Geographical Aspects
Zimbabwe’s topography is different across the country, but is generally flat. The highest point lies at 8,514 feet, which is Mount Inyangani. The lowest point stands where Rundi and Save Rivers meet. “This is at an altitude of 531 feet above sea level.” (Sheehan 2004: 16) Also, within Zimbabwe there is a great plateau which is a major part of southern Africa. It is made up of 3 parts, the High Veld, Middle Veld, and the Low Veld. The High Veld consists of an enormous hump which runs 400 miles up and down (North and South), and extends 50 miles across (East and West). “The Middle Veld stands at an elevation of 2,000 to 4,000 feet above sea level.” (O’Toole 1988:9) The Low Veld is a narrow strip that lies less than 2,000 feet above sea level. Then, on the eastern border o Zimbabwe, there is a set of mountain ranges. These mountains are called the Eastern Highlands. They are very important for the region’s streams and rivers because it supplies a watershed. Now, on the western region, there are the Matopo Hills and these hills are almost covered with granite rock called Kopjes. This is mainly what Zimbabwe’s land features are.
Zimbabwe is not too fond of water features, but the couple aspects play a major role in Africa. For example, first there is the Zambezi River. This river is one of the longest rivers in Africa. “It flows for 1,650 miles.” (Sheehan 2004: 9) It leads to Victoria Falls which is another example of a major water feature. Victoria Falls is a 1.25 mile wide waterfall. It has a “350-foot chasm and from so much pressure, sends smoke like spray 1,500 feet into the air.” (O’Toole 1988: 12) Finally, the last major water feature in Zimbabwe is Lake Kariba. The large man made lake is located in the Zambezi River and lies between Zambia and Zimbabwe. These are the only basic water features that take place in Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe has an average, moderate climate, but it also varies because of the altitude where you are located. With October being the warmest month, summertime takes place from September through April. Then, wintertime is from May to August, where the coldest temperatures take place within the High Veld. On a daily basis, Zimbabwe’s nights are cold and the days are warmer. These temperatures, however, never get to the extreme of hot or cold. Also, “since Zimbabwe lies just north of the Tropic of Capricorn, it might be thought of as a land of tropical heat.” (O’Toole 1988: 16-17) This is what the Zimbabwe climate is like.
Social Aspects
Zimbabwe’s culture consists of many different things. Out of the average amount of 10 million people that make of Zimbabwe, most are blacks from the groups of Shona and Ndebele. About 80 percent of the population is the Shona people and about 19 percent are part of the Ndebele. Zimbabwe has three official languages, Shona, Ndebele, and English. The most popular sport in Zimbabwe is football even though rugby and cricket are also often played. Pottery, textiles, basketry, carving, and jewelry are some traditional arts made by Zimbabweans. Also, “music is a constant presence in Zimbabwe.” (O’Toole 1988:41) These are the different cultures and traditions throughout Zimbabwe.
Agriculture in Zimbabwe’s economy is a big thing. Wild plant foods are still being eaten even though there is environmental degradation, the threats of urbanization, loss of indigenous knowledge regarding their identification, preparation and preservation and other things. Though most people eat other things, most farming products are made for the people themselves. Crops that are grown are corn, wheat, sorghum, rice, barley, coffee, peanuts, tea, potatoes, beans, and many more crops. This is the importance of agriculture in Zimbabwe.
Manufacturing is very important in Zimbabwe. It is important because “a variety of industries supply goods for everyday domestic needs, and surplus manufactured goods flow through Zimbabwe’s growing export market,” (O’Toole 1988:54) and is the greatest thing that gives people money in the country. Factories are even setting up to produce imported goods a profitable idea. This is why manufacturing is important to Zimbabweans.
Mining is the oldest industry in Zimbabwe. Since colonial times, no bottomiess gold has been found, but Zimbabwe is known for its precious metal. “In 1991, almost 600,000 ounces of fine gold had been produced in Zimbabwe.” (O’Toole 1988:56) This is how mining plays a role in Zimbabwe.
Other interesting facts about Zimbabwe’s economy are that in the Northern Hemisphere, when winter comes, many flowers grow and Zimbabwe is proudly exporting 300 tons of flowers every week. Also, with the war between Zimbabwe and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, they have taken hundreds of millions of dollars away from Zimbabwe’s economy.
Political Aspects
The government is split into many different ways. First, since Zimbabwe is divided into eight provinces, a governor is head of each province and gets help from local ministries. Also in 1987, there was a great change in Zimbabwe’s government which declared that prime minister and president of Zimbabwe were going to be combined into one office. With the politics in Zimbabwe, the Presidential Republic is lead by the President. The government controls the executive power, and also controls the legislative power with the parliament. This is how Zimbabwe’s government works.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
19: Region of Sunrise
There are thee types of regions. They are the Geographic (physical) Region, the Political Region, and the Cultural Region.
