According to the text, what are some different ways that kites have been used by the Chinese military around 3000 years ago?

Explanation:

PASSAGE 2 18 Marks You may never want to fly kites to keep away evil spirits, as the Chinese have done for centuries, or to make rain, as the Tibetans did, but some more modern and westem uses may tempt you to try experimenting yourself along similar lines. Ancient and medieval Chinese sources describe kites being used for measuring distances, testing the wind, lifting men, signalling and communication for military operations. The earliest known Chinese kites were flat (not bowed) and often rectangular. Later, tailless kites incorporated a stabilising bowline. Kites were decorated with mythological motifs and legendary figures, some were fitted with strings and whistles to make musical sounds while flying. From China, kites were introduced to Cambodia, India, Japan, Korea and the western world. The most widespread use of kites in modern times has been for meteorological investigations. Everybody knows about how Benjamin Franklin, the great American scholar and statesman, sent a kite up in 1752 during a thunderstorm to prove that lightning was caused by electricity. He produced sparks at ground level from a key hung on the wer line as the current flowed down it. A second investigator repeated Franklin's experiment shortly afterwards and was killed. By sending up instruments on kires it has been possible to make readings of air pressure, temperature, speed, direction and humidity. Although thermometers had been sent up long before, it was not until 1894, that a self-reading thermometer, a thermograph, was sent up by a kire. The army, navy and air force have used kites in various ways for decades. Another Korean version of the invention of the kite tells how a general used one to carry a line across a stream. This line then formed the basis of a bridge. Lines are still occasionally flown from point to point in this way using kites. At sea, kites have often been used to carry a line to distressed ships in rough weather. Kites, especially box and bow kites, have been used as gunnery targets . They are easy to make and cheap to use and will stand quite a lot of punishment before they cease to fly. Apart from their use as targets, kites have been used by the army to fly flags, for aerial photography over enemy trenches, for suspending flares over targets during night fighting, for carrying a man over enemy lines, for dragging torpedoes etc to a target area. They have been used by both military and civil authorities for raising, transmitting and receiving aerials to obrain improved wireless reception. As a matter of fact, the first long-distance short wave transmission of all made use of an aerial flown on a kite. When Marconi made the famous transatlantic transmission, he raised his receiving aerial some 400 feet on a kice. During World War II the RAF developed a kite flare' as part of survival equipment for airmen forced down at sea. When airborne, the kite was attached to a special shock absorber which was fixed to the dinghy. It was stated that provided there was a 6 mph wind, the kite would stay aloft indefinitely. Some of these kires were brought to Australia and sent to the 6th Australian Division in 1944 for trials to determine whether they were of use in jungle warfare, especially in defining locations. After experiments, the authorities decided that they were of no value for this purpose. QUESTIONS (a) On the basis of your reading of the given passage make notes on it using headings and sub-headi Use recognisable abbreviations wherever necessary. Supply an appropriate title to it. (b) Write a summary of the given passage in 80-100 words.

The minimum wage a worker should get depends on their age and if they're an apprentice

feeling tired is no excuse for driving to church in a dirty car

Use the jumbled words in parentheses to complete the sentences with the correct future form of will, be + going to, or Present
Progressive.

A: Can we meet after school?

B: I'm sorry, but:

. (me / afternoon / take / out / café / a / this / to / Sam)

Man is nothing but what makes of himself in choosing for himself he chooses for the whole mankind Man makes himself and in making himself makes the world. how true is the statement?​

6.
Why does Milgram include a transcript of Gretchen Brandt's interactions with the
experimenters?
A. To provide readers with an example of the kind of behavior he expected from
experiment subjects
B. To suggest the strength of a person's moral beliefs varies depending on where
they come from
C. To prove that anyone is capable of breaking their moral code if commanded to
do so by an authority figure
D. To emphasize that participants that Milgram selected had stronger morals that
the average individual

which is my country?
1. India
2. France
3. Egypt
4. Nepal
5. Australia ​

Which of the following activities will allow an engineer to determine that a building's design is sound?
O conducting structural calculations
O assembling an expert team
O determining a feasible floor plan
O following OSHA safety rules

I need help
so I accidentally deleted my history, bookmarks, downloads etc on my computer is there any way I can get it back?

