EUROPEAN HISTORY SECTION II Part A (Suggested writing time—45 minutes) Percent of Section II score—45 Directions: The following question is based on the accompanying Documents 1-12. The documents have been edited for the purpose of this exercise. Write your answer on the lined pages of the Section II free-response booklet. This question is designed to test your ability to work with and understand historical documents. Write an essay that: • Provides an appropriate‚ explicitly stated
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who is from the United Kingdom and makes a living doing things you and I would not do for any amount of money. Man vs. Wild host‚ survivor and adventurer Bear Grylls is used to a few challenges. He was born in Northern Ireland and soon moved to the Isle of Wight. His father would take him mountain climbing with him at a young age. Bear‚ having a Karate Black Belt‚ passed the exhausting UK Reserve’s Special Forces Selection process‚ where he went on to serve for three years with the British Special
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Strand Street in Douglas is the biggest social street on the Isle of Man. Even though this street can seem insignificant in comparison to City Road in Cardiff and is very different‚ they both have very similar features from a social science point of view. Strand Street is long‚ with a diverse range of shops‚ cafes and bars‚ and services such as a post office‚ banks‚ opticians and others. Strand Street is pedestrianised‚ but it is situated only one street up from the main promenade traffic‚ and
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How do you define “good management” in #2? Research and development Sales volume Forestall tech obsolescence‚ Honda stay abreast of tech developments. More flexible channels of distributions 1949 – 70 employees‚ 1951 – 150‚ 1052 – 1337 Winning the Isle of Man manufacturer’s prize in 1959 First breakthrough: the Supercub in 1958 50cc Fujisawa began selling the supercub directly to retailers – and primarily through bicycle shops. Since these shops were small and numerous‚ sales on consignment were
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Examine the impact the Romans made on the British Isles Although there had been increasing contact between the British Isles and the classical world during the Late Iron Age‚ the first real Roman presence here was that of Julius Caesar. In 55BC a Roman army of around ten thousand men crossed the channel and invaded Britain‚ yet were defeated and had to return to Gaul. Then in the following year; 54BC‚ Caesar came to Britain again. This time with a much larger army‚ although on this occasion he
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the aging population can hope for is to live in comfort and prolong their lives as long as possible. A dictator named Xan has taken control of Britain‚ trying to maintain a stable society through questionable means. All criminals are deported to the Isle of Man‚ where they can brutalize and victimize each other as much as they please (and leave the decent citizens alone). Since the country needs young‚ able-bodied workers‚ Xan allows foreign Omegas–the generation born in 1995–to enter the country and
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THE AWAKENING The opening scene in the novel The Awakening by Kate Chopin‚ where the caged parrots kept on repeating a statement‚ actually gives a picture to the reader about the title and the story. This scene‚ when analyzed carefully‚ illustrates how the main character of the play‚ Edna tries to overcome the awakening from the worldly and traditional bondages that she is surrounded with. In this story‚ Edna Pontellier‚ a young married woman experiences an awakening of sexuality within her‚ when
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1. Compare and contrast how sound affects meaning in the following poems: “Digging‚” “[True Ease in Writing Comes from Art‚ Not Chance]‚” “The Fish‚” “The Lake Isle of Innisfree‚” and “Pied Beauty.” Sound in a poem is used as a device to help the reader better visualize the events playing out. With sound‚ the reader can better enjoy and comprehend the meaning and what is happening in the poem. The sound in the “Digging‚” is used‚ however‚ very lightly. The speaker compares his work to the manual
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what goes under the name “Celtic music”. The term “Celtic music” usually combines Irish traditional music with various other traditional musics‚ including those of Scotland and the Shetland Islands; Cape Breton Island‚ Nova Scotia‚ Canada; Wales; the Isle of Man; Northumberland in northern England; Brittany in northwestern France; and sometimes Galicia in northwestern Spain. The term‚ though widely used‚ is eschewed by many traditionalists. While once mostly homemade by non-professionals for their own
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The History of the English Language - The History of the English Language In this paper I will discuss where and how the English language originated and how it has spread to become one of the most spoken languages in the world. Before I started my research on my topic of choice‚ my original hypothesis was that the English language was started by a whole assortment of Germanic tribes invading England thousands of years ago. This ultimately became the goal of my paper‚ to see if Germanic tribes started
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