Alfred Wegener hypothesis of continental drift was replaced in 1967 by plate tectonics. Today, the theory of plate tectonics is widely, this theory explains the structure of the earth's crust and many associated phenomena as resulting from interaction of rigid lithospheric plates that move slowly over the underlying mantle.
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It was considered a turning point, because at the time the U.S. was in the American-Spanish war. It took place from April to August in 1898. the war ended in victory for the United States and the end of the Spanish Empire in the Pacific and <span>Caribbean</span>. Only ~113 days after the outbreak of war, the Treaty of Paris, which ended the conflict, gave the United States control over the former Spanish colonies of Puerto Rico, the Philippines and Guam, and control over the process of independence of Cuba, which was completed in 1902.
Arid and semi-arid regions often have to go through long periods of drought.A drought is basically a situation in which an area of land gets insufficient rainfall, causing a lot of suffering to those who inhabit these regions. Some of these drought-prone areas include deserts of Australia, parts of India and Sudan among others.