Why does Iceland have no ice and Greenland has ice? Even though their names sound backwards, Iceland is greener and Greenland is icier. Iceland stays warmer because a warm ocean current (the Gulf Stream) flows past it, so plants can grow and only a small part is covered in ice. Greenland is much farther north…
The question that I will be solving in this essay is why was the Berlin Wall built in the first place and what made it fall. After doing research I have come to find out that the wall was built because people were leaving for the West. “The wall was eventually built in 1961 because…
Can machines think? AI is the ability to perform tasks with human intelligence such as learning and problem solving with computers and machines. IBM mentions: “Its natural language and its vast knowledge base allows it to answer complex questions quickly and accurately.” AI has made huge advancements over many years of trial and error. The…
Slavery in the 20th century affected America today from racism that still lasts today. It is affecting America because the past slavery influenced people today to be racist. Today African-Americans are not as wealthy and not that smart and are in the poorer parts of cities where the crime rate is high. Some white people…
During World War II, Japanese soldiers were taught to die for the Emperor. They believed he was the descendant of a goddess in turn which plays a major role in State Shinto. At a young age they were taught that loyalty and sacrifice were the most important things a soldier could provide to the country…
On December 1903, two brothers, Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first successful powered airplane. Their invention changed how everyone travels around the world. Before their flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, many inventors had tried and failed to build a working airplane. What made the Wright Brothers different was their studying. They watched how…
In 1945 the United States bombed Japan, the first bomb was dropped in Hiroshima on August 6th and killed about 120,000 people. Then on August 9th the other bomb was dropped in Nagasaki and killed about 70,000 people. The bombs were super strong and took a lot of damage. The United States wanted the war…
The Hitler youth group was a group in Nazi Germany for kids and teens. It was made to teach them to follow Hitler and believe what the Nazis said. It started in the 1920s and got pretty big when Hitler became the dictator of Germany in 1933. By 1936, all the kids had either joined…
Why aren’t Russia and the U.S are friends and what would have happened to Alaska if it had started? The Cold War started due to a combination and a long period of ideological, political, and military tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union. The war lasted about 45 years 1947 to 1991. The…
According to the United Nations Scientific Committee they said “The Chernobyl nuclear accident on April 26, 1986, was the worst in nuclear power history and destroyed the reactor, releasing a lot of radioactive material. It happened during a safety test to see if the turbines could power the cooling system after a blackout, but things…