...Introduction During the past few decades, Italy has become the immigration capital of Europe. People all around the world want to move to Italy, whether they are refugees or just looking for a new start. In fact, Italy has been at the top of Europe in taking in immigrants and refugees. Recently, all this immigration has become an issue. Italy is no longer taking in as many people as it once did, and nowadays, those people rarely find what they’re looking for in this Southern European country. This essay will take a look at the two largest sources of immigration to Italy, Romanians and North Africans. Romanians Romanians, the largest minority in Italy, have had an interesting history. The ancient Dacians used to inhabit Romania, and the ancestors of those...
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...Amrhein, Lexie SR “Shooting an Elephant” Background Eric Arthur Blair is the real name of the author in “Shooting an Elephant.” George Orwell was Blair’s pen name. He was born June 25th, 1903 in Motihari, India and died January 21st, 1950 in London, United Kingdom. His role models include Charles Dickens and Aldous Huxley. The British novelist and essayist also became a teacher at Hawthorns High School in Hayes, West London in April of 1932. Orwell’s publications include Burmese Days (1934), Animal Farm: A Fairy Story (1945), Why I Write (1946), and Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949). His work mainly focuses on controversial topics, such as imperialism, fascism, and...
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...Daryl Smith Introduction to African-American Studies March 23, 2014 Professor Yeboah Midterm Paper: Essay Questions 1. Describe (3) three African (Ancient or Medieval) civilizations that pre-date enslavement? Kush, Axum, and Ghana are three Ancient African civilizations that pre-date enslavement. The Kush civilization started in 1700 BC, where it reached its first peak. Its second peak dated to 1500 BC. The Kingdom of the Kush was also known as Nubia. It is located south of Egypt and was built at the bottom of the mountains, beginning at the Nile River. The Kush kingdom was exceptionally wealthy with many natural resources. They had gold mines, iron ore, and rich soil. Their soil was rich due to the ample amount of rainfall they had all year long, which kept all of the natural resources fresh and growing. Many kingdoms were jealous of the Kush’s wealth and prosperity, and wanted to take it over, but the Kush did now allow it to happen. The “Iron Age” was when iron ore was at its peak and every kingdom wanted it to make weapons and tools. Kush was the center of the iron trade in ancient Africa. Burnt wood was needed to produce iron from ore and because wood was running out, the Kush had to trade other goods. The Kush was the reason for the Trans- Saharan Trade Route. In 750 CE, the Kush used camels and camel trains to cross the sand. They knew it was a miserable and dangerous journey, but knew it could be done. Attention was then turned to trade with West...
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...Spanish colonies, descended from the original French settlers of the southern United States, especially Louisiana. II. General Identifications: 1. Conquistadors- A conqueror, the 16-century Spanish soldiers who defeated Indian civilizations of Central America. 2. Sapa Inca- the Inca was the powerful emperor and leader of the Inca people, which basically means emperor. 3. Cannibal Law 1503- In 1503 Queen Isabella of Spain, created a law that prohibited the arrest or capture of her new children stating further that, no harm or evil was permitted against their person or possessions. 4. Royal Fifth- An old royal tax that reserves to monarch for metals acquired by subjects as treasure or extracted mining, instituted in Muslim states. III. Specific Identifications: 1. Hernan Cortes- Spanish conquistador, who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico, led an expedition and brought large portions of mainland Mexico. 2. Hernando De Soto- Spanish explorer and conquistador while leading the first European expedition into territory of the modern-day United State. 3. Montezuma II- Last Aztec emperor in Mexico and was overthrown and killed by Hernando Cortés. 4. Francisco Pizarro- who conquered the Inca Empire or what is now called Peru or founded the city of Lima. 5. Ferdinand & Isabel- Known for funding conquistadors to expand their empire overseas or uniting disparate kingdoms into what eventually became modern Spain. They were a religious couple...
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...By Mashell Chapeyama Uopeople What ways has globalization not worked Globalization has not worked in a number of ways. One reason is how the rules evolved due to globalization. Most of the rules favour developed countries. They leave the poorer countries worse off. Globalization has increased a lot of imbalances. For example instead of funds moving from richer countries to poorer ones the reverse is true. A lot of resources are moving from poor countries to richer ones. There has also been an imbalance on investment in technology. Technology advanced in rich countries. In poorer off countries technology has lagged behind, meaning that richer countries would benefit. Debts of poor countries are a sign that globalization has failed to work. Poor countries get short term loans. The rich countries peg the moneys in hard currency such as GBP or USA$. So when countries accrued interest payable, it is too big if translated into domestic currencies. This means that poor countries get poorer, yet richer countries become even richer. What are the principal causes? The real causes of such imbalances and problems are many. One problem is that of ideas promulgated by IMF and World Bank, through their policies. They give policies that are “one size fit all type.” This means that some countries cannot afford those measures. One underlying issue is that economic globalization has fast-paced political globalization. Economic globalization requires countries to integrate and be interdependent...
