Ocean of sorrow.Dear Teacher, In late December, as this issue went to press, an earthquake-triggered tsunami struck South Asia This article is about the geopolitical region in Asia. For geophysical treatments, see Indian subcontinent. South Asia, also known as Southern Asia and East Africa, killing more than 150,000 people, many of them children. Our coverage of this tragic event can be found on pp. 6-7. We hope that the information provided will help students better understand the disastrous force of nature unleashed beneath the Indian Ocean Indian Ocean, third largest ocean, c.28,350,000 sq mi (73,427,000 sq km), extending from S Asia to Antarctica and from E Africa to SE Australia; it is c.4,000 mi (6,400 km) wide at the equator. It constitutes about 20% of the world's total ocean area. . For more information about the tsunami and relief efforts, log on to: www.sch01astic.com/tsunami. Also in this issue, another destructive force of nature is depicted in our World History play, "Pompeii: The Last Day" (pp. 16-19). Adapted from a Discovery Channel program scheduled to air on Sunday, January 30 at 9 p.m., the play tells of the eruption of Vesuvius, which buried the city of Pompeii beneath tons of ash and rock. Pliny the Younger Pliny the Younger Latin Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (born AD 61/62, Comum—died c. 113, Bithynia, Asia Minor) Roman author and administrator. , who is featured in the play, recorded the effects of Vesuvius's fury in two letters to his friend Tacitus, a Roman historian (see excerpt, p. T-E). His are the only known eyewitness An individual who was present during an event and is called by a party in a lawsuit to testify as to what he or she observed. The state and Federal Rules of Evidence, which govern the admissibility of evidence in civil actions and criminal proceedings, impose requirements accounts of the events of that terrifying ter·ri·fy tr.v. ter·ri·fied, ter·ri·fy·ing, ter·ri·fies 1. To fill with terror; make deeply afraid. See Synonyms at frighten. 2. To menace or threaten; intimidate. August day. |
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