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    the Spanish now had to obey by the rules of the Treaty of Tordesillas. As stated in‚ The Treaty of Tordesillas‚ signed June 7th 1494‚ “This boundary or line shall be drawn straight at a distance of three hundred and seventy leagues west of the Cape Verde Islands… And land discovered already‚ or to be discovered hereafter on the eastern side [of the line]… shall belong to‚ and remain in the possession of the said King of Portugal and his successors‚” (Document 4). The explorations of the Spaniards

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    The Rise of Colonialism and its Impact on Modern Society In the middle of the 15th century‚ as the Roman Empire was weakening‚ the fall of Constantinople marked a bigger impact than anyone could have considered. The Ottoman Empire had reign to advance into the Mediterranean‚ and that meant that traveling east on land was not an option. With the Renaissance about to emerge‚ it became a springboard for the development of advanced ships. This marked the beginning of the Age of Exploration and Colonialism

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    Tourism in Mozambique

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    Tourism in countries with touristic future: How is it possible to develop tourism in Mozambique? Introduction * Relevance of the proposed research to business research Mozambique today‚ has remarkable touristic trumps. The country offers its historical heritage‚ beautiful landscapes‚ its wild flora and fauna‚ beaches and ecotourism possibilities. But the armed conflict that took place between the years 1973 and 1992 ended the tourism as well the effort of the conservation

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    Portuguese planted sugar plantations in the islands of Madeira‚ Cape Verde‚ and especially São Tomé. Enslaved Africans were sent all over the world for the profit including middle east‚ India ‚ Persia and Russia. Europeans needed slaves for plantations ‚ the most importantly sugar. Sugar Plantations are highly labor intensive

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    SST PROJECT TOPIC: LANDSLIDE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We would like to express our special thanks of gratitude to our teacher ‚MRS. Rajashri Behera‚ who gave us the golden opportunity to do this wonderful project on the topic –LANDSLIDE. It also helped in doing a lot of research and we came to know about various types of new things. We would also like to thank our parents who helped us a lot in this project. There should also be a special thanks to our group members who cooperated in all the activities

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    Burgesses sovereign territorial unit. Pilgrims Treaty of Tordesillas- divided the newly Puritans discovered lands outside Europe between Maryland Portugal & Spain; specified line of Rhode Island demarcation between the Cape Verde Roger Williams Islands (Portuguese) & the islands First Dutch War discovered by Christopher Columbus on his Cromwell’s Navigation Act first voyage (claimed for Spain) Dominion of New England Martin Luther Glorious Revolution

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    Color Distortion: Perception

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    or “Dark” for different shades‚ but also start relating them with objects in their surroundings but not nessesarily at that moment. Also create compuond words by joining the 2 “visible” colors. Limón‚ Quemado‚ Vino‚ Pasto‚ Árbol‚ Lila. Verde-Azul or Azul-Verde Adolescents and Adults use the same kind of vocabulary and adjectives to describe things. They also relate the colors with sometimes less common objects‚ but they tend to be more specific about them: Less common: Perry (cartoon)‚ Italian

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    Encounter with the West

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    EARLY VOYAGE TO ASIA • Inspired by Prince Henry‚ the Navigator‚ Portuguese navigators sailed down the African coast to reach East. • In 1487‚ led by Bartolome Dias‚ the Portuguese rounded the Cape of Good Hope. A few years later‚ Vasco de Gama reached Calicut‚ India‚ by sailing Eastward from the cape. • The end of the reconquistas in 1492‚ paved the way for great voyages including the discovery of the New World (America) for Spain. • Christopher Columbus‚ who had failed to convince the King

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    Unemployment in Kenya

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    very encouraging and therefore drastic measures must be instigated to curb this situation. The following table shows current unemployment rates in African countries; Country Unemployment rate (%) Source date Algeria 10 2010 Botswana 7.5 2007 Cape Verde 13.1 2010 Djibouti 59 2007 Egypt 9.4 2009 Ghana 3.6 2008 Kenya 42 2009 Libya 13.0 2008 Mali 30 2009 Education Education in its general sense is a form of learning in which knowledge‚ skills‚ and habits of a group of people are

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