Continent College Essays Samples For Students

Effects of colonialism on the development of Modern African States

Ramat-Gan (2011) advances that the advent of colonialism in Africa formed the basis of the economic underdevelopment that continues to plague the countries in the modern world. The introduction of colonialism is linked to the many problem associated with the atrocities that the colonial masters implicated on the poor civilian natives of the time. Duke (2010) observes that the colonialism in Africa took different phases and faces. While the British used the direct and indirect rule in some areas, the French adopted the assimilation policy. Whichever the method that the colonial masters had, one character trait that they shared ...

It is no doubt that Maya Angelou is a force to reckon with when it comes to matters poetry. She is a poetic giant who infuses many themes and symbolic meanings in her works. Her readers well understand her genre, and the language that she uses in her works is easy to decipher. In her poem ‘Africa,’ she talks about the oppression of Africa and its people by European forces by turning them into slaves. She uses imagery in order to personify Africa to elicit the tone and imagery of this particular poem. Representing Africa as a beautiful woman gives the continent a ...

Introduction

Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa for the purpose of this study, stands as among the most poverty-stricken areas in the world. Much of the poverty currently experienced by Africa right now arises from its numerous problems with its political and economic institutions. Said institutions have led Africa to become a continent whose people did not engage in investment activities and political leaders did not provide public goods in accordance to their constitutionally recognized mandates. Moreover, despite the continuous influx of foreign aid coming from the United Nations (UN), International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank and agencies such as US Agency for International ...

Kwame Nkrumah’s “Unite Now or Perish” Speech As a ‘Classic’ Text in International Relations

Introduction
In his May 24, 1963, speech at the inauguration of the OAU Conference in Addis Ababa Ethiopia, doctor Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s first President, gave a stirring speech with a clarion call “we must unite now or perish.” In his speech, he advocated for a strong Union of Independent African States to form one block of states. Nkrumah was convinced that it was only through unity that African states which were getting themselves slowly off the colonial hook would achieve development or progress. According to him, with such a unity, the continent would be able to stand up ...

Introduction

As known in all contexts, Europe is a relatively small continent which is located in between the Asian and African continents. However, despite the proximity of the two continents, Europe is able to establish its own culture and becomes distinct with a pronounced uniqueness. One possible contributor for such outcome is its geography and the locations of the countries that composed the continent. Though Europe is relatively small, several countries are bounded and these boundaries are important for analyzing the geography of the continent. Looking at the physical and political maps of Europe, this paper aims to analyze the ...

Introduction

Among the most valued societal processions that tradition passes from one generation to the other, is culture. Culture is one of the most essential processions that every society should have and that defines and gives identity to the society. At the same time, it is necessary, since it assists the society in identifying itself, and standing up uniquely, compared to other cultures. In this case, therefore, culture makes it possible for the corporation to establish it uniquely from other societies, and draw pride and identity for its organization and authenticity. By definition, therefore, culture is the societal quality, drawn ...

Today, Christianity is a term that is used very much in broad terms and ways. Over the past few decades, Christianity has mainly been predominant in the West and looked upon to have been rooted in the social organization of these Western countries. For instance, one cannot expect a high number of Christians in overseas States like Indonesia, where the majority are the Muslims. In addition, the Indonesian constitution recognizes six types of religions which include Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Protestantism, Confucianism, and Catholicism. This is why freedom of worship and religion has fully granted to her citizens. But as ...

I have read a part from the book I Speak of Freedom: A Statement of African Ideology by Kwame Nkrumah. Once he was a political leader of Ghana, the first European colony, which gained independence. In this passage Nkrumah’s views are not limited to Ghana but refer to the whole African continent. He supports the idea of the African Union and confident in its success. Nkrumah believes that unity is the source of the African power.
This fragment starts with the reminder that Europeans in their attempts to civilize Africa, just used its resources and enslaved people. But ...

