WORLD HISTORY The Making of the Modern World Nationalism Progressive Ideas and Movements During the Progressive Era new ideas and ways of living were being formed. Nationalism was one idea that emerged towards the end of the Middle Ages. It is the idea that people all share similar interests including culture‚ language and religion. It is also the sense of belonging to a nation and is the creation of a single government over a large territory. Nationalism can originate when people decide
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Part B World War 1 made a colossal impact to all aspects of human life around the world‚ everyone who fought‚ witnessed‚ and survived from this catastrophic event was impacted on each to different degrees and consequences. One of the major groups who were affected by World War 1 were the women of Britain‚ playing a significant role to provide for their family and for the men who fought in the war. With the early rush of volunteers in 1914 and the conscription in 1916 led to a shortage of manpower
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The world that we live in today is a far cry from what previous generations have come to know about. The dynamics of interaction is no longer confined and limited to the physical person to person interface. Far greater distances have been crossed‚ language barriers overcome and time differences bridged. All of these and some more‚ in their present day sophistication and complexity‚ have not been possible and available a few generations back. Although computers have been around since 1837‚ with the
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World War I was an extremely bloody war that engulfed Europe from 1914 to 1919‚ with huge losses of life and little ground lost or won. Fought mostly by soldiers in trenches‚ World War I saw an estimated 10 million military deaths and another 20 million wounded. While many hoped that World War I would be "the war to end all wars‚" in actuality‚ the concluding peace treaty set the stage for World War II. Dates: 1914-1919 Also Known As: The Great War‚ WWI‚ the First World War The Start of World
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in a world with no mom and dad‚ and that at any of your sides you see many copies of yourself‚ and the only society you know is the one made up of some sort of hierarchy where you are not allowed to have any feelings or even think. This is the world depicted in the book Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. The book was published in 1932‚ he was looking to provide people a picture of a future perfectionist society full of science and “happiness”‚ but this vision somehow became the world we live
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Take Home Examination Question One Focus: David Malouf: The Great World Evaluate Malouf’s representation of Australian prisoners of war in Singapore and Thailand during World War II. Malouf’s The Great World is a novel of historical proportions‚ focusing on the impact of major events in the lives of ordinary Australians over decades. Malouf opens his readers to a mysterious and complex world where deep experiences of individuals are dissected in order to explore the impact of the inevitable suffering
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History Term Paper Outline World Civilizations Thesis: The United States government chose not to fully investigate the known increase in terrorist activity prior to 9/11/01. I. Introduction A. The United States government chose not to fully investigate the known increase in terrorist activity prior to 9/11/01. There were many instances of terrorism that were directly related to larger terrorist cell organizations but these organizations were not held responsible
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WTO :- After the Second World War‚ many countries got down together to work on ways and means to promote international trade. The result was signing of General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) by 23 countries in 1947. India was one of the founder members of GATT. GATT was created to reduce global depression and to liberalise and regulate the world trade by reducing tariff barriers. GATT has been replaced by WTO in 1995. WTO is wider in scope as it regulates world trade in goods‚ as well as
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April 19‚ 2012 Brave New Comparisons Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World bears several similarities to Thomas More’s Utopia and George Orwell’s 1984. Brave New World and 1984‚ governments seize control of citizen’s personal liberties‚ such as freedom. Both plots feature a character recognizing the growing control of the government force‚ trying to escape the clutches of the government officials. While Brave New World and 1984 are similar in plot‚ they do differ slightly. For example‚ 1984 demonstrates
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History Period 2 World War 2: World War II was a global conflict that involved many great powers. Dictators arose in countries that were dissatisfied with the results of World War II. Japan‚ Italy‚ and Germany took aggressive action and were the major axis powers. Neither the League of Nations nor democratic countries were able to stop them. The policy of appeasement was a major factor on why the axis powers made it so far in the war effort. World War II was the most widespread war
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