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Cheetah Conservation Fund Miles Per Hour Cheetahs
1,000 wordsIm Cheetah The Cheetah Im going to talk to you about the Cheetah, Where it lives, how it hunts, how the grass helps the cheetah, mating, and what you can do to help the endangered species. The Cheetah (Acinonyx Jubatus) is the fastest land mammal on earth, capable of speeds of 60 - 70 miles per hour. Cheetahs live 12 years (17 in captivity) and mature at 20 - 23 months of age. They are highly territorial. A typical adult cheetah weighs between 80 and 140 pounds and eats about 6 pounds of meat pe...
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Yasser Arafat Yitzhak Rabin
668 wordsPalestinian Leader Yasser Arafat The Middle East, once an area of severe fighting and active terrorism, is now free of violence due to the actions of one man, Yasser Arafat. Yasser Arafat has helped create a place where the Palestine and Israeli people can live together. This peaceful environment did not come easily though. It took years of work and controversy for Yasser to make the two Arab nations live peacefully together. Through Yasser Arafat's successful leadership qualities, the once warr...
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Wanted To Find Native Americans
1,343 wordsChristopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue in fourteen-hundred-ninth-two. He came over from Spain in three ships, the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria and discovered America, or at least that was what I was taught in elementary school. Since then there has been much controversy going on over the issue of weather or not Christopher Columbus really " discovered" America because when he landed in San Salvador he was not alone. Native Americans already inhabited the land and they had b...
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Cuban Missile Crisis 20 Th Century
1,392 wordsA note to my would be reader: Since I did not live through the cold war, I think that I can look back with a much more critical eye, and evaluate the cost and benefits of the cold war. Had I lived through the Cuban missile crisis, I probably would have said that the whole cold war was a success because I am still alive. I don t think that I ever can have the same respect for the situation, no matter how many accounts I read, or films I watch. I think that this should be taken into account when r...
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Local Government Five Year
666 wordsThis report will Indonesia Indonesia This report will be on the History in Brief of Indonesia, the Government of Indonesia, the island of Java, and the Geography of Indonesia. In early days, the region from India to Japan, including Indonesia, was known to the Europeans as the Indies. Chris Columbus was looking for a westward sea root from Europe to the Indies, when he arrived in America. During 1600 s the Dutch political control began to spread Indonesia. Indonesia declared its independence in ...
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West Side Story Romeo And Juliet
1,482 wordsThe play West Side Story, by Arthur Laurent's, is based upon the play Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare. Despite a few differences, both works, in essence, have the same plot. The source of violence in Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story is the ever-present hatred between families and between gangs, although, because of the " star-cross? d lovers" motif in Romeo and Juliet, the hatred plays a larger role in producing the ending of West Side Story than it does the ending of Rome...
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Balance Of Power Major Powers
387 wordsThe Congress of Vienna was an international conference that was called in order to remake Europe after the downfall of Napoleon I. Many territorial decisions had to be made in the conference that was held in Vienna, Austria, from September 1814 to June 1815. The main goal of the conference was to create a balance of power that would preserve the peace. Important People: Though the conference opened with a series of glittery balls and conferences, the delegates soon got down to work. Mainly, the ...
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Criminal Justice System Violent Crimes
1,133 wordsDecreasing Trends in Crime by Chris Nicholson Ten years ago, crime was on the rise across the nation. It was a situation seemingly beyond control. Then, starting in the early 1990 s, the trend began to turn around. Crime rates began to drop, slowly at first, but with more notable decreases each following year. This new development promises renewed opportunities for urban areas torn by violence and lawlessness. City streets are gradually becoming safer and citizens can enjoy an improved quality o...
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Dred Scott Decision Popular Sovereignty
349 wordsThe Dred Scott decision of 1865 had many implications on the status of free blacks in the United States, along with the concept of popular sovereignty, and the future of slavery in America. Dred Scott was a slave who moved in with his master to the free state of Illinois. He claimed that residence in a free state made him a free man, and he fought for his freedom all the way to the Supreme Court (1865). Chief Justice Taney ruled that since blacks could not be citizens, they had no right to sue i...