The imperialism of the European powers has always been a source of discomfort for the affected countries as imperialism brings with it changes to the overall way of life of the colonized people. In the eighteenth century, the problem of colonization created a number of challenges for males and females on the African continent. The North African states of Tunisia, Morocco, and Algeria faced some of the greatest challenges of colonialism as the colonizers were aggressive in their quest to acquire land and power on the continent. The main colonizers of that period were the British and the French and both ...

Religion is a European Invention

Introduction
Traditional beliefs and religion form an integral aspect of human life. From an early age, a child is born into a specific culture that has a unique way of looking at life, communicating with one another and adhering to specific value systems. The culture that a person is born in is thus the very first setting that begins to define and shape an individual. Culture influences the way a person relates to his environment - socially and physically.
Every culture around the world reveres a specific supreme being that is associated with the gift of life. The belief ...

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The stories of different regions in the world are marked by the rise of diverse and complex societies that depict their leadership styles, culture, religion, and perceptions concerning gender. This essay will articulate its focus on three continents: Africa, China, and the Americas to assess their rich history regarding leadership, gender, and culture. This is essential to create a deeper understanding of the effects of history on the past and present actions of the inhabitants of the regions. The leadership, gender and cultural factors define the activities and attitudes of people from various areas making it easier to identify ...

Introduction

Africa has a population of over one billion people that is roughly 14% of the world’s population (Brown and Levasseur). Most of the people in the continent live in rural areas with some of these places densely populated. Areas that are highly populated are along the river Nile, the Maghreb region, West Africa, East African Highlands, and eastern half of South Africa.

Environmental Factors Affecting Population Distribution

Most of sub-Saharan Africa nations rely on agriculture for a living either through subsistence agriculture, export agriculture or a combination of both. Areas with fertile soils and reliable annual rainfall that can support the growing of ...

Karl Marx's philosophical and economic works influenced almost every aspect of the European society in some or the other way. In his works, Marx focused on economic ideas, historical materialism and philosophy. In the early nineteenth century, Europe was under the influence of industrialization. The population saw a rapid growth like ever before. Several political parties emerged across the European continent. Trade took new shape with the improvements in the technology of production and transport. During the early nineteenth century, agriculture was the major source of employment and wealth in almost all the countries of Europe . Industry and commerce was ...

Plague was known to enter the Europe first in the year 1347 from the Sicilian City of Messina and paved its way throughout the continent in the following years. The facts about the epidemic that made it the most deadly diseases that had ever hit the continent were, the ignorance to cure it and the potential carriers of the disease, the speed at which it spread and its high mortality rate. Hence the period was often portrayed by death. Europe evidenced the constant jolts of altering strength of this disease every now and then for almost 380 years starting ...

Africa is a large continent with an area of approximately 12 million square miles of territory, which has unique weather patterns and natural resources. Lately, this continent faced a dramatic change in its climate caused by the consequences of global warming (Winsor). It is rather interesting that there are no massive factories and energy plants in Africa, and this is the reason why this continent has the slightest contribution to the global warming, but, at the same time, this continent if significantly affected by the global climate crisis.
North Africa is a part of the continent that is heavily ...

Technology could be defined as the ability to use scientific knowledge acquired for the purposes of communication, solving problems, to access, manage, integrate, evaluate, design and create information to improve learning in all areas of the everyday activities of the world. The scientific knowledge could be acquired through practicing or theoretical learning processes. The application of the knowledge gained by either process could be helpful in the development of the degradation of life's processes depending on how it is applied by different people. Technology is as a result of creativity and innovation. Learners must be creative thinkers and be innovative ...

As a prelude to writing this essay, I would like to admit that I have never been to Africa. Further, my opinion about the “black continent” has been shaped by what I have seen or read in media. When I think about Africa, the images that first come to mind are; various wildlife programs on National Geographic channel; Michael Jackson’s music video “Black or White”; various campaigns by world leaders to eradicate poverty; and dictators and ethnic strife. And off course the campaign against apartheid in South Africa. I don’t know for what reason, but the image I ...

