History notes CHAPTER 26 - WORLD WAR 1 SECTION 1 THE GREAT WAR BEGINS 1. Europe had been at peace for 100 years 2. Europe leaders became worried about a region called the Balkans 3. Most people in the Balkans are Slavic 4. “Triple alliance” was formed to protect each other from attack a) Germany b) Austria-hungry c) Italy d) Ottoman empire joins later 5. Triple Entente was formed as a response to the triple alliance a) great Britain b) France c) Russia 6. Great Britain is
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Questions 14-17 Reading Passage 162 has four sections A-D Choose the correct heading for the each section from the list of headings below. Write the correct number i-vi in boxes 14-17 on your answer sheet. ___________________________________ List of Headings i Causes of volcanic eruption ii Efforts to predict volcanic eruption iii Volcanoes and the features of our planet iv Different types of volcanic eruption v International relief efforts vi The unpredictability of volcanic eruption
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Cited: Clark‚ C.‚ N. Lichtenstein‚ N. Hewitt‚ R. Rosenzweig‚ and S. Strasser. Who Built America? 3rd ed. Vol. 1. Bedford: St. Martin ’s‚ 2000. Print.
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believe that people have a tendency to feel insecure or threaten in the presence of outsiders or other cultures. Concurring with Massino’s idea that culture is a strong aspect in determining the cause of xenophobia. The United States has a strong history of xenophobia. In the
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live my life. When following these words I don’t take stupid risks‚ I wait at the stop sign until all the traffic has cleared. I don’t waste time in unforgiving situations‚ like when my brother begins to argue that Iron Man is better than Captain America I take that as my cue to walk away. I do‚ however‚ step up to every challenge with the drive and determination I have while playing field hockey. If a teacher says the last problem is the hardest‚ the last problem it is. If the driving instructor
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Homelessness in America Mandy Lockwood Introduction to Human Services/ BSHS 302 January 21‚ 2013 Dina Francisco Introduction The Pursuit of Happyness portrays the true story of Chris Gardner‚ homeless man turned businessman. His story has inspired the homeless to take charge of their lives by not letting their past define who they are. Raised by a single mother and having a childhood wrought with poverty‚ physical‚ and sexual abuse due to alcoholism‚ (Gardner‚ 2006) he found himself faced
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HISTORY OF KATIPUNAN GAT ANDRES BONIFACIO SUPREMO OF KATIPUNAN The Katipunan was a Philippine revolutionary society founded by Filipino anti-Spanish people in Manila in 1892‚ which was aimed primarily to gain independence from Spain through revolution. The society was initiated by Filipino patriots Andrés Bonifacio‚ Teodoro Plata‚ Ladislao Diwa‚ and others on the night of July 7‚ when Filipino writer José Rizal was sentenced to banished to Dapitan. Initially‚ Katipunan was a secret organization
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Latin America: The Creation of New People Latin America: The Creation of New People Bradford Burns‚ the author of Latin America: An Interpretive History has put a lot of thought in my mind‚ of who and what where the first people of Latin America. Because of them‚ many of us are here today. But who are they? The new world‚ which came to be known as Latin America; numerous types of people migrated to this part of the world. A group of people known as the indigenous migrated from Asia and
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Grossmont College American History 108 Section FALL 2012 Select any four of the ten questions of your choice. Make ensure that you answer all parts of the question. Each answer should be at a minimum two to three pages in length and doubled spaced. You can use any sources to develop your answers to include the internet. You do not have to cite the sources. 1. What fundamental factors drew the Europeans to the exploration‚ conquest‚ and colonization of the New World? What was the impact
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The Shoah In the 1993 film Schindler’s List directed by Stephen Spielberg the Czech man Oskar Shindler was trying to make a profit during World War II by hiring cheap Jewish laborers. The Shoah is considered the worst genocide to happen in history‚ because it was industrialized peoples bodies. The mass killings that occurred allowed for those bodies to be used for other means‚ which proves how inhumane these killings were. Shindler’s story shows us that one man can change the world and save
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