The first region is the Geographic Region. Sunrise’s largest region is North America. Then, North America is divided into smaller regions. Florida is located in the Gulf-Atlantic Coastal Plain Region. Now, Florida is divided into five geographic regions. Then, the region that Sunrise is located in is the Coastal Low Lands which is the largest geographic region located in Florida. The Coastal Low Lands is low, flat land along the coast of the peninsula. Sunrise is about ten ft. above sea level whereas near the beach it is only about four ft. above sea level.
The second region is the Political Region. The largest region of the Political Region is the United States of America which is also a nation. Then the United States of America is divided into several political units. There are 48 contiguous states, 2 fragmented states, the District of Columbia, and trust territories which means territories that we help with their government. Florida, which is the 27th state part of the United States, is then divided into 67 political units. Broward County is the political unit that Sunrise is located in. It got its name from the governor in the early 1900s, Napoleon Bonaparte Broward. Then, Broward County is divided into 31 municipalities. Sunrise is one of those municipalities.
The third and final region is the Cultural Region. Florida is divided into 3 Cultural Regions. The first region is northern Florida which is the panhandle. The second region is central Florida which is the area in change. And the third region is southern Florida which has different cosmopolitan. Cosmopolitan means all over the world. Southern Florida is where Sunrise is located. The different cultures from all over the world are from Europe, the Caribbean, and Latin America.These are the three types of regions and how Sunrise is located within them.
The first region is the Geographic Region. Sunrise’s largest region is North America. Then, North America is divided into smaller regions. Florida is located in the Gulf-Atlantic Coastal Plain Region. Now, Florida is divided into five geographic regions. Then, the region that Sunrise is located in is the Coastal Low Lands which is the largest geographic region located in Florida. The Coastal Low Lands is low, flat land along the coast of the peninsula. Sunrise is about ten ft. above sea level whereas near the beach it is only about four ft. above sea level.
The second region is the Political Region. The largest region of the Political Region is the United States of America which is also a nation. Then the United States of America is divided into several political units. There are 48 contiguous states, 2 fragmented states, the District of Columbia, and trust territories which means territories that we help with their government. Florida, which is the 27th state part of the United States, is then divided into 67 political units. Broward County is the political unit that Sunrise is located in. It got its name from the governor in the early 1900s, Napoleon Bonaparte Broward. Then, Broward County is divided into 31 municipalities. Sunrise is one of those municipalities.
The third and final region is the Cultural Region. Florida is divided into 3 Cultural Regions. The first region is northern Florida which is the panhandle. The second region is central Florida which is the area in change. And the third region is southern Florida which has different cosmopolitan. Cosmopolitan means all over the world. Southern Florida is where Sunrise is located. The different cultures from all over the world are from Europe, the Caribbean, and Latin America.These are the three types of regions and how Sunrise is located within them.
18: Place of Sunrise
Place is one of the five themes of geography. This theme includes physical and human geography.
First there is physical geography which includes land features, water features, climate, and natural vegetation of the city of Sunrise. The city of Sunrise is a flat region of land with no mountains. Sunrise may have a couple of hills or so, but no mountains. Sunrise has a water plant located in the city called the Springtree Wastewater. There are two treatment plants in this water plant. The first one used to be an 8 MGD plant, but then it got up graded to a 16 MGD plant. Then the second treatment plant used to be and old one, but they replaced the old one with a 25 MGD plant. The climate of Sunrise is almost always the same. The range of normal Sunrise temperatures is between 80 degrees to 90 degrees. Sunrise’s natural vegetation is sawgrass, palmetto bushes, etc.
Second there is human geography which is mainly about the culture. The city of Sunrise is multicultural. We have cultures such as Latin American, African American, Islamic, etc. These are the two ways Sunrise is described by in the theme place.
First there is physical geography which includes land features, water features, climate, and natural vegetation of the city of Sunrise. The city of Sunrise is a flat region of land with no mountains. Sunrise may have a couple of hills or so, but no mountains. Sunrise has a water plant located in the city called the Springtree Wastewater. There are two treatment plants in this water plant. The first one used to be an 8 MGD plant, but then it got up graded to a 16 MGD plant. Then the second treatment plant used to be and old one, but they replaced the old one with a 25 MGD plant. The climate of Sunrise is almost always the same. The range of normal Sunrise temperatures is between 80 degrees to 90 degrees. Sunrise’s natural vegetation is sawgrass, palmetto bushes, etc.
