his crime family and he demands the same loyalty and respect from them. There are three characters throughout the first movie and novel whose interactions display the authority of the Godfather and the importance placed on loyalty respect and fear. Amerigo Bonasera‚ Nazorine Pitelli and Luca Brasi all had encounters with the Godfather and through interactions we see how others regard the Godfather and to what extent he is given authority; through respect‚ fear and loyalty. The movie begins with
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land. They crossed the land bridge that connected Asia and North America‚ which is now long gone. Leif Ericson was probably the first European to reach America. His discovery was passed on unnoticed and he is not real to the modern world. Amerigo Vespucci came upon the northern coast of South America. A few years later‚ someone credited him for discovering the new world and suggested it be named America. Christopher Columbus is credited for discovering North America. He landed in the Caribbean
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dependent upon Europeans to gain a history and an identity — in this case‚ that of a Hindu from India — who could not and were not expected to make contributions of any kind. 2. DISCOVERY After the “Invention” of America‚ the “Discovery” was begun by VESPUCCI. Returning from his voyages to Brazil‚ he slowly realised that he in fact did not reach a fourth Asian continent‚ but rather a ‘New World.’ These areas are seen as a new part of the world — the old world being Europe. The known world is defined as
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During the 16th and 17th centuries‚ when the Europeans started to come over to the new world‚ they discovered a society of Indians that was strikingly different to their own. To understand how different‚ one must first compare and contrast some of the very important differences between them‚ such as how the Europeans considered the Indians to be extremely primitive and basic‚ while‚ considering themselves civilized. The Europeans considered that they were model societies‚ and they thought that the
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America – the huge “Social Experiment?” Early Exploration of the Americas ➢ The Native Americans – 40‚000 BC ➢ Influence of some early explorers: Leif Erickson (1000)‚ Marco Polo (1295)‚ Columbus (1492)‚ Amerigo Vespucci (1507) ➢ The Treaty of Tordesillas (1494) Factors for European Exploration ➢ Desire for East Asian products & a trade route (Northwest Passage) ➢ Religious Competition ➢ Improved Science & Technology ➢ The “Renaissance Spirit” What factors spurred
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voyage to reach China by sailing west around world ix. Columbus was wrong about earth’s size—ignorant of Americas‚ believed Caribbean were Indies x. Returned with exotic items/native Americans—hailed as a hero xi. Amerigo Vespucci sailed along south American coast‚ concluded land was not Asia—later‚ land was named America xii. Vasco Nunez de Balboa sent to explore America—crossed Isthmus of Panama‚ became first European to see Pacific xiii. Ferdinand
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Sicily The purpose of the paper is to get a better understanding of Sicily. Over the next few pages we will be exploring many important aspects of Sicily. We will first take a look at the physical features of the land‚ including its location and its notable features. After we get idea of the land‚ we will then look at the Sicilian people‚ concentrating on the ancestry of the local people‚ as well as their personalities. Once we have a grasp on who the Sicilian people are; we will explore a
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In this day and age‚ similar to historical times‚ many people have taken on an ethnocentric attitude‚ the mindset that their ethnicity or culture is superior as opposed to others. In this modern era of globalization‚ encompassing the interaction and integration among different people and cultures‚ the push for being culturally diverse and understanding is important. Bill Hemminger‚ the author of the essay‚ “Why Study Ancient World Cultures‚” argues that studying different cultures is important and
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1.The term "Three Fires" refers to the dominant tribes in Michigan during the early 1600s. The three tribes were: A) Sauk‚ Fox‚ and Algonquin B) Cherokee‚ Shawnee‚ and Sioux C) Ottawa‚ Chippewa‚ and Potawatomi D) Iroquois‚ Delaware‚ and Miami 2.How long had Native Americans lived on the North American continent before the first Europeans arrived? A) 8‚000 years B) 14‚000 years C) 10‚000 years D) 5‚000 years 3.In Carl Sandburg’s poem‚ "Four Preludes on Playthings on the Wind‚" words left behind in
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Great geographical discoveries - a popular term geographical discoveries made at the turn of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries‚ in particular: circumnavigation Cape of Good Hope by Diaz (1488)‚ the discovery of America by Columbus (1492)‚ and then the conquest‚ trip [[Vasco da Gama | to India (1498) and the first trip around the world‚ Magellan (1519-1522). These events triggered a further voyages of discovery and contributed to a significant widening of the geographical horizon of Europeans
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