Chapter 11.2 Notes 1. The Beginning of Settlement Guiding Question: What encouraged settlers to move west to the Great Plains? * The Great Plains is a vast region of prairie roughly was of the Mississippi River and east of the Rocky Mountains. * Settlers faced many challenges with the weather * In this dry grassland‚ trees naturally grew only by the rivers and streams. * To get water they often had to drill wells more than 100 feet deep * Eventually this land turned into
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After reading the excerpts of Braudel available on the web-site‚ what could you say in general about the geography of the Mediterranean and adjacent lands? In addition‚ discuss in detail two of these issues: 2) the relationship between mountain and plain 4) compare the geography of north Africa to that of southern Europe 2) Mediterranean has two faces first is a series of rigid mountains that overlap with each other. These mountainous peninsaula have flatlands in between them in places such as
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The control group (plain water) had more drops on the penny. The experimental group (soapy water) had less drops on the penny. The independent variable which was the soap being added to the water changed the dependent variable (the number of drops) because the soap in the soapy water lowered the surface tension of the water. The pattern in the number of drops among the plain water group was greater than the number of drops for the soapy water
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As of late‚ having an automobile can provide effective means of transportation it can give mobility in order to have an easy and plain transport . Unfortunately despite of the several advantages of having an automobile there are such times that you need to undergo several hindrances that cause difficulties along the way such as congestion and safety. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) as of 2011‚ an estimated 1.2 million people lose their lives every year due to car accident and defective
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Case Study: Reasonable Suspicion‚ Exigent Circumstances‚ Probable Cause‚ and Plain View Lorna J. SteMarie Kaplan University CJ 227: Criminal Procedure September 30‚ 2013 Case Study: Reasonable Suspicion‚ Exigent Circumstances‚ Probable Cause‚ and Plain View Question 1. Did Officer Smith have reasonable suspicion to make the initial stop of this vehicle? Yes‚ Officer Smith had reasonable suspicion. “Reasonable suspicion” is a more relaxed standard than probable cause. Reasonable suspicion
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There are many similarities and differences between Native American literature and Puritan literature. Both cultures valued work to some degree. Puritan literature was written plainly to reflect their plain lives‚ while Native American literature was decorated with colorful expressions‚ reflecting wilderness life. The Puritans‚ unlike the Native Americans‚ who lived slow paced lives‚ tried to glorify God in their every action. The similarities and differences present themselves in many ways.
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Bradford used very different styles of writing. In writing‚ praise and everyday living the Puritans favored the ordinary and simple. William Bradford wrote in what is considered the ’plain style.’ This form of writing was used by many Puritan authors and was thought to be direct and to the point. The plain style consisted of simple sentences and everyday used language. It never had figures of speech and especially not any imagery. A good example of this style is found in the passage from
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fields and of objects in plain view and whether the fourth amendment provides protection over these as well. In order to reaffirm the courts’ decision on this matter I will be relating their decisions in the cases of Oliver v. United States (1984)‚ and California v. Greenwood (1988) which deal directly with the question of whether a person can have reasonable expectations of privacy as provided for in the fourth amendment with regards to objects in an open field or in plain view. The differentiation
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AIM OF STUDY The aim of this study is to describe the features found along the course of the Wag Water River at Golden Spring St. Andrew and Toms River St. Mary and explains how they were formed. . LOCATION OF STUDY AREA The Wag Water River is located in the parishes of St. Andrew and St. Mary‚ Jamaica. The river flows northwards from the hilly interior of Stony Hill and enters the Caribbean Sea at Annotto Bay St. Mary as shown in figures 1 and 2. Figure 2: Map Extract
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and Castle (2006)‚ radical reformers like Jeremy Bentham advocate plain legal language‚ believing that such a movement can make everybody comprehend legal documents. In his article‚ Fung (1999) argues that the unintelligibility of law is primarily due to the drafting style‚ which can be totally avoided and should be completely removed‚ and that law can be composed in plainer English. Fung (1999) also states that such a move toward plain English in the source text will naturally produce a clear and reader-friendly
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