HISTORY UNIT 1 CHAPTER 1 SECTION 1 Assessment (page 15) 1. TERMS & NAMES: For each term or name‚ write a sentence explaining its significance. -nomadic -Pueblo -Kongo -Reformation -Aztec -Iroquois -Islam -Renaissance -Anasazi -Benin -Christianity 2. MAIN IDEA: In two or three sentences describe how America before Columbus was affected by trade and commerce. 3. CRITICAL THINKING: Why DO YOU THINK other European nations lagged behind Portugal in overseas exploration? Support
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In the book A Long Way Gone I found three myths that related to cultural. One myth was on page 181 where Ishmael’s aunt served him some chicken as to welcome him‚ and chicken is not simply chicken to the Sierra Leone people‚ they represent honor and special. On pages 12‚ 172 and 157‚ it tells how the cultural in Sierra Leone does not allow men to cry. Men represent strong and are the whole in the family. If the men are weak‚ then the whole family wills collapse. Cheng 3 Lastly‚ on page 16‚
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broadcasting‚ computers‚ televisions‚ videos‚ home appliances‚ refrigerators‚ musicals‚ video games to generators‚ satellite systems‚ general goods etc are available in this market‚ buyers throng this market from as far as Ghana‚ Niger‚ Chad‚ Togo‚ Benin Republic‚ East Africa etc. to make their purchases. In Nigeria‚ resellers from almost all major cities come to Alaba International Market (Electronics) for their supply of electronics and allied products Other ancillary products and/or services to
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reliance on their lords‚ slaves were viewed as the perfect people to be near men in power. In a couple cases‚ female slaves accepted power and impact too. For instance‚ in the nineteenth century in the West African Kingdom of Dahomey (now southern Benin)‚ ladies served in the imperial royal residence and framed the kingdom’s warrior first
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West African Monetary Zone. (WAMZ) The WAMZ is made up of five countries namely Gambia‚ Ghana‚ Guinea‚ Nigeria and Sierra Leone. The main aim of the WAMZ is to plan to introduce a common currency‚ the Eco by the year 2015. Already‚ eight states (Benin‚ Burkina Faso‚ Côte d’Ivoire‚ Mali‚ Niger‚ Senegal‚ and Togo) under the West African Economic and Monetary Union or UEMOA share a common currency‚ the CFA Franc‚ with the exception of Guinea Bissau which joined the group on UEMOA on May 2‚ 1997 and
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world ’s biggest producer of cocoa beans with over a million cocoa farms and plantations. A British TV documentary‚ "Slavery‚" claims 90 percent of Ivory Coast cocoa plantations use slave labour. Most are young men and boys from impoverished areas in Benin‚ Togo and Mali are enticed by traffickers who promise them paid work‚ housing and an education. Instead‚ they are sold to Ivory Coast cocoa plantation owners who beat them into submission and offer no pay for grueling‚ 18-hour days. What does the
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Colonial administrations Coercive labor systems Slave Systems Rise of Europe Scientific Revolution Enlightenment What were the major civilizations from 1450-1750? Major Civilizations 1450-1750 The Americas: Aztec‚ Inca Africa: Kongo‚ Benin‚ Oyo‚ Dahomey‚ Ashanti‚ Songhay East Asia: Ming‚ Qing‚ Tokugawa South Asia: Mughal What were some of the major continuities from 1450-1750? Continuities 1450-1750 Existing trade routes continued to be important to global exchange No sweeping
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as “The Spanish Frontier”‚ “Canada”‚ and “The West Indies”. He wasn’t exactly chronological in his writing‚ but rather used regions to organize the past. We learn in chapter two that many regions were being taken over by Europeans. For example‚ Benin‚ The Canaries‚ and Azores areas were being attacked for land by Iberians. The colonists brought diseases which changed the populations drastically. This also changed the environmental boundary that was there before any invasion‚ because cultures
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Islam is traditionally known to the Yoruba as Esin Male or simply Imale i.e. religion of the Malians. In fact‚ Islam was practiced in Yorubaland so early on in history‚ that a sizable proportion of Yoruba slaves taken to the Americas were already Muslim. Some of these Yoruba Muslims would later on stage the Malê Revolt (or The Great Revolt) which was the most significant slave rebellion in Brazil. On a Sunday during Ramadan in January 1835‚ in the city of Salvador‚ Bahia‚ a small group of slaves
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© Kamla-Raj 2007 J. Soc. Sci.‚ 14(1): 81-86 (2007) Educational System in Nigeria Problems and Prospects L. O. Odia1 and S.I Omofonmwan 2 1. Universal Welfare Sustainable Community Development Center‚ Benin City‚ Nigeria 2. Department of Geography and Planning‚ Ambrose Alli University‚ Ekpoma‚ Nigeria E-mail: profomofonmwan@yahoo.com or odialucko@yahoo.com KEYWORDS Education; problems; prospects; standards; research and development ABSTRACT This paper examines the problems and prospects of
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