Second there is human geography which is mainly about the culture. The city of Sunrise is multicultural. We have cultures such as Latin American, African American, Islamic, etc. These are the two ways Sunrise is described by in the theme place.
17: Movement within Sunrise
Movement is one of the five themes of geography. In Sunrise there is the movement of ideas, people, and goods.
The movement of ideas has been transported to and from Sunrise. One example is telephones. The telephone company for your house telephone in Sunrise is Bell South. Bell South is a main land telephone company. There are other providers such as Vonage and Verizon. These providers are for computer telephones. Telephones aren’t just your house phone; there are also cellular devices, also known as cell phones. The providers for cell phones are Cingular, Sprint, Verizon, Nextel, Metro PCS, etc. A second example for the movement of ideas is by newspapers. The main newspapers that are sold in Sunrise and talk about the different effects and changes happening in Sunrise are the Sun-Sentinel and the Miami Herald, but there are also numerous small intercity newspapers located in Sunrise. A third example is television. There are channels that explain local news and things happening around you such as CBS, NBC, FOX, ABC, CNN, and MSNBC. A fourth and final example is by letters. When people send letters to other people they usually talk about what’s going on with them of what is going on with things around them which helps spread ideas.
The movement of people from Sunrise or to Sunrise is done in many ways. One way is by airplanes. The airport closest to Sunrise is the North Perry Airport. This airport is a little airport though, and only little jets and tiny airplanes go to and from there, but the closest major airport is the Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood Airport. From this airport all kinds of sizes of airplanes leave from and come to this airport. Another way is by car. The name brands of cars are BMW, Chevrolet, Ford, Audi, Volvo, Mitsubishi, etc. Finally there are many train stations and buses that take people on trips and to other places.
Then movement of goods is done by highways and rail systems that connect to seaports and international airports. By air, The Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International is one of the world’s top 100 airports for cargo. By sea, the closest seaport is called Port Everglades which is located in Fort Lauderdale. The connecting of interstates, highways, expressways, roads, railroads, air routes, and canals makes all of the transportation for goods possible. These are the movement of ideas, people, and goods are done within the city of Sunrise.
The movement of ideas has been transported to and from Sunrise. One example is telephones. The telephone company for your house telephone in Sunrise is Bell South. Bell South is a main land telephone company. There are other providers such as Vonage and Verizon. These providers are for computer telephones. Telephones aren’t just your house phone; there are also cellular devices, also known as cell phones. The providers for cell phones are Cingular, Sprint, Verizon, Nextel, Metro PCS, etc. A second example for the movement of ideas is by newspapers. The main newspapers that are sold in Sunrise and talk about the different effects and changes happening in Sunrise are the Sun-Sentinel and the Miami Herald, but there are also numerous small intercity newspapers located in Sunrise. A third example is television. There are channels that explain local news and things happening around you such as CBS, NBC, FOX, ABC, CNN, and MSNBC. A fourth and final example is by letters. When people send letters to other people they usually talk about what’s going on with them of what is going on with things around them which helps spread ideas.
The movement of people from Sunrise or to Sunrise is done in many ways. One way is by airplanes. The airport closest to Sunrise is the North Perry Airport. This airport is a little airport though, and only little jets and tiny airplanes go to and from there, but the closest major airport is the Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood Airport. From this airport all kinds of sizes of airplanes leave from and come to this airport. Another way is by car. The name brands of cars are BMW, Chevrolet, Ford, Audi, Volvo, Mitsubishi, etc. Finally there are many train stations and buses that take people on trips and to other places.
Then movement of goods is done by highways and rail systems that connect to seaports and international airports. By air, The Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International is one of the world’s top 100 airports for cargo. By sea, the closest seaport is called Port Everglades which is located in Fort Lauderdale. The connecting of interstates, highways, expressways, roads, railroads, air routes, and canals makes all of the transportation for goods possible. These are the movement of ideas, people, and goods are done within the city of Sunrise.
16: Location of Sunrise
There are two types of location Sunrise can be described as, relative location and absolute location.
The first way you can describe Sunrise by location is using relative location. Relative location describes the position of a place in relation to another place. So Sunrise would have a lot of relative locations. For example, Sunrise is approximately 30 miles from Miami. Another is example is that Sunrise is about 250 miles from St. Petersburg. And another example would be Sunrise is about 300 miles from Key West. Even though Sunrise has many more relative locations these are just a few.
The second way you can describe Sunrise by location is using absolute location. Absolute location defines an exact spot on Earth. If you’re defining a house you could use an address and if you are defining a city or a state you could use longitude and latitude. Since Sunrise is a city, defining its absolute location would be by using longitude and latitude. Sunrise’s longitude and latitude is 26.15170 N, 80.29791 W.
