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Global Warming Speech
Global Warming
Speech
Global warming has been one of the most discussed controversial topics since the beginning of this decade. On one side there are people protesting for change and the other side there are many that think its a theory that has no real facts or proof. I believe that global warming is indeed real and that…
Al Capone : America’s gangster
Al Capone
America
Al Capone is America’s best known gangster and the single greatest symbol of the collapse of law and order in the United States during the 1920s Prohibition era. Capone had a leading role in the illegal activities that lent Chicago its reputation as a lawless city. Capone was born on January 17, 1899, in Brooklyn,…
The UN is now an outdated body, discuss
Government
International Relations
United Nations
“The UN is now an outdated body.” Discuss. The United Nations is a body that was set up at the end of WWII to maintain peace and security amongst states. The UN is the successor to what was the League of Nations. The League of Nations, set up after WWI by President Wilson, had a…
Asian migration pattern into Washington and Oregon
Asia
Migration
If one has to trace the history of migration in the world, one will likely find out that the United States might have has a unique ethnic variety. Putting together the piece of the mosaic using pictures of every race living in the most prosperous country in the world, we will come up with a…
Japans Bio-Warfare
Japan
World War I
World War II
Germany conducted experiments with biological weapons during World War I. Furthermore, the Japanese military participated in extensive biowarfare both before and during World War II. Notably, China was the first nation to witness the horrors of World War II. The invasion of China by Japanese forces during which strategies of warfare were employed resulting in…
Blood Pressure and Mr. Lamont
Pressure
Mr. Charles Lamont, a 45-year-old patient, is visiting his primary care physician for his yearly check-up. In the waiting area, his wife hopes he will discuss his recent coughing and difficulty breathing with the doctor. Mr. Lamont works as a heavy machine operator in a construction company and smokes one pack of cigarettes every day….
The Great Wichita Falls World’s Littlest Skyscraper Flim-Flam
World
Con men have been around since the beginning of time, starting with Satan conning Eve into eating that apple. During the Texas oil boom that commenced in 1901, the state had more than its share of con men, also known in those days as flim-flam men. Of course, most of them were drawn to Texas…
People on the Bridge, Phaitoon Thanya
People
Thailand
Literally, I find this story dealing with the egotistical behavior of humans which is paving too much pride in oneself. Pride is a behavior that can result from two opposite connotations. From a positive connotation, pride is the credit that one gives to oneself for their accomplishments that raises one’s self-esteem. Whereas, from a negative…
The Problem of the Ice Melting
Climate Change
Nature
Sea
The melting of polar ice is primarily caused by the increasing amount of gas emissions, mainly CO2 rising into the atmosphere (global warming) Global warming is the rise in the average temperature of Earth’s atmosphere and oceans. Since the early 20th century, Earth’s mean surface temperature has increased by about 0. 8 °C. Scientists are…
Drugs Trafficking in the Movie American Gangster
America
“American Gangster” takes place in the late 60’s when drugs and trafficking were at a high in the U. S. Frank Lucas was the driver and body guard of famous gangster Bumpy Johnson. Following Bumpy’s death, Frank took over the business and became the main importer of heroin into the New York city area. The…
| 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., |