisited the United States in the 1830’s, “understood us” in a way that fewobservers (foreign and domestic) have. Furthermore, Tocqueville’s Democracy inAmerica is often cited by present-day critics because so many of theobservations in it seem extraordinarily suitable even more than one hundred andfifty…
The Coming Anarchy by Robert Kaplan: A Pessimistic View of the 21st Century
Africa
Globalization
War
Essay on the Coming Anarchy The Coming Anarchy by Robert Kaplan presents a pessimistic and dire view of world history in the 21st century after the Cold War. The book identifies various problems such as overpopulation, crime, diseases, cultural and religious tribalism, criminality and scarcity due to environmental degradation. These issues are situated in a…
| theme | The five themes of geography are location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, and region. |
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| description | Geography is a field of science devoted to the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of the Earth and planets. The first person to use the word γεωγραφία was Eratosthenes. |
| quotations | Geography has made us neighbors. History is not everything, but it is a starting point. Love, having no geography, knows no boundaries. There is an eternal landscape, a geography of the soul; we search for its outlines all our lives. War is God’s way of teaching Americans geography. |
| information | Importance: Geography can help us understand the planet’s movement, changes, and systems. Topics that are relevant to today such as climate change, water availability, natural resources, and more are much easier understood by those who know geography well., |