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born but Christopher Columbus wasn’t a great person at all. He didn’t really care about interacting with other foreign or even establishing trade routes with other countries. Columbus wasn’t focused on gold rather than the discovery of the new landmass, instead he saw that some of the Native Americans were wearing gold jewelry and forced them to give it to him. He had made it his life mission to kill and enslave all of the Native Americans. On his trips returning to America, Columbus…

millions of tourists and immigrants each year. The history of Australia is one, which evokes an image of conflict, human rights infringements, economic expansion and the privation of initiating a cultured country in such an undeveloped and severe landmass.…

What started as curious young girls playing with the idea of mysticism quickly escalated into one of the most infamous trials in United States history. The puritan community of Salem has become married to notions of hysteria, mystery, and dark magic. However, through the investigation of Paul Boyer and Stephen Nissenbaum in their book Salem Possessed: The Social Origins of Witchcraft, the roots of the trials are revealed to be community based. If the events of the witch-trials are seen as…

Culturally Aware of Australia Australia is one of the flattest continent landmass due to erosion that happened 257 years ago; formed when it separated from the super-continent. In addition, Australia has a wide assortment of landform consisting of a small mountains, ancient crystal blocks, and ancient seas. Australia has ten deserts, largest being the Great Victoria Desert. Australia has one of the seven natural wonders of the world, the Great Barrier Reef. Australia and Tasmania are two…

Pearl Harbor is situated in Hawaii. During the war, Japan had a feeling that America 's hand in the World War II was inescapable. The Japanese were feeling that America at that time was becoming strict with their development in the Pacific. Since the 1860’s, the Japanese and Americans had economic and political tension (Cook 117). The United States froze all of Japan’s access to oil and stopped selling scrap iron and steel. Japan depended on the United States for many of their resources and by…

1. The Tasman Orogeny is represented in the basement rocks or eastern Australia. The rocks make up one third of Australia’s landmass. The orogeny extends along the eastern seaboard from the Tasmania in the south to Queensland in the north. In the early Paleozoic to early Mesozoic Australia was located on the eastern side of the Gondwana super continent. It was situated above Antarctica to the northeast of India. The tectonic processes that increased in the size of the…

as a supercontinent – Pangaea, which was surrounded by the ocean – Panthalassa, the ancestor of modern Pacific Ocean. Wegener’s proposed mechanism of continental drift uses the idea of centrifugal force resulted from spinning Earth and inertia of landmass, coupled with the tidal drag on…

The official name of Guatemala in Spanish is, República de Guatemala. The head of Guatemala's government is President Otto Pérez Molina. President Molina has been head of government since January 14, 2012. President Molina is not only the head of government in Guatemala, but he is also head of state. The capital of Guatemala is Guatemala City. The official language in Guatemala is Spanish. Guatemala's population consists of 15.84 million people. Guatemala's currency is the Quetzal, which equals…

Every October in the United States, a holiday is observed by schoolchildren and working adults to commemorate the accomplishments of the great Christopher Columbus. While this break from school and work is appreciated by all, there is controversy surrounding the holiday itself. This debate stems from misinterpretations of the origin of Columbus Day and whether it really concerns Columbus himself. Due to its name, this holiday is taught to children by portraying Columbus as a hero and the founder…

When Genghis Khan founded the Mongol Empire, he had one goal in mind. His objective was to conquer, to conquer all the lands and make the Mongol Empire the strongest power in the world. In 1209, he won the submission of the Tanggut rulers in northwest China. In 1215, his forces conquered the Jin capital, present-day Beijing, and from there, he turned is expansions westward. In 1219, he invaded Khwarezm, a state that included much of Iran. After a large portion of Iran had fallen, he left command…