Slash and burn

Shakira woke me up the next morning, and not the singer Shakira. No, it was a girl with curly blonde hair, nude matte lips, and brown eyes laced with so much mascara that they looked like cricket legs. Her name is Mara Shakira, after the celebrity, which is why she insists on everyone calling her so. She came at around noon, give or take when the rest of us were still snoring from our escapade the night before. Surprisingly, once the nuns found out it was Dahlia, and her little group, who…

Widespread economic growth along with globalization have led to negative environmental impacts that are getting out of hand. Deforestation is occurring all over the world to make room for agriculture and plantations that are feeding the growing demand for products such as beef or palm oil. Forests have often been referred to as the “Earth’s lungs.” The reason for this is because of the forest’s ability to take in carbon dioxide from the world’s atmosphere and through the process of…

4. What factors characterized the interactions of “civilized, settled” societies which were nomadic? Look at the Huns, Vikings, and the Mongols. In what ways did they values of these societies differ? Thier social structure? Thier treatment of women? Look at them in comparison to the societies they threatened such as the Romans, Charlemagne 's France, and the Kievan Russians. The societies throughout history that are settled contrast much, but not too extensively from nomadic societies. The…

also increases. The forest is cleared every day to expand for more land to be used for cattle and crops. The most efficient way for farmers to clear forests is to use fire to burn the trees, but as a result the blaze often spreads to nearby areas and leads to uncontrollable forest fires that can only be stopped by letting it burn out. Even worse, cattle pastures take up about 80 percent of the deforested areas in the Amazon, and because of this innumerable amount of cattle, there is excessive…

Mayan Civilizations The Mayan civilization had great historical significance, it was one of the most advanced and innovative civilizations in our world 's history.they were a civilization that thrived for many years and during that time made progress in numerous areas “The Mayan ruins testify to a civilization which was more sophisticated than its contemporaries in the West. The Mayans are the 'Greeks of the New World, ' …They also reveal their advanced knowledge in mathematics, the biological…

1. Although slavery proved to be a major cause of the Civil War, several other factors contributed to the war between Northern and Southern States. The issue of states’ rights became a secondary cause for the Civil War. Southern politicians like John C. Calhoun contended that the states should be able to protect the institution of slavery by canceling out any laws that the Federal Government tried to pass that were unconstitutional. The issue of state’s rights as the cause of the Civil War is…

THESIS: Tongan and Iroquois political and social organization were different in several ways. Tongan political organization was by chiefdom, and social structure was through rank stratification divided by genealogical relationships of the primarily patrilineal line. The Iroquois’ political system was by tribe, and the societal organization was egalitarian with clans as matrilineal. Both are similar because of the heavy impact of European culture on both societies. European influence changed the…

The Rosewood Massacre began as many hate crimes of the 1920’s era. The name Rosewood refers to the color of freshly cut cedar and has its own baseball team, a masonic temple and a few hundred residents. The black and the white residents commuted to Sumner for work where jobs could be found in several turpentine mills. Despite their segregated nature, the town of Rosewood and Sumner got along for most of their history without any violent incidents.One morning on January 1, 1923 in a…

Tree(s) of Life The folk hero Johnny Appleseed is known for planting hundreds of trees across the North American frontier, but few know that this story is more fact than fiction. His real name was John Chapman, and for forty years he traveled from Philadelphia to Ohio, scavenging apple seeds from cider mills which he would eventually plant in scattered locations across the country (Means 82). Thanks to certain homestead acts which considered his trees to be land stakes, it is estimated Chapman…

Living in an advanced modern society, it is hard to believe that civilizations are capable of collapse. Many think that the rise of civilization is an impressive feat. However, in Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, Jared Diamond outlines the five main factors that cause an entire civilization to fall. The Maya collapse is an example of a society that characterizes four of these factors. The first of these main factors is environmental damage that the inhabitants inflict upon…