HIV/AIDS is one of the deadliest diseases in the world. Although millions of people are afflicted with the disease throughout the world‚ this pandemic affects the continent of Africa the most by far. In Africa‚ the disease is increasing at an alarming rate. Even though increased effort is put in around the world to prevent AIDS‚ this widespread disease has increased significantly in the past decade. The toxic ailment continues to spread with a disturbing force and it has taken a long time to finally
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crust p. Ocean-Continent: volcanic mountain chains‚ trenches q. Ocean-Ocean: volcanic island arcs‚ trenches r. Continent-Continent: upfolded mountains s. Transform: strike-slip faults 13. What is a hotspot? t. Where a plume of magma comes up and breaks the surface‚ spewing out lava u. Example: Hawaiian islands 14. Explosive vs. blooping volcanoes: v. Explosive: w. Blooping: 15. how do oceans and continents form? x. Oceans:
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The Government’s Different Ways of Controlling People In both Brave New World and Anthem the underlying themes are very similar. The government controls every aspect of people’s lives‚ everyone is supposed to be perfectly happy with what role they are given‚ and the main character do not fit into what the government was deemed normal. While both books have these very similar traits‚ there are many differences as well; the way the government controls the people‚ as well as the form of government
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had both historical and economic impacts on the African continent. The first interactions between Africa and Europe occurred mainly on the west coast of Africa when the Europeans were searching for a trade route to India. This evolved into European traders coming to Africa in search of slaves after the America’s were discovered. Later‚ the Europeans decided to settle within Africa and use its people to harvest the raw materials the continent had to offer. After the initial period of coastal trading
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of education‚ and the effects of the HIV/AIDS pandemic on this large diverse continent. Influence and Motivation The World Bank‚ which essentially operates on more western approaches‚ is the entity responsible for providing loans and support for developing countries. As such‚ they affect the conditions under which countries receive aid‚ and control major trends in policies of the countries they assist. The continent of Africa is full of countries that request economic backing from the World Bank
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kicked off centuries of exploration of the American continents. Christopher Columbus who was born in 1451 went on his first expedition in 1476. On his first expedition he was attacked by the French. His boat burnt down and had to swim to the Portuguese shore. He made his way to Lisbon Portugal‚ where he settled down and married Felipe Perestrello. (“Christopher Columbus Biography”) Christopher Columbus made a plan to go west to the American continents which was not known at the time‚ he was rejected
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Global Flux: 577‚000km3 of water moves annually Inputs = outputs By looking at three global states I=O Inputs | Outputs | Precipitation(to oceans and continents) | Precipitation(from atmosphere) | Evaporation(to atmosphere) | Evaporation(from ocean and continents) | Run off (to oceans) | Run off (from continents) | How much water moves between the stores? Residence time = how long water stays in a store Ocean: 3200 years Deep groundwater: 10‚000 years Atmosphere:
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Leopold II (1835-1909) The King of Belgium 1865-1909. The scramble for Africa began in the mid-1870’s with the purpose to colonize the "Dark Continent". Much of the exploration and European interests were in the southern‚ northern‚ and eastern part of the continent. It was still called the "Dark Continent" because of the large basin of rain forests surrounding the Congo River in the equatorial part of western Africa. This area was virtually unexplored because traveling up the river by boat was impossible
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| | | | Africa is the second largest continent in the world but‚ also the poorest. Africa has many different beautiful islands. | |The continent is surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea‚ and is divided into four parts north‚ south‚ east‚ and west. It is extremely | |diverse in terms of ethnicity‚ language‚ and culture. Unfortunately‚ this
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seat of governance). The UK is a unitary or single state nation that is composed of four separate countries namely: Northern Ireland‚ England‚ Wales and Scotland. Geographically speaking‚ the US is like a large continent with most of its states residing in the Northern American continent. UK‚ on the other hand‚ is an aggregate of small and big islands. Thus‚ it is more similar to an archipelago. The US has an obvious advantage of land size because it is dubbed as the third or fourth largest country
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