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    called 1938 “crucial year”? Describe at least three crucial events of 1938 and explain their significance. During 1938 Germany saw massive growth in their quest to build an empire‚ also their domestic preparations for war was fast-tracked. The restriction on Jews also increased dramatically through violence and aggression. Due to the rapid expansion‚ Holocaust Historians have labeled this year as the “Crucial Year”. There are three events that occurred for 1938 to be labeled the “crucial year”. The

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    World War 1: The Great War World War 1‚ better known as "The Great War" started because of the assassination of the Austrian Archduke Francis Ferdinand. On July 28‚ 1914 Gavrilo Princip‚ a Serbian nationalist‚ murdered the one appointed to the throne of Austria-Hungary to protest Habsburg rule of Bosnia. Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia‚ Russia prepared to defend its Slavic neighbors‚ and Germany declared war on Russia.

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    WATER SCARCITY Word Count 1519 Water scarcity is increasing worldwide and dramatically affecting first world nations such as Spain‚ Australia‚ and the United States. All nations are now starting to recognize that the world’s water is a finite resource‚ and that resource is being drastically altered in both availability and quality by development‚ climate change and population growth. In the United States‚ the Colorado River is experiencing rapid declines in volume. Recent studies and data

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    New world exploration a. exploration origins of european expansion exploration b. consequences encounter a. conquistadors had superior weapons/guns & horses b. native american populations quickly shrank c. death due to diseases brought by europeans spanish empire a. financed by gold and silver from americas b. natives: died from diseases brought by the spanish some converted to christianity some resisted by the spanish control colonies spanish empire -appointed viceroys

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    Drastic Changes in Our Nation Imagine life without telephone’s‚ electricity‚ only being able to shop at the towns general store‚ and the only transportation one had was to travel by horse’s in wagon’s or by horseback which would take hours or even months to get anywhere. This is how life was for American’s in the begin of the Nineteenth Century‚ but by the end of the Nineteenth Century things had changed drastically. The Civil

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    It has been practiced by both right-wing and left-wing political parties‚ nationalistic groups‚ religious groups‚ revolutionaries‚ and ruling governments. Terrorism is not new‚ and even though it has been used since the beginning of recorded history it can be relatively hard to define. Terrorism has been described variously as both a tactic and strategy; a crime and a holy duty; a justified reaction to oppression and an inexcusable abomination. Obviously‚ a lot depends on whose point of view

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    What is the literature of state centric realism? What are the challenges of this state centric realism? Transnational relationships State Centric realism Actors as states in the stage that is the world. States are the only important actors. Mixed actor system- What characteristics define an actor‚ what allows us to say that particular group is an actor‚ while another is not‚ what makes an actor significant? Traditional view on international relations‚ which does rely on states‚ and

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    1.What were the reasons the bomb should have been used on Japan? The reason that the bomb was dropped on Japan was because President Truman thought it was the best to get Japan to surrender. Japan was have given two different chances to surrender. But they just ignored them and went on with what they were doing. So bombing both Hiroshima and Nagasaki finally got them to surrender. Another reason was because it saved the American lives and to sped up the end of the war. With Japan surrendering

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    agree? Every country is making the best efforts to develop and become a strong nation. And one of the firmest foundations in the development of a country is education. Without education‚we wouldn’t have such a beautiful life as now. So that‚people should be well-educated to improve not only ourselves but also our country for some reasons. Firstly‚ having good education can help us easily access to many things in our life. In class‚ teachers teach us theories of some subjects‚which can give us

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    "A History of the Word in Six Glasses" "Beer in Mesopotamia and Egypt" (Chapter 1 and 2) How might beer have influenced the transition from hunting and gathering to agricultural-based societies. Beer might have/had influenced the transition from hunting and gathering to agricultural-based societies. One way beer could have done this was that after the discovery of beer‚ the demand for beer began to increase. With increase demand for beer‚ farming would increase taking away time to hunt and gather

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