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Physical Anthropology

–         Most people look to religion to explain human existence, the origin of the universe, and the meaning of existence However many theories from science have surfaced over the past 150 years… –         The Theory of Evolution states that human ancestry is from lower life forms –         Many paleontologists have overwhelming fossil evidence that supports…

The American Voting System: Electoral College

The American voting system elects legislators based on one geographical district; by majority or plurality (whoever gets the most votes in that district wins). The districts are whole states for Senators and parts of states for House members. This is known as the “First-past-the-post” system. In the parliamentary system, all legislators are elected at-large, meaning…

Slavery in the Early Settlements

The Origins of the Minority Groups in America Native Americans –       As the settlers took over the land, the Natives went through back- breaking work done on farms –       Conquistadors forced Natives to work for a tax –       Slave-like existence –       Working conditions in gold and silver mines were unsanitary, dark, cave-like –       Diseases spread:…

ASCII: American Standard Code for Information Interchange

Recall: Computers communicate using binary Therefore, computers do NOT process information using characters (e.g. letters). Each letter or character has a number representation that the computer uses to refer to the character. ASCII: American Standard Code for Information Interchange ASCII is a code for representing English characters as numbers. The ASCII numbers range from 0…

Computer Communication Channels and Cables

Definition In a network, a communication channel is a physical path the transmission signals travel. It is the path information travels from computer to computer. How do the computers in a network “connect” to each other. The 5 communication channels twisted-pair cables coaxial cables fiber optic cables terrestrial stations communication satellites Twisted pair cables Signals…