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    Module 6 Study Guide Provide a detailed description of the historical importance of each of the famous people‚ key terms and places listed below. Focus on explaining what is most important to know about each including information that helps explain who‚ what‚ when‚ where and why. Use the lessons listed in parentheses to find the necessary information and avoid using Google‚ Wikipedia or other internet sources. Famous People Caudillos (6.01): a Castilian word meaning leader; it’s usually used

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    Wal-Mart Lack of compassion Tip of the iceberg can describe the story below. Wal-Mart is company No. 1 in the world. It has the most revenue over any other company ($421 Billion). But its riches equal its controversies. This story is probably the most apt at describing the unethical treatment of its workers‚ because of the sheer senselessness of it. In 2000‚ a collision with a semi-trailer left 52-year-old Deborah Shank with permanent brain damage and in a wheelchair. Her husband and three

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    Africa holds for Europeans‚ and it is because of this dehumanization that several critics consider Heart of Darkness a racist work. The Swedish Captain The Swedish Captain is the captain of the ship that takes Marlow toward the mouth of the Congo. He tells Marlow that another Swede has just hanged himself by the side of the road. When Marlow asks why‚ the Swedish Captain replies‚ "Who knows? The

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    West Asia Syria and Lebanon As in other parts of Asia‚ there was an upsurge for freedom in West Asia also immediately after the Second World War. You have read in the previous chapter about the movement of the people of Syria against the French rule. After the war‚ the French tried to restore their authority over Syria and Lebanon but‚ in the face of opposition from the people of these countries and the world opinion‚ they were forced to withdraw. Both Syria and Lebanon became independent by the

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    environments created a huge proliferation of light weapons in the struggling countries. Western countries competed for control of resources in Africa. The Berlin Conference took place to sort out this competition‚ and create a more efficient colonization of Africa. The Europeans’ main aims were to establish “spheres of influence‚” to access‚ monopolize‚ and ensure a steady supply of raw materials‚ to control and structurally compel African labor to produce raw materials cheaply‚ and to establish

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    major phenomena that are the slave trade‚ colonization and decolonization. Each has its positive and negative impacts on the people‚ the shape of the continent and her economic resources. Slave trade robbed Africa of its best brains as those sold were mainly targeted after challenging the chief an action that by then was a preserve for those with the morale courage to question decisions from the highest authority as it was considered to be taboo. Colonization introduced new country boundaries and disadvantaged

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    (900-1350). Had mounds that were 100ft high and used for rituals. King Alfonso- Historical significance: Gives a glimpse on how the Europeans colonized Africa‚ spread religion‚ and a look at the slave trade- between Portugal and Congo brought Christianity into the Congo and also brought slavery into the Atlantic world and European settlement. Hernando Cortes-(1485-1547) Spanish conquest- conquered the Aztec empire and destroyed its civilization. 1519 led expedition inland. It began as a journey

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    to what Conrad’s views of African Colonization are. One of the most obvious and monotonous themes of this novel would be African racism and discrimination. So‚ did Conrad write this novel as a way to condone the acts of savage European imperialism and slavery‚ or‚ to make us realize what they did was unethical? I believe he was a racist‚ and you will soon come to see why. Picture yourself streaming down on the gloomy waters of the Congo River in the heart of Africa. The water

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    Archer Hawaii Pacific University Dr. Satterfield 17 October 2010 Archer 1 The late nineteenth and early twentieth century saw a great deal of colonization of Asia and Africa by European powers‚ each trying to fulfill its own version of manifest destiny. England controlled vast holds in Africa‚ as well as India; the Belgians ruled the Congo; Germany‚ France‚ and Italy also held several African lands. These colonies funded a great part of the ruling countries’ economies and provided foreign

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    Colonialism is the establishment and maintenance‚ for an extended time‚ of rule over an alien people that is separate from and subordinate to the ruling power‚ Colonization is the control or governing influence or acquiring full or partial political control over another country. Occupying it with settlers‚ and exploiting it economically. With these in mind‚ this paper aims at describing how colonial occupation has brought a modern economy and modern state system of governance which has been good

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