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| What are the Coordinates for St. Louis? |
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| 38 degrees North, 90 degrees West |
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| Why does Latitude have to come first? |
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| Because it was discovered like that and it works bes for us. |
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| What kind of people use longitude and latitude? |
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| The air force and scientists. |
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| How is it used in the War? |
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| To find location of the soldiers and the enemy |
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| How did the Taliban start? |
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| The Taliban started when they were Afghanistan's Government, but then the USA over-threw them when they didn't do anything about the al-Quida. |
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| How did the al-Quida start? |
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| The al-Quida started after the leader had a bad experience with the United States, and became an anti-american. |
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| Who is al-Quida's leader? |
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| al-Quida's leader is Osama bin Laden. |
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| Where do you think al-Quida's leader is now? |
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| in the mountains between afghanistan and pakistan |
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| What to the Taliban and al-Quida have in common? |
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| they both were involved in 9/11 |
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| Who is Hamid Karazi and why /was/ he in the news? |
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| Hamid Karazi is the president of Afghanistan and is trying to be president again. He is in the news because his votes are very suspicious. He got 54% of the votes, so the names on some of the voting cards may be dead people. |
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| How does the current event Hamid Karazi effect our troops? |
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| it effects our troops because Hamid wants our troops to got to Afghanistan and get rid of all of the bombers, and people like that. |
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| Why were Americans so upset with the Lockerbie bomber that was sent to Libya? |
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| the american troops were upset with the lockerbie bomber that was sent to libya, because he killed many people on a plane and the USA families who lost there loved ones are very upset that he was sent free to his home town. when he got back to his home town, his people welcomed him like a hero |
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| What is going to happen to Guantanamo Bay prisoners? |
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| they are going to be cleaned out of the prison and either executed, or sent to another prison in the USA. |
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| why is there so much contreversy surrounding guantanamo bay? |
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| because the US people dont want the prisoners in guantanamo bay to be around them, but they are embarressed about then being in guantanamo bay because they are being tortured and waterboarded. |
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| quetta shura is a city council in pakistan that is really close to afghanistan. the taliban used to be the government of afghanistan, and allowed the al-quida to train for 9/11. |
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| how does quetta shura affect our troops? |
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| it affects our troops because our troops cannot go in to pakistan, where osama bin laden is hiding, because we are not at war with pakistan |
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| What are the 7 continents and 4 main oceans? |
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north america, south america, antarcica, europe, asia, africa, australia
pascific, atlantic, indian, arctic |
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| What hemispheres do we live in? |
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| Why do flat maps have disortion? |
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| Because the world is round, not flat. |
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| what are the 5 themes of geography? |
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Location, place, human enviorment, movement, regions.
(Little People Have More Recess) |
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| How does the tilt of the earth affect seasons? |
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| the tilt of the earth has the sun shine on a certin part of the earth. when the earth is tilting towards the sun, its summer, when the earth is tilting away, its winter. |
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| how does latitude effect climate? |
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| the sun is always shining directly at the equator, so the closer latitude lines you get to the equator, the warmer it will be. |
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| what is the dif. between the mercrator and the robinson projection? |
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The mercrator is older, and has more polar disortion
The robinson is much newer, but still has some polar disortion |
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| how do plate tectonics affect natural disaster? |
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| they effect natural disaster, because when they move they can cause earthquakes, tsunamis, and can cause volcanos to errupt. |
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| what are the 3 main types of fossil fuels? |
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| recycleable, renewable, and nonrenwable |
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| what is OPEC? what do they do? |
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Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries?
They export oils and other fossil fuels to other countries. |
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| Which climate do you live in? |
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| What are the 5 main climates/vegitation? |
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| Tropical, Arid, Humid, Polar and Highlands |
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| why is the earth's populatoin distributed unevenly over the earth? |
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| because people like to live in warmer and more urban places that cold or farming places. |
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| what are some problems with rabid |
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| because the over polution harms the enviorment |
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| what type of goverment do we use in the usa? |
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| what is the diference between capitalism, socialism, and communism? |
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communism- all owned my the goverment
socialism-some owned my the gov.
capitalism- freedom |
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| how is democracy different from capitalism |
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democracy is the goverment of the people
capitalism is the goverment where the people own the businesses |
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| whats a name of a living and nonliving dictor |
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living-fidel castro
dead- hitler |
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| is queen elizebeth II constitutional or absalute monarch |
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| what are 5 countries where communism exists? |
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| china, north korea, cuba, laos, vietnam |
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| what are 3 types of vegetation that the US and CA share? |
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| forests, tundra, prarie, desert |
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| What are 3 physical features that the US and CA share? |
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| rockies, the appilachian mountians, and 4 of the 5 great lakes |
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| What are 2 types of vegitation that the US and CA share? |
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| what are 3 categories of natural resorces that helped the US develop into the world's largest economy? |
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| ferter soil, water, and energy+natural resources |
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| who came to the america's first? |
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| which country established colonies in the US? |
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| Who fought on both sides of the american revolution? |
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| when was the constitution written? |
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| why was the constitution so important? |
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| it was important because it gave the citizens rights that the government could not take away |
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| Who was sent to explore the Louisiana Purchase? |
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| Why did the southern states dra from the union? how is this linked to the civil war? |
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because they wanted to keep slavery but the northern states did not.
this is linked to the civil war because the north and south fought over slavery |
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| Who fought against segrigation? |
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| When did segregation end? |
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| in 1863, after the civil war |
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| who did the US fight against in WWII? |
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| How did FDR help the US come out of the Great depression? |
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| He started a plan called the New Deal and made jobs for people like Social Security |
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| What was the Cold War about? |
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| The cold war was a fear that the soviets were trying to spread communism through the world. |
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| How is the Declaration of Independence dif. from the Constitution? |
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the DOI was a report saying that the colonists were no longer a part of Great Britain.
The Constitutoin was to let the people know that they had rights that the gov. couldn't take away |
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| Which 2 countries established colonies in CA? |
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| When did canada become and independent country? |
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| in 1876 after Great Britian approved of their own governing |
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| which province in canada has a majority of french speakers? |
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