Brooklyn Collegiate Tarifur Rahman Global 03/06/13 British in Australia 1. What were and where were all of the colonial possessions of the imperialist country? Answer: * The Caribbean: Antigua and Barbuda‚ Bahamas‚ Barbados‚ Belize‚ Dominica‚ Grenada‚ Guyana‚ Jamaica‚ St. Kitts & Nevis‚ St. Lucia‚ St. Vincent & the Grenadines‚ Trinidad & Tobago * Australia and Oceania: Australia‚ Fiji‚ New Zealand‚ Tuvalu * North America: Canada‚ the U.S 2. What
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Did World War I occur because everybody wanted to rule the world? If we look back at WWI‚ we can see that even though there are other causes such as militarism‚ industrialization‚ alliances and nationalism‚ imperialism is the leading cause of the war. Imperialism is when a country takes another country and makes it a subject to their rule‚ this is because they all want large empires. This is evidently the leading cause of the war because it spurred cutthroat competition for land and resources‚ ignited
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The decline of the Ottoman Empire would create opportunity for the European Great Powers: Austria‚ Russia‚ France‚ and Great Britain. These nations would both support and diminish the Ottoman Empire‚ both for economic gain and to thwart the ambitions of the others. The manipulation of the Middle East would reflect the rivalry of the European nations over power and economic advantage. The death throes of the Ottoman would take nearly two centuries as the powers of Europe squabbled over the pieces
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There are many causes to the First World War‚ many of which are results of complex developments which took place for a number of years before the war‚ such as the conflict over the Balkans and the decline of the Ottoman Empire. The most obvious cause may be the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand. However‚ upon close examination of the events leading up to World War One‚ we shall see that this was merely the spark that set off the chain of events leading up to the Great War. One of the main
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Jews were using the media and politics in an attempt to stop Hitler‚ it didn’t work. Think of the political division and hate of today (Holocaust: Chronicles). The places that have already experienced it are Germany‚ Cambodia‚ Laos‚ Rwanda‚ Bosnia‚ Herzegovina‚ Chad‚ and now Darfur. There are many mini-Holocausts going on now. The question is not‚ can the Holocaust happen again? The question is; when will the next Holocaust starts and is likely to be part of the political solution to massive over
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alliances previously formed and underlying conflicts. Initially‚ World War I was spurred by the assassination of Arch Duke Ferdinand of Austria on June 28th of 1914 by a terrorist recruited by Serbia. When Austria seized the provinces of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1908‚ Russia and the independent state of Serbia became infuriated and retaliated with the murder of Ferdinand and his wife. On July 23rd the Austrian Government declared war against Serbia. Germany declared war against Russia‚ an ally
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society because in the most extreme cases it can cause war and genocide. Two examples of such extremes are World War II when the Nazi’s and Adolph Hitler attempted to exterminate the Jewish people in concentration camps‚ and most recently in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Bosnian Serbs targeted Bosnian Muslims and Croatian civilians resulting in over 100‚000 deaths. ("History‚com"‚ 1996-2013). 3. Define emigration and immigration. Emigration is leaving one country and settling in another. Immigration
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RELIGION AND WAR: what causes people to threaten violence and even wage war in defense of religion? Identifying the true causes of unrest and violence‚ either domestic or international‚ which results to war‚ is really difficult to determine. However is very important to recognize the precise causes of some of the conflicts around the world‚ where some might be due to ethnicity and religious ideologies but not all. However‚ when political alliances‚ economic difference‚ ethnicity and religious
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Asia Country Official and national Languages Other spoken Languages Afghanistan Pashto (Pashtu‚ Pushtu) an Eastern Iranian language‚ it is the native language of the Pashtun people. Dari Persian (Fārsī-ye Darī) also known as Afghan Persian. other Turkic and minor languages. Armenia Armenian (Hayeren) is an independent‚ one-language subgroup within the Indo-European language family. The unique Armenian alphabet‚ which consists of 39 characters‚ was created in 405 AD by a monk named
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