Faleiro pitch their voyage to the King at Valladolid‚ drawing on the letters of Francisco Serrão which describe the wonders of the Spice Islands (his voyage there began in 1511). Magellan’s slave‚ Enrique‚ is thought to be from there‚ but actually Malacca. Maps and geographic information are closely guarded secrets‚ and Magellan has brought some over from the Portuguese. Magellan’s conceptions about the world significantly underestimate it’s size. King Charles I grants a contract to Magellan 1518
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Sabah and Sarawak. 9. Gives five characteristics of Malaysia as a Parliamentary Democracy Country. 10. List and explain five types of Courts in Malaysia. 11. Explain the internal and external factors that caused the falling of the Malacca Empire. 12. List and briefly explain ten political parties in Malaya during the struggle for independence. 13. Explain the functions of the speaker of the House of Representatives 14. In oder to become the Yang-Dipertuan Agong‚ the
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technology. The search began after Malaysia Airlines issued a statement stating that the aircraft was missing. The search focused on the Gulf of Thailand and South China Sea where the plane was last seen. The search was expanded to the straight of Malacca and the Andaman Sea after a military radar showed that Flight 370 made a sharp left turn and flew over the Malay Peninsula. Within two days‚ the country had already sent out more than 34 aircrafts and 40 ships to the area. Over 25 countries helped
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migration patterns and areas where crops would grow better. People look for better and more fruitful places to move to and that is what caused most of the migration between continents that happened. The Bering Strait is a great example for how humans follow food. The Bering Strait is a strait where a land bridge was once formed in between Russia and Alaska. Wild game that the humans hunted migrated across this land bridge down into North America. This caused the humans who lived off this game to then
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province of Palawan. Topography Means the physical features of a country -inverted and shaped archipelago -it has the largest discontinuous coastline in the world -34‚600km it has 61 natural harbors and 20 landlocked Straits Manila bay Finest harbor in Asia San Juanico Straits Narrowest strait in the world between Samar and Leyte Philippine deep Lowest place in the country Deepest place in the world Seven Major Mountains Ranges Sierra Mountain Range longest mountain range from Cagayan province in
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failed. Because‚ in truth‚ we cannot confidently say that we have succeeded as we would like to have succeeded if we have not managed to extend opportunity and care‚ dignity and hope to the indigenous people of Australia - the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island people. This is a fundamental test of our social goals and our national will: our ability to say to ourselves and the rest of the world that Australia is a first rate social democracy‚ that we are what we should be - truly the land of the
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The Law of the Sea In this paper I am going to give an overview over the Law of the Sea with an emphasis on the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea in connection with the examples of innocent passage and Exclusive Economic Zones. As well I am going to give a glimpse into the topics of the International Seabed Authority‚ and the International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea. The law of the sea is a part of international law that deals with breaches of the public law on the sea. A
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peninsula‚ apart from Penang and Melaka‚ was given one under the terms of the respective State Agreements concluded between the United Kingdom and the Malay Rulers just before the conclusion of the Federation of Malaya Agreement (FMA) in 1948. Penang and Malacca receive theirs under the Federation of Malaya Agreement (FMA) 1957. Sabah and Sarawak were each given a new constitution under the Malaysia Agreement 1963. Each State Constitution is required under Article 71(4) of the Federal Constitution to contain
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“Self determination is a principle of International Law and it must be the basis of social and political organisation” (Mazel‚ 2009‚ 150). This is an important principle in the acknowledging of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ rights. Self determination allows Indigenous peoples to independently determine their political status and gives them the freedom to economically‚ socially and culturally develop as according to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
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neutral environment on the Strait of Tiran. This came in accordance with recent interactions between the United States and Israel in 1956 during the Suez Crisis that also led to strained relationships with the United Nations (Thomas 127). During the Suez Crisis‚ both the UN and the US advised Israel against attacking Egypt because of the Egyptian brigade on the Strait of Tiran. The events leading up to the blockade were an effect of Egypt’s plan of nationalizing the Strait of Tiran‚ a main economic
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