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Amount Of Carbon Dioxide Fossil Fuels
1,430 words1. Explain why any one species cannot live everywhere. Any species cannot live everywhere because this would effect the natural balance. Also one species cannot adapt to all the different environments of our planet. For example a marine creature can only live underwater and cannot live on ground. 2. Explain how the activities of some species can lead to: a) an increase b) a decrease in the population size of another species. Some species act as population controllers of other species. There must...
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Family Support Pride
315 wordsControl, Support, and Hate? Why should an innocent dead man be left to lay, unburied, left for his soul to roam? And to be told so by a family member, perhaps not the closest family, yet, it is family. Family is supposed to be the ultimate support, everlasting, and always ready to forgive. Although, this is only the ideal family. What would cause such hate between two people of the same name? Mainly, there would be the reason that Creon possessed much power, and became a bit headstrong and took ...
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Social Value Family Member
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Bay Of Bengal Arabian Sea India
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Gang Violence Gang Members
502 wordsGangs and violence Gangs have been around since the 1950 s and early 1960 s. Gangs are a loosely organized group of three or more people who interact together for a common purpose and are usually participating in some kind of legal activit, whether it be violent crimes or drug dealing or both. Gang members usually can be identified by signs, colors, clothing, tattoos, july, or hand signals. Gangs often claim control over a certain territory in their community, creating an atmosphere of fear and ...
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World War Ii 20 Th Century
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Athens And Sparta City States
346 wordsThe Greek International System The Greeks settled around the Greek peninsula and the islands in the Aegean Sea. They also went to areas located in India. Through the International system, city-states are formed sovereign within themselves. With the Greeks, there was a conglomeration of city-states that had external pressures by the Persians. The Persians were trying to overcome the territory of the Ionian Islands, Thrace and Macedon. With the Greek structure, they formed a military alliance to t...
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Three Hundred Years Put To Death
1,045 wordsMany people may not know it, but they have heard part of Hammurabi's Law Code before. It is where the fabled eye-for-an-eye statement came from. However, this brutal way of enforcing laws was not always the case in ancient Mesopotamia, where Hammurabi ruled. The Laws of Ur-Nammu are much milder and project a greater sense of tolerance in an earlier time. The changing Mesopotamian society dictated this change to a harsher, more defined law that Hammurabi ruled from. It was the urge to solidify hi...
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Hispanic Americans Puerto Ricans
767 wordsHispanics Hispanic Americans HISPANIC AMERICANS Hispanics are a group of Americans who share common cultural origins and language. However, Hispanic Americans come from diverse nations and backgrounds with their own history, religion, economy and political experience. Today, nearly 30 million Americans are identified as Hispanics in the fifty states. The largest group are the Mexican Americans, who account for 64 % of the Hispanic Americans. Then come the Central and South America and the Caribb...
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France And Britain Louisiana Purchase
525 wordsPOLITICAL EVENTS: 1803 was probably one of the most important year in the history of the United States. The reason for this is the Louisiana Purchase. The Louisiana Purchase was the largest land purchase ever made in the United States. The Louisiana Purchase increased the national territory by about 140 %; the total amount of land purchased was 828, 000 sq. miles in extent. It was purchased from France for 80, 000, 000 francs, which is about $ 15 million in todays currency. These following state...
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Bosnia Herzegovina Austria Hungary
717 wordsDuring the A. D. 500 s and 600 s, various groups of Slavs, including the ancestors of the Serbs, settled in the Balkan Peninsula in the area of present-day Serbia. Each group had its own leader until the late 1100 s, when Stefan Nemanja, a warrior and chief, formed the first united Serbian state. During the 1300 s, Emperor Stefan Dusan led the country in successful wars against the Byzantine Empire. The Serbian empire began to break up after his death in 1355. The Ottoman Empire, based in what i...
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