of all his full name is Cristiano Ronaldo Dos Santos Aveiro he was born on February5‚1985 in Portugal and his passion is football also known as soccer. He is such a good role model to a lot of people and definitely me! He is the person who made me fall in love with soccer he’s amazing at what he does! Ronaldo got it to competitive soccer in 1997. He is now the team captain for his national team Portugal. Ronaldo is a forward and winger player his jersey number is #7! He has so many nicknames like
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1952. In 1973 the Communities enlarged to include Denmark‚ Ireland and the United Kingdom. After Denmark‚ Ireland and United Kingdom more countries want to be in the European Coal and Steel Community. In 1981 Greece joined the Community and in 1986 Portugal and Spain followed. In 1990 the Iron Curtain fell down because of that East Germany joined. After that many countries want to be in the Community. In 2002 the Euro was presented and the name is an result of the continent Europe. That was a way to
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also helped them to trade with outside world. The increasing demand for luxury goods from Asia and Africa made the merchants travel a lot to fulfil this demand. Those merchants traveled and traded gold‚ slaves‚ and ivory(page 35). By the 1498‚ Portugal had already capitalised commercial empire in India‚ Indonesia‚ and China(page 35)‚ thanks to Bartolomeu Dias who sailed around the Cape of Good Hope and found out that was also possible to sail to India and China (page
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Brazil By Daishaun Smith-Coles Pedro Alvares Cabral claimed Brazil for Portugal in 1500. The colony was ruled from Lisbon until 1808‚ when Dom Joao VI and the rest of the Portuguese royal family fled from Napoleon’s army‚ and established its seat of government in Rio de Janeiro. Dom Joao VI returned to Portugal in 1821. His son declared Brazil’s independence on September 7‚ 1822‚ and became emperor with the title of Dom Pedro I. His son‚ Dom Pedro II‚ ruled from 1831 to 1889‚ when a federal
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What is Imperialism? Imperialism is the effect that a powerful country or group of countries has in changing or influencing the way people live in other poorer countries. The word imperialism was originated from the Latin word imperium which means to rule over large territories.The purpose of imperialism is to decrease the strategic and political vulnerable of a nation. Imperialism has became part of a propaganda battle.After the Industrial Revolution imperialism became a common practice of European
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Journal of Vasco da Gama’s Voyage to India‚ 1497-1498 CE (Excerpts) [pic] Vasco da Gama was born about 1460 at Sines‚ Portugal. In 1497 King Manuel I of Portugal placed Vasco da Gama‚ who already had some reputation as a warrior and navigator‚ in charge of four vessels built especially for the expedition to India. The expedition set sail July 8‚ 1497‚ rounded the Cape of Good Hope four months later‚ and reached Calicut on May 20‚ 1498. The Moors in Calicut instigated the ruler of Calicut against
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Bell (1973)‚ Reich (1991)‚ and Toffler (1980) have identified several massive changes that today’s society has undergone‚ from the agrarian age to the industrial age‚ and now entering into what some call the information age (cited in Reigeluth‚ 1995). These drastic changes certainly affect today’s education systems at various levels. At the beginning of this century‚ education has faced important challenges. For instance‚ how to provide high quality of education and training has become an important
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Student Exam Number 164971 Free Movement of Goods The European Union works around the rationale of an internal market or the free movement of goods‚ capital‚ services‚ and people following Article 26 of the Treaty of the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU)1. This is so the European market resembles that of a national state. This essay will focus on the free movement of goods‚ ‘goods’ defined in the case Commission v Italy2 as ‘products which can be valued in money and which are capable‚ as
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Lecture 11: The Consequences of the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain (The Standard of Living Debate) and the Free Trade Era in Europe. I. The Consequences of the Industrial Revolution: The Standard of Living Debate. What happened to living standards during the Industrial Revolution? From today’s perspective‚ over 200 years later‚ most people would say that industrialization has raised living standards dramatically from those that prevailed in the 1700s. In fact‚ there is general agreement
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