The barrel that Annie had ridden in was made of oak,

What is your opinion of the idea that courage is an important quality?

what does “identify and number all tasks within the prompt” mean?

Read the following passage.


Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, upon this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.


Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived, and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting-place for those who here gave their lives, that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.


But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate, we can not consecrate – we can not hallow – this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.


It is for us, the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here, have, thus far, so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us – that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they here gave the last full measure of devotion – that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain – that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom – and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.


Abraham Lincoln, The Gettysburg Address


November 19, 1863


Which type of syntax is used in the above passage and why?


a) formal syntax, because it is a very famous speech

b) formal syntax, because his sentence structure represents a variety of structures

c) informal syntax, because the speech uses dashes

d) informal syntax, because the speech is short

Determine what functions of communication is being used in the certain lines below.


1. "Can you please teach me how to dougie?"

2. "Let's have a small talk later at the Coffee Bean."

3. "I truly believe in your capabilities."

4. "You need to sleep before 12pm."

5. "We know that cancer cannot destroy you."

6. "Did you know that you're so beautiful?"

7. "You are always in my prayers."

8. "Finish your assignment first before you play."

9. "No one can defeat your determination and perseverance

10. "Will you be my jowa?"​

Ever since she was little, people told Amelia she would

never become a doctor. Starting in ninth grade, she

decided to prove them wrong. She made straight As all

through high school and college. The students around her

partied and formed relationships, but Amelia barely paid

attention. She didn't have time for that kind of nonsense.

She would become a doctor and start her career with a

bang.


Which ending to the story most clearly serves as an anticlimax?


A. After becoming a doctor, she met the love of her life, got married

and had children


B. But then she gained healing powers, so she no longer needed

study medicine.


C. However, she just couldn't get over the sight of blood; she fail

her ambition.


D. In the end, Amelia was able to graduate; she became a successful

doctor at a young age.

find all the positive words

reliable
diligent
responsible
impatient
erratic
indifferent
zealous
ambitious
unfriendly
moody
forgetful
punctual
generous
insincere
caring
humble ​

Creative writing, word limit 200-250.
Topic: what is life? What does life mean to you? Have you had an experience that made you think about the meaning of life? What kinds of things can you do to cherish and invigorate your own life and all life on earth?

What description best defines what revisiting is when paraphrasing?

help asap
I need a hook for this essay about teen heroes​

q
She ______ (admire) her teacher and values his advice. ( Fill with phrasal verb ) *
looked for
looked after
looks up to​

Read the excerpt from "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”

To him, your celebration is a sham; your boasted liberty, an unholy license; your national greatness, swelling vanity; your sounds of rejoicing are empty and heartless; your denunciation of tyrants, brass fronted impudence; your shouts of liberty and equality, hollow mockery; your prayers and hymns, your sermons and thanksgivings, with all your religious parade and solemnity, are, to Him, mere bombast, fraud, deception, impiety, and hypocrisy — a thin veil to cover up crimes which would disgrace a nation of savages.

What is the effect of the repetition of “your”?
It reminds the reader of the speaker’s identity.
It reinforces the speaker’s feeling of separation.
It suggests a dialogue between speaker and audience.
It indicates that the speaker is addressing a large crowd.

1. Why/How can the data collected in polls and surveys lead us to incorrect conclusions?

People who have goals know what they want in life and feel about them.
Based on the purpose and tone of an expository essay, which words are examples of precise words that complete the
sentence above? Check all that apply.
strongly
good
passionately
enthusiastic
happy

This sentence doesn’t make much sense to me can someone help me out

valuation of lighting​

Which BEST describes how this policy benefits the Pulitzer Prize?
A. It makes it easier for the judges to classify the many entries.
B. It increases public anticipation for the announcement of the results
C. It encourages writers and artists to submit as much work as possible.
D. It ensures that awards are only given to entries that truly deserve them.​

Never stop challenging you to do better.

in which medium do sound waves travel slowest

please help me plsss!​

Please refer to the brochure details of our products for further information on new items
(A) describing (8) is describing (C) described (D) describe

I made my sister ____ my clothes​