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How has seafloor spreading affected the continents?
it has moved Africa and North America farther apart
Pilgrims originally left England and moved to?
What were known as the pilgrims, before moving to North America, moved to Holland. However not wanting their children to be brought up in the lands of a foreign language, moved to North America.
Who are the decendants of Arabs and berbers in morocco who conquered much of Spain?
They are called the Moors and many moved back to Northern Africa after the Reconquista, but some remained in Spain.
What language did the Arabs speak and where did they live?
The Arabs initially spoke a dialect of the Arabic language and were primarily located in the Arabian Peninsula. Over time, the Arabic language spread and became the lingua franca of the Arab world, which encompasses countries in the Middle East and North Africa.
Where does a compass point when it is moved close to a magnet?
That depends on which pole of the magnet it is moved close to. If it is brought close to the "South" pole of the magnet, the "North" pointer of the compass will be attracted to the magnet. If it is brought close to the "North" pole of the magnet, the "North" pointer of the compass will be repelled and will point AWAY from the magnet, while the "South" end of the compass pointer will point to the magnet.
Where was the capital of North Carolina moved and why?
1722 Edenton, 1766 New Bern, 1788 Raleigh....the moves were brought about by shifts in the population.
What did the Allies do after defeating the Axis powers in north Africa?
They planned and carried out the invasion of Sicily, followed by the invasion of Italy.
Who moved from west Africa to south Africa?
Bantus
What group took control of North Africa after the Roman Empire crumbled?
During the fall of the western part of the Roman Empire the Vandals and the Alans migrated to Africa from Spain and occupied northern Morocco in 435. They then moved to Tunisia and formed the Kingdom of the Vandals in northern Tunisia and eastern Algeria. The various peoples in Northern Morocco, western Algeria, southern Tunisia and western Libya became independent. Eastern Libya and Egypt continued to be under the eastern part of the Roman Empire (which outlasted the western part and which historians call Byzantine Empire) until 639--42 when they were invaded by the Arabs, who then conquered the whole of North Africa.
Which countries would move if Africa moved closer to Europe?
All countries in Africa would move further north. However, there are no countries lying between the two continents as that space is occupied by the Mediterranean Sea.
Describe the direction each continent moved to get from pangaea to its present position?
During the Permian era was the unified Pangea. During the Triassic period, North America drifted west, Africa stayed in the same general area and the Poles (north and south) moved. In the Jurassic there was further spitting, with the Cretaceous period South America broke away from Africa and today the splits are even more distinct.
Why did the abbasids move their capital to Baghdad?
The Abbassids moved their capital to Baghdad because their base of support was among the Persians and Mesopotamian Arabs (as opposed to Damascus, which was the base of support for their Umayyad rivals).
