The three major European superpowers (Spain‚ England‚ and France) had similarities in their motives to navigate the Atlantic Ocean; essentially they differed in their methods of utilizing the New World‚ and their impact on the indigenous people of the Americas. The evident similarities of Spain‚ England‚ and France‚ where their initial pursuits to find the trade route to India and make wealth off of it. The superpowers fluctuated in their means of utilizing the New world when they had to make something
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plotted on the map occurred along subduction zones. The deepest earthquakes on the map also occurred along subduction zones. The geological factors that might explain the different levels of earthquake activity seen in the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean basins is that in the Atlantic Ocean basin‚ there is a divergent spreading zone. On the other hand‚ the Pacific Ocean basin is on a subduction zone. Overall in the three-week period‚ the population centers that experienced the largest numbers of earthquakes
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the Americas. This immense trade changed the Atlantic Ocean from a predominantly unclaimed vast ocean into part of the growing maritime empires‚ booming with trade. As the region progressed‚ economic‚ political‚ and social changes occurred rapidly due to the emergence of the Triangular Trade Route and the Trans- Atlantic Slave Trade. By the late 1600s‚ the increased participation in these trade routes allowed a multitude of commodities to reach the Atlantic World‚ permitting Europeans to construct big
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New Jersey I. Government During the Revolutionary War in 1776‚ the first constitution of the state of New Jersey was written to create a government framework for the state. The constitution has been rewritten twice to address issues that arose with the original and subsequent versions. In the mid-1800s‚ New Jersey citizens wanted a more democratic form of state government so the 1844 constitution was drafted‚ providing for the separation of powers among the legislative‚ judicial‚ and executive
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discuss. The British Isles located at 54◦N has historically had very unstable and hard to predict weather patterns due its location where five significantly different air masses converge and with influences from the Sub-polar Jet stream and North Atlantic Drift. Along with the additional complication of global warming potentially causing more extreme weather‚ meteorologists have been unable to agree on whether the UK has either a Maritime or Temperate climate. As the British Isles is the point of
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of disappearances of boats and planes with no trace of evidence left behind. All of these conspiracies had relevance as to the whereabouts of these lost travelers. The locations of these disappearances were within a geographical triangle in the Atlantic Ocean. The corners of this legendary triangle were between three axis points: Miami‚ Florida; San Juan‚ Puerto Rico; and Bermuda. After some question this so-called triangle gained the name "Devils Triangle‚" serving to peoples superstitions that
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the gulf stream is? The Gulf Stream is a warm ocean current in the North Atlantic flowing from the Gulf of Mexico‚ northeast along the U.S coast‚ and from there to the British Isles. The Gulf of Mexico has higher air temperatures than Britain as it’s closer to the equator. This means that the air coming from the Gulf of Mexico to Britain is also warm. However‚ the air is also quite moist as it travels over the Atlantic ocean. This is one reason why Britain often receives wet weather. The
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by hurricanes. Hurricanes are extremely large area’s of low pressure that are over the ocean in either the North Atlantic ocean‚ or the eastern North Pacific Ocean. If a hurricane is in the western Pacific Ocean than it is called a typhoon. One in the Indian Ocean is called a cyclone. The danger region of a hurricane is normally in the Gulf of Mexico or the Atlantic Ocean. The hurricane season is the six month time period from June-November. The peak month of hurricanes is September.
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pacific‚ the east pacific‚ south pacific‚ indian‚ south and north Atlantic. Hundreds of millions of years ago‚ all the continents on Earth were connected to form a giant “supercontinent” called Pangaea. How might ocean currents have differed during the time of Pangaea compared to today? Explain your answer. A: Well when all these continents were connected together the oceans looked different. So you could not have a North Atlantic and a South Pacific. So this would mean the currents
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Amelia Earhart was born in July 24‚ 1897. She was born in Atchison‚ Kansas. Amelia Earhart is inspiring because she was the first female to fly by the Atlantic Ocean. However‚ she proved the women’s could do this not just men. Amelia Earhart had lived a great life and was awarded in history as one of the greatest women to ever live. She had accomplished many things as a pilot that no women had ever accomplished before. Though her love for flying finally killed her in a mysterious plane accident‚
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