References: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission‚ 1998: http://www.abs.gov.au/ Australian Bureau of Statistics Statsite. Australian Conservation Foundation‚ "WORLD SAYS NO TO JABILUKA MINE - ACF CALLS FOR CONSTRUCTION TO STOP"‚ December 1‚ 1998‚ http://www.peg.apc.org/~acfenv/mr011298
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*2. (a) Name four west European countries that explored the New World and name* one explorer who sailed for each country‚ (b) Of the four *explorers‚ named*‚ state the one you would most have liked to accompany. Discuss two reasons for your choices. Four west European explores that traveled to the New World. {draw:frame} {draw:frame} Christopher Columbus (c. 1451 – 5/20/1506 Jacques Cartier (12/31/1491 – 9/1/1557) {draw:frame} John Cabot_ (c. 1450 – c. 1498)_ Pedro Álvares
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(2008‚ November 21). Birth control: More education needed; 1 in 4 women who ’re not ready for babies fails to take preventive steps: Poll. The Straits Times Teen sex as a health issue (2008‚ April 10) Risque teens at risk; Sexually active teens are on the rise but many are ignorant of the deadlier aspects of unprotected sex. (2008‚ September 18)‚ The Straits Times She Googled to learn about sex Study links teen pregnancy‚ racy TV. (2008‚ November 3)‚ Newsday Lecture Slides
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mainland bridge to Tasmania‚ which allowed Aboriginal people to reach what is now an Island state. About 10‚000 years ago‚ the climate warmed‚ the ice melted and Bass Strait again become submerged. At this time‚ the Prom was an Island until the winds and tides deposited the sands which became the isthmus. The fierce weather of Bass Strait has eroded the granite into the well rounded mountains of today and shaped the many granite boulders which are a feature of Prom scenery. What did the indigenous
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AP world notes. The Maritime Revolution to 1550. Ferdinand Magellan * 1511-sailed from Europe around southern tip of Africa and east across Indian ocean * Member of first Portuguese expedition to explore east indies * 1521-goal was achieved by sailing across Atlantic rounding southern tip of South America and crossing pacific ocean * High price * Killed in battle April 27‚ 1521 while aiding a local ruler who promised to become Christian * Very little resources- survivors
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References: The Straits Times. (2008‚ Jan 15) Good progress made in preparing for ageing population. ASIAONE. Retrieved from http://www.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne+News/Singapore/Story/A1Story20080115-45091.html Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (2010‚ Aug 8) Speech on National
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were not located near the main trading area in the Archipelago‚ thus were not suited to become major trading centres. Penang was located too far up‚ thus away from the Straits of Malacca‚ the main ship passageway for the India-China trade. Bencoolen‚ on the other hand‚ faced the Indian Ocean‚ overseeing the entrance to the Sunda Straits‚ so it was a much less important area. As a result‚ the Dutch continued to spread their monopoly of trade to more and more areas in the region. The British were afraid
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new world. The first people to populate the Americans were believed to have migrated across the Bering Land Bridge. The Land Bridge Theory proposes that people migrated from Siberia to Alaska across a land bridge that spanned the current day Bering Strait. This theory is widely adopted by most modern textbooks The continent of North America has been inhabited by humans for at least 16‚500 years. As early as the 1500s‚ scientist and theorists were interested in discovering how humans had come to populated
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From the 13th century to the 14th century‚ Malacca has been one of the world greatest trading cities and it has been developed for more than 500 years in trading and cultural exchanges between East and West in the Straits of Malacca which made Malacca state a historical city in Straits of Melaka. Before the independency of Malaysia‚ Malacca used to be ruled by the Portuguese and the Dutch‚ which is the reason why it can be a historical city today with both tangible and intangible multicultural heritage
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east) is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Europe‚ on the south by Africa‚ and on the east by Asia. It covers an approximate area of 2.5 million km² (965‚000 mi²)‚ but its connection to the Atlantic (the Strait of Gibraltar) is only 14 km (9 mi) wide. In oceanography‚ it is sometimes called the Eurafrican Mediterranean Sea of the European Mediterranean Sea‚ to distinguish it from Mediterranean seas elsewhere. The Mediterranean was once thought to be the
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