The Geographic Grid Ptolemy‚ a Roman mathematician‚ created the geographic grid. This grid is a system of invisible lines that span the globe. The grid has been used for over 2‚000 years as a reference for finding the location of a fixed position on Earth. There are certain components that make up the grid. Meridians run vertically and come together at the north and south poles. The center meridian‚ the Prime Meridian‚ divides the earth into eastern and western hemispheres. Parallels run horizontally
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Factors affecting healthy development in children There are many different factors that affect a child healthy growth and development. Knowing the different factors that can affect the child enables us to differentiate activities suited to all children and also if need be place areas of concern so there is early intervention and then that the child has the best possible start.
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computer one way or another‚ the world would be set much further back. The advancement of microprocessing and OS’s allowed a general increase in jobs and speed in development of ideas and designs. Computers have advanced the way people build and design things‚ store information‚ and communicate with each other. Microprocessors have shaped how computing developed through the years. The microprocessor originated back in 1971 with the Intel 4004. It was a 4 bit BCD (Binary-Coded Decimal) oriented
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National Geographic and CNN: A better look at the world. There is no other more diverse magazine or channel than National Geographic and CNN. For decades National Geographic has captured the world stories and its cultures bringing them to everyone who ever wondered about the world they live in. National Geographic is continuously demonstrating to the people of the world how diverse it really is. When reading or watching National Geographic‚ anyone can now open their mind and expose it
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were two main areas in America that the English settled in‚ New England and the Chesapeake region. These settlers voyaged to America for either religious freedom or to start a new life. Religion seekers came to the New World to escape the oppression of the Catholic Church. Others came in search of a job‚ or because of their low social class. The New England and the Chesapeake regions became two distinct regions because of these social‚ economic‚ and religious tragedies. Many of the settlers who traveled
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Throughout history‚ geographic features have had an impact on historical and cultural growth of civilizations‚ empires‚ and regions of the world. This statement is proven with many civilizations‚ including the Greeks‚ Phoenicians and Assyrians‚ which were all very prosperous and successful. Many of the accomplishments of the empires above had a lot to do with their location and surroundings of their region. Due to the mountains in Greece‚ a unified empire could not be formed‚ therefore many city-states
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Geographic Luck Why is it that Europeans ended up conquering so much of the world? According to UCLA biologist Jared Diamond‚ some countries grew faster than others because of geographic luck. It sounds like a simple theory‚ but there is a lot more to it. The lucky countries‚ like Spain‚ were lucky enough to have natural resources‚ indigenous plants‚ and animals that could be domesticated. With all of this at their fingertips‚ they were able to stop hunting and gathering and start farming. Farming
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“INTRODUCTION” Geographic Information System (GIS) is a computer based information system used to digitally represent and analyze the geographic features present on the Earth ’s surface and the events (non-spatial attributes linked to the geography under study) that taking place on it. The meaning to represent digitally is to convert analog (smooth line) into a digital form. "Every object present on the Earth can be geo-referenced"‚ is the fundamental key of associating any database to GIS
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governance is a set of legal norms that regulate social relations and which in turn‚ linked to the development and use of municipal property‚ local budgets and other local finance in the public interest the municipality [2]. Economic fundamentals provide the economic independence of local government‚ serve the needs of the population and create conditions for its life. Strengthening and development of the economic foundations of local government greatly affect the economic situation in Kazakhstan
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issues that can be seen across history is conflict. This issue is defined as the disagreement of different parties‚ often with military interventions over a specific topic. Conflicts around the world have shaped cultures and political geography‚ and have made the countries we know today. Epics written about legendary battles are still read by the masses today. Conflict is one of the most well known and significant enduring issues‚ especially from the beginning of history to 1750. The Peloponnesian
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