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Laura Monterrosa

Widespread destruction from Japan earthquake, tsunamis - CNN - 0 views

  • The 8.9-magnitude temblor, which was centered near the east coast of Japan, killed hundreds of people, caused the formation of 30-foot walls of water that swept across rice fields, engulfed entire towns, dragged houses onto highways, and tossed cars and boats like toys. Some waves reached six miles (10 kilometers) inland in Miyagi Prefecture on Japan's east coast.
  • Hundreds more people were missing, Japanese media reported, citing local and national police. Tens of thousands of people were displaced, according to Japan's Kyodo News Agency
  • The quake, which struck at 2:46 p.m. (12:46 a.m. ET), prompted the U.S. National Weather Service to issue tsunami warnings for at least 50 countries and territories.
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  • Six million households, more than 10% of the total in Japan, were without electricity, said Japan's ambassador to the United States, Ichiro Fujisaki.
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    The  earthquake had a massive magnitude of 8.9, it was centered near the east coast of japan, it killed over 300 people and there are more than 300 missing bodies missing. six million houses in japan had no electricity, thats a little bit more than 10% of the Japanese population.
Pao Molina

Francisco Pizarro Biography - Facts, Birthday, Life Story - Biography.com - 1 views

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      Conquer the inca city of cusco. Pizarro founded the capital city of Peru (lima)
  • Francisco Pizarro was born circa 1474 in Trujillo, Spain. In 1526 he traveled to Peru and received permission to claim the land for Spain. Pizarro took the Inca leader
  • Atahualpa hostage, had him killed, and then conquered the Inca city of Cuzco. He founded Lima, now the capital of Peru. Pizarro was assassinated by Spanish political rivals in 1541. Contents Synopsis Profile
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  • Explorer, soldier, conquistador.
  • Pizarro formed a partnership with Diego de Almagro. They travel to Peru in 1526 and then returned to get permission to claim the land for Spain.
  • he discovered the Pacific Ocean.
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    Pizarro took the Ica leader Atahualpa hostage and had him killed and the conquered the Inca city of Cuzco. p
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    "Francisco Pizarro was born circa 1474 in Trujillo, Spain. In 1526 he traveled to Peru and received permission to claim the land for Spain. Pizarro took the Inca leader Atahualpa hostage, had him killed, and then conquered the Inca city of Cuzco. He founded Lima, now the capital of Peru. Pizarro was assassinated by Spanish political rivals in 1541."
luca pavo

Pedro de Alvarado - 0 views

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  • This is a beta version of NNDB Search: All Names Living people Dead people Band Names Book Titles Movie Titles Full Text for Pedro de AlvaradoBorn: c. 1495Birthplace: Badajoz, Castile, SpainDied: 4-Jul-1541Location of death: Nochistlan Peak, MexicoCause of death: Accident - FallGender: MaleReligion: Roman CatholicRace or Ethnicity: WhiteOccupation: MilitaryNationality: SpainExecutive summary: Spanish conqueror of AmericasOne of the Spanish leaders in the discovery and conquest
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    One of the Spanish leaders in the discovery and conquest of America, born at Badajoz about 1495. He held a command in the expedition sent from Cuba against Yucatan in the spring of 1518, and returned in a few months, bearing reports of the wealth and splendour of Montezuma's empire. In February 1519 he accompanied Hernando Cortes in the expedition for the conquest of Mexico, 
prettylittleliars1 whatever

Conquistador - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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    the conquistadors were like soldiers  or explorers that make a long journey just to find gold and be powerful .Most of conquistadors are cruel and mean to the natives and killed a lot of innocent people  just because they dont want to do what they told them.Also they destroy many civilisations and killed all people in it .
banana milshake

