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    Beringia Facts

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    1. Beringia was a land bridge roughly 1‚000 at its greatest‚ which joined present-day Alaska and eastern Siberia during the Pleistocene ice ages. It is believed that approximately 25‚000 years ago‚ Beringia enabled the population of the Americas from an emigration from Asia (founder effect). 2. Clovis a prehistoric Paleo-Indian culture that appeared at the end of the last glacial period‚ and are characterized by their namesake “Clovis points” and bone/ivory tools. They appeared roughly 13‚500

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    Bismarck and Metternich

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    through his many wars. I. Foreign policy goals and achievements of Metternich A. Congress of Vienna 1. Metternich was one of the main leaders in the establishment of the Congress of Vienna. 2. The Congress created the German Confederation‚ replacing the dissolved Holy Roman Empire. It also was composed of thirty-nine states under the leadership of Austria. Austria sought to prevent any step towards a constitution in as many of the independent states as possible. 3. The four

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    signed agreements to work for a set number of years and to be free individuals afterwards called indentured servitude. Things went smoothly at first. However‚ after a while‚ rulers of Africa began capturing and trading slaves with white colonists of Newfoundland. From 1654 to 1865 it was legal to own slaves permanently in North America‚ the majority of slaves being African Americans. Thousands of captured slaves came by large ships where they were traded in the southern colonies for agricultural farming

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    As America  slowly entered  the  age  of  innovation and technology‚ the need for rapid  communication was  in  high demand.  Many  people  began experimenting with water and  electricity to  create  the telegraph  but failed  until  Samuel Morse  joined the  race.  Pencils  cracked and trash bins were filled with crumpled heaps of paper. Finally‚ the first electric  telegraph  was  created.  As  of  today‚  Samuel  F.B.  Morse  remains  as  one  of  the  most  influential figures of  American history because 

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    Trashcan Analysis

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    of the can are not afraid of cultures around the world and like trying new food or expressing the love for their own cultural background in the foods that they consume. This shows that Newfoundland is becoming more diverse and more accepting of other cultures from around the world other that their own Newfoundland culture. The acceptance of other cultures is a good step for the province because it shows that is evolving to a more cultural society. This trashcan also reveals that the guys living in

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    of some of the topics‚ other topics were completely new to me and I found them very interesting. For example‚ the topic about the native settlers that were forced from their native land by the Europeans‚ specifically about the Beothuck people of Newfoundland. One unit that really sparked my interest was Unit 11: Advertising Culture and the Commodification of the body. I think that this unit was very intriguing‚ as I have always wondered about how and why the media portrays women the way they do.

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    Precambrian to Cambrian

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    The Precambrian-Cambrian Boundary In the history of the Earth geologists study events in the geologic time scale and fossil record to gain an understanding of the structural and biological history of our planet. One of the debated and studied areas of Earth’s history is the sudden occurrence of multicellular hard-shelled organisms from soft bodied and single celled organisms in the Precambrian-Cambrian boundary. The debut of hard parts in the fossil record is believed to have occurred 570 million

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    and law-degree. He was an alcoholic womanizer who never enjoyed his one-year of military service‚ finding it difficult to take orders from someone else. This idea shapes Bismarck’s greatest goal of collapsing the Bund and forming a new German confederation with Prussia‚ not Austria at the helm so that he could devise the terms of European operation and not have to comply with Austria. He entered politics in 1847 and believed that executive autocracy was the only manner of ruling‚ believing that might

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    AP U.S. History: Unit 1.1 HistorySage.com CONTACT: Europeans & Amerindians I. Overview—big ideas  By 1600 Europeans had created the world’s first truly global economy.  Meanwhile‚ the "age of discovery" resulted in the greatest human catastrophe the world has ever known: 90% of Amerindians died by 1600; slavery of tens of millions of Africans.  Cultural differences between European and Amerindians were so immense that major conflict occurred in the 15th‚ 16th and 17th centuries.  Summary

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    WWI and causes

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    Middle East Transfer of German colonies and regions of the former Ottoman Empire to other powers Establishment of the League of Nations. (more...) Belligerents Allied (Entente) Powers France British Empire Australia Canada India Newfoundland New Zealand South Africa United Kingdom Russia (1914–17) Italy (1915–18) United States (1917–18) Serbia Romania (1916–18) Japan Belgium Greece (1917–18) Portugal (1916–18) ...and others Central Powers German Empire

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