On December 13‚ 1937‚ the Japanese Imperial army marched into the capital city of China‚ Nanjing. Many events occurred during the six week period. The event at Nanjing is called many names such as rape‚ massacre‚ battle‚ or invasion. It is still debated on the appropriate term to be used to describe the event at Nanjing. A massacre would be the most appropriate term for the next textbook for ninth graders to describe the event at Nanjing because the Japanese army murdered about 300‚000 Chinese people
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other relatives which are not hers only Joan’s. Leah is afraid that Joan may be going to forget her. However‚ Leah begins to understand her mother more through her experiences. In coming to terms with her father’s death during the trip up the Yangtze River‚ she decides to end the conflict with her mother and rebuild the relationship. ‘It’s over.’ Leach took Joan’s hand and squeezed. ‘We’ve been through a lot‚ eh?’ (p.82) Not only does Leah learn to accept her mother‚ she gradually grows to accept
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Opium Wars When the British decided to attack the Chinese because they were refusing to buy opium‚ as it was considered an attack on free trade and private property‚ they go to war. The British official in China doesn’t want opium sold‚ but he is so outclassed that he cannot figure out a way to get the British out of the opium trade. The current dynasty‚ the Manchus‚ are not actually Chinese. The Confucian scholars are supposed to repair after the war‚ but the Chinese are weaker than they ever
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Geography Rivers 1. The speed and volume of a river varies from place to place along a river’s course because of many reasons. In the upper course‚ the volume of water is low as there are few tributaries. In comparison‚ the volume of water in the middle course is higher as there are more tributaries supplying water to the main river channel. The volume of water in the lower course is the highest as the lower course has the most tributaries. However‚ many other factors will also affect the
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The Po River The Po River is located in Italy. The river flows from the Cottain Alps through many cities and empties into the Adriatic Sea. Although the Po is a very beautiful river it threatens many cities because of its spring and fall floods. The flood water tears away ranks and bridges and destroys fields and towns. To help control the flood waters they build dams. Two good things about these dams where that the slowed water flow and the created hydroelectric energy. To travel by boat on
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The Floating Villages The Mekong River runs through Cambodia and Vietnam where it flows out into the South China Sea. This hugely important river is home to a number of floating villages throughout Cambodia and Vietnam. However changes in the river levels and the effects of pollution threaten these established communities and there place in society as well as how they utilise the space around them. On a boat trip of the Mekong River in July this year I got to see‚ firsthand‚ how these floating
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Genocide Research Project Questions and Instructions Research Reminders * Each student must answer all questions. * Record references for all information used to answer the questions. (copy and paste to a word document or save to your H: drive or print a copy) * Only research will be conducted today. You will not work on your presentation until all research is completed. * You must get information from 9 sources‚ most from Galileo. * In Galileo‚ select History References and
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Carol Sheriff’s The Artificial River The Erie Canal and the Paradox of Progress‚ 1817-1862 APUS‚ Section 4
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these supports. Divers were sent into the river to see if they could discover exactly where the body was lodged and how to get the girl out of the river. Political pressure and clout also played an important role in both accounts. Governors‚ senators‚ government agencies‚ and people that lived in the area where the accident occurred were pitted against each other in the attempt to determine how to retrieve the drowning victim. In the book Saints at the River‚ dynamite was used in order to recover
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her mother is fearful that any transgression will bring further disaster. She is one of many educated urban youth sent to the countryside to be "re-educated" under a dictate from Chairman Mao. When she arrives with a group at Xiping village in the Yangtze River’s Three Gorges region‚ where there is a hawthorn tree regarded as ‘hero tree’‚ she meets a charming geology student Sun‚ who is the son of a high-ranking military officer. Jing is the most beautiful‚ innocent young woman Sun has ever seen‚ and
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