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Globalization Impacts due to Immigration in Germany Since the 1980’s Germany has had the largest influx of immigrants compared to any other country in the world. The largest immigrant group in Germany is that of Muslim refugees (especially from Turkey). Most of them had fled from countries currently at war or ruled by tyrannical governments. This massive rise of immigrants has sparked a large anti-immigration movement from permanent residents in recent years. This is mostly due to cultural…

Greek Colonization Settlements or trading outposts were the two types of colonies traditionally founded by the city-states of the Ancient Greeks (Stein, 2005:12). Trade was the primary reason for the Greek colonial expansion into Illyria. Illyrian exports included wool, slaves, bitumen, metal ores, hides, stock, mercenaries, timber, and cereal grains. Imports from the Greeks consisted of ornaments for clothing, wine, olive oil, weapons, armour, vessels, and utensils (Hammond, 1992; Wilkes,…

In the 1960’s, while fighting and protesting, immigrants lost respect, and hope. The American Dream meant so much to them, but America didn’t want to seem to give them the chance to live it.In the 1960’s Immigrants were coming from many places around the world. In the 1960’s Immigrants were unwanted for many reasons. The American people didn’t want them to take their jobs or have a part in America not even a vote. They come from different places, whether it’s from North,East, West or South.…

passage way to China. In 1492 Columbus first reached the Americas. Amerigo Vespucci, led the voyage across the Atlantic, which ultimately led to the naming of Americas after Amerigo. Fifteen years after Ferdinand and Isabella expelled all Jews from Spain and the last Muslims out of Granada it seemed as though the Catholic Church was triumphant, until Martin Luther started a movement for religious reform. The discovery of the Americas caused many impacts on the world, one being, a new era of…

Jeffery Lesser’s Immigration, Ethnicity and National Identity in Brazil is a motivated, praiseworthy effort to describe the complex, evolving relationships between immigration, ethnicity, and national identity in Brazil since 1808. Brazil declared its independence from Portugal in 1822. But their connection to Portugal lead to many of the problems it had after its independence. Brazil has been always, even from the times it was a part of Portugal, a slave state. It was its national identity,…

Throughout the world, there are vast amounts of skilled workers who desire to pursue their ultimate dreams. In order to earn the job they have wanted all their life, many try to come to America. This is problematic due to the fact that Americans believe that immigrants will steal the jobs from the nation’s people. Shayan Zadeh fights this opinion as he explains a personal story of how he accomplished his dream. In his opinion piece, “Bring on More Immigrant Entrepreneurs”, he responds to the…

Frank Smith once said, “One language sets you in a corridor for life. Two languages open every door along the way.” The United States should take steps towards becoming a bilingual country. Making English the official language in this country would be unconstitutional. Being able to speak more than one language has several different advantages: cognitive and financial. Spanish speakers form the biggest group of people that speak a language other than English in the United States. Bilingualism…

In "Natural Selection", Charles Darwin explains evolution trough natural selection and its components. In "The Declaration of Independence", Thomas Jefferson say that the U.S. colonies are declaring their independence from Great Britain. In "The Human Cost of an Illiterate Society” Jonathan Kozol, explains the fear of been illiterate and why is so important to have at least a basic education. In "Workers" Richard Rodriguez, talks about the struggles the Mexican workers had on the field, and how…

It is difficult to determine when Asians started immigrating to the Americas, but the first findings of a person of Asian descent in the American territory come from an archeological project in 2007. This project speculated that the first people were actually sea men from Japan that came around 16,000 years ago. It can also be said that Asian immigration to America started in 1763. In 1763, Filipino sailors abandoned ship from the Spanish ships and inhabited the New Orleans area. However, the…

There has been a plethora of opinions about who and when America was actually discovered that have been pondered over for several centuries by scholars and historians. History plays a significant role in providing a comprehensive understanding about our past, furthermore it also assists in dealing with current issues. For instance, in 2002 Elizabeth Kolbert wrote an article to substantiate the many questionings on Columbus and she states that the, “notion of discovery, was being reevaluated”…