The article focuses on American history. The thesis of the paper is to prove the importance of the western frontier in the American history. According to the article, all the advances that American has been able to acquire originate from the western frontier. The article gives supportive evidence to show that the frontier played the biggest role to ensure the current position of the United States considering the fact that the continent has people from different origins. Generally, the author demonstrates how the frontier facilitated the development of the various economic sectors in the continent.
According to the ...

A Reflection Journal on the following entries on Africa

The emergence of the African State
I think colonialism of Africa played a big role in the transformation of Africa into modern states of governance. My sentiments are shared by Ayttey (2002) who argues that sovereignty defines the modern African state in the world. Although African countries still struggle with issues of western influence in terms of policies adopted and the running of various activities, the countries are in constant tussle to remain autonomous and self-ruling. In short they try to cut the link between the maternal loins of the colonial masters. However Poverty and undeveloped systems of governance, ...

Summary of Readings about the USA Geography

Summary of the Article: Populating the Continent: The Post Columbian Experience
This reading was written with the main argument that America is home to millions of people who came from other nations and that this migration did not happen because of one single reason, but that various issues led to different peoples moving from their homes into America. These reasons are the main focus of this reading (Schein, Nd). The writer has categorized the immigrants, say like the Irish and the Chinese but has also indicated that among these general groups there are also various reasons that led to ...

The renaissance period which occurred between 1400 and 1600 in Europe marked a significant face of history. It was a period of time when the continent was recovering from a dark past that was dominated by wars and diseases. It was a time to leave everything behind and look for permanent solutions that would change the continent forever (Parker, 115). The experiences that the continent went through opened the mind of the people who had no others were transformed into scientists, doctors, teachers and artists. This was a transformation that began in Europe and spread to other parts of the world. In this paper, ...

Introduction

West African region comprises of several states that are found in the western part of the African continent. These states occupy the vast Sahara Desert and is normally referred to as Sahel.
West African has gone economic and political revolution since the twentieth century. After the colonial period, several cities in West Africa were converted into independent states.

The region comprises of the states in the Maghreb region, and they occupy a total of 6,140,000 square kilometers

Much of the region depends on Mediterranean politics, and this has made the region to be politically powerful
The region witnesses the economic resource imbalance that has resulted in poverty index in the region. Thus, most of the people are economically ...

The path of human past is marked by awful atrocities. Even so, examining the records of the impacts of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade on Africa is horrific even to the cynical of historians (M’bokolo). It is estimated that the trade took place from early fifteenth century through to mid-nineteenth century and that it involved the forceful shipping of approximately 12.5 million Africans to both North and South Americas (Murphy 1). This paper critically evaluates the impacts that the trade had in Africa.
It has proved to be a difficult task to elaborate the specific impacts of the Trans-Atlantic ...

Democracy is not only about water, but it is also about the decisions that affect people on a daily basis, for instance, what they eat and drink. The people of the Andean city of Cochabamba ordinary working people battled with the police as they demonstrated against privatization of water supply in the city. Olivera Oscar was the chief mastermind of the demonstration. The government of Bolivia wanted to sell the supply of the city’s water to a subsidiary of Bechtel Corporation, a US-based company. Privatization and neoliberalism of the public resources have brought no good to the general public other than ...

Christopher Columbus lived through the fifteenth century and completed four voyages through his lifetime which took him across the Atlantic Ocean. The history however is incomplete when it comes to his discoveries, and not empty of controversy on the subject of his accomplishments. The voyage that specifically connects to Columbus’s name is his discovery of America, but Alas! That claim has been under immense scrutiny as of late. Many historians contest that there was after all colonization in America prior to the time of Columbus’s legendary breakthrough. Some historians even go a step further to claim that the ...

The ‘Vasco Da Gama Epoch’ represents the move by Vasco Da Gama that made most of the European countries believe that he had discovered Asia. The Vasco Da Gama Epoch led to the European dominance in Asia and consequently the colonization in many parts of the continent. However, with time, many of the colonies started leaving the continent but the British rule in India encouraged the continuation of European dominance (Darwin 451). However, the end of British rule meant European dominance would soon end due to a number of reasons. This paper analyzes Charles Darwing’s claim that “The end ...