These are the two ways Sunrise can be defined by one of the five themes of geography, location.
The first way you can describe Sunrise by location is using relative location. Relative location describes the position of a place in relation to another place. So Sunrise would have a lot of relative locations. For example, Sunrise is approximately 30 miles from Miami. Another is example is that Sunrise is about 250 miles from St. Petersburg. And another example would be Sunrise is about 300 miles from Key West. Even though Sunrise has many more relative locations these are just a few.
The second way you can describe Sunrise by location is using absolute location. Absolute location defines an exact spot on Earth. If you’re defining a house you could use an address and if you are defining a city or a state you could use longitude and latitude. Since Sunrise is a city, defining its absolute location would be by using longitude and latitude. Sunrise’s longitude and latitude is 26.15170 N, 80.29791 W.
These are the two ways Sunrise can be defined by one of the five themes of geography, location.
15: Human-Environment Interaction of Sunrise
Human-Environment Interaction is one of the five themes of geography. It describes how people living and working interact with the environment in your city. The consequences of people’s interactions may be negative or positive.
In the city of Sunrise we do things that effect our and help our environment. The things that we do in Sunrise to help out our environment are that in the city of Sunrise we recycle. We recycle paper, plastic, and glass. Another way we help our environment is that we have garbage men that come and pick up our garbage from neighborhoods in Sunrise. We also effect our environment too. Our main way we effect our environment is by pollution. Many people pollute oceans because most people just think of it as a garbage can and always throw trash in it. Also the oceans are getting polluted by oil spills. When big ships full of oil setting sail they always manage to spill oil and it is really harming under water life.
In the city of Sunrise the environment also effects and helps us. One way the environment affects people is that the weather is sometimes is rainy so it may cancel many out door activities. Another way the environment effects people is that when it is kind of cold, which isn’t very often, you have to use your heater and that may cause your electric bill to rise. Some of the ways that the environment helps us is that since it is not very cold at all in Sunrise, Florida then we don’t have to go and buy all of these thick heavy clothes for when it is cold and buy close for when it is hot. Another way that the environment helps us is that the environment helps us make food for the people living in Sunrise and other places.
These are the ways that people help and effect the environment and also how the environment helps and effects people.
In the city of Sunrise we do things that effect our and help our environment. The things that we do in Sunrise to help out our environment are that in the city of Sunrise we recycle. We recycle paper, plastic, and glass. Another way we help our environment is that we have garbage men that come and pick up our garbage from neighborhoods in Sunrise. We also effect our environment too. Our main way we effect our environment is by pollution. Many people pollute oceans because most people just think of it as a garbage can and always throw trash in it. Also the oceans are getting polluted by oil spills. When big ships full of oil setting sail they always manage to spill oil and it is really harming under water life.
In the city of Sunrise the environment also effects and helps us. One way the environment affects people is that the weather is sometimes is rainy so it may cancel many out door activities. Another way the environment effects people is that when it is kind of cold, which isn’t very often, you have to use your heater and that may cause your electric bill to rise. Some of the ways that the environment helps us is that since it is not very cold at all in Sunrise, Florida then we don’t have to go and buy all of these thick heavy clothes for when it is cold and buy close for when it is hot. Another way that the environment helps us is that the environment helps us make food for the people living in Sunrise and other places.
These are the ways that people help and effect the environment and also how the environment helps and effects people.
14: Sandra Cisneros Biography
Sandra Cisneros is an American novelist, short-story writer, essayist, and poet who was born on December 20, 1954. She was born in Chicago, Illinois, and alternated childhood experiences between here and Mexico with her six other brothers. Throughout high school she wrote poetry and was the literary magazine editor. This made her realize that she had an outlet in writing.
Cisneros received her BA in English from Loyda University of Chicago in 1976 and her master’s at the University of Iowa. These frustrations she encountered at the writers’ workshop had “inspired her realization that her experiences as a Latin woman were unique and outside the realm of dominant American culture” which made her writing shaped on her personal experiences, making her stories about real people.
Before becoming one of the first Hispanic- American writers who achieved commercial success, Cisneros taught and was a guess professor at many universities. Also, she was a member of a Women’s Peace Group.
Cisneros received her BA in English from Loyda University of Chicago in 1976 and her master’s at the University of Iowa. These frustrations she encountered at the writers’ workshop had “inspired her realization that her experiences as a Latin woman were unique and outside the realm of dominant American culture” which made her writing shaped on her personal experiences, making her stories about real people.
Before becoming one of the first Hispanic- American writers who achieved commercial success, Cisneros taught and was a guess professor at many universities. Also, she was a member of a Women’s Peace Group.
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