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...Timeline Essay of the Prophets Grand Canyon University BIB 351 12/11/2011 After having done a great deal of studying of Old Testament passages about the prophets I will explain what a prophet is, how God worked with them and who they were. God stopped talking openly to people after Adam and Eve were driven from the Garden, He then chose specific individuals through whom He would communicate. The prophet must be able to hear the voice of God and bring God’s words to the world. All prophecy will be “as the Spirit gives utterance” (Acts 2:4). In the ministry of a prophet, a called prophet speaks the message the Lord gives him. The first time the word “prophet” is used in the Bible is in the days of Abraham (Gen. 20:7). Each prophet had a specific message for the people of Israel from God. Some messages were warnings to Israel's about punishment if they continued to sin, others were about God's efforts to reconcile himself with Israel after a period of punishment, and prophecies about Israel and the nations it interacted with. Major Prophets of the Old Testament Isaiah’s period of prophecy was from 740 to 680 B.C. Isaiah is most often thought of as the greatest of the Old Testament prophets of the Bible. Isaiah prophesied about Israel's judgment and reconciliation with God, the coming savior Christ, and judgment of nations, and the end times. Jeremiah's ministry was from 630 - 585 B.C. In his writing he prophesized of the Israelites’ exile to Babylon, the fall of Jerusalem...
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...Associate Level Material Appendix A Clash of Cultures Complete the grid by describing the characteristics listed in the left-side column for the five groups named. | |Native Americans |Northern Colonists |Mid-Atlantic Colonists |Southern Colonists |West Africans | |Political Structure|Every village had their own chief.|Handenosaunee Confederation. |People came together for decisions|Hierarchical Political |The kingdom of Guana ruled all of | | |The elders were also someone the |Believed in keeping the peace no |and they elected one person over |Organization- one person ruled |West Africa | | |village could come to for advice. |matter what |the colony. Like we elect a |everyone | | | | | |president today. | | | |Social System |The elders were the most |There were many Small villages, |Wealthy famers or urban merchants |Wealthy Planter were the highest |Wealthy and poor | | |respected, Warriors were the ones |one person would be over many of | |though of...
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...questions you think the authors will be addressing in the next seven chapters. (1) (2) (3) 2. Southern Economy and Social Structure a. Explain the connection between the invention of the cotton gin by Eli _________ in 17___ and the rapid expansion of short-staple cotton production based on slave labor in the South. If the cotton gin actually made picking seeds from cotton much easier, why did planters perceive a vastly increased need for slave labor? b. Cotton was king in both the South and in Britain. By 1840, cotton amounted to _____percent of U. S. exports and accounted for more than _____percent of the world’s supply. Britain’s economy was based on cotton textiles, and Britain got _____percent of its fiber supply from the South. (No wonder Southerners thought England would “be tied to them by cotton threads” in the event of conflict with the North.) c. List two negatives of this Southern plantation economy mentioned by the authors. (1) (2) d. Although most slaves were owned by the large-scale planters, most slave-owners held only a few slaves each, and often worked together with them in the fields. The chart on p. 353 shows that, out of about 345,000 slave-owning families, only about ________ families owned fifty or more slaves, representing about ____percent of the total. Fully _____percent of Southern whites owned no slaves at all. List two reasons cited by the authors to explain why many poor whites without slaves...
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...manner of these series of large waves caused by the sudden movement of the ocean. Tsunamis are fierce, dangerous natural disasters. They not only can kill plenty but also can cost considerable amounts. This essay will focus on the major, most famous tsunamis in the world’s history. Tsunamis occur mostly in the Pacific Ocean mostly around the Ring of Fire (“Tsunamis”). This is because this dangerous area is known for its production of such disasters as volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, or even both trigger the Tsunami. There have been spectacular tsunamis in the past. 1707 Hoei Tsunami was for centuries the largest earthquake in Japan (“1707 Hōei earthquake”). The earthquake that caused it had magnitude of 8.6. The earthquake’s fault rupture extended to more than 700 km (“Abstract”). Back in 1771, an earthquake of a 7.4 magnitude occurred just south of the Okinawa, Japan Island. Killing nearly eight and a half thousand people, a tsunami of mass destruction took place. The population decrease to about one third and more than 2,000 houses were demolished (“1771 Great Yaeyama Tsunami”). Comparatively, on November 1, 1775 an earthquake in the Kingdom of Portugal occurred. The earthquake caused fires and a tsunami. This tsunami almost completely destroyed Lisbon, in the Kingdom of Portugal. The Lisbon earthquake had a magnitude of 8.7 on the moment magnitude scale (“1775 Lisbon earthquake”). In 1792, Japan was again caught in a horrendous natural disaster. They faced what is called...