The United States of America and Canada are rich and amazing nations and there are numerous interesting aspects associated with them including; their geography, topography, political systems, economic development, culture, animal life and mining industries. The United States and Canada are both very large nations, they share two borders and their bilateral relationship is arguably the most extensive and among the closest in the world. The USA has slightly more land compared to Canada while Canada has a slightly larger territory. As the world’s second largest country and the largest country in the Western Hemisphere, America is composed of ...

Abstract

Art has been a fundamental part of many African cultures. However, much of the art from African cultures end up in western museums or in other places in western nations. Despite the time and the great thoughts that go into these works of art, many of the artists or the creators of these artworks remain unacknowledged (Eisenhofer & Wolf, 2010, p.79). The major reason as to why many of the artists and creators of art in Africa are not able to benefit from their art is due to the fact that there is lack of enough art schools in Africa. Through ...

While growing up, I have had interest in the African continent though I know very little about it. I have had very little information about the continent’s growth but plenty of negative and devastating opinions from presenters, scholars and even stories from friends; who according to me after this research, I assume knew very little about the continent and have neither been or researched exhaustively about the continent. Their arguments in most cases, I feel seem shallow and not well versed with the region. With the little knowledge about the continent, I took an attempt to research on ...

Introduction

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In this context Djenne evaluates the diverse issues that do arise as a result of the versatile cultural environment pertaining to the HIV pandemic. In this overview it brings into the limelight the context under which the western cultures do actually influence the various cultural settings of the many diverse cultures in the south of Africa. This comes into the scenery where forces of globalised economies create women chiefly vulnerable. Susser focuses her skills on this underprivileged HIV-afflicted group. She further seeks to elucidate the nexus flanked by the individual and the supporting. The authoritative and the ...

How do Christians in Asia, Africa and Latin America live out their faith? How do they interpret scripture and follow Christ? In this course, we will discover and investigate the stories and theologies of Christians in non-Western countries and how they live out their faith in the midst of their diverse social, political and religious contexts.

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Christianity in the continents other than Europe is intrinsically quite strong as the power of the faith there is usually much greater than that on the continent. The zealous missionaries who worked extremely hard to convert the peoples in Africa, Asia and Latin America ...

Diversity Squared: Southeast Asia’s Pearl of the Orient

For most tourists, they would prefer a trip to the Caribbean or a trip to the Alps. But there are tourists nowadays who wish to explore new countries and learn new cultures. This then leads them to the Asian continent. The continent itself is filled with history and heritage unlike any other and each trip is a new experience. Many Western nations such as Spain, Portugal, the United Kingdom and the United States have been captivated by this continent’s vast resources and unique culture that they conquered a particular Asian continent and honed them to their liking. But, the continent is also ...

What was the Basis of the East India Trading Company’s Interest in India?

The East India Trading Company (hereafter referred to as the EIC) had two purposes in creating an economic foothold in the vast continent of India. First, and perhaps most important, was the fact that Britain was lagging behind the rest of Europe when it came to trade – despite their control of the seas (which, incidentally, interested Indian rulers almost as much as India interested the EIC), they were losing economic control to countries like the Netherlands and the Portuguese. While the Dutch, at least, had already established their own market in India, EIC agents hoped that they would be ...

Within the Context of World History

Racism and misconceptions about the peoples of Africa have resulted in the neglect of Africa’s historical reality ever since the field of history began to emerge as a structured discipline during the eighteenth century (Reynolds, “So Many Africas, So Little Time: Doing Justice to Africa in the World History Survey”). Since Greek and Roman times and up until the European Renaissance there was mutual respect between Europeans and the subjects of black kingdoms they met (Clarke ‘Why African History?”). By the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, however, most European historians, philosophers and political scientists had adopted a Eurocentric attitude ...

