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Define SPICESS
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Space: The distibution of things accross this space Places: A particular point in space; a location Interconnection: Between people and the environmnt in one place that can lead to change in another space Change: Disturbance of the environment Environment: Biological world around us Scale: Different spacial levels Sustainability |
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Developed world vs developing world
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Developing nations are generally categorized as countries that are less industrialized and have lower per capita income levels. African annual income: $762 p/year Australian annual income: $57,980p/year |
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The freedom ride
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Went around the NSW coast in a bus spreading awareness. Aim was to expose the segregation and poor living conditions of aboriginal australians and were forced off the road by locals |
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The stolen Generation
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Half cast children were taken directly from their families. white people decided that they should grow up with white influence, and after mixed parents down a few generations, eventually all will be white |
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UDHR |
Universal decleration of Human rights: An internation agreement that outlined the rights and freedoms that should be accorded to all people |
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Civil rights movement |
Social movements in the United States whose goals were to end racial segregation and discrimination
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Birmingham student protests
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15 to 16 year olds went out on a non-violent portest around the city of Birmingham, America for racism, and were faced with angry civilians and police officers who sprayed them with hoses and had vicious dogs intirigate them.
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
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December 1st, 1955, an african-american decided enough was enough and ignored bus segregation laws and she, Rosa Parks, sat half way down the bus. After being asked to move, she politely refused, and was arrested. In response, the multi-cultural community protested and didn't ride the bus for 381 consecutive days, only riding the bus again when the companies changed their laws as they weren't profiting.
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Little Rock 9
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May 17, 1954 segregation laws in schools were lifted, and in the start of the 1957 school year, Minnijean Brown Trickey and eight other students went to school at Little Rock High. After doing nothing wrong, she and the others were verbally abused and assulted. When they arrived at school they were faced with 1200 soilders, to portect the school, as if they were dangerous
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Sorry speech |
Within the newly elected Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd's first week of his position, he apologised to indigeonous australians for poor or unwise treatment from the time of Europeon settlement. People gathered and nervously watched. The major critism was the ambigulty over compensation. The 13th Feburary, 2008
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Martin Luther King Jr & The non-violent protests
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Martin's speech, I have a dream. Made a massive impact, he was put in prison. "We can never be satisfied as long as our children are stripped of their self-hood and robbed of their dignity by signs stating: "For whites only." "Little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers." |
