1.North American Continent Boundary: The North American Continent Boundary is where North America used to meet the pacific Ocean. Until subcontinents (Example:Northern Cascade Subcontinent‚ Okanagan Subcontinent) latched onto our continent and made most of Washington. The North American Continent is also slowly moving west due to Pangea breaking apart. That means that the Pacific Ocean is slowly getting smaller and that the Atlantic Ocean is slowly getting bigger 2 to 3 inches per year. 2.Kootenay
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Today‚ many people see America to be the land of opportunity and wealth. During the beginnings of the New World‚ this fact was relevant to the Europeans as well. England began colonizing America in the 1600s‚ when religion became very difficult‚ British had to obey the Catholic Church or they would get killed. This created the largest migrations in written history. The Great Migration in search of a new life free from persecution and open to numerous opportunities. The Puritanism was a form of Protestantism
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Name 09/23/14 World History The Economic and Political Causes of European Exploration and Colonization By 1400s‚ European countries began to dominate the globe with trade and advanced technologies. England‚ Spain‚ France and Portugal emerged as the strongest nations in the 1400s and 1500s. For reasons separate for each‚ the dominant European powers desired to expand their reign beyond Europe. Europeans began exploring various economic reasons‚ but they did not want to set up colonies right away
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can share the same effects of colonization and assimilation and both have the same outcome. How is this possible? There are many factors that could result to colonization‚ including greed‚ land/resources‚ control‚ assimilate‚ remove/kill identity‚ or to kill a culture. In this case‚ the two races that are affected by colonization are the Navajo tribe and the Bedouin people of Israel. The problems these two indigenous/native people face today are the result of colonization and I believe that if they
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issues and the rise of the different powers in Latin America. The Authors Bakewell and Escosura both wrote about the shifts in power from the Europeans to the independence of Latin America. Everything starting with the Bolivar movement‚ when Simon Bolivar wanted to free his country of the Spanish control in Venezuela. These movements showed that the Latin American people had enough of the European control in their land. They wanted to have their own freedom and power over their countries‚ making them
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The seven continents are Asia‚ Australia‚ Africa‚ Antarctica‚ North America‚ South America and Europe. It is seen that each continent has a special shape. Some of these continents are connected while the water separates others. ASIA Asia being the largest of the continents covers around one-third of the world’s total land area. Asia is known for its vast size and incomparable character. It stretches all the way east from Japan to the Southeast Arabian Peninsula‚ which is more than 8500 kilometers
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The Myth of Continents‚ or How our Grade-School Teachers Distorted the Truth How many continents are there? It seems like a simple enough question‚ and most of us who grew up in the United States during the second half of the twentieth century come prepared with a pat answer to which we give little thought: “There are seven continents: North America‚ South America‚ Europe‚ Asia‚ Africa‚ Australia‚ and Antarctica. Next question‚ please.” The official flag of the Olympic games‚ however‚ displays
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The Influence of European Endeavors It is well known that Europeans had a significant role in the exploration of the world‚ as it is seen in the documentation of the new world discoveries. Yet for many centuries‚ Europeans had minimal contact with the rest of the world. However‚ that all changed in the dawn of the 1400’s‚ when Europeans hoped to gain new sources of wealth. By exploring the seas‚ traders longed to not only find new and faster routes to Asia‚ which was the source of spices and other
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The European nations greatly benefited from the colonization of the Americas. From the Americas‚ the Europeans gained wealth‚ crops‚ land‚ and slaves through the Triangular Trade. However‚ despite the benefits of colonization‚ we should not ignore the numerous negatives as well. The Native Americans and the African slaves‚ where two groups of people who suffered from what the Europeans considered an achievement. While colonization heavily damaged the indigenous and the enslaved people‚ it is also
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The division of the world for colonization in 1494 by Pope Alexander VI. The finalization in 1506 of the Treaty of Tordesillas establishes a vertical North-South line granting territories to the west to Spain and to the east to Portugal. The line was at 46 degrees 30’ W‚ 370 leagues west of the Cape Verde Islands off the west coast of Africa. Some confusion over whether the line continues to the other side of the world‚ not to mention the impossibility of determining longitude at the time. The
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