Missouri Pacific Railroad

I. Global Maritime Expansion Before 1450 A. The Pacific Ocean 1. Over a period of several thousand years, peoples originally from Asia crossed the water to settle the islands of the East Indies, New Guinea, the Melanesian and Polynesian islands, the Marquesas, New Zealand, and other Pacific islands out to Hawaii. Polynesian use of the sweet potato, domesticated in South America, suggests that they may have reached the Americas. 2. Polynesian migration and establishment of colonies was aided by…

Faith Samson Multi-Genre #1 - Research Period 6 Marshall Islands The Marshall Islands is known as the Republic of the Marshall Islands. It’s an island country that is divided into two chains. In this case it’s the western group, or Ralik chain; and the eastern group, or Ratak chain. These islands are of coral reef types and rise only a few feet above sea level. The country is part of the larger island group of Micronesia. The country consists of 29 atoll and also 5 isolated islands. The Marshall…

Hawaii is a beautiful place with many stunning sights to visit. The island is one of the best places to visit, but to keep its beauty alive we need to malama da aina or take care of the land. If we don’t do this, Hawaii will lose its beauty with all kinds of rubbish on our beaches, parks, and other places to stay. All of the trash generated have an impact on animals and people. For example, plastic is part of the trash being developed which can cause pollution. Also, when sea turtles get stuck…

hydroelectric power generation, and transportation of cargo and people. To conserve water and to facilitate two-way travel, canals are built level. The Panama Canal was built to subtract the distance that ships had to travel pass between the Atlantic and Pacific ocean. The main reason of building this was to travel goods, for automobiles to grain,saving time and money…

Chile covers 756,950 square kilometer of land (292,258 square miles). It never gets wider then 240km (150 miles), but it is over 2,800 miles long. It is almost twice the size of California. Chile also includes two islands: Juan Fernandez Islands and Easter Island. Chile is a land of diverse landscape. It does have a relatively nice climate, even though there are some harsh climates in the Andes Mountains. These mountains cover a third of the country and there are more then fifty active…

Yann Martel’s Life of Pi documents the life of a young man who survives 227 days adrift the vast Pacific Ocean with a tiger on a life boat. Piscine Molitar Patel (Pi for short), was a simple but bright young man who was born to an Indian family. While growing up in Pondicherry India, Pi’s father maintained and operated a zoo, where he was let to roam the zoo and interact with animals and staff. Yet, due to India’s Political unrest, Pi’s family decided to move to Canada and in order to do so they…

Japan. The Volcano Island, Iwo Jima was selected with about 575 miles of the Japanese coast. In fact, the alight of three Marine divisions on February 19, 1945, with the previous naval bombing was the Battle of Iwo Jima as knowing the Battle of the Pacific War. The underground installations constructed by the Japanese men with around 23,000 in it made difficult for the U.S. Navy and Marines to fight. The well-built chain of bunkers, caves and tunnels lines was tough to abolish. The Marine…

Know Your History The people of Hawaii tend to have a misconception of Hawaiian history. Hawaii's people understand a history of Hawaii but not the correct one because of the denationalization of our people. Denationalization is the term used in the law but it means the same thing as “brain washed” and it is the same method the Germans used in World War II. The Germans used it against the Jewish people to wipe out the population of Jewish people. We need to understand that the goal now is not to…

Christian Chin ISS 1:30 Saculla October 7, 2015 Tahitian Warfare Tahitian culture had many unique traditions that help make up their culture. They also use a lot of unusual or distinctive tactics to some activities or traditions. Some things that make up the Tahitian culture are things we do or see everyday but differs from how they did it before. Some of these activities were marriage, fishing, agriculture, and warfare. In war they used different strategies, weapons, clothing, and…

If I had the opportunity to go anywhere in the world, it would be the Virgin Islands. The Virgin Islands and Texas are the exact opposite of one another. Texas unlike the Virgin Islands is filled with dead scorched lands. It is very rare one gets a chance to be able to see crystal clear water with all sorts of green exotic vegetation and wildlife. One condition is that if I were to go my family would also go. I have always told my parents that someday I will be able to repay them back for…