The African Slave trade: African slaves and the Trans Atlantic‚ Triangular Trade. A short history of the Trans Atlantic slave trade. How did African Slavery begin? For many centuries‚ Africans were a commodity‚ like land tax‚ they were expendable to the Congo chiefs. In 1440‚The Portuguese realised this‚ and so‚ as well as exploiting Africa for it’s gold and spices‚ they also had a monopoly on the African slave trade. They needed a labour force for their sugar plantations and mines in Brazil
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LION * Lions are the second largest big cat species in the world (behind tigers). * The average male lion weighs around 180 kg (400 lb) while the average female lion weighs around 130 kg (290 lb). * The roar of a lion can be heard from 8 kilometers (5.0 miles) away. * Most lions found in the wild live in southern and eastern parts of Africa. * Lions are very social compared to other cat species‚ often living in prides that feature females‚ offspring and a few adult males.
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Chapter 7 Define: * Plateau: a relatively high‚ flat land areas * Desert * Savanna: broad grassland dotted with small trees and shrubs Define: * Animism: * Griot: a special class of African storytellers who help keep alive a people’s history * Subsistence Farming: the practice of growing just enough crops for personal use‚ not for sale * Matrilineal: tracing lineage through the mother rather than the father * Patrilineal: tracing lineage through the father Know
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WORLD HISTORY II -- CLASS NOTES (Revised Fall 2002) Class Introduction – Syllabus Text: The Heritage of World Civilizations (Craig‚ Graham‚ Kagan‚ Ozment‚ Turner)‚ N.J.: Prentice Hall‚ 2002. Chapter 16 The Late Middle Ages and The Renaissance in the West (1300 – 1527) Calamity and New Beginnings Culture: Culture exercise: Japanese Printer His pregnant wife Olympic athlete College Coed Rabbi Med. Stud./Bl. Militant Biochemist Hollywood Starlet Policeman/with
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GROWTH: A COMPELLING MOTIVE TO DEPENDENCY “Is Third World dependency on First World development‚ practices‚ and funding avoidable?” By Michael John A. San Roque ABS681M G01 Submitted to: Dr. Ma. Elena Chiong-Javier October 9‚ 2012 Countries of the world have been sharply divided along development. Countries that are economically buoyant‚ technologically advanced‚ and politically stable are termed ‘Developed Countries’ or ‘First World’. On the other hand‚ countries that are technically
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2013 A Global Village of 100 Today our world consists of nearly 7 billion individuals; however‚ we never stop to think and understand how our world truly functions. If we decide to reduce the size of the entire worlds population to about a hundred people and did not change the demographic breakdown‚ we would be left with an impacting result allowing us to understand what we are blinded to each day. To begin with‚ the current death rates around the world are extremely significant; however‚ it goes
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Brave New World: World Instability I. Video Intro of World Instability (3:50) II. Past examples of world instability (Chad) A. Russian Revolution a. http://www.history.com/topics/russian-revolution b. After Bolshevik forces executed Czar Nicholas II and his family in July 1918‚ the killers hid the victims’ mutilated bodies. The remains were discovered and exhumed in the late 1970s near Yekaterinburg‚ Russia‚ and eventually identified through DNA testing. B. World War II a. http://www.history
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BCE-220 CE‚ Mauryan/Gupta India 320 BCE-550 CE‚ Imperial Rome 31 BCE-476 CE CCOT: 2009 Silk Roads 200 BCE-1450 CE 2006 Cultural & political changes in ONE: Chinese 100-600 CE‚ Roman 100-600 CE‚ Indian 300-600 CE Post-Classical DBQ: 2004 Responses to Buddhism in China 2002 Attitudes of Christians and Muslims to merchants C/C: 2005 Political effects of Mongol rule on two: China‚ Russia‚ Middle East CCOT: 2009 Silk Roads 200 BCE-1450 CE 2008 Indian Ocean Trade 650-1750 1450-1750
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New world exploration a. exploration origins of european expansion exploration b. consequences encounter a. conquistadors had superior weapons/guns & horses b. native american populations quickly shrank c. death due to diseases brought by europeans spanish empire a. financed by gold and silver from americas b. natives: died from diseases brought by the spanish some converted to christianity some resisted by the spanish control colonies spanish empire -appointed viceroys
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their strategy from time to time. In the following paragraphs will be comparison and contrast of strategic development in between Virgin Atlantic Airways and Singapore Airlines. 3.1 Strategic Development Virgin Atlantic Airways and Singapore Airlines are using different strategic development. 3.1.1 Emergent and Intended Strategies Virgin Atlantic Airways is using emergent strategy development. Emergent strategy comes about through more everyday routines‚ activities and processes in
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