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    Climate Change and Conflict (Oil) Aleksandra Petkina Master’s Development Economics and International Studies‚ Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat Erlangen Nurnberg _____________________________________________________________________________ Abstract Lack of resources has become one of the key points causing conflicts in the Middle East‚ North Africa and other regions. Competition for natural resources has its roots throughout all the history of mankind: it has always been one of the

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    How has electricity changed the world we live in since 2000? What is an invisible thing that is everywhere and is always there for our comfort? Electricity. It’s almost wherever you look. It usually can’t be seen and has been helping us since the 1840s. Starting with the invention of telegraph by Samuel Morse at around 1840‚ electricity started making our lives better and changing our lives dramatically. Going from telegraph‚ to telephone‚ to radio and to television. But how has this invisible

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    How the world has changed

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    Difference in the World Today The essay “Use Your Own Words” by Anne Trubek argues a great point that technology is changing the way we read and write and that spell must change also. Should the world let technology take over? What is the purpose of a map if you can easily find it on your phone and get directions? Think about it‚ what is the purpose of having a book or newspaper in modern times if you can easily go on the internet. She supports this by showing and explaining how spelling checkers

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    Federalism has evolved over the course of American history. At different points in time‚ the balance and boundaries between the national and state government have changed substantially. In the twentieth century‚ the role of the national government expanded dramatically‚ and it continues to expand in the twenty-first century. Dual Federalism (1789–1945) Dual federalism describes the nature of federalism for the first 150 years of the American republic‚ roughly 1789 through World War II. The Constitution

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    Origins of the 1973 world oil shock World competition over resources The Arab-Israeli conflict triggered an energy crisis in the making. Before the embargo‚ the industrialized West‚ especially the United States‚ had taken cheap and plentiful petroleum for granted. (Indeed‚ the form American cities took after World War II - with expansive suburbs full of detached‚ single-family homes - depended on the automobile as the principal means of transportation - a form that consumes oil en masse as fuel

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    1973 Stagflation

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    1973 Stagflation In 1973 the president was Nixon and OPEC had only been around about 13 years. Now the demand for oil in the US was increasing steady with the demand for cars increasing and central heating and air conditioning becoming more popular. In October the Middle East became uproar and wars began to break out. Soon after OPEC announced a change in the oil prices that sent everyone in panic mode; Gas went from thirty cents

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    How has Australia’s society developed since colonisation? Australia has changed in many since colonisation; the Aboriginal peoples were treated like flora and fauna due to new laws passed‚ as they were a dying race‚ women were given the rights to divorce and vote‚ the assimilation flawed was passed then destroyed‚ the commonwealth of Australia was forged‚ Australia became a multicultural country and much more. On the 1st of January‚ 1901‚ the commonwealth of Australia was formed‚ which later on‚

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    Ever since 1690‚ when the first paper money was issued by the Massachusetts Bay Colony‚ paper money has been constantly changing. Throughout the history of the United States paper money‚ the United States has gone through different types of currency. The different types of currency ranged from State Bank Notes to Gold Certificates to National Bank Notes to Silver Certificates to Federal Reserve Bank Notes‚ and now ending with Federal Reserve Notes. However‚ in the mean time counterfeit money had

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    Economic Effects of a World Without Oil. As oil prices keep increasing‚ many are looking to a future without oil. It is hoped that if oil prices keep rising‚ alternatives will be developed and this will enable a smooth transition. Already‚ car manufacturers have cars which run on hydrogen‚ natural gas‚ even solar panel. The longer oil prices rises‚ the more attractive these options will be. It is not unfeasible that in a decade‚ we will simply not need or want to consume oil any more. However‚ this

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    In what respects has the character of women’s work changed since 1918? Answer with reference to at least two countries in Europe. The character of women’s work greatly evolved throughout the twentieth century‚ both progressing and regressing at different times within this period. Working for many women in 1918 and the years before it often meant menial wages in low quality jobs or not even being allowed to work at all as women were deemed as inferior in most European societies. Unemployment benefits

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