1. The creator of Sherlock Holmes’ was- (a) Shakespeare (b) Dr. Watson (c) Ian Fleming (d) Arthur Conan Doyle Answer : (d) 2. Which of the following is not written by Munshi Premchand ? (a) Gaban (b) Godan (c) Mansarovar (d) Guide Answer : (c) 3. The Parliament of Afghanistan is- (a) Senate (b) Majlis (c) Shora (d) National Assembly Answer : (c) 4. Amnesty International has its headquarters at- (a) New York (b) London (NDA (c) Washington (d) Berlin Answer :(b)
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Strickland Gloria Strickland Mrs. Coy APLit 5 December 2014 Folk Music: The Bridge between the Past and the Present Sometimes the strongest way to get a story or point across is through words of song. In a historical point of view‚ the oldest and most effective style of music that has had a major impact throughout the world is folkstyle music. Many of the United States’ immigrants from Europe were drawn to‚ and influences to‚ the music in the South‚ mainly during the 1800’s (Cohen). The
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Fast Food Nation Essay "A nation ’s diet can be more revealing than its art or literature." (p.3) Eric Schlossers book Fast Food Nation is not only an expose of the fast food industry but also shows how the fast food industry has shaped and defined society in America and other nations as the fast food culture spreads globally. He connects the social order of society to the kind of food it eats and the way it eats that food‚ and relates fast food to other social processes and institutions
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Introduction by Villegas and Abola? * The book is contextualized to the Philippine economic setting---learning of economic principles is immediately related to the current situation and issues facing the economy. Students will therefore be learning not abstract or foreign concepts but concrete ones they can relate with and use to explain socio-economic phenomena they experience‚ and most likely motivate them to take constructive action on these phenomena. * The book offers a holistic coverage of the essentials
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Spirituals are religious folk songs that were created and first sung by African Americans in slavery around the 1860’s and passed along from one generation to the next. As the song(s) is (was) passed on‚ it starts to change. The changes that take place become a part of the original song and eventually the music takes on a different form. In the time of music making‚ Americans fought and won a war for independence while the rapidly expanding Black population remained enslaved. All of the African
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The Souls of Black Folk essays by W.E.B. Du Bois were composed during a crucial time in United States history concerning race relations. In 1868 and 1870 the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments passed. Even with these amendments‚ segregation was still in effect‚ particularly in the South. Even though the Southern states had received assistance during the Reconstruction period‚ the region was still feeling the result of the Civil War by the end of the nineteenth century. Race relations echoed antagonism
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A Nation at Risk The Imperative for Educational Reform What are the main points made in the reading? A Nation at Risk created the present-day sense that American schools are failing‚ and generated many education reform efforts since the report was published in ‘83. A Nation at Risk assessed the quality of teaching and learning at the elementary‚ high school‚ and college levels and compared American schools with those of “advanced” nations. It reported that America’s educational system was
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INED 411 Book Review Trail of Tears The authors’ name of the book called Trail of Tears: The Rise and Fall of the Cherokee Nation is John Ehle. Trail of Tears was published in the United States by Anchor Books‚ a division of random house‚ New York and in Canada. This book was published in September 22‚ 1989. This book has 424 pages. John Ehle is more than qualified to write on this subject. He has wrote over seventeen books‚ his first book was published in 1957 so he has over 30 years
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Education of Our Nation “[R]aising math‚ science‚ reading‚ and creativity levels in Amerian schools is thed key determinant of economic growth‚ and economic is the key to national power and influence as well as individual well-being” (Friedman and Mandelbaum 100).When a problem arises‚ the first thing a person ought to do is educate themselves on the subject. While most every American agrees‚ America‚ as a nation‚ has put its’ education system on the back burner. In their book entitled That Used
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The Balkan Nations In 1918‚ a new term crept into the English language: balkanize. The word balkanize means to break up into small‚ mutually hostile political units. It is what occurred in the Balkans after World War I. the term grew out of the complex cultural and political geography of the Balkan Peninsula. Perhaps the one thing that Balkans share is their historical experience. The peoples of this region have all known the ordeal of foreign domination. Today the Balkan Peninsula is divided into
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