Early cricket Origin No one knows when or where cricket began but there is a body of evidence‚ much of it circumstantial‚ that strongly suggests the game was devised during Saxon or Norman times by children living in the Weald. It is generally believed that cricket survived as a children’s game. Adult participation is unknown before the early 17th century. Possibly cricket was derived from bowls Derivation of the name of "cricket" A number of words are thought to be possible sources for
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AP World History Comparative Essay Generic Rubric Overview Basic Core Historical skills and knowledge required to show competence. Expanded Core Historical skills and knowledge required to show excellence. 1. Has acceptable thesis. 1 Point (addresses comparison of the issues or themes specified) 2. Addresses all parts of the 2 Points of the question‚ though not necessarily evenly or thoroughly. (Addresses most parts of
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Cricket DBQ In South Asia during 1880-2005 politics gained an unusual bedfellow. Cricket was introduced to India by Great Britain for a purpose that was widely discussed. Some believed cricket brought their people together and unified different castes and cultures within India and Britain‚ some believed the sport was just another way for the British to rule over India and appear superior‚ and others criticized the religious nature present in many of the tournaments. This issue could be better
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Introduction: It is not uncommon to read in a history text book during anytime and find a note‚ a sentence‚ and a paragraph‚ of how somewhere women were not equal to men. This continues even today as in some areas women are still treated with inferiority‚ but many countries also have changed already‚ such as Cuba. In the years of 1959 to 1990‚ women and even some men‚ prompted for gender equality‚ for women to be able to do the things men could do without being judged. This time period marks a change
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There are many distinct differences between the northern and southern settlers that came from Europe to inhabit the new world. Ranging form religious to economic backgrounds‚ these differences eventually lead to opposing viewpoints on slavery. The Protestants‚ mainly the Puritans‚ settled the north. Their strong religious convictions stemming from religious persecution in England and lack of a long growing season lead to an independence from slavery. The southern parts of the colonies were settled
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Cricket‚ also called the Gentleman’s game‚ is a bat-and-ball team sport that is first documented as being played in southern England in the 16th century. The sport’s earliest definite mention was in a 1598 court case which referred to a sport called cricket being played by boys at the Royal Grammar School‚ Guildford around 1550. It is believed that it was originally a children’s game but references around 1610‚ indicate that adults had started playing it and the earliest reference to inter-parish
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At the beginning of the 1500s‚ Indians suffered the deadly epidemics which took from Europeans‚ however‚ they believe that is god’s willing to punish them. After that‚ European countries were trying to brake Indian people. The Native population of North America fell by more than 70 percent between fifteenth-century and nineteenth-century. Europeans judged Native people by Europeans values‚ social orders and gender assumption caused the policy of removing Indian people from east to west. Indians
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During the late 19th century‚ the United States was divided into a informal country known as the Confederate States of America which consisted of seven secessionist slave holding states. Throughout this time period slavery played a prominent role in the Confederacy due to a great reliance of labor on the plantations in the South and it displayed a considerable amount of racism. Eventually‚ disputes between the Union and the Confederacy over slavery and other problems led to the Civil War. After a
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The flow of silver all over the world affected people socially and economically. All taxes and fees were demanded to be paid in silver by the Ming Chinese government which began to lead the world in silver production. During the mid-16th century to the early 18th century‚ the flow of trade caused social and economic effects in all regions linked with the trade by increasing the unification of Europeans in the globalization of world trade and creating greater economic opportunities but also growing
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AP® WORLD HISTORY 2012 SCORING GUIDELINES Question 1 BASIC CORE (competence) 0–7 Points 1. Has acceptable thesis • The thesis must address a specific relationship between cricket and politics in South Asia‚ using evidence from the documents. • The thesis must be explicitly stated in the introduction or the specified conclusion of the essay. • The thesis may appear as one sentence or multiple sentences. • A thesis that is split among multiple paragraphs is unacceptable. • A thesis
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