The Alps are the youngest and highest mountain system in Europe. They stretch across the western and southern part of the continent in a broad arc. The mountain range startsnear the Mediterranean Seaon the border between France and Italy. Then it curves north- and eastward through northern Italy‚ Switzerland Liechtenstein‚ southern Germany‚ Austria and Slovenia. The Alps are about 1‚000 km long‚ the broadest section over 260 km wide. The highest peak‚ Mont Blanc‚ situated on the border between
Premium Plate tectonics
in bringing about change in relation to expansion and dismantling of the British Empire in Africa in the period c1870 – c1981 The British expansion into the Dark Continent rose as fast as it declined‚ although there were many contributing factors to expansion‚ those same factors then contributed to the decolonisation of the continent. Historian Bernard Porter argues that formal imperialism for Britain was a symptom and an effect of its relative decline in the world‚ and not of strength. Therefore
Premium British Empire United Kingdom Colonialism
page 91). to explain where she was from. Then at that point she started wondering about their geography in America. She figured out that they had never learned about geography until they were older. She understood where everything was not just her continent and a few others but much more. This is why geography is important knowing where things are so you can understand your world
Premium Education High school School
America’s Ice Age: Video Reflection “America’s Ice Age” video taught me a lot of things I would not even begin to think about. I would never think that ice helped shape the continents‚ let alone the world. It also taught me that many of our Earth’s past history is found in different forms of core taken from the Earth over years and years. I am simply amused by how these scientist and geologist examine rocks‚ landscape‚ cores‚ ice‚ air pockets inside of cores‚ and temperatures to peel back the layers
Premium Earth United States Climate
Why should people travel? This is the story of a woman‚ who travelled the world to find that the best place is home. However‚ the journeys took her across continents over oceans. This story began when a little girl was sitting on her porch watching the pedestrians fleeting by. When suddenly a huge noise jolted her out of her day dreaming‚ and all she saw was a metal bird flying overheard. The noise made her shudder and she ran into the house screaming for her Dad. Running into his arms‚ with no
Premium Travel Trip Middle East
Volcanic Events (40 marks) The Plate Tectonic Theory developed in the late 1960’s‚ when people noticed how continents either side of the Atlantic Ocean seemed to almost fit together. Francis Bacon‚ an English Philosopher was aware of this as early as 1620. Topographical and geological evidence built up and allowed Alfred Wegener to publish a theory in 1912‚ suggesting that the continents were once all joined together in a supercontinent he called Pangaea. Wegener proposed that at some time‚ the
Premium Plate tectonics
stability‚ democracy‚ and development of postcolonial Africa. Currently Africa has 54 sovereign countries‚ many of which still have the borders created during colonialism in Africa. Colonialism greatly impeded Africa’s ability to move forward as a continent. After colonialism many African states have frequently been hurt and affected by instability‚ corruption‚ violence. Many African states are republics‚ however‚ few of them have been able to sustain democratic governments‚ creating a cycle of military
Premium Africa African Union
WHAT IF EARTH STOPS SPINNING? As we all know‚ planets spin. Our solar system was formed billions years ago from a spinning cloud of gas and dust. Nowadays‚ the Earth is turning at more than 16 hundreds kilometers an hour‚ bus it’s gradually slowing down about two seconds every one hundred thousand years. BUT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THAT SLOWDOWN SPEEDS UP? If the speed of rotation were reduced by about one kilometer per hour‚ traffic air would face serious consequences. Most commercial aircrafts
Premium Earth Sun Solar System
Morgan 1 Victoria Morgan CGW4U Ms. Bondy January 10‚ 2011 Race Against Time Part A: General Overview: The book‚ Race Against Time by Stephen Lewis is compiled with five heart-quenching and eye-opening lectures. Each chapter held an important topic but they all were related by the continued inefficiency of the United Nations assistance‚ the lack of compliant funding from developed countries‚ as well as the endless potential that Africa is unable to clench. For decades the United
Premium Developed country Poverty Human Development Index
With exploration‚ came the development of trade between continents and this increased contact in equal measure as animosity between countries as they rivaled each other in controlling trading routes and new lands that they had discovered. This essentially led to the development of systems that were aimed at creating some order and organization that is today’s world. The Americas had a first contact with other people from other continents way back before Christopher Columbus discovered America
Premium Africa Europe