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    between the Europeans and Native Americans. The Europeans and Native Americans exchanged many goods and ideas when they meet each other in the New World. They shared with each other their own traditions‚ cultures‚ foods‚ languages‚ weapons‚goods; resulting in some positive outcomes and negative as well. When the first Europeans made contact with the native Indians they inadvertently exposed and infected them with their diseases like smallpox‚ yellow fever‚ and malaria. One native population called

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    Every individual has responsibility to use natural resources judiciously. This will give equal opportunity to all to use the resources for the benefit of mankind. One should not be selfish to spend the available resources without thinking of other fellow beings. There is no limit to spend natural resources if available plenty but at the same time one should realize that natural resources are non-renewable sources. The future also depends on such resources. Every individual should think himself or

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    Loren Gonzalez CAS 291 Take Home Midterm #1 Short Answers 1 - Why did Native Americans begin to raise pigs in the seventeenth century‚ and how did the English in New England respond to this? Initially‚ the English used pigs to invade Indian territory. They were left to roam free in the area due to their ability to virtually eat almost anything‚ and as the Indians realized the rapid and cheap ability of the pigs to reproduce and serve as a source of food and materials‚ pig grazing eventually became

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    China seems to fall on to the weak side of the scale for their natural resources and economic base measuring of latitude and panarchy. Latitude is the degree to which a system can be altered before not having the ability to recover. China’s natural resources and environmental base are very weak in latitude. This conclusion is drawn from the fact that the demand on the limited resources is high due to the high population and low regulation. This is evident in the energy sector‚ because the increasing

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    Justine Hertwig HIS 416 Exam 1 How did the arrival of the Europeans alter the environment of Native Americans? Documentation and oral history help historians piece together the past. We know when and who arrived in early America‚ but we don’t have the most detailed idea of what the now United States actually looked like because technology was at a bare minimum. Columbus arrived in1492 and reported vast empty lands ripe for the taking. If America was properly surveyed at that time‚ Columbus

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    Individual Field Trip Report-Production Green Foundation To begin with‚ my Nature resource and Conservation course field trip was held on 28th of October in Production Green Foundation located at Fanling. The purpose of this field trip was to learn about organic farming and experience the organic farming by ourselves. The observation and experience I achieved from this trip are as follows. Heading to the Production Green Foundation about two weeks ago is my first time to visit. There is no any

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    The Native American The Daily Herald Native Americans are an indigenous people throughout the world‚ simply misunderstood and ill-treated for centuries (Scheafer‚ 2012). History tells us‚ Native Americans were subject to land theft‚ controlled by others‚ and resistance to governance. This discrimination goes back to Christopher Columbus. He and his followers showed true hatred toward the Indian Nation. Europeans moved to extermination or genocide trying to distinguish this culture of people

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    Discuss why‚ how‚ and where European farmers achieved efficiency gains in eighteenth century Europe Agricultural efficiency gains in eighteenth century Europe can be attributed to a number of factors. Economic growth increased demand for crop production‚ and farmers were incentivized to raise productivity in order to achieve higher living standards becoming prevalent in cities. These productivity gains were achieved through innovations in agricultural technology‚ techniques‚ and tools. Farms

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    Motives of European conquest to America- land‚ trade‚ missionary: A series of wars began between Christians and Muslims. They were fighting for control of the area of Southwest Asia called Palestine. This area contained Christian shrines and holy places. Land: each noble ruled a piece of land and hoped to rule more. Strong rulers were able to unify nearby lands. Purpose of the American colonies in eyes of Europeans- Mercantilism: mercantilism is guided by economic principles. Governments held

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    The fifteenth century gave rise to an upsurge in maritime exploration in Europe. The European explorers were inspired to embark on this journey to find a trade route to Asia because their goods were getting hard to acquire. The Muslim power blocked easy access the east to these treasures and posed a military and religious threat to Europe. This was where Christopher Columbus purposed the idea of sailing west to end up on the eastern side of the world because he taught of the world as being round

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