Monday, September 20, 2010

HW#5

1. What nation does the video focus on?
     Ethiopia
2. What year was the discovery made?
     The discovery was made in 1964
3. How many millions of years old is she?
     She is 3.2 million years old
4. What does it mean to be bipedal?
     Bipedal means to have feet like humans
5. So from what continent, region and nation did human beings evolve (this video won't tell you this).
    Pangea was the first continent were human beings started to evolve



1. Hunters and Gatheres were on the move constantly because they can follow the herd of animals.
2. While they travel they gather wildberries,nuts,and greens to eat.
3. I think Lucy was a gatherer because she was a woman and mostly men were the ones to go and hunt while women like lucy stayback and gather.

Thursday, September 16, 2010

U.S. Envoy Vows to Help Pakistan Rebuild After Flooding

Title: U.S. Envoy Vows to Help Pakistan Rebuild After Flooding
Author: By WAQAR GILLANI
Published: September 16, 2010
Website: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/17/world/asia/17pstan.html?_r=1&ref=us
Description:
    This article is about the U.S.A trying to help Lahore Pakistan make a recovery after all the tragic floods over the summer. So far they have provided 300milllion for repairs and they will continue to give more. This flood wiped away roads, bridges and entire villages. Some people are now living on the streets with desperate conditions.
    The artical is similar to  the unit we disscussed in class about location. Since the flood was so bad many people had to move to another location

Monday, September 13, 2010

HW#4

1. Absolute locations is shown with latitude and longitude to show a specific location.

2.
a. The Absolute Location of Los Angeles is 34 degrees North latitude and 118 degrees West longitude.



b. The Absolute Location of Paris is 49 degrees North latitude and 2 degrees East longitude.


c. The Absolute Location of Capetown, South Africa is 34 degrees South latitude and 18 degrees East longitude.


3. Relative Location is describes a place in terms of it's relation to other places and things around it.


a. The relative Location of London, England is on The Tems River.


4. The Relative Location of Queens, NY is on the LIRRa.