GUIDED READING AND RESEARCH I. AFRICA IN THE 15TH AND 16TH CENTURIES 1. The two modern day nations that constitute the Senegambia region today are the republics of Senegal and Gambia. The land of the region is a terrain‚ commonly low‚ rolling plains that become foothills in southeast. It’s in Western Africa where it borders the North Atlantic Ocean‚ between Guinea-Bissau and Mauritania. The Gambia is almost an enclave of Senegal. The climate is tropical so it is hot and humid. The topography
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The European Colonization of Africa In the late 20th century Africa was forcefully conquered and colonized by Europe. The accounts of this horrific colonization are revealed in Adam Hochschild ’s "King Leopold ’s Ghost: A Story of Greed‚ Terror‚ and Heroism in Colonial Africa‚" which unveils the brutal nature of Belgium ’s conquest and colonization of the central African country Congo. This conquest began with Belgian King Leopold II‚ who grew up with minimal expressions of love and affection
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Career Explorations Debra K. Godfrey BCOM/275 April 27‚ 2015 Gail Zwart Career Exploration When exploring my career path‚ I was always leaning towards the food business. I have always been employed at fast food restaurants. Since 1997‚ my first job was at McDonald’s. I fell in love with the job and couldn’t seem to get moved up in the chain of command even if I tried. So I after consideration‚ I left the company and went onto something else. I went onto numerous jobs‚ some of
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While Africans were deprived of basic human rights in some regions and lost many of their cultural aspects‚ these characteristics were overridden by industrialization‚ more job opportunities‚ and improved political structure during the European colonization of Africa from late 19th to mid-20th century. In document 5‚ it states “when the whites came to our country‚ we had the land and they had the Bible; now we have the Bible and they have the land‚” an African proverb regarding the Europeans. Through
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inflation‚ and Spain was left practically bankrupt from which it took hundreds of years to recover from which was extremely bad for Spain. Spanish exploration was positive in the short term but in the long term was very damaging and was not the financial solution Spain thought it was. Spain’s ‘looting’ of the Americas at the start of their exploration of the new world‚ beginning with Columbus‚ was slow. Possession of their main goal‚ to obtain as much gold and silver as possible‚ was not fast enough
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The Legacy of Colonization: Haiti "Two hundred years ago‚ our precursors in Haiti struck a blow for freedom‚ which was heard around the world‚ and across centuries." – Baldwin Spencer The Legacy of Colonization It is true that the effects of colonization‚ or the establishment‚ maintenance‚ and domination over a nation and its people‚ thus creating a political and economic domination and dependency between the colonizer and the colony‚ are in fact still felt centuries later in present day Haiti
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Lori Mares 03/07/13 Exploration in Space Space exploration has been around for a long time ever since the first rocket went into space. That was the work of the Germans after world war II. The competition to be the first in space began in 1945 and would last 30 years. The Space Race pitted the United States and Soviet Union against each other in a contest that extended from the Earth to the surface of the moon and beyond. Humans have dreamt of exploring space for a very long time. Centuries
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The Age of Exploration was a time period from the 15th century to the 18th century in which Europeans embarked on extensive overseas expeditions. European nations‚ such as Portugal‚ Spain‚ England‚ and the Netherlands‚ participated heavily in global trade and set up many trade routes and colonies. Many people would say that the Europeans’ only reason for exploration was to spread Christianity‚ obtain gold‚ and gain glory through their conquests and acquisition of lands. Some people might also say
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to the colonization efforts. This enabled Spain to take advantage of Mexico¡¯s development and create a dependent relationship between the two countries. Mexico was resistant to the colonization efforts at first; it had educated people‚ wealth‚ and sufficient military power to defend itself from the Spanish conquistadors. After time passed‚ the Spanish began to take control of the Aztec Empire and started the assimilation process. Now at this point it becomes evident that the colonization of New
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The Age of Exploration began in the 1400’s. Europeans were urgent to get various spices from Asia. Flavours were utilized to preserve different foods and keep them away from rotting. However‚ many spices were costly and unsafe to get. Many traders needed to travel parts of the risky Silk Road (an unsafe way from Europe to Asia) to get them. Since the Silk Road was often closed because of different wars‚ European rulers started to pay for various explorations to discover a way to get to Asia so they
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