is the world’s most widely viewed sporting event; an estimated 715.1 million people watched the final match of the 2006 FIFA World Cup held in Germany. The next three World Cups will be hosted by Brazil in 2014‚ Russia in 2018‚ and Qatar in 2022. HISTORY DEVELOPMENT OF THE WORLD CUP | | The world’s first international football match was a challenge match played in Glasgow in 1872 between Scotland and England‚ which ended in a 0–0 draw. The first international tournament‚ the inaugural edition
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HISTORY OF TOURISM Early Travel Early peoples tended to stay in one place. Travel was essentially to seek food or to escape danger. The Bible makes reference to travel for purposes of trade. In ancient times we began to see the development of routes for the purpose of facilitating trade and the creation of specialized‚ if somewhat crude‚ vehicles specifically for traveling. The growth of cities along water ways‚ such as the Nile River and the Mediterranean Sea‚ encouraged the development of water
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Desmond were alive. So‚ what was the purpose of the classical saxophone? Where did it come from? Adolphe Sax could not have imagined the popularity of his invention at the time that he patented it. He was born in Dinant‚ on the Meuse River. This Belgium city was once under French rule. Sax’s father was an architect and a musician. He enjoyed tinkering in his father’s shop‚ always trying to build or invent something. His father encouraged this‚ and without this encouragement‚ the saxophone may have
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the Fournier and Deoffrey families in 1959. In 1960‚ the company opened its first supermarket‚ followed by the opening of the first Carrefour hypermarket in Sainte-Genevive-des-bois in 1963. In 1969‚ the opening of the first Carrefour store in Belgium marked the beginning of Carrefour’s international expansion. Between 1970 and 1980‚ the company went through a number of changes and expansions. In 1970‚ the company’s stock was floated on the Paris Bourse (the Paris Stock Exchange). Two years
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History of Golf Golf as we know it today originated from a game played on the eastern coast of Scotland in the Kingdom of Fife during the 15th century. Players would hit a pebble around a natural course of sand dunes‚ rabbit runs and tracks using a stick or primitive club. Some historians believe that Kolven from Holland and Cole from Belgium influenced the game. The latter was introduced into Scotland in 1421. However while these games and countless others are stick and ball games‚ they are
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The History of Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson was known as a president‚ general‚ and a politician. However people have not heard of some of the things he had to go through with his past life. His family was from Ireland and then moved to America on a farm in south Carolina where Andrew was born. Andrew got his name from his father when he died [go.galegroup.com.] As he started to grow up the revolutionary war broke out. So Andrew his two brothers Hugh and Robert joined the battle. Sadly they both
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Imperialism is when one country takes over another country for economic or political reason. They want to rule the whole world and its people to make it one nation. The Imperialism began in Europe as Britain‚ France‚ Belgium‚ Italy‚ Germany‚ Portugal and Spain competed for African raw materials and markets. Soon Japan joined and then the United State didn’t want to miss out on the opportunity to improve economy. Imperialism at the turn of 19th century was not from my viewpoint a proper and
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Junior Year SL IB History Notes Paper 1 * Based on the Prescribed Subjects * Communism & Crisis * Arab Israeli Conflict * Peacemaking – Peacekeeping * Themes * Wilson & 14 Points * Terms of the Paris Peace Treaties * Geo-Political Economic & Mandate Impact in Europe * The Conferences (Washington‚ London‚ Geneva‚ etc.) * Provisions of all the Treaties * Principles & Threats to Collective Security * Ruhr Crisis
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Belgian King Leopold II’s activities in the Congo c. Henry Stanley’s explorations of the Nile d. Cecil Rhodes’ diamond and gold mining 9. Which country controlled much of northern and west-central Africa? a. Britain c. Germany b. France d. Belgium 10. Why was Ethiopia able to maintain its independence from Italy? a. It was high in the mountains. c. It was divided into domains. b. Menelik II had worked to d. The Italians were poor fighters. modernize it. © Pearson Education‚ Inc.‚ publishing
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HISTORY OF BEVERAGES/SOFT DRINK: Soft drinks can trace their history back to the mineral water found in natural springs. Bathing in natural springs has long been considered a healthy thing to do; and mineral water was said to have curative powers. Scientists soon discovered that gas carbonium or carbon dioxide was behind the bubbles in natural mineral water. The first marketed soft drinks (non-carbonated) appeared in the 17th century. They were made from water and lemon juice sweetened with honey
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