“Our Summer Trip” North Dakota is not one of those glamorous states that everyone wants to go to. It is not even one of the top forty-nine states on most people’s list. It was at the top of the list for my family‚ though. Out of all the states that we have been to as a family‚ somehow we skipped over North Dakota‚ so we made it our mission last summer to hit this elusive state that we missed. Our vacation was very special to me‚ not only because North Dakota was the last state that we had not
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Disproving Misconceptions about Africa Africa is a country filled with primitive tribesmen who have made insignificant contributions to history. Today most Americans pride themselves on being open-minded‚ politically conscious‚ and socially aware of world wide problems. Yet when discussing Africa‚ its history‚ and present state‚ most misconceptions as seen above are accepted without question. These myths have been developed over a century of time and have become imbedded in the minds of the Western
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Apartheid In South Africa APARTHEID Apartheid is the political policy of racial segregation. In Afrikaans‚ it means apartness‚ and it was pioneered in 1948 by the South African National Party when it came to power. Not only did apartheid separate whites from non-whites‚ it also segregated the Blacks (Africans) from the Coloureds (Indians‚ Asians). All things such as jobs‚ schools‚ railway stations‚ beaches‚ park benches‚ public toilets and even parliament. Apartheid also
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Indians. Of course‚ I’d heard of the eskimo before‚ but I knew nothing about them besides the fact that they hunted seal and lived in igloos. So‚ after watching Nanook of the North and Exiled‚ I know a lot more about the inuit than I originally did. Both films were very informative‚ but very different. Nanook of the North is the more comical of the two is has a very cheery vibe to it. Of course‚ Robert Flaherty thought that the inuit were a happy-go-lucky group of people‚ so it makes sense that
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Colony of North Carolina In the 1580’s British established two colonies in North Carolina‚ both in which they failed. However‚ In the 1600s permanent settlers from Virginia began to move to North Carolina‚ and it eventually became part of a British colony known as “Carolina." North Carolina was first settled in 1587 by settlers that were led by John White in which they landed on present day Roanoke Island on July 22‚ 1587. In 1524 Giovanni de Varrazano was the first European to visit North Carolina
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North Korea North Korea is a country that is ruled by a dictator and has a communist government. A communist government rules all the land and gives the same amount of money and supplies to all the people in the country. “Daily Necessities were obtained from the Public Distribution System (PDS)” (95‚Hassig). The PDS shut down in 1995 because foreign aid was cut off expect for Pyongyang‚ the capital city. In rural areas‚ a lot of the children were born as “no-count” meaning that when they were born
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World War II in 1945‚ Korea was free from Japanese command‚ and partitioned into the North and South. The North was occupied by Russia‚ and the South was controlled mainly by the United States. Soviet military leaders came to notice Kim Il-sung‚ who became well known for taking part in the Korean guerilla resistance against the Japanese. Soviet authorities sent him to the Soviet Union for training‚ along with other North Koreans. A communist government was established under the guidance of the Soviet
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North Korean Authoritarian Government In this paper‚ I will attempt to explain why authoritarianism regimes such as the one in North Korea‚ still continues to govern even though the government is one of the more corrupted types of government still in existence today. The word authoritarianism is defined as‚ “a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)”(Word Net) There are currently many countries in our world
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materials across the globe. As part of its effort‚ China has turned to Africa‚ an oil-producing source whose risks and challenges have often caused it to be overlooked economically. Some reports describe a race between China and the United States to secure the continent’s oil supplies while others note that Chinese interest in Africa have surged considerably though Western States still make the vast majority of investments in Africa and remain highly influential. China’s booming economy‚ which has
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North Carolina and Rhode Island possess both similarities and differences for founding and development. As a result of geography and previous history‚ North Carolina and Rhode Island vary in their relations with Native Americans. Rhode Island and North Carolina share similarities pertaining to motivations for colonization‚ political development and religious attitudes. Rhode Island was essentially founded by Roger Williams who fled to the area in 1636 with the help of amicable Indians. Rhode
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