Technology‚ Demography‚ and the Environment 1450-1750 The main trend relating to technology‚ demography‚ and the environment from 1450 to 1750 are … Some of the most influential new technologies were guns‚ improved shipbuilding‚ and better navigational devices. The invention of guns would forever change the way wars were fought. Instead of swords‚ bows and arrows‚ or lances‚ guns would emerge as the dominant global weapon. They were lighter than cannons and more efficient than bows and arrows.
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Justin Hsu Essay 1: 1247 Words Sociology 122A An Analysis of International Migration Theories In today’s postmodern society‚ international migration has truly become a global phenomenon. From 1975 to 2005‚ the number of people living outside their country of birth more than doubled to 191 million (Bloemraad). From 1960 to 2005‚ the number of countries hosting more than 500‚000 migrants increased from 30 to 62 (United Nations). Furthermore‚ in 2006‚ immigrants accounted for at least ten-percent
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Chapter 19 The city and its workers (1870-1900) Jump Start: March 14‚ 2011 As the 19th century closes and the 20th century begins‚ different technologies help spur the many changes taking place. What symbolism can we take from the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge? It is a marker of time periods (separates this time period from that time period) March 16‚2011 Why did some immigrant groups decide to stay in the United States after arriving‚ while other groups only stayed long enough
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Also‚ I would encourage and arrange with the social workers to help Ann in repairing her house. Question 3: The Dust Bowl List at least three causes of the migration of “Okies” to California Most Okies were forced to migrate to California because of the Great Depression‚ the onset of drought in 1931 and the dust storm of 1932. The drought was caused by a significant increase in agricultural activities due to
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The Mormon Migration: A Geographical Perspective on the Movement Nathan Johnston HIST 5301 Dr. Andrew Milson October 1‚ 2014 Word Count: 2055 For more than fifty years following the inception of the Mormon Church‚ also known as the Church of Jesus Chris of Latter-day Saints‚ the members of the newly founded church faced a variety of hardships and conflicts constantly forcing migration westward from their founding location in New York. Along with this migration came a variety of problems
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Early Austrlia 1900 Health Health in the 1900th century was not as up to date as it is today there were plagues and very deadly diseases spreading not only through Australia but through the world. Bubonic plague was unknown in Australia until 1900. There had been outbreaks in ports with which Australia had constant contact from 1894 when the plague was officially declared an epidemic in Hong Kong. From 1896 a plague pandemic spread around the world. Hydatid disease was a major problem in country
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CCOT Essay The period between 1500 to 1900 also refers to the time period from the Middle Ages to the modern world. The period witnessed significant strides in state building in England‚ France‚ and Spain‚ where growing bureaucracies levied taxes to finance large-scale warfare and territorial expansion. At the same time encroachment on the longstanding powers of the nobility caused feudal reaction‚ while the breach with tradition‚ particularly by creating new taxes in an era plagued
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From the start of 20th Century to the early 21st Century‚ Australia has gone from a European centric nation to a multicultural superpower. With the introduction of many different ethnicities and cultures throughout the years‚ not only have our values‚ attitudes and beliefs evolved to accommodate the amount of variety‚ but many other things have evolved too. One of the most important things to have been brought to the country of Australia is the wide variety of different cultural foods and cuisines
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has been debate that the Polynesians came from either South America or Asia. Both linguists and archaeologists have found evidence that confirms that they originated from Asia. Scientists researching mtDNA have also backed up these findings. As the ancestors of the Polynesians journeyed across the Pacific their culture changed during isolation. The Polynesians last migration was to New Zealand. New Zealand’s climate and landscape was very different from the tropical Polynesia Islands‚ this also led
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≈11000 BC – The final glacier of the last ice age retreated from Wisconsin‚ leaving behind lakes and rivers as well as tundra suitable for large animals such as the wooly mammoth‚ mastodons‚ bison‚ and muskox. ≈10000 BC – Wisconsin’s first known inhabitants‚ the Paleo-Indian people‚ are thought to have arrived from the west and south. The Paleo-Indians were nomadic‚ moving frequently to follow large animal migrations. 8500-6000 BC – As forests continued to emerge‚ big game species moved northward
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