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Foreign Policies of two Gulf States (Saudi Arabia and Qatar)
Saudi Arabia
Foreign policies of two Gulf States. Saudi Arabia and Qatar Saudi Arabia and Qatar are members of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (CCASG), which was created on May 25, 1981, along with other Gulf States such as Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates. These nations are collectively referred…
Analysis of “Land so Strange” by Andrés Reséndez
North America
United States
The book “A Land So Strange” by Andrés Reséndez basically illustrates 8 years of long odyssey from what is now Tampa, Florida to Mexico City on Cabeza de Vaca’s perspective. Cabaza de Vaca along with his companions named Andres Dorante, Alonso del Castillo, and Estebanico, are survivors of failed expedition to New World from Spain…
The African American Community
Africa
African American
Community
Identify a current a national piece of legislation relevant to safeguarding children and young people ‘ s welfare ( Ref 1 . 1) Children Act 2004 This provides the legal framework for Every Child Matters. It includes the requirement for: services to work more closely, forming an integrated service a ‘common’ assessment of children’s needs…
ExxonValdez Oil Spill: A Disaster in Prince William Sound
Oil Spill
Petroleum
Petroleum Industry
On March 24, 1989 at 4 minutes past midnight, the oil tanker ExxonValdez struck a reef in Alaska’s breath-taking Prince William Sound. Instantaneously, the quiet waters of the sound became a sea of black. “We’ve fetched up – ah – hard aground north of Goose Island off Bligh Reef, and – ah – evidently leaking…
FEMA and Hurricane Katrina
Emergency management
Hurricane Katrina
Introduction. In the history of American natural disasters, the Hurricane Katrina is notorious for being one of the worst. Its origins lay is an August 2005, tropical storm that became more and more virulent in its sojourn and crashed onto the United States coast line. On the 29th of August, 2005 this hurricane smashed onto…
Cross-cultural understanding of India and Germany with regards to business
Cultural competence
Germany
1. Introduction Increased internationalization in the political, economic and social areas has led to greater interpersonal cross-cultural contact. In order to be able to effectively and cooperatively work on tasks together with people with different backgrounds one should be culturally sensitive. This involves having a good knowledge of cultural competences, which as described by Terry…
Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan
Ecology
Ecosystem
Environment
Environmental science
Natural Environment
Natural Resources
Water
Introduction The region of the Everglades can be found in the southern tip of Florida where the area is generally a subtropical marshland and is the lower half of a great watershed that roots from the river system of the Kissimmee River. About half of the original Everglades are already lost to agriculture while…
Counseling hispanic-americans
America
Abstract The following document will look at the Hispanic-Americans and the process of counseling them. The Hispanic Americans are a group of people who have originated in the Hispanic America or also in Spain. According to Aldrich L, and Variyam, J. N. 2000 they are believed to constitute to 15.1% of the population in…
Glengarry Regional Medical Center
Region
GlenMed is an acute care general hospital located in Scotston, a community of 35,000 in the Southwestern United States. Originally found in 1950 with 35 beds, the hospital grew tremendously to a capacity of 55 within three years and reached a capacity of 166 beds five years ago. The expansion of the hospital was due…
The Hall of Mirrors
Architecture
France
The construction of the Palace of Versailles in Versailles, France took place from 1664 to 1710 under King Louis XIV’s rule. Architect Jules Hardouin-Mansart supervised the building of the Hall of Mirrors during the third phase in 1678. This famous room, known worldwide, had multiple functions such as hosting family gatherings and court events throughout…
| 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., |