The Great War was the bloodiest war in world history up to that point. Many historians claim that the buildup to the war was caused my militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism (MAIN). This might be the composite indicator, but special importance should be placed on the Dual-Alliance between Austria-Hungary and the German Empire. The two came together for a myriad of reasons, most importantly a shared fear of Russian aggression, and remained together for over thirty years. Thus, an entire generation grew up recognizing that the two Germanic empires were closely allied, and the knowledge pervaded the culture of ...

Colonialism is one of the most actual issues of the modern historical science. The formation of colonial regimes entailed profound changes in the economic situation of the African population and reflected in the nature and way of their management. The British and French colonial models were quite different, but I am not sure whether it will be correct to say that colonies were only raw appendages of the empires and got nothing in exchange.
The process of colonization of Africa has become widespread in the second half of the XIX century, especially after 1885 and the beginning of the ...

In the 21st century, Africa is waking up to the realization that changes are happening in the cultural and social norms that many parts of the world are embracing. Some of these changes are regarded as normal human behavior in some parts of the world while they remain taboo in Africa. And among those controversial human behaviors is homosexuality, the tendency of people of the same gender becoming sexually attracted to each other (Anderson 125). So much conflict has been witnessed in many African countries because there are a few people who are in support of it while a ...

1). One of the areas that European voyage explored was Africa. The exploration of Africa, especially West Africa and North African has positive and negative impacts on the Europeans and non-Europeans. First, it allowed the Europeans and Africans to learn different cultures by sharing each other’s way of life during their interactions. It helped the Europeans discovered places in African, which they had never thought of their entire life. In addition, it formed the foundation for the European to colonize Africa so that they could advance their industrial needs by seeking the raw material for their industries that ...

Introduction

This essay will critically answer the question “to what extent and in what ways have African states ‘failed’? This will be done within a context of Political Science and will include ideas from some aspects of International Studies. To this end, there will be the need to define the concept of failed states. What makes a country a failed state? This is an important question that will define the criteria and preamble for the essay. From there, the facts of African states and their circumstances will be critiqued into a deep extent.

There are several definitions of a “ ...

Introduction

Football is the blood sport for the European people. Since last fifty years it is a part of the national affairs for some countries in Europe. The principle ways of competition among these countries is the domestic leagues that took place on a frequent basis. As compare to other countries, only few people of other countries outside Europe use to know about football because international football was not that much famous at the beginning of the era. But with globalization and cultural mix, football started spreading at a high pace all over the world. This is due to the invention of Television ...

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The genius of the United States is not best or most in its executives or legislatures, nor in its ambassadors or authors or colleges, or churches, or parlors, nor even in its newspapers or inventors, but always most in the common people.
- Walt Whitman
The United States is more than just a geographical or political entity. It is a dream of a society that upholds individual liberty. It stands for equality, justice, and freedom, and above all the United States represent a promise that if a person puts in hard work in a virtuous way, he ...

Introduction

Thai loin cloth is fabrics that have rectangular grid patterns. There are vibrant colors of these fabrics that are either cotton or silk. Since the ancient times, this fabric has been used as versatile fabric and with time it is losing its popularity. The major objective of this project is to enhance the use of Thai Loin fabric. The Intention of the product is to introduce this fabric to a new market and also popularize the use of the fabric. Since the use of this fabric has continued to decline from the ancient time, this project aims at introducing these ...

Racism started early in the sixteenth century with many Africans falling victim to the menace due to the economic situation in Africa. The documentary, A History of Racism (BBC) analyzes the colonial developments in the world from various perspectives. The main idea in the documentary tackles racism and themes about racism. Most victims in the documentary hailed from Africa and Asia, but Africans took a larger share. The documentary utilizes scholarly sources to show the evolution of racism in the past 500 years and the changing relationship between Africa, Europe, and America. Furthermore, the documentary review racial discrimination consistently showing ...

