Examine the extent to which expenditure on arms and the armed forces is justifiable in the modern world. ! ! With all its wars‚ terrorist attacks and genocides‚ history might suggest that the armed forces has a critical and unquestionable role in any nation-state. However‚ as Steven Pinker puts it “We believe our world is riddled with terror and war‚ but we may be living in the most peaceable era in human existence’. Since the peak of the cold war in the 1970s and 80s‚ organised conflicts of all
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She recounted days of fearing for her life under the Communist regime‚ the Khmer Rouge‚ under Pol Pot?s rule. A regime where a perfect world included abolishing all civil rights‚ religion‚ foreigners and foreign imports‚ and formal education to create one equal society (?Cambodian?‚ 2022). To enforce their theology‚ Pol Pot?s regime
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Chapter 7 Define: * Plateau: a relatively high‚ flat land areas * Desert * Savanna: broad grassland dotted with small trees and shrubs Define: * Animism: * Griot: a special class of African storytellers who help keep alive a people’s history * Subsistence Farming: the practice of growing just enough crops for personal use‚ not for sale * Matrilineal: tracing lineage through the mother rather than the father * Patrilineal: tracing lineage through the father Know
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and blue-collar voters. | | George McGovern’s strength among southern‚ Catholic‚ urban‚ and blue-collar voters. | | George McGovern’s winning more electoral votes than Richard Nixon did. | 3. The bloody civil war that ended with the Khmer Rouge in power occurred in which Southeast Asian Country? | Vietnam | | Laos | | Cambodia | | Thailand | 4. President Nixon and his national security advisor‚ Henry Kissinger‚ believed the deterioration of Soviet-Chinese relations
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KEY POINTS: Chapter 13 Essential Question: How much of an influence did Chinese culture have in the development of Japan‚ Korea and Vietnam? Identify: Taika reforms – attempt to remake Japanese monarch into absolute Chinese-style emperor & create pro bureaucracy & peasant army Bushi – regional warrior leaders; rule small kingdoms‚ administer laws‚ supervise public works‚ collect revenues‚ build private armies Samurai – mounted troops of bushi; loyal to local lords‚ not the emperor Seppuku
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THE KHASIS OF BARAK VALLEY‚ ASSAM Anthropologists have taken the word ‘tribe’ from its ordinary usage‚ which had different meanings. Generally‚ it meant people who were primitive‚ living in a backward area and did not know how to write. Sometimes it was synonymous with the term ‘race’. In fact there was no precise meaning given to the term ‘tribe’.[1] Theoretically‚ a tribe is an ideal State‚ a self contained unit. It is a society in itself‚ i.e. a collection of individuals sharing a common
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The culture of Asia is the artificial aggregate of the cultural heritage of many nationalities‚ societies‚ and ethnic groups in the region‚ traditionally called a continent from a Western-centric perspective‚ of Asia. The region or "continent" is more commonly divided into more natural geographic and cultural subregions‚ including the Central Asia‚ East Asia‚ South Asia (the "Indian subcontinent")‚ North Asia‚ West Asia and Southeast Asia. Geographically‚ Asia is not a distinct continent; culturally
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Throughout history different regions have been able to trade with other areas across the continents. Many factors helped facilitate this trade. Among these factors were the laws of supply and demand‚ the presence of middlemen‚ and common religions. Under the influence of these factors‚ silk‚ jade‚ dye‚ horses‚ and many other goods were traded throughout Asia‚ Africa‚ and Europe. Not only did these factors increase trade‚ but it also helped spread ideas and culture across the world. This cultural
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AP WORLD HISTORY SEMESTER EXAM TEST REVIEW Structure: The exam will consist of 40 multiple choice questions (20 questions on Unit 3‚ 15 questions on Unit 2‚ and 5 questions on Unit 1) and 2 free response essay questions (1 Comparative FRQ and 1 CCOT FRQ). The MCQ section will count for 50% of the grade and the FRQ section will count for 50%. The exam will be two hours. You have 35 minutes for the MCQ section and 85 minutes for the two FRQ questions. The test will cover content from class and from
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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES LAGUNA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY SANTA CRUZ‚ MAIN CAMPUS A.Y. 2014-2015 Santol Vinegar (Sandoricum koetjape) SUBMITTED BY: Monica A. Esguerra BSIT-3A/FOODS SUBMITTED TO: PROF. NESTOR PASAHOL INSTRUCTOR Chapter 1 THE PROBLEM AND THE SETTINGS This chapter contains the Introduction‚ Background of the Study‚ the Theoretical Framework‚ Conceptual Framework‚ Statement of the Problem‚ Hypothesis‚ Significance of the Study‚ Scope and Limitation of
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