The Spanish Flu was the most devastating pandemic our world has ever seen. Even though few medical records exist‚ historians believe that 20 – 100 million people were killed by this flu. Despite the number of deaths and the severity and geographic reach of this disease‚ it merits little attention in the history books. Today one of our greatest medical threats is AIDS. The Spanish Flu is exponential compared to AIDS casualties (Gloria). The Spanish Flu of 1918-19 affected our world like no other disease
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correct term to refer to oneself‚ Hispanic or Latino? The word Hispanic has been around for a very long time and it’s a name applied to people of country heritage that speak the Spanish language. The US government began using this term to refer to a person of Cuban‚ Mexican‚ Puerto Rican‚ South or Central American‚ or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race in the 1970’s. Then the term continued to be used and I have never felt offended by the term even though I know that it’s an easy term to
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Empire and the Spanish Empire. During the building process of their empires‚ the Ottoman and the Spanish both developed many similarities in their political‚ social‚ and economic affairs. A similarity between these empires was that they both had some type of slave system. Even though they did have some things in common there were also many differences that were between these empires. Some differences between these two were that the Ottomans had the devshirme slave system and the Spanish had the encomienda
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The Ottoman Empire‚ or Turks‚ were the longest-lasting remnents of the Mongol Empire; the Spanish Empire re-asserted itself after the Muslim Reconquista of the Iberian Peninsula and became a world power through the Age of Exploration. From 1450 to 1800‚ both the Ottoman and Spanish Empires experienced political expanision in the process of empire building‚ but unlike the Spanish‚ the Ottomans experienced diminshing growth and stagnation during the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries after amassing
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Mrs. Harris Language A HL 1 – Written Assessment 2/25/13 Question: How is the incident on page five a metaphor for Anton’s quest throughout the novel? In the prologue of the Assault‚ Harry Mulisch broadly foreshadows the entirety of the novel through an underlying‚ quintessential theme that provides great insight into human nature. The image of the solitary man depicted in the opening scene reveals the generalized theme of an unchanging continuity between the past‚ present‚ and future that in
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Zuri Martinez How did foreign involvement affect the outcome of the Spanish Civil War? Part A: Plan of the Investigation In this investigation‚ “How foreign involvement affected the Spanish Civil War?” will be evaluated. In this investigation the two sides that fought in the war‚ Republican and Nationalist‚ will be evaluated‚ based of success due to foreign involvement. This investigation explores both sides’ points of view on the war
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There were many reasons why the Americans wanted to go to war with the Spanish. There were several reasons to be exact why the Spanish-American War had an outbreak. The Americans wanted an empire and they thought it would put the civil war behind us; the excitement would be great‚ yellow journalism Valeriano “Butcher” Weyler and finally the Delome letter. Cubans were in revolt against Spain‚ and wanted to declare their independence. Many Americans supported their efforts. Newspapers in America favored
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Africa’s Golden Past “Africa’s Golden Past” was a very interesting article I’ve read. I’ve learned about the different countries in Africa. I’ve learn the many different art forms Africa have for example‚ languages‚ of different sorts‚ wars that occur in our great Motherland‚ and great achievements of Kings. I learn about different cultures that Africa has to offer. There were many parts of Africa that was very wealthy with gold. After reading through “Africa’s Golden Past” I believe argument
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James Mann Introduction to Mass Communications COM-120-OL009 Written Assignment #1 1. Describe how you’ve used media over the last few days in these four areas: cognition‚ diversion‚ social utility‚ and withdrawal. Now describe how the media has helped you during this same period in terms of: surveillance‚ interpretation‚ linkage‚ entertainment‚ and formulating values. I was married on May 3rd and we left on our honeymoon to Marathon and Key West‚ Florida on May 4th and will return
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geographical characteristics does your country have? What are they called? The country of Uruguay is mostly rolling plains and low hills. Most of the low-lying landscape is grassland which is great for cattle and sheep raising. The Río de la Plata (in Spanish Silver River) is the estuary formed by the combination of the Uruguay River and the Parana River. The Silver River is wide‚ shallow‚ and cloudy. It is the widest estuary in the world. It is a funnel-shaped bay on the coastline of South America and
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