Factoid Friday Transcript Space colonization has been a controversial issue since Cold War. Since the moon landing‚ people and scientists have started to look even further. Space Colonization is no longer the stuff of science fiction. With each passing day it is closer and closer to becoming a reality. Colonizing space would be the ultimate feat of mankind. But exploration isn’t the only incentive to leave Earth. Our 4.5 billion year old planet is being quickly depleted of resources. The most
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Colonization in the Pacific In the past few hundred years the pacific islands have seen a spread of colonization by foreign countries into their own land. The foreign countries spread into the pacific and colonized and took over the lands from the native people. The Colonization in the Pacific began with the arrival of the first missionaries who came to spread the good news of God‚ the traders and whalers who came to trade and to do whaling‚ the prisoners and deserters who escaped ships that passed
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First of all‚ there was a greater impact socially than economically after the colonization of the New World because of the slave trade. Many slaves were horribly mistreated before they even came to America. Proof of this is (Doc. H) where the slaves are shown being brought onto the Middle Passage. These slaves‚ including young children‚ are shown with shackles around their necks. Once on the Middle Passage‚ slaves were kept in the hull of the ship. There was just enough food and water to keep
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American Imperialism and the Colonization of the Philippines The irony of the 1898 Spanish-American war was that Americans fought partly to aid Cubans in the fight for Cuban sovereignty‚ and the United States ended up colonizing some territories they won from Spain‚ like the Philippines. Despite America’s previous claims of only supporting independence and democracy‚ the United States became an imperialist power and colonized the Philippines (Introduction to the Spanish-American war and the
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Moon Colonization July 20‚ 1989: President Bush uses the 20th anniversary of the first footsteps on the moon to declare that Americans should return‚ establish a permanent presence there‚ and go on to Mars (Hartmann). After Bush proposed this idea of creating a permanent colony on the moon to serve as a “pit stop” on the way to Mars‚ NASA took it as a mandate to start planning. This idea of moon colonies brought upon a mood that was not seen since the days of the Apollo missions. The possibilities
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Ebola Outbreak in West Africa The Ebola outbreak in West Africa is the world’s deadliest to date and the World Health Organization has declared an international health emergency as more than 2‚100 people have died of the virus in Guinea‚ Liberia‚ Sierra Leone and Nigeria this year. Ebola is a viral illness of which the initial symptoms can include a sudden fever‚ intense weakness‚ muscle pain and a sore throat‚ according to the World Health Organization (WHO). And that is just the beginning:
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The success of the French in North America was largely due to the associations they developed with the American Indians‚ and the fur trading that provided animal pelts that were in high demand throughout Europe. The French built missions and worked to convert the Indians to Christianity‚ they settled primarily in Canada and the Great Lakes. France attempted to pioneer several settlements throughout North America that failed because of war with other countries‚ bad weather and diseases. Even though
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CHAPTER 18 The Atlantic System and Africa‚ 1550–1800 I0.Plantations in the West Indies A0.Colonization Before 1650 * 10. Spanish settlers introduced sugar-cane cultivation into the West Indies shortly after 1500 but did not do much else toward the further development of the islands. After 1600 the French and English developed colonies based on tobacco cultivation. * 20. Tobacco consumption became popular in England in the early 1600s. Tobacco production in the West Indies was stimulated
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Intro: The first European power to arrive in India was the army of Alexander the Great in 327-326 BC. The satraps he established in the northwest quickly crumbled after he left. Later‚ commercial trade was carried between Indian states and the Roman Empire by Greco-Roman sailors that reached India by sailing on the Red and Arabian Seas. The Portuguese sailor‚ Vasco da Gama‚ was the first European to arrive in India solely by navigating the sea‚ at the end of the 15th century. Having arrived
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THE CONSTITUTION OF MALAYSIA The Constitution is a document that contains the highest laws of the country. No other law can contravene the constitution. The Federal Constitution (Malaysia) we have today is based on the Constitution of the Federal of Malaya presented by the Reid Commission in 1957. The 1957 document was amended to suit the requirements of the enlarge federation and put into effects as the Constitution when Malaysia was proclaimed on 16 September 1963. SOURCE OF LAW IN MALAYSIA
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