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Alternative Title: Berlin Conference
Berlin West Africa Conference, a series of negotiations (Nov. 15, 1884–Feb. 26, 1885) at Berlin, in which the major European nations met to decide all questions connected with the Congo River basin in Central Africa.


Berlin West Africa Conference
QUICK FACTS
DATE
November 15, 1884 - February 26, 1885
LOCATION
Berlin
Germany
PARTICIPANTS
France
Germany
Portugal
United Kingdom
RELATED TOPICS
Western colonialism
Congo Free State
Portugal
The conference, proposed by Portugal in pursuance of its special claim to control of the Congo estuary, was necessitated by the jealousy and suspicion with which the great European powers viewed one another’s attempts at colonial expansion in Africa. The general act of the Conference of Berlin declared the Congo River basin to be neutral (a fact that in no way deterred the Allies from extending the war into that area in World War I); guaranteed freedom for trade and shipping for all states in the basin; forbade slave trading; and rejected Portugal’s claims to the Congo River estuary—thereby making possible the founding of the independent Congo Free State, to which Great Britain, France, and Germany had already agreed in principle.
When you have an idea for a new local public safety law, what step can you take to make the law a reality?
Tell the police chief to change the law.
Ask a local lawmaker to propose a new law.
Petition the United States Congress to change the law.
Take your new idea before a judge who can change the law.
Answer:
I'm not positive but I think it is b.
Explanation:
because the police chief can't change the law and you'd have to be really lucky to see the United States Congress in person.
Answer:
b
Explanation:
The United states’ response was one of official neutrality at the beginning of World War II __________ ? True or false
Answer:
True
Explanation:
The United