Aristotle’s Ethics

Happiness
Aristotle in one of his most influential work, the Nicomachean Ethics, presented a theory of happiness 2300 years ago. In this theory they tried to answer a key question, which is, what was the ultimate purpose of human existence? What should be the end goal towards which we should be directing our energies? In his opinion, everyone is looking for “pleasure, wealth, and a good reputation”. In his opinion, while each of these has some value, neither of them can replace the relevance of chief good for which humanity should aim. The chief good or the ultimate aim should be ...

African continent has experienced changes in its religious practices and people’s behaviors from the effect of religious conversion. African region left its traditional beliefs at the incoming of new religion (Isichei and Thomas, 2010). African indigenous religion, which was community- based had no basis to sustain itself from the influence of conversion to other religions. Majority of the African continent has ended up converted to other religions of the world. Christianity is the most spread religion on the African continent today with significant impacts. The paper describes the Christian religion conversion in Africa. Christianity arrived in Africa through ...

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Welfare state is a governmental concept whereby the state is involved in playing a key role in protecting and promoting economic and social well-being of the citizens. Welfare state is based on public responsibility, equality of opportunities and equitable distribution of wealth principles especially for people who lack the minimal provisions of good life. A welfare state developed in Britain during the years after war and the labor government tried to make visions of reconstruction come true ( Shattock et al, 59). The welfare state aimed at eradicating poverty, diseases, ignorance, idleness and squalor. This essay aims at exploring the British welfare ...

Introduction

Africa today is one the most undeveloped continents with numerous issues plaguing it. This paper shall be examining Africa’s past and history in general in an attempt to understand how it arrived in such a situation. The primary focus of this paper shall be the reasons that as explained previously led to these failures. Europeans colonized all of Africa with the exception of Liberia and Ethiopia 19th and 20th century. The numerous guiding factors behind colonization included search for raw materials and settlement for surplus population among other reasons. The Africans prior to the colonization had their established systems ...

The concept of globalization is one of the most influential factors in the study of various factors influencing our lives today. Globalization is marked by integration of markets and finance, and the triumph of free market over protectionism as well as creation of a global culture by the forces of technology (Imade, 120) The general ramification of globalization has been positive in the industrial capitals of the world in terms of creating jobs and opening up export oriented markets in Asia and Latin America. However, in developing worlds like Africa, globalization has not generated economic development. Even with the liberalization ...

Guns, Germs and Steel

This book by Jared Diamond is based on scientific fact and seeks to explain the reason why Eurasia has always seemed to be ahead of the rest of the world when it comes to genetic superiority. The book suggests that the biggest advantage that Eurasia had was its geography, which by large favored farming activities like planting of crops and rearing of domestic animals. It is documented therein that humans started food production approximately 11000 years ago, despite having fed off the wild for over 7 million years.
Guns, Germs and Steel speaks about the earliest of human ...

Farming and shepherding were the main occupations that were taken up by people all over sub-Saharan Africa from about 2000 B.C.E. These occupations continued to be the major ones until the last years of the first millennium C.E. This spread was gradual due to the Bantu migrations. This process refers to the migration of Bantu-language speakers across the continent of Africa. A major portion of the African continent was occupied by the Bantu-speaking communities in the course of time. Their presence significantly impacted the region as the Bantu migration contributed in the propagation of cultural assimilation, development and progression ( ...

Economic integration is something many economists have proposed to protect the finances of regional blocs. The first modern example of an economically integrated federation is that of the United States. Its success has been subject of study for centuries and was the inspiration in the design of the Eurozone and many other economic alliances in the world that seek to increase the living standards of their citizens by letting them have a more active role in international trade. One of the most recent economic blocs that have come into being in America is that of the Pacific Alliance. It is ...

Essay

How Are the Major Rivers in Africa Vital to Its Economy?
In terms of total annual runoff (4600 km3) Africa takes third place after Eurasia and South America, and by the thickness of the layer (less than 160 mm) it is inferior to all continents except Australia and Antarctica. The main watershed of the African continent passes through its most elevated eastern edge, so more than 1/3 of the runoff is in the Atlantic Ocean, only about 1/4 in the Indian Ocean, even less - in the Mediterranean Sea. About 1/3 of Africa (about 9 million km2) has ...