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...them in the map below. The Kingdom of Great Britain in London rehearsed a strategy of mercantilism. It regulated the colonies...
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...Administration, College of 2-1-2011 ESSAYS ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT Wanasin Sattayanuwat University of Nebraska - Lincoln, wanasin@yahoo.com Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/businessdiss Part of the Business Commons Sattayanuwat, Wanasin, "ESSAYS ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT" (2011). Dissertations and Theses from the College of Business Administration. Paper 18. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/businessdiss/18 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Business Administration, College of at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations and Theses from the College of Business Administration by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. ESSAYS ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT by Wanasin Sattayanuwat A DISSERTATION Presented to the faculty of The Graduate College at the University of Nebraska In Partial Fulfillment of Requirements For the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Major: Economics Under the Supervision of Professor Craig R MacPhee Lincoln, Nebraska February 2011 ESSAYS ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT Wanasin Sattayanuwat, Ph.D. University of Nebraska, February 2011 Advisor: Professor Craig R MacPhee This dissertation comprises three separate essays on international trade and foreign direct ...
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...Introduction The essay will focus on the subject of rich and poor countries; it will distinguish between four classifications based on income levels. These include low-income country, lower-middle income country, upper-middle income country and high income country. It will provide an analysis and explanation for observed differences and trends. Each category will provide a practical example by comparing the levels of development indicators of the four countries as well as the trends over time. The development indicators include: Health – This is a state of the whole physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease. A person can be in good health and poor health. Health is not just a feature of the daily life; it also appears frequently on the political landscape (Bury, 2005). Education – this is the act of teaching or getting general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself for developed life. Poverty and inequality- it refers to a social phenomenon under which the standard of living of individuals and households in a community or country is persistently below a certain level required physically for sustaining human life according to some accepted social norms (Bhalla & Qui, 2006). Inequality is the gap between the rich and the poor. GDP per capita- this is a core indicator of economic performance and commonly used as a broad measure of average living standards or economic well-being...
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...HEBREW EXEGESIS BS 016 AN EXEGESIS OF THE BOOK OF AMOS 5:4-6 NAME: TABEA MATAUNICERE LECTURER: REV. PAULINI VUICUVU 13-Aug-15 Hebrew Exegesis BS 016 Introduction Hebrew exegesis is the art of taking out the meaning of the text from that Bible and not adding it on. Many times we have looked at the Bible from our own perspective and not what the real author intended it to be its real meaning. Doing exegesis is just trying to get to the original intention of the author. In this assignment I will be doing an exegesis on the book of Amos 5:4-6 whereby I will try to get closer to the real intention of the author, by looking at different translation, words, background and by following the exegetical processes that was given to us in class. Outline I. Text II. Translation A. Version comparison B. Own translation III. Historical Context and Literary Context A. Immediate background B. Date C. Authorship D. Geographical Setting E. Social Setting IV. Form and Structure A. Genre B. Structural Plan V. Grammatical Data and Lexical Data A. Grammatical issues B. Lexical Data VI. Biblical context and Theology VII. Secondary literature VIII. Application IX. Conclusion I. Text: Amos 5:4-6 I have chosen the text from the book of Amos 5:4-6. Because in the Hebrew bible this is a unit with in itself: NASB: (v4) for thus says the LORD to the house of Israel, "Seek Me that you may live. (v5) "But do not resort to , And do not...
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...Joe Paquette Section 001 2/13/15 Essay 1 Prompt 1 The French and Haitian Revolutions took place 4,553 miles apart. With so many miles and not much but the vast Atlantic Ocean separating the two countries people may ask what they have in common. In a course entitled Europe and the World…” one may believe that a small colony in the new world, in the late 18th century, would have no relevance to a great kingdom like France at the time. While covering the French Revolution in lecture and simultaneously reading the book, describing the events of the Haitian Revolution, Avengers of the New World you can see many similarities between the two revolutions and how one may have affected the other. Not only does what happened in the book Avengers of the...
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...February marks Black History Month, the annual celebration of historic events and achievements made by black Americans. While Black History Month is recognized in Canada and the United Kingdom, it first began in the United States in 1976. Schools everywhere have been teaching children about the Civil Rights Movement – Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, Malcolm X – and the events that helped America make the progress to reach that turning point, like Sojourner Truth’s work as an abolitionist and Harriet Tubman as she helped free slaves through the Underground Railroad. While these historical figures are certainly worth learning about, we gathered four lesser-known ones from our book WHO WINS?: 100 Historical Figures Go Head-to-Head and You Decide the Winner by Clay Swartz,...
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