Sierra Nevada

selection increases with variability, such conditions also imply a jump in the rate of social and cultural evolution. The formation of new hierarchical social structures such as those that emerged rapidly in California Gold Rush mining towns like Nevada City and Grass Valley is implied. Political processes are also important. The emergence of political “big men” among 17th century Native Americans in southern New England, for example, appears to be a response to world-system expansion. Recent…

and the upward push of the continental crust led to the formation of the Rocky Mountains, which were once even higher than the Himalayas. The conflict between these plates were buckling, which caused the formation of mountain ranges such as the Sierra Nevada as well. These mountains eventually eroded and were covered with seawater. (Callen) The uplifting explains the reason why limestone is prominent in the uppermost level of the Grand Canyon. Marine animal skeletons create limestone through…

shocking parts of the shootings to occur and within her writing, I almost could feel her pain from the tragedy. To “A Windstorm in the Forest” by John Muir as it brought me back to memories of living in California and the times spent within the Sierra Nevada Mountains that I had stored away, as he described sensor’ that seemed lost and forgot in my mind and yet while reading his words, I felt like I was in seventh heaven back to summers of hiking and climbing off my youth. Yet my favorite to…

same artworks that I saw them when I came first time, but this time I feel I know more about the artworks now. I knew each of the artworks have different theme, subject and meaning. This is oil on canvas painting called Passing Storm over the Sierra Nevadas made by artist Albert Bierstadt during 1870. This panting’s color schemes is polychromatic. It contains different hues such as green, yellow, and blue. Those hues that used on the painting are cool. Also there are secondary colors. The…

From the very beginning, California has been a place associated with uniqueness and great diversity. It has been said that within the confines of California can be found much of the best and worst of all forty-nine other states combined. Large scale migration has greatly contributed to the phenomenon, as has the diverse climate of the state. Consequently, it is safe to say that California has something to offer to every single person. What makes California so different from the rest of the…

The manifest destination during the nineteenth century was the beliefs of an expansion of the American power. The acquisition of other national territories or lands brought some several factors involving the expansion of economic growth that would lead the United States to become one of the most powerful countries in the world. One of the most significant events during the period of manifest destination was when California, which once it had been a territory of Mexico, became a state of the…

result of prevailing global distribution of air pressure and winds causing deserts to form in places such as Africa, Arabia, and Australia (Lutgens, Tarbuck, Tasa, pg.136, 2014). In other parts of the world such as North America, barriers like the Sierra Nevada and Cascades mountains prevent moisture laden clouds from reaching interior regions (Lutgens, Tarbuck, Tasa, pg.138,…

. The background of the painting is borrowed form Albert Bierstadt’s Among the Sierra Nevada Mountains, California which was done in 1868. Bierstadt’s painting depicts a serine, dream-like, empty landscape, what appears as if Bierstadt is the first human to ever set foot there. These types of landscape paintings were not uncommon in the mid nineteenth century, with many artists depicting North America as an empty, unclaimed land that was waiting to be discovered and colonized by European…

I believe our school system is being broke to pieces because we are not being taught what we need to know to move on in life. We may have graduated high school but that doesn 't mean we know how to pay taxes, or buy a car, or how to do a resume. Unless you had a class that taught you how to cook other than a microwave or do well in an interview, you probably aren 't set up for your future. Most schools have taken out these classes that are basically a "Life 101". If you ask a senior "what 's our…

progressively futile? McCandless had been out in Alaskan Wild for more than three months and much longer travelled around the US, partially living in similar or even worse conditions when he we was travelling around the Southwest of the US, for instance (Sierra Nevada, California and especially Arizona). Thus, I do not comprehend the word choice of futile to report about the story of a human who had died only a day before the publication. McCandless being desperate does not make him survival…