What Caused The Tupac Amaru Rebellion?
In Peru in 1780, anger over rising Spanish taxes and the many abuses of the Spanish colonial authorities spurred a Jesuit-educated, middle-class, indi…
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What Happened In The Congo Genocide?
At the end of 2002 through January 2003, around 60,000 Pygmy civilians and 10,000 combatants were killed in an extermination campaign known as “Efface…
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Are There Still Glaciers On Kilimanjaro?
Mapping of Kilimanjaro’s ice cover has been recorded since the early 1900s. It has been determined that since 1912, more than 80% of the ice cover ato…
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How Was Pocahontas Involved With The Jamestown Colony?
Pocahontas became known by the colonists as an important Powhatan emissary. She occasionally brought the hungry settlers food and helped successfully …
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Where Do Magnetic Fields Come From?
Scientists know that today the Earth’s magnetic field is powered by the solidification of the planet’s liquid iron core . The cooling and crystallizat…
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Where Can You Camp On The Pacific Coast Highway?
The Brewery Gulch Inn (Mendocino) Nick’s Cove (Marshall) Pelican Inn (Muir Beach) Stanyan Park Hotel (San Francisco) Bella Notte Inn (Santa Cruz) Mont…
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How Was Beringia Created?
The Bering Land Bridge formed during the glacial periods of the last 2.5 million years . Every time an ice age began, a large proportion of the world’…
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Which Two Regions Of Georgia Are Separated By The Fall Line?
FALL LINE Natural boundary separating the Piedmont and Coastal Plains regions . Columbus, Macon, and Augusta were built along this line due to the end…
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What Is A Shelf EQ?
In a shelving EQ, a band of frequencies is boosted or cut either in the high-frequency end of the spectrum or in the low-frequency end. ‘Shelving’ is …
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How Was Society Divided In Spanish Colonies In The Americas?
How was society divided in Spanish colonies in the Americas? Spanish colonial society was divided into a caste system . Mulattos were at the bottom of…
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Where In London Is Jekyll And Hyde Set?
The novel is set in London and draws heavily on Stevenson’s knowledge of his hometown Edinburgh to create a chilling setting which emphasises the them…
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How Would You Describe A Summer Day?
Here are some adjectives for summer’s day: hot, rainless, rainless, warm, hot, bright, long . How would you describe a hot sunny day? Here are some ad…