From about 1480-1700‚ many individuals in Europe were accused of being witches‚ put on trial‚ prosecuted and later executed for witchcraft. This witch craze was concentrated in southwestern Germany‚ Switzerland‚ England‚ Scotland‚ Poland‚ and parts of France‚ and resulted in 100‚000 witches put on trial. The three main reasons for the persecution of these “witches” were economic greed‚ religious beliefs and social prejudices. Most of those who accused the witches as being so ultimately sought profit
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Advanced Placement European History Unit 5 – Absolutism and State-building in the 17th Century Identifications People places events ideas institutions arts Social Phenomena Witches and witchcraft- witchcraft affected many lives of Europeans in the sixteenth and seventeenth century. Witchcraft was thought to be connected with the devil therefore making witchcraft heresy. Witch trials- More than 100‚000 people were prosecuted throughout Europe for witchcraft during the sixteenth
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FOCUS QUESTIONS What are the roots of the modern European era? There were countless political‚ social and economic events that unfolded in the Middle Ages that could be said to be the roots of the Modern European Era...; such as the Black Death‚ the Hundred Years’ War‚ the Great Schism‚ the Reformation of the Church‚ peasant rebellions‚ so on and so forth. However‚ most all of these events were the seeds of broader effects. They brought on such values as Capitalism‚ Nationalism‚ Humanism‚ the
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Two years after Walt Disney Co. opened its new part in France‚ Euro Disney was losing $1 million per day‚ despite over a million visitors per month. What had gone wrong? Disney was overly ambitious‚ and had made serious strategic and financial miscalculations. It relied too heavily on debt‚ just as interest rates started to rise. It assumed a real estate boom would continue‚ allowing it to see some properties to pay off its debts. It made mistakes in the park itself‚ including cost overruns
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S&S Air‚ Inc. 2009 Income Statement Sales COGS Other Expenses Depreciation EBIT Interest Taxable Income Taxes (40%) Net Income $20‚077‚000 $14‚985‚000.00 $2‚399‚000.00 $655‚000.00 $2‚038‚000.00 $362‚000.00 $1‚676‚000.00 $670‚400.00 $1‚005‚600.00 Dividends Add. To RE $205‚000.00 $800‚600.00 2009 Balance Sheet Current Assets Cash AR Inventory Total CA Fixed Assets Net P&E Total Assets 1. Ratios Current Ratio Quick Ratio Current Liabilities $365‚040 $1‚534‚680 $1‚238‚500 $3‚138‚220 AP Notes Payable
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countries (such as Greece) that were not members of the gold standard. Under the gold standard‚ European peripheral countries ran current account deficits‚ but the size of those deficits was small relative to those experienced by Greece under the euro. They were small because fiscal shocks were smaller and‚ more importantly‚ because the adjustment mechanism while imperfect‚ worked to mitigate the buildup of external imbalances. Second‚ adherence to a hard peg is no panacea and cannot be sustained
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Air pollution – contaminants or substances in the air that interfere with human health or produce other harmful environmental effects. Read our “What is Air Pollution?” article for further information. Alternative energy – usually environmentally friendly‚ this is energy from uncommon sources such as wind power or solar energy‚ not fossil fuels. Alternative fuels – similar to above. Not petrol or diesel but different transportation fuels like natural gas‚ methanol‚ bio fuels and electricity. B
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Applied Economics‚ The euro debate • Donnelly‚ B (2000)‚ “UK’s prosperity outside the euro”‚ The Times‚ London‚ Feb. 1‚ 2000. • Taylor‚ C (2001)‚ “Strains in the eurozone: Economic divergences within Europe may in time force some countries out of the common currency”‚ Financial Times‚ London‚ July 30‚ 2001. • Wren-Lewis‚ S (2000)‚ University of Exeter‚ “The Economics of EMU”‚ New Economy by Peter Robinson‚ London‚ 2000 • Wolf‚ M (2001)‚ “Nobody can know whether euro benefits would be clear”
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| Euro Versus the U.S. Dollar | | | | | | | | Some financial analysts forecast the U.S. dollar will depreciate further against the Euro throughout 2011 and 2012. In actuality‚ there is a consensus projecting that the Euro will actually depreciate further against the dollar‚ not vice versa. The Euro’s decline manifested last year and has since seen a decline as recent as this week. Future traders have publicly talked about how the Eurozone has too many issues with countries
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shows how much power Hitler and the axis power has gained throughout the war. Mussolini’s letter to Hitler replying to Hitler’s previous letter talks about the agreement between German and Russia‚ avoiding a break of relations with Japan‚ and of the case with Poland and military collision with Russia‚ Italy‚ and Germany (Doc J). Mussolini sees their agreement as a way to prevent encirclement with the democracies and shows how many ties Hitler had with leaders against democracy. Hitler’s downfall
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