In the novel " Moby Dick " written by an American writer named Herman Melville and published in 1851‚ It was mostly about a sailornamed Ishmael that tells a story about a man named Ahad who is captain of the " Whaler Pequod " and how he is on an obsessive quest for the " White Whale " because in an previous voyage for looking for whales to get oil the whale bit off Ahab’s knee. The setting is at sea basically the whole time and Ishmael writes all about what he experiences such as all the whales they
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Does Dracula‚ Queen of the Damned‚ or Anne Rice sound familiar? Surely‚ they must‚ but not just for one person. In fact‚ for people all over the world! The three terms expressed all have one thing in common; vampires. These mythical creatures are one of the most popular horror-related figures. Vampires may be a frightening subject for most‚ but that does not take away from the fact of their popularity throughout. The fascination of vampires has greatly affected past‚ present‚ and future cultures
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RIGIN OF THE PHILIPPINES It is believed that before the end of the Ice Age‚ about 70‚000‚000 years ago‚ our country was connected to the mainland of Asia by long strips of land. These strips of land served as land bridges. It was said that people in the mainland could travel by land to the Philippines without crossing the sea. After the Ice Age‚ high tide occurred. Large blocks of ice melted. It was during this high tide that the land bridges submerged in water. The Philippines was then separated
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GRAAD 12 NATIONAL SENIOR CERTIFICATE GRADE 11 HISTORY P1 EXEMPLAR 2013 MEMORANDUM MARKS: 150 This memorandum consists of 19 pages. Copyright reserved Please turn over History/P1 2 NSC – Grade 11 Exemplar – Memorandum DBE/2013 SECTION A: SOURCE-BASED QUESTIONS QUESTION 1: WHAT WERE THE CONSEQUENCES OF LENIN’S NEW ECONOMIC POLICY (NEP) IN THE SOVIET UNION DURING THE 1920s? 1.1 1.1.1 1.1.2 1.1.3 1.2 1.2.1 1.2.2 [Extract relevant information from Source 1A – L1] • It ensured the Communists
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7.2 The varying experiences of the Stolen Generations Dreamtime: the time of the creation of the earth‚ living things and the beginning of knowledge‚ from which emerged the laws‚ values and symbols important to Aboriginal society. Stolen Generations: term used to describe the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders who‚ while children‚ Australian state and federal governments forcibly removed from their families. The term usually refers to those taken during the period from about 1910 to around 1970
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Introduction It is believed in India that Lord Shiva (topics - pictures) once ran his household by a mere income of scalpings collected by begging among rishis and sadhus. Have the times changed! Now it is extremely difficult even for full time beggars (panhandlers) to make good of two meals. Not so long ago in India‚ on Saturdays and Mondays every beggar who showed up at the door was given a measure of rice or juvar. The guru-bhakta who went worshiping to the temple on Thursdays‚ got a handful
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Review 1) The city was once known as Edo a. Tokyo 2) Country that abolished their military ad used resources to support education‚ healthcare a. Costa Rica 3) Cuba‚ Jamaica‚ Haiti‚ the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico from region in the Caribbean’s a. Greater Antilles 4) Describe Modern Japan a. Zaibatsu - monopoly b. Economic history from light to heavy c. Confucian capitalism d. Shinkansen – bullet train e. Heavy urbanization –congestion smog‚ pollution f. Culture as a major export 5)
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children illegitimate if their parents were married. Having married parents was very unlikely since marriage was a European tradition and Aboriginals didn’t have that tradition. The chief-protector had a lot of power and violated the rights of the Aborigines. The Aboriginals were given the right to vote if they owned a property but this was taken away in 1907. Short Term Effects Any Aboriginal people who lived in Perth would have to leave Perth immediately since Perth prohibited aboriginal people
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The Brazilian Gilberto Freyre said in his book‚ The Masters and The Slaves‚ “every Brazilian‚ even light skinned‚ fair haired one carries about him on his soul‚ when not on sound and body alike‚ the shadow or at least the birthmark of the aborigine or the Negro‚ in our affection…. We almost all of us bear the mark of the influence” (Freyre). Stuart Hall notion of cultural identity and
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model and climate change. Some scientists believe that the extinction of Megafauna in Australia was either caused by a ‘blitzkrieg’ of human caused extinction‚ or through eco-system disruption caused by humans. This states that the Australian Aborigines may have been the reason for the extinction of Australian Megafauna. However there is evidence against this theory. There has been a discovery that there was a long overlap in time between when Megafauna existed and humans entered Australia. Fossils
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