Civilization On The Eastern Island Summary

“Volcanic and seismic events are major pieces of evidence towards proving that plate tectonics theory is valid’ Discuss the extent to which you agree with this statement (40 marks)

The article “Nutria, Eating Louisiana’s Coast” goes into great detail about nutria rats and their effects on the Louisiana area. It also presents the reader with facts that prove what the author is explaining.

The article “The Island in the Wind” written by Elizabeth Kolbert shows that an island can generate clean electricity for its entire population, and hopes the world can too. On the Danish island of Samso lives a population of people who have learned the importance of their environment. In a decade they have switched from being an entirely coal and fossil fuel run island, to producing all of their energy from wind on their own island. Not only are they producing all of their energy yet they are yielding so much that they can export energy to other areas. “ By 2001, fossil-fuel use on Samso had been cut in half. By 2003, instead of importing electricity, the island was exporting it, and by 2005 it was producing from renewable sources more energy

The people of Hawaii and other Pacific Island Nation groups have experienced great injustice from their colonial powers and the acts of imperialism. Lands were seized, cultural practices banned, language lost, and people were even forced to move away from their homes for the purpose of bomb testing. The United States and other countries abroad sent out representatives to do their work for them; in return their future actions would be justified in describing the Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders as savages that need to have wider powers enforced upon them; thus resulting in a tangled web of political mythologies.

1. How important is it for the peitioners to obtain land on Edisto Island, as oposed to elsewhere in the country?

COLLAPSE by Jared Diamond attempts to answer the question, “What caused some of the great civilizations of the past to collapse into ruin, and what can we learn from their fates?”

There are more resources out farther west that we are excluding from our imperialism. Islands in the pacific have rich untouched resources that we can be taking advantage of. Not only resources but land that we can protect are our country from with military bases scattered across the pacific. Our enemies will have an extremely hard time getting through the minefield of military bases. With these resources and advantages. We could have a huge growth in economy and power. As a country, we should seriously consider moving further west beyond the coast because we would get rich untouched resources, military advantages, and have a huge growth in power and money.

People have long used forests as a source of food, wood, medicine, and recreation. When forests are lost, they can no longer provide these resources. Instead people must find other places to get these goods and services.

The mongoose failed to remove the black rat population was because of how its a predator to similar animals as the black rat. Yes, the problem was solved as the mongooses sometimes caught the rats, but like I said before they were predators to the same animals and reduced the population for them even more, which was a problem that the hawaiian plantation owners were trying to solve. This was proven in paragraph seven when it was stated that ¨It's not that the mongooses became friends with the rats. They still ate a bunch of them. But mongooses are not too different from most other animals: they go for the easy meal. ¨ This was explaining how they did solve part of the problem, but for the most part just added to it and made it worse.

Many powerboaters and sailors of the waters of the Gulf Islands are familiar with Thetis Island’s two most prominent land features – Moore Hill and Burchell Hill. An exciting and ambitious project would see a new 16 hectare nature reserve on the slope of Burchell Hill, the high point on the west side of the island. Thetis Islanders chose the whimsical name Fairyslipper Forest Nature Reserve for the site, named after the fairyslipper orchid that dots the forest floor with its pink blooms every spring.

Trobriand Islanders were ancestral occupants of the eastern coasts of Papua, New Guinea. They mostly practiced horticulture and had a matrilineal social structure (Weiner, 1988). Trobriand consisted of four main islands namely, Kiriwina, Kaileuna, Vukata and Kitava. The weather was humid and hot throughout the year, with frequent rainfall. The French and Germans were the first Europeans to settle on the island (Weiner, 1988). The leadership system was very competitive. The most powerful and wealthy men was declared chiefs and led their respective communities.

The children living on these islands and the inhabitants on the islands see these rats on a daily basis. I believe that these people didn’t care if this species was identified. If I grew up living with a species of animal everyday I wouldn’t know if it was known or not. I would see this animal on a daily basis and not have known the difference between a identified and unidentified species. These people may not have known that the Vika is an endangered species and they may not have known that the Vika was any different from the normal black rat.

This cycle would continue until the end of time, each time placing two citizens of this unusual society together, tasking them with re creating life itself. The island would slowly repopulate, and life would be vibrant on the tropical paradise. The islanders would have inherently gained important knowledge on how to survive, love each other and respect the land on which they were

Easter Island, a mysterious and intriguing land lies on Chilean territory in the South Pacific ocean. The Polynesian people discovered an island that can allow researchers and linguistics to dive in and dig up remains and stories of the past. Easter Island is an isolated historical place that boomed in population and thrived in culture. The name Easter Island was born from the first European, Jacob Roggeveen, to arrive on Easter Sunday in the year 1722. The islander’s culture left a legacy that was important enough to get into the history books and minds of many. Easter Island is commonly known for the home of giant Moai stones that tourists today visit in awe. Few people understand the history of the Polynesian settlers that created many

The moment he stepped out of the soup, Grimmson breathed a sigh of relief and scanned what passed for civilization on Helena. The sun was down but a hint of dusty orange painted the horizon. A train sat at the train station surrounded by a flurry of activity. That was a bit of luck, maybe he could hitch a ride out of Oceanfront on it, judging from the amount of activity the train wasn’t leaving in the next few minutes. Across the street from the train station was a series of buildings of the sort that Oceanfront, and most of Helena, was made of. A mish mash of steel and sheet metal domes and single story warehouse style buildings lined both sides of the street. Helena’s strong winds lent to the practice of short squat buildings. Why