Europeans. The ‘spice islands’ where all of the desired spices were cultivated was in distant Asia‚ making them hard to get for the eastern continent of Europe (BE). Ferdinand Magellan was born in 1480 to a Portuguese nobility (BE). He studied cartography‚ and astronomy; making him a very capable sailor (BE). Magellan made his way to Spain to ask the Spanish king for resources in return for bringing back spices (BE). The Spanish king agreed and
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Jazz pedagogy is not a required field of study for music education majors in the state of California and many other states. Many new music teachers‚ employed as band directors in secondary schools‚ often find themselves directing a jazz ensemble with little or no personal experience in playing or improvising jazz. Jazz is one of the most important musics taught in public middle and high schools (Kelly‚ 2013). There are several studies (Mantie‚ 2009‚ Milkowski‚ 2001‚ Wetzel‚ 2007)‚ which show that
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QUESTION 1 Drawing is a graphical representation of a thought‚ an idea‚ a concept‚ a structure or an object which actually or potentially exists in life and could be done using freehand‚ mechanical or computer methods. It can also be defined as a graphical language in engineering application that use lines to represent the surfaces‚ edges and contours of objects. It can also be referred to as drafting. The drawing itself is • A way of communicating all necessary information about abstraction
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The Jacobean era refers to the period in English and Scottish history that coincides with the reign of King James VI (1567–1625) of Scotland‚ who also inherited the crown of England in 1603 as James I. The Jacobean era succeeds the Elizabethan era and precedes the Caroline era‚ and specifically denotes a style of architecture‚ visual arts‚ decorative arts‚ and literature that is predominant of that period. The word "Jacobean" is derived from the Hebrew name Jacob‚ which is the original (and Graeco-Latin)
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“Take the notion of tradition: it is intended to give a special temporal status to a group of phenomena that are both successive and identical (or at least similar); it makes it possible to rethink the dispersion of history in the form of the same; it allows a reduction of the difference proper to every beginning‚ in order to pursue without discontinuity the endless search for origin.” -Michel Foucault (The Archeology of Knowledge) Advances in contemporary neuroscience and cognitive psychology
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that Asia was not connected to North and South America‚ which many believed at the time. Soon after‚ atlases were printed and distributed so travellers could have the correct mapping of the earth within their pockets. (Elliot) Not only did their cartography skills improve over time‚ their shipbuilding ways also were impacted. There were a huge number of advancements made to ships to make them easier for trading and sailing on the open waters. During long voyages‚ there was a carpenter on each ship
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The Dispute over the Diaoyu Islands The Diaoyu Islands are located in the East China Sea about 92 nautical miles northeast of Keelung in Taiwan Province. They include Diaoyu Island‚ Yellow Tail Island‚ Akao Island‚ South Island‚ North Island‚ and three reefs with a total area of about 6.5 square kilometers‚ with Diaoyu Island covering the largest area of 4.3 square kilometers. The Diaoyu Islands are China’s inherent territory‚ and its sovereignty over them is indisputable. In his article "The
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Cited: Bayless‚ Ryan S.‚ and Allen H. Redmon. “’Just call it’: Identifying Competing Narratives In The Coens’ No Country For Old Men.” Literature-Film Quarterly 1 (2013): 6-13. Web. 18 Nov. 2013. Bruns‚ John. “The Map Is Not The Country: Cartography In Joel and Ethan Coen’s No Country For Old Men.” Film Criticism 2 (2011): 2-11. Web. 15 Nov. 2013. Edwards‚ Kim. “Bad Luck In Threes: Coin Tosses And Death Triangles In ‘No Country For Old Men’.” Screen Education 59 (n.d): 139-153. Web. 18 Nov
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when chose as center of East African colonies. After WWI‚ British took over‚ encouraged immigration from India‚ which made zone of Indian housing. (1960s) became capital. III. Why do Geographers use maps‚ and what do maps tell us? a. Cartography- map making b. Thematic maps- show movement of a phenomenon c. Absolute location- the exact coordinates: latitude and longitude d. Relative location- location in relation to other human/ physical features 1. Mental Maps
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1. Spatial data are what drive a GIS. Spatial features or entities and their attributes are stored in computers using a number of spatial data models. It is vital to understand the characteristics of them since the data model employed has considerable influence on the functionality of the GIS. Spatial data can represent real world features with discrete boundaries (such as roads‚ buildings‚ lakes‚ rivers‚ administrative boundaries) as well as real world phenomena with non-discrete boundaries (such
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