Child’s Worst Nightmare Did you know that 1.8 million kids are being trafficked and taken to work on cocoa farms? First‚ kids from ages five to sixteen are being forced to work in cocoa fields being promised a better life. Second‚ West Africa produces seventy percent of the world’s chocolate therefore they need many people to work so the percent of kids working drastically goes up. Third‚ many organizations are trying to lower the number of child laborers in West Africa. Chocolate production in
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By Darren Francis 10/22/2010 Cocoa Production in West Africa This map shows the main cocoa production areas in West Africa. The patterns shows on this map indicate that the Southern coastline of West Africa is a major cocoa bean producing area. The pattern starts at Sierra Leone and follows the coastline down to Cameroon. Some exception to this pattern is in Nigeria‚ in the area of Port Harcourt there is no production and in Benin there is also no production. The brighter orange as indicated
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Change Over Time Essay Prompts 8000 BCE to 600 CE • Analyze the changes and continuities in major trading patterns within and among Classical civilizations; include their contacts‚ including religious‚ with adjacent regions. • Discuss the changes and continuities in the Silk Road trading network from 600 BCE – 1450 • Discuss the changes and continuities that occurred in the roles and functions of cities in major societies from the Neolithic Revolution to 1450. • Trace and
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China Resists Outside Influence (p. 368 - 375) Economic pressure from the west forced China to open to foreign trade and influence. The Chinese looked down on all foreigners‚ out of pride in their ancient culture. When the Qing emperor agreed to receive an ambassador from England‚ the emperor was not impressed because they already had everything. The European merchants were determined to find a product that the Chinese would purchase in large quantities. Eventually‚ the Europeans found opium‚ which
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great portion of the continent had‚ for centuries‚ fallen under Islamic influence. Regardless of this diversity‚ there were some common threads across different cultural groups. For example‚ West African societies shared a belief in an omnipotent creator‚ a chief immortal among less powerful gods‚ to whom they prayed and made sacrifices. Through laws and customs honoring the gods‚ the ancestors of people‚ and the elderly‚ West Africans looked for a harmonious balance between the natural and spiritual
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I chose to focus on West Africa’s healthcare and educational issues and combine them into two because without one the other cannot be solved. There is a low rate of students getting education and people receiving healthcare. You cannot have doctors in a hospital if they don’t know what they’re doing that’s why they need education. Not all students have to become doctors‚ it is just recommendation so they don’t have to suffer from a disease or watch a loved one die. If students choose to become doctors
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Muhammad was the prophet and messenger of god (Allah) and a great leader of Islam. He was the most influential man of his time because he had the power to cause major changes to the Arabian society and also made supreme religious movements for Islam. He always spoke the truth and no one ever could find fault in him. This great leader and Prophet of Islam was born in Mecca (holy city for the Muslims) in the year 570 CE. At that time Mecca was a wild‚ lawless land with many bloody battles and wars
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March 2011 History of Trade Influence in West Africa Trade has played an important role in the history of the West African region. Trade shaped the region in two main ways. Trade worked as a catalyst for the rise of nearly every empire in the region from its’ earliest times to present day. Also‚ the growth and spread of trade routes brought in an immense amount of culture with it as well. Trade is and has been a reason for organization in all parts of the world from the days of the barter system
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Over the course of a couple hundred years‚ many things can change‚ and surprisingly‚ some will stay constant. Take East Asia for example‚ between 1200 CE and 1400 CE the region was under the rule of three different dynasties (Song‚ Yuan‚ and Ming). Between 1492 and 1750‚ culture was spread through the Atlantic World (Western Europe‚ Western Africa‚ and the Eastern Americas) through trade and socialization. These interactions caused socio economic transformation due to the introduction of new crops
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During the time between 1750 and 1900‚ there were a lot of changes happening in countries. This period of time was called the Industrial Revolution. In the Industrial Revolution‚ people were moving around a lot. People moved from one country to another hoping that they could find a better way to live life. There were also people who were forced to leave their country because of a crime. The main reason why people moved was because they wanted to find work. A lot of urbanization was happening
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