water. Good water is needed for people to stay healthy and clean. So in this way‚ water pollution affects Africa. Also the unequal distribution affects these things‚ because when people have no water they can’t trade or irrigate. So‚ because of unequal distribution of water there is not enough drinking water in every area. 2. How do poor soil and deforestation distress Sub-Saharan Africa? Deforestation causes erosion which in turn causes poor soil farmers can’t use. When farmers have land with
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Change Over Time Essay Between 600-1450‚ Africa went from governments with increased wealth from trade with varying religious traditions‚ also with some beliefs of polytheism; to governments with extensive powerful bureaucracies with many people converting to Islam. the more advanced forms of government ‚trade and local traditions however‚ remained constant. Prior to the introduction of Islam as a religion‚ there were various belief systems with animistic beliefs. There was also some polytheism
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and replace America with the continent of Africa‚ and it suddenly a much more plausible incident. 200 years ago‚ when European nations first started to colonize African countries‚ their belief was that they were civilizing the natives by repressing their culture and promoting their own Christian way of life. Back then‚ it was considered historically accurate to believe that because their values did not correlate with Christian ones‚ all natives of Africa lived backwards lives and had “uncivilized”
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Zoya Khan Shawn Moore AFA 2000 Topical Paper 2: The African Family The traditional African family has faced many tribulations‚ as it has not remained static since the beginning of the diaspora. It has faced Eurocentric hegemony which has obscured and distorted conventional cultures‚ which originally united the African family through a network of strong traditions (Azevedo‚ 2005). Other various external forces such as geography‚ religion‚ influence of colonialism‚ intercontinental migration‚ political
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Cedarius Brown 8/29/13 4th Period DBQ Europeans began to settle in the New World for many different reasons. Some settlers for economic and other for religious. People who settled in the New England colonies were more focused on and influenced by religion for example John Winthrops " A Model of Christian Charity" sermon. Colonists who settled in the Chesapeake colonies were more focused and influenced by their aspiration of obtaining money. There were also differences in social‚ political
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The Europeans were motivated to embark on voyages for discovery had many motives. One motivation was to find the fantastic lands described in works such as the Travels of Mandeville and the legends of the magical kingdom of Prester John. Columbus even took a copy of Marco Polos Travels with him on his voyages. The most important motive was economic. The conquests of the Ottoman Turks had cut the Europeans off from trade with Asia. The overland trade routes were controlled by the Arab Muslims
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Starvation in Africa No Clean Water! Results from a recent study of current living conditions throughout Africa report that more than one billion people do not have enough clean water to provide for their basic human needs. As a result‚ more than 2‚500 children are dying each day. "When people are desperately thirsty‚" one official explained‚ "they are willing to take the risk of disease by consuming water that may not be healthy. For them - it’s either risk infection or die from thirst! It
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When many people hear the word Africa‚ they picture steaming jungles and gorillas. Hollywood films have shrunk the public image of this immense‚ varied continent into a small segment of its actual diversity. To have a more accurate picture of the whole continent‚ however‚ one should remember that there are‚ roughly‚ three Africas‚ each with its distinct climate and terrain and with a style of life suited to the environment. The continent can be divided into the northern desert areas‚ the southeastern
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are a few ideas to why Africa may be so poor. According to a study done by Gallup World in 2013‚ "the ten countries with the highest proportion of residents living in extreme poverty were all in sub-Saharan Africa." This shows the severity of the poverty in Africa. Extreme poverty is explained as living on less than or equal to $1.25 a day. If you put that into perspective of your own life‚ that may seem impossible. In our textbook‚ it is stated that "Three of four Africans live on less than $2 a
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History of US 1 March 20‚ 2014 Professor Mohanty European exploration to the Americas had a very substantial affect‚ not only on their own culture‚ but also on the culture of the Native Americans. Many Native American tribes had to adapt and assimilate with the European explorers and settlers as their lives became increasingly disrupted and altered as settlement increased and flourished. The purpose of this paper will be to discuss the effect European exploration and trade had on Native groups of people
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