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The Role of Seaports
Sea
Trade
Transport
Most of the world’s civilization started near the bodies of waters whether beside the river or the sea. The sprouting of a community in these areas is brought by the fact that bodies of waters became entry points for trade. Many communities has sustained the lives of is people by trading especially when monetary…
Should Australia Become a Republic?
Australia
I believe that Australia should not become a republic. I think that there would be no point in becoming a republic, because we live without the intervention of the Queen at the moment, so becoming a republic would achieve nothing. If we were to become a republic, we would lose the support of England in…
The American Red Cross: Job Prospects
America
American Red Cross
The American Red Cross is a non-profit volunteer organization that provides various humanitarian services for free. The three most important concepts that the organization should consider are the mission statement, the recruitment of other volunteers, and the capability to maintain fiscal control. These concepts will enable the American Red Cross to remain consistent with its…
Where do metamorphic rocks originate? How are they formed?
Nature
Looking at its creation, metamorphic rocks are previous sedimentary and igneous rocks that underwent different chemical changes which resulted in a new rock form. “Metamorphic rocks are formed when other kinds of rocks are changed by great heat and pressure inside the earth” (Koday, 1998). Seeing such development, different outcomes are formed depending on the…
Cultural Relativity: the Root Cause of Conflict in Nigeria
Cultural relativism
Culture
Nigeria
Nigeria is a diverse country with more than 250 distinct ethnic groups. Culture plays a pivotal role in shaping individuals and impacting their identities, encompassing beliefs, habits, modes, and attitudes developed through experiences within a specific environment. Culture arises from the interactions and interpretations of individuals’ experiences. The classical ethnic groups in Nigeria, such as…
Emperor of the Mughal Empire in India
India
The Mughal era is a historic period of the Mughal Empire in India. It ran from the early 15th century to a point in the early 18th century when the Mughal Emperors’ power had dwindled. It ended in several generations of conflicts between rival warlords. The imperial family directly descended from two of the worlds…
Enrico Fermi and his discovery
Discovery
Fermium-525 was discovered in 1952 in the debris field of a H bomb detonation in the Pacific Ocean. It was discovered by Ghiorso and colleagues and is the eight discovered transuranium component of the actinide series. The longest lived Fm isotope lived a half life of 82 yearss. Discovered by: Workers at Argonne, Los Alamos,…
Critically Examine Hobbes’s Conception of the State of Nature
Nature
Critically Examine Hobbes’s Conception of the State of Nature The concept of state of nature was developed by Hobbes in his famous work, Leviathan, in which he also set out his doctrine of the foundation of states and legitimate governments which was based on his social contract theories. Leviathan was written during the English Civil…
The Break Up of Yugoslavia
Europe
International Relations
Nationalism
The dissolution of Yugoslavia in the early 1900s resulted from a succession of political turmoil and conflict. These conflicts can be primarily attributed to nationalistic sentiments in Serbia, the absence of a desire to reach political compromises, and a profound economic and political crisis. The initial Yugoslavia, established in 1918, aimed to be a unified…
Kwame Nkrumah’s way to decolonization in Ghana
Africa
Government
Policy
The British colonial system in West Africa consisted of separate, independent colonies each ruled by a governor, who represented the British Crown and reported to the British government in London, through the secretary of state for colonies. The governor ruled the territory with an executive council and a legislative council under him. These councils…
| 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., |