The way European countries partitioned Africa into colonies has what modern day effect on Africa?

What does the term "deforestation" mean? what landform are we studying that deforestation is impacting greatly in brazil? describe how and why this is happening. plz me!

You are serving on a jury. a plaintiff is suing the city for injuries sustained after falling down an uncovered manhole. in the trial, doctors testified that it will be 5 years before the plaintiff is able to return to work. the jury has already decided in favor of the plaintiff, and has decided to grant the plaintiff an award to cover the following items: a. recovery of 2 years of back-pay ($34,000 for two years ago, and $36,000 for last year, which ends today). assume that it is december 31 and that all salary is received at year end. this recovery should include the time value of money. b. the present value of 5 years of future salary. assume that the plaintiff's salary would increase at a rate of 3 percent per year. c. $100,000 for pain and suffering. d. $20,000 for court costs. assume an interest rate of 7 percent. what should be the size of the settlement?

Why do you think that historians use the word “revolution” to describe important changes in agriculture? how did the green revolution and other agricultural revolutions change the lives of billions of people? < < read less