aquifer? is still intact because it’s underground. The Ogallala Aquifer of the Texas High Plains: A Race Against Time (26:33 min) 1. How has the drought changed Texas? aquifers are disappearing at a rapid rate. 2. Describe the Southern Texas Plains. depending on aquifer 3. What has been the big challenge? waiting for the change to replace the aquifer. 4. How much rain falls in the Southern Texas Plains? 18in 5. When was the aquifer discovered? 1850 6. How was agriculture developed with
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The Eastern Woodland Indians The Eastern Woodland Indians was comprised mainly of two major regions the Iroquois and the Cherokee. These Indians lived from the East of the plains down to the coast. Iroquois region was in the North Eastern known today as the vicinity of Ohio and the Cherokee region was in the Southeastern known today as the Georgia and Tennessee vicinity. The Indians dwelt off lands gathering‚ farming‚ hunting‚ and fishing for survival. While men created bows and arrows for hunting
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GKE1 TASK1 Western Governor’s University A. The Nile River was a great contributing factor in the development of early Egypt. It is the country’s longest running river‚ and runs right through Egypt. The location of the river added convenience‚ which aided agricultural abilities helping to boost civilization. Farmers used the water for irrigation since most of Egypt is dry. During the long rainy season‚ the Nile would flood. When the flood occurred it would drop deposits of silt‚ a rich
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Hello‚ and welcome to “Learn More‚ Teach More.” It has been more than five centuries since Christopher Columbus reached the Americas. We know a great deal about Columbus‚ of course‚ and about the Europeans and Africans who crossed the Atlantic after him. We know much less about the “Indians‚” as Columbus mistakenly called them—the people already living in America. But we are learning more all the time‚ so I want to talk about early contacts between Native Americans and newcomers. We now estimate
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the past few decades the High Plains have consistently been losing its population. So‚ in 1987 Doctors Frank and Deborah Popper introduced the idea of Buffalo Commons. They described this project as “A combination of literary metaphor‚ public-policy proposal‚ futurist prediction and ecological restoration project” (The Buffalo Commons: Its Antecedents). The essential focus of this project was to replace the ever decrease population by returning buffalo back to the Plains. This plan was originally met
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Protectors? The Sioux Indians also known as the Lakota were first around in the 18th century. They were the largest tribe and not many people know that they were nomadic. As they were nomadic‚ they travelled a lot and followed buffalos around the Great Plains. The traditional view on the Sioux Indians is that they are barbaric because of what people had heard and because of Hollywood. But the more recent view of them is that they are more spiritual and they are put across as positive.
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BLACKFOOT TRIBE The Blackfoot People are one of the many Native American Indian tribes that roamed America in the early 1700s. Like many tribes they were nomadic hunters that lived in the Great Plains of Montana and the Canadian provinces of Alberta. The name is said to have come from the colour of the peoples shoes that were made of leather. They had typically dyed or painted the soles of their shoes black. SOCIETY: The society is hierarchical within the Blackfoot Nation; there were different
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starvation. Water that looks drinkable can contain harmful elements‚ which could cause illness and death if ingested (Kreger‚ 2004). To further deplete our water scarce supply‚ natural disasters‚ such as floods‚ earthquakes‚ and tornadoes‚ pose a great peril. However‚ one natural disaster stands above the rest. This natural disaster is called a drought. Drought‚ in my opinion‚ is the worst natural disaster of all. It not only affects us with a dry weather and uncomfortable heat waves‚ it also affects
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can be described as cool and wet for most of the year. Variety of vegetation that grows in the Appalachian region. 3. Deciduous Trees: Trees that drop their leaves each autumn are called ’deciduous’ 4. The main river that runs through the interior Plains?: The Mississippi river 5. Current that brings cold water south from the Arctic?: The east Greenland current 6. Deposits of coal and oil are found in this rock?: Sedimentary 7. The coastal Plaines: Area of flat‚ low-lying land adjacent to a seacoast
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children c. Hunters may have disrupted Ice Age food chain B. Archaic Societies 1. 8000-4000 BC warming of Earth’s atmosphere 2. Paleo-Indians modified ways of life 3. Climate Change a. Rising sea levels b. Glacier runoff> rivers c. Plains>forests d. Wider variety of plants and animals arose 4. Gender roles more important a. Men fish/hunt b. Women farm 5. Maize=important crop II. Cultural Diversity c. 2500 BC- 1500 AD 1. Farming radically changed the environment 2.
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