Nerodia Sipedon Sipedon, also known as the Northern watersnake is the most common water snake in all of North America. These non-venomous snakes can grow anywhere between two and four feet and are typically tan or grey in colour. It is common for them to have dark brown or black stripes leading horizontally down the body. As snakes get older, they are often a solid dark brown or black colour10. This is how juveniles are distinguishable from adults. Due to these distinct colour schemes, the northern
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Like a pearl well hidden in its oyster, tucked away at the center of the island, there is a jewel. Camaguey, the largest eastern-central of provinces in Cuba, and its Provincial Museum, treasures, surprisingly, the second most important art collection in Cuba, after Havana’s Museum of Fine Arts. Its origins are owed to a group of Camaguey natives and art enthusiasts that dedicated themselves, in the 1940’s, to create a space where the region’s cultural future would be firmly rooted in a solid and
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Although the United States claimed it was acting to suppress the African Slave Trade, in reality, its actions aided in the growth of the trade. Due to a small force, limited funding, refusal to work with Great Britain, diverse duties, lenient punishments, and a lack of value placed on the duty of suppressing the slave trade, Americans allowed more slave ships to pass by than they caught. The benefits of sailing under an American flag far outweighed the potential consequences of getting caught, which
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Review of Haiti’s Monetary Sector and Gross Domestic Product The country of Haiti was originally from an Indian word meaning “high land”. Haiti is known to own up to its name due to the land being covered in about four-fifths with mountains. According to “Haiti”, there are three mountain ranges which run east to west, and separate the country into valleys and fecund plains known as Massif du Nord, Massif de la Hotte, and Massif de la Salle. Stated in “The World Book of Encyclopedia”, “the country
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The Transatlantic slave is a profit-making system promoting the capture and selling of enslaved Africans that connected three continents: Europe, Africa, and the Americas. This system was highly practiced and started in the 18th century. Portugal is the first European country to start the abduction and auctioning of Africans. Europe This colonization, genocide, and subjugate of the African continent lasted roughly four centuries! The slaves were taken away from their homes, family, and life to be
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So, they were utilized in the development of the Caribbean islands instead. Initially, the use of Native Americans as a source of labor proved unsatisfactory due to their lack of immunity to European diseases as well as their immense knowledge of the American countryside. African slaves, who persevered through
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The country of Haiti gained independence in 1804 it is geographically located in the Caribbean Sea and its capital is Port-au-Prince. The official languages are Haitian Creole and French. Haiti shares a border with the Dominican Republic located to the east. The country’s system of governance is a republic. Based on numerous economic reports and modeling tools such as The World Bank, Transparency International, and the U.S. State Department among others. Haiti consistently ranks as one of the poorest
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The Republic of Guyana is a beautiful country where is near the Atlantic and locate at South America. It is rich in water resources and fed thousands of people who are from different ethnic groups. A girl, Ameisha Sammy, who has the beautiful black eyes, just grew up in that wonderland. Include the beautiful and natural environment, the circumstance where Ameisha Sammy grew up was pure ness, since she attended into the mission school, which named St. Mary's school, accompanied with her spending the
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Unforgettable Experience People all over the world have problems deciding where to spend their vacations. People always want to find places that offer a variety of activities for vacationers. Out there are places that connect to something primal from within; countries that just have a magical atmosphere that can satisfy everyone. This is the case of Colombia with its beautiful cities, such as Bogota for people who want to learn about the culture, San Andres to rest, Barranquilla to have fun, or Leticia
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The Age of Exploration A Resource to Accompany History Alive! The United States Through Industrialism Brings Learning Alive! Teachers’ Curriculum Institute 1 Introduction I n this reading, you will learn about the Age of Exploration. This period of discovery lasted from about 1418 to 1620. During this time, European explorers made many daring voyages that changed world history. A major reason for these voyages was the desire to find sea routes to east Asia, which Europeans called
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