Earth orbits the sun every 365 days, causing seasonal patterns that vary by location. In the winter, the northern hemisphere is tilted away from the sun ,and receives the smallest amount of solar energy than any other time of the year. What can be expected in the Northern Hemisphere during this season?

City 24-hr average yearly temperature in ºc total yearly precipitation in mm minsk, belarus (former ussr) (53° n, 27° e) shanghai, china (31° n, 121° e) baltimore city, usa (39° n, 76° w) helsinki, finland (60° n, 24° e) banff, canada (51° n, 115° w) kuala lumpur, malaysia (3° n 101° e) 26.5 2393.6 buenos aires, argentina (34° s, 58° w) jakarta, indonesia (6° s, 106° e) questions 1. what factor contributes most to the warm climate of kuala lumpur? 2. banff and minsk are located at similar latitudes. what could account for banff’s average yearly temperature being lower than minsk’s? 3. which city’s climate is most similar to jakarta, baltimore or kuala lumpur? explain your answer. 4. shanghai and buenos aires have located thousands of miles apart and in different hemispheres, yet their climates are similar. what reasoning could explain this?

When the soviets created the borders of their central asian and caucus republics, the paid little attention to where each region’s ethic group lived. ethnic-related disputes exist along every sherd boundary in central asia. true false

Which of the following lists shows the events in the correct order? a.)the creation of the british raj, the sepoy rebellion, gandhi’s campaign of civil disobedience, the partitioning of indiab.) gandhi’s campaign of civil disobedience, the sepoy rebellion, the creation of the british raj, the partitioning of indiac.)the sepoy rebellion, the creation of the british raj, gandhi’s campaign of civil disobedience, the partitioning of indiad.)gandhi’s campaign of civil disobedience, the creation of the british raj, the partitioning of india, the sepoy rebellion