mainly items made from silk; therefore‚ it was given the name‚ the Silk Road. Eventually‚ goods such as hemp‚ spices‚ and slaves began being traded on the Silk Road. Animals were also being traded on the route‚ animals would be imported from the Swahili Coast of Africa to the Middle East‚ and they would then be traded along the Silk Road. Later on‚ expensive goods from China became more in demand by the Europeans. These increases in demand led to larger factories being built in China and an expansion
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The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) indicates that if a child meets eligibility criteria for early intervention services‚ he or she may receive assistive technology devices and services (“ALL-7‚ Assistive Tech for Infants and Toddlers.indd - ALL7.pdf‚” n.d.). It is further mandated in (IDEA) that all special education students in secondary education receive transition planning services which should include consideration of assistive technology (Asselin‚ 2014). In 2013-14‚ the
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CHAPTER 13 Study Guide- Tropical Africa and Asia 1200-1500 1. Why is Ibn Battuta an important historical figure? P.325 -Ibn Battuta had completed a pilgrimage to Mecca and throughout the Middle East‚ and he wrote in journals about his travels‚ providing valuable information about these lands 2. What marks the center of the tropic zone? P. 325 -the equator 3. What are 3 examples of domesticated plants/animals that spread around the tropics. P.328
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kinship networks‚ communities‚ and friends for what little help they can obtain. The country faces a growing number of homeless youths in Bangui and in the other large urban areas. Many languages and dialects are spoken‚ including Arabic‚ Hunsa‚ and Swahili‚ but Sangho‚ the language of a group living on the Ubangi River‚ is spoken by a majority
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where a widespread of Burundians are in poverty. Burundi ranks in the top 5 of the poorest countries ranked on their GDP. Burundi is located in the heart of Africa’s great lakes and next to Rwanda. This country speaks a range of languages that are Swahili‚ French and Kirundi. It also has 2 main religions‚ which are Christianity and Indigenous beliefs. Rwanda and Burundi are two African countries with long histories. Both were kingdoms centuries before Europeans arrived. It is believed that the Twa
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are the very definition of a page-turner. He was one of the world’s most translated authors‚ selling more than 300 million books in 180 countries. They were printed in 51 languages‚ including Urdu‚ which is spoken in Pakistan and India‚ and in Swahili. With his second novel‚ "The Other Side of Midnight" (1974)‚ Mr. Sheldon broke into the blockbuster ranks; the book remained on The New York Times bestseller list for 53 weeks‚ then a record. About half of his 18 novels -- with such titles as
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Government Surveillance is Legal and Necessary Since September 11‚ 2001‚ the National Security Agency started a program called National Security to help the government collect and monitor information and data from overseas.There are two-hundred million text messages and three million phone calls collected per day to detect terrorist attacks before it happens (King 1). Some attacks are stopped before it happens but there are some that aren’t. Let’s take 9/11 for example‚ nineteen hijackers attacked
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Hmong is a language spoken by about four million people around the world‚ most commonly in northern Thailand‚ Vietnam‚ Laos‚ Burma/Myanmar‚ and parts of China. According to hmongculture.net‚ “About five percent of those speaking the Hmong Language actually reside within the United States speaking this and English fluently in certain cities around the country.” This statistic demonstrates the fact that the Hmong language is in danger of possibly becoming almost extinct. Learning about the Hmong language
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nearly a quarter of all the countries in the world. Africa has the world’s second largest population at1.2 billion people as well as being the oldest populated area. There are over 6 languages spoken in the continent‚ including‚ English‚ Arabic‚ Swahili‚ French‚ Portuguese‚ and Spanish; Arabic being the most common with around 170 million speakers. Though everyone seems to think of Africa as a whole‚ every country within it is very different and each has its own culture. Ethiopia and Liberia were
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From December 26th through January 1st‚ Africans‚ and those with African heritage‚ have the opportunity to celebrate a holiday that is a reminder of their culture: Kwanzaa. Kwanza‚ from the Swahili phrase “Matunda ya kwanza’’ meaning first fruit of the harvest (“Kwanzaa‚” par. 1)‚ is a Pan-Africanist holiday that was started by Dr. Maulana Karenga during the Black Power movement of the 1960s. Maulana’s intention‚ in founding the holiday‚ was to bring African Americans back to their African roots
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