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We are living in an era wherein the essence of economic prosperity and soundness is the most important thing and it is influential as well among different things in provisions. In the current economic crisis, many companies went bankrupt and many employees have been laid off from their job which was not at all a good sign for the world’s economy
In considering the same fact, the rates of poverty in the countries are increasing day by day and the stance of the same is quite high in the ...

John Gast “American Progress” (1872)

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Every nation is characterized by its own unique culture that is created according to the background of knowledge, religious ideas, beliefs, ethnical peculiarities. Certainly, every culture is unique in its own artifacts that help to understand this culture in the better way. These are literature works, architectural monuments and sculptures, pieces of music, etc. All artifacts of the past centuries have deep roots in the given culture, so deep that sometimes it is not really possible to understand their origin.
The example of such artifacts is the painting “American Progress” by John Gast ...

The Catholic persecution in Ireland was a five-century quest to eliminate the Roman Catholic faith in an island where the religion has been deeply entrenched since the time St. Patrick introduced the faith in the second half of the fifth century. The Roman Catholic religion has been, until the 1540's, Ireland's religion until Henry VIII broke away with the Church. He instituted the English and Irish reformations in an attempt to rule over the church. Compared to other anti-Catholic movements that spread throughout Europe during the Reformation, the different aspects of Irish Reformation were primarily triggered by shifting government policy. ...

In light of Africa’s challenges with globalization, regional integration has come to be an alternative strategy in combating the pressure that comes with small size and underdevelopment of African economies. Regional integration has been echoed as a major aim for the African continent since the end of colonization. The dedication of African leaders towards cooperation and integration has been accentuated in several African leaders’ meetings beginning from the 1980 Lagos Plan of Action, the 1991 Abuja Treaty, and the 2001 New Partnership for Africa’s Development – NEPAD. Regional integration is arguably one way in which Africa can provide a catalyst ...

Introduction

Tectonic Plate refers to a massive, slab of solid rock that is irregularly shaped, and it is composed of both oceanic and continental lithosphere.

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Mid-Ocean Ridge refers to an underwater mountain range that forms due to plate tectonics. This structure is formed through two tectonic processes, ridge-push and slab pull that cause the spreading at mid-ocean ridges.
Basin and Range topography refers to structure that is characterized by sudden changes in sloping and is alternating in between the narrow chains of faulted mountain and flat arid basins or valleys. They are formed by crustal extension or extensional tectonics.
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Compare and contrast the British, French, and Spanish imperial goals in North America between 1580 and 1763.
Ever since Columbus stumbled upon the continent of North America in his quest to find shortest route to India and China, the Europeans showed keen interest in colonizing the new found territory. The Spanish were the first to land in this continent with colonial interests followed by the English and French. The Age of discovery was seen by the Catholic Church as an immense opportunity to spread Christianity around the globe and their religious aim and the European colonization went in ...

Terms Used: California, Florida, China, Japan and Russia

Introduction
This paper analyzes history of America in terms of its foreign policy influence on different states of American continent that remained under the influence of several countries. Some of them were later became the part of United States of America after a long struggle and other has/have deeply influenced United States’ hold in the region. Consequently, all of these important states have played the role in shaping the foreign policy of US in the continent.

Significance

History of American States is deeply influenced by several European countries and including Spain, Britain and France. These countries battled over and established ...

Introduction

Over the past decade, China has expanded its diplomatic, economic and political activities in many nations. China’s presence is more pronounced in the African continent, as the country seeks to develop closer geopolitical partnershipswith African states. Unlike the West that has little, if any, history of cooperation with China, Chinese leaders believe that given Africa’s longstanding political history with China, the continent offers immense opportunities for future partnerships (Nye, 2004, p.31). This has been viewed as some kind of generalization and exceptionalism of China’s activities in Africa.
Based on various theoretical concepts and perspectives, this ...