human beings deemed “unfit”‚ preserving only those humans who conformed to a Nordic stereotype. The Superior species of the eugenics movement sought was populated not only by tall‚ strong‚ talented and intelligent people. The intent was to populate the earth with more of their own socioeconomic and biological kind‚ and of course less if not any of everyone else. Eugenicists craved blond‚ blue eyed Nordic types. This group alone was believed to be the perfect fit to inherit the earth
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Western Europe countries‚ Middle East‚ Southwest Asia‚ China and Far East‚ that was key to domination of the larger Eurasian landmass (Petersen‚ 2011‚ p.27). In fact‚ he reworded Mackinder’s statement to ‘Who controls the Rimland‚ rules Eurasia; who rules Eurasia‚ controls the destinies of the world’ (Spykman‚ 1944‚ p.43). Rimland countries occupied the most fertile and populous part of the world and could secure access to the resources of the inland and set out upon the oceans to impress their will
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Pakistan Defination: Tectonics zones of Pakistan are the Eurasian Plate‚ Arabian Plate and Indian Plate which is part of Indo-Australian Plate. Eurasian Plate: The Eurasian Plate is a tectonic plate which includes most of the continent of Eurasia (a landmass consisting of the traditional continents of Europe and Asia)‚ with the notable exceptions of the Indian subcontinent‚ the Arabian subcontinent‚ and the area east of the Chersky Range in East Siberia. It also includes oceanic crust extending
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The Minsky Model of a General Financial Crisis A Synopsis of ‘Chapter 2 -- The Anatomy of a Typical Crisis’ in Manias‚ Panics and Crashes - A History of Financial Crises by Charles P. Kindleberger and Robert Z. Aliber‚ Sixth Edition‚ Palgrave Macmillan‚ Copyright 2011 Since the end of the Great Depression “…financial failure has been more extensive and pervasive” in the 30-year period 1980 to 2010 than at any other time leading up to the present day (p. 7). Four financial crises occurred
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There are still governments today that practice totalitarianism and dictatorship. The dystopian society portrayed in the novel 1984 resonated with people who had been oppressed post World War II. How did the government control the people? Eric Arthur Blair‚ who used the pseudonym George Orwell‚ was an English novelist‚ journalist‚ and critic. Orwell was born on June 25‚ 1903 in India. From the years 1922 to 1927 he served as an imperial police officer of India and during World War II‚ he served in
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Religions in Sub-Saharan Africa “Listen more often the Things Beings‚ Voice of Fire means‚ Hear the Voice of Water. Listen to the Wind Le Buisson into tears: It is the breath of the ancestors.” This excerpt comes from Senegalese Birago Diop’s poem “Souffles” which shows ancestor worship in Sub-Saharan Africa. Throughout history‚ Sub-Saharan Africa experienced multi-religious changes throughout 500 BCE - 1750 AD‚ beginning with animism‚ polytheism‚ and anthropomorphic worship of a god; however they
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Ramapithecus. There are many diverse ethnic groups among the people of India. The 6 main ethnic groups are as follows. 1. Negrito 2. Proto - Australoids or Austrics 3. Mongoloids 4. Mediterranean or Dravidian 5. Western Brachycephals 6. Nordic Aryans Negroids The Negritos or the Brachycephalic (broad headed) from Africa were the earliest people to have come to India. They have survived in their original habitat in Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The Jarawas‚ Onges‚ Sentinelese and the
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undefined gender roles. They have “ replaced the male breadwinner model with the dual-earner model” (Moore 389). With the Nordic countries
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Name: Lauren Strickland Date: 3/12/14 Student Exploration: Building Pangaea Vocabulary: continental drift‚ fossil‚ glacier‚ ice age‚ landmass‚ Pangaea‚ supercontinent Prior Knowledge Questions (Do these BEFORE using the Gizmo.) 1. Antarctica is a frozen land‚ so cold and icy that no trees can grow there. Yet scientists have discovered fossils (remains preserved in rock) of ancient trees in Antarctica. What do you think this means? That Antarctica was once a part of the
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the religious exchange between China and the West. However‚ the continuity was maintained with its main purpose of trading goods passed along its routes. Flea bites from rats would infect the Black Plague along merchants and consumers throughout Eurasia which caused a decline in the economy. During the Middle Ages ships would stop at various points such as Turkey‚ Lebanon‚ and Iraq that are along the Silk Road. People infected with the Black Plague would have bleeding under the skin‚ nervous system
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