BBC News - Japan earthquake: Tsunami hits north-east - 1 views

  • Japan's most powerful earthquake since records began has struck the north-east coast, triggering a massive tsunami.
  • A state of emergency has been declared at a nuclear power plant, where pressure has exceeded normal levels.
  • Officials say 350 people are dead and about 500 missing
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  • The biggest waves of more than 6-7ft (about 2m) were recorded near California's Crescent City
  • The quake was the fifth-largest in the world since 1900 and nearly 8,000 times stronger than the one which devastated Christchurch
  • A 10m wave struck Sendai, deluging farmland and sweeping cars across the airport's runway. Fires broke out in the centre of the city.
  • "This is the kind of earthquake that hits once every 100 years," said restaurant worker Akira Tanaka.
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      this tells us that the tsunami on japan is even more powerful than the one that was on thailand over 5 years ago,
  • Japan's most powerful earthquake since records began has struck the north-east coast, triggering a massive tsunami.
  • A state of emergency has been declared at a nuclear power plant, where pressure has exceeded normal levels.
  • Officials say 350 people are dead and about 500 missing, but it is feared the final death toll will be much higher.
  • The quake was the fifth-largest in the world since 1900 and nearly 8,000 times stronger than the one which devastated Christchurch, New Zealand, last month, said scientists. Thousands of people living near the Fukushima nuclear power plant have been ordered to evacuate.
  • Measured at 8.9 by the US Geological Survey, it struck at 1446 local time (0546 GMT) at a depth of about 24km. The tsunami rolled across the Pacific at 800km/h (500mph) - as fast as a jetliner - before hitting Hawaii and the US West Coast, but there were no reports of major damage from those regions.
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    this is a video of the tsunsmi in japan 
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    Japan's most powerful earthquake has left 350 people dead and 500 missing.
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    This tsunami is one of the most powerful earth has ever seen ever since the past tsunami on Thailand over 5 years ago. The most affected part was the north-east cost as it was nearer the ocean, there are about 500 missing bodies, and the probabilities that they are alive are pretty low, and the dead are 350.
adriana serrano

Effects of Tsunamis - 0 views

  • Tsunamis are some of the most devastating natural disasters known to man.
  • For most people who live in land the greatest threat is from overflowing rivers and creeks.
  • A tsunami has all of these detrimental effects plus the added destructive power crashing waves.
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  • As you many know a tsunami is caused by a strong earthquake on the ocean bed. The vibrations travel through the water traveling sometimes thousands of kilometers.
  • The immediate destruction is only the beginning of the damage.
  • On December 24, 2004, a massive 9.2 earthquake occurred of the islan
  • of Sumatra. It created a deadly series of tsunamis that swept Indonesia, India, Madagascar, and Ethiopia.
  • The water level becomes shallower causing the waves caused by the earthquake to compress and combine. This is what creates the massive and destructive waves that cause so much destruction.
  • devastating natural disasters known to man.
  • sweep away people, causing them to drown.
  • lot of damage
  • on the ocean bed
  • tsunami is caused by a strong earthquake
  • water traveling sometimes thousands of kilometers.
  • its true destructive power as it approaches land
  • massive and destructive waves that cause so much destruction.
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    what are the effects of a tsunami !!!
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    The tsunamis are some of the most devastating natural disasters for the humans. They sweep people and drown them and sometimes they are injured.
alex llerena

BBC - Primary History - World War 2 - Daily life - 1 views

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      Here it explains why people had to write letters to their families.
  • Not every home had a phone (and there were no mobile phones). Pay-phones in red 'telephone boxes' did not always work after air raids, because of bombs. To keep in touch, people wrote letters. Evacuees wrote postcards and letters home. Men and women in the Forces wrote home too. The sight of a messenger hurrying to a door with a telegram made people feel anxious. Telegrams often brought sad news - that someone had been killed in an air raid or in a bat
  • Friends and Neighbours With many parents away or at work, children were often left to look after themselves. They played in fields or in the street. Street games were safer than they would be today, because there were so few cars. Children helped clear up after air raids. They ran errands to the 'corner shop'. Older children looked after younger ones. Often neighbours and grandparents helped too. Many families were 'bombed out' (their homes were damaged by bombs). When this happened, neighbours offered food and beds, and lent clothes or furniture.
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  • A wartime kitchen. This lady's name was Mrs Haslet and she lived in London. She was photographed cooking a meal on her gas cooker.
  • This photo shows how blackout curtains fitted behind ordinary curtains. The girl in this 1943 photo was Doreen Buckner, then aged 7.
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      here a girl is showing that behind her normal curtains there is a black curtain to protect her...
  • On 10 October 1940, Princess Elizabeth (now Queen Elizabeth II) spoke on the radio to children in the Commonwealth. Beside her is her
  • On 10 October 1940, Princess Elizabeth (now Queen Elizabeth II) spoke on the radio to children in the Commonwealth. Beside her is her
  • h II) spoke on the radio to children in the Commonwealth. Beside her is her
  • eth (now Queen Elizabeth II) spoke on the radio to children in the Co
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    a description of how they wrote the letters and also the description of The wartime kitchen
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    the wartime kitchen
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    This picture told people what to do if there was an air raid.
emmag 1099

The Aztecs for Kids - Spanish Arrival and Quetzalcoatl, the Aztec god of night - 0 views

  • In 1519, the Spanish conquistador, Hernan Cortes, sailed from Europe to land in what is now Mexico. After a difficult journey inland, Cortes and his men entered the Aztec capital city and met , the Aztec leader. Normally, the Spanish adventurers would have been captured and sacrificed immediately, because that is what the Aztecs did to invaders.  But the Spanish were lucky. They were allowed to enter the city, and welcomed as valued guests, all because of an old legend. This legend told of the god Quetzalcoatl. The Aztecs believed that the god of night had defeated Quetzalcoatl in a game of tlachtli. As the winner, the god of night could decide what to do with Quetzalcoatl. The god of night decided to banish Quetzalcoatl to the East. Quetzalcoatl had no choice but to leave. He vowed that some day he would return, when the end of the world was near, to save his people. The Aztecs were always worried that the end of the world was always near. That's why they sacrificed so many people. They wanted to keep their gods very happy, so they could save their people. When the Spanish arrived from the East, the Aztecs believed that Quetzalcoatl had kept his promise and had returned. They treated the Spanish as if they were gods. 
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    they went to mexico. They entered the aztec capital city and met the aztec emperor 
Laura Monterrosa

Japan News - Earthquake, Tsunami and Nuclear Crisis (2011) - 0 views

  • March 2011
  • The earthquake and tsunami led to soul searching in a nation already worn down by two lost decades of economic growth, a rapidly aging and now shrinking population, political paralysis and the rapid rise of its longtime rival, China.
  • Naoto Kan, who had failed to galvanize Japan after the disaster and was forced to resign.
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  • August 2011
  • This generated negative publicity, especially in South Korea and China. 
  • n December, Mr. Noda announced that technicians had regained control of reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, declaring an end to the world’s worst nuclear disaster since Chernoybl.
  • But for many of the people of Fukushima, the crisis is far from over. More than 160,000 people remain displaced, and even as the government lifts evacuation orders for some communities, many are refusing to return home.
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    this page gives information about the tsunami on japan, on march.11
wendy wanda

2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami: real-time board - 0 views

  • The earthquake was caused by subduction and triggered a series of devastating tsunamis along the coasts of most landmasses bordering the Indian Ocean, killing over 230,000 people in fourteen countries,
  • It was one of the deadliest natural disasters in recorded history.
  • With a magnitude of Mw 9.1–9.3, it is the third largest earthquake ever recorded on a seismograph.
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    the killer wave in Thailand was caused by subduction and was one of the must devastating tsunami having 9.1-9.3  of magnitude killing over 230,000 people in fourteen countries
andrew abraham

Tsunami - India - 0 views

  • The earthquake and resulting tsunami in the Indian Ocean on December 26th, 2004 had a devastating effect on India. According to the Indian government, almost 11,000 people died in the tsunami and over 5,000 are missing and feared dead
  • is expected to cost more than 1.2 billion dollars
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    The earthquake and resulting tsunami in the Indian Ocean on December 26th, 2004 had a devastating effect on India. According to the Indian government, almost 11,000 people died in the tsunami and over 5,000 are missing and feared dead.Is expected to cost more than 1.2 billion dollars.The areas hardest hit by the tsunami were the southeastern coasts.  http://academic.evergreen.edu/g/grossmaz/cramerbd/tsunami_map.jpg
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    The earthquake was 9.0 magnitude in the epicenter.
kevana mcgough

World War II - History.com Articles, Video, Pictures and Facts - 0 views

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      world war 2 was brutal
  • The instability created in Europe by the First World War (1914-18) set the stage for another international conflict–World War II–which broke out two decades later and would prove even more devastating. Rising to power in an economically and politically unstable Germany, Adolf Hitler and his National Socialist (Nazi Party) rearmed the nation and signed strategic treaties with Italy and Japan to further his ambitions of world domination. Hitler's invasion of Poland in September 1939 drove Great Britain and France to declare war on Germany, and World War II had begun. Over the next six years, the conflict would take more lives and destroy more land and property around the globe than any previous war. Among the estimated 45-60 million people killed were 6 million Jews murdered in Nazi concentration camps as part of Hitler's diabolical "Final Solution," now known as the Holocaust.
  • The instability created in Europe by the First World War (1914-18) set the stage for another international conflict–World War II–which broke out two decades later and would prove even more devastating. Rising to power in an economically and politically unstable Germany, Adolf Hitler and his National Socialist (Nazi Party) rearmed the nation and signed strategic treaties with Italy and Japan to further his ambitions of world domination. Hitler's invasion of Poland in September 1939 drove Great Britain and France to declare war on Germany, and World War II had begun. Over the next six years, the conflict would take more lives and destroy more land and property around the globe than any previous war. Among the estimated 45-60 million people killed were 6 million Jews murdered in Nazi concentration camps as part of Hitler's diabolical "Final Solution," now known as the Holocaust.
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  • rnational conflict–World War II–which broke out two decades later and would prove even more devastating. Rising to pow
  • The instability created in Europe by the First World War (1914-18) set the stage for another international conflict–World War II–which broke out two decades later and would prove even more devastating. Rising to power in an economically and politically unstable Germany, Adolf Hitler and his National Socialist (Nazi Party) rearmed the nation and signed strategic treaties with Italy and Japan to further his ambitions of world domination. Hitler's invasion of Poland in September 1939 drove Great Britain and France to declare war on Germany, and World War II had begun. Over the next six years, the conflict would take more lives and destroy more land and property around the globe than any previous war. Among the estimated 45-60 million people killed were 6 million Jews murdered in Nazi concentration camps as part of Hitler's diabolical "Final Solution," now known as the Holocaust.
emmag 1099

Hernán Cortés Biography - Facts, Birthday, Life Story - Biography.com - 0 views

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      Hernan cortes was born in 1845 he was a spanish conquistador who overthrew the aztec empire (1519-1521)and won mexico for the crown of spain.He set sail at the age 19 and continued to led expeditions to cuba and later mexico.
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      Cortes became allies with some of the native people he encountered,but with others he used deadly force to conquer mexico.He fought tlaxacan and cholula warriors and then set his eyes on taking over the aztec empire.
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      Born in 1485 Fight to death with the tlaxacan and cholulas  While conquering the aztecs he sent more expeditions to what now is called "honduras"
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    Born in 1485 Fight to death with the tlaxacan and cholulas  While conquering the aztecs he sent more expeditions to what now is called "honduras"
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    he took 500 men and 11 ships to his voyage 
florence palomo

Holocaust Survivors - Their Stories - 0 views

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    experiences from the people in the holocaust
fernando argumedo

ww2_coventry_after_blitz.jpg 835×465 pixels - 0 views

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    Photo of Coventry, after the air raid of 14 November 1940. People walk through the ruins of their city.
Pao Molina

BBC - Primary History - World War 2 - Wartime homes - 0 views

  • Homes in the 1940s Many children in the 1940s lived in small houses or flats. In towns, many people lived in small terraced houses. There were blocks of flats too, though not as tall as the 'tower blocks' built after the war. A typical family house had a sitting room and kitchen, with two or three bedrooms upstairs. Not all houses had bathrooms or indoor toilets. Many houses had windows stuck over with paper tape. In an air raid, the blast-force of a bomb exploding could shatter windows along a street. Tape across the windows stopped the glass shattering into thousands of pieces, and causing injuries.
luca pavo

Alvarado, Pedro de - Infoplease.com - 0 views

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    "He went to Hispaniola (1510), sailed in the expedition (1518) of Juan de Grijalva, and was the chief lieutenant of Hernán Cortés in the conquest of Mexico. He commanded at Tenochtitlán in the absence of Cortés, and his brutality provoked a brief native rebellion."
Cxooper Stark

Japan Nuclear Plant Rocked By Second Blast, Nuclear Rods Likely Melting - 0 views

  • The second hydrogen explosion in three days rocked a Japanese nuclear plant
  • system
  • left at least 10,000 people dead.
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  • A similar explosion occurred Saturday at the plant's Unit 1, injuring four workers, causing mass evacuations and destroying much of the outer building.
  • A similar explosion occurred Saturday at the plant's Unit 1, injuring four workers, causing mass evacuations and destroying much of the outer building.
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    this page shows how many deaths and inguries occured douring the tsunami
cleo patra

Asian Tsunami Disaster - StartSpot.com Feature - 0 views

  • On Dec. 26, a massive earthquake rattled the seabed off the western coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra.
  • The affected region extends from Malaysia, Thailand and Burma in the east to Somalia and Kenya in the west.
  • Tens of thousands of people were killed by the waves.
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  • Thousands more are still missing.
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      hi tsunami japan !!!!!!
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    2004 Huge earthquake hits the Indonesian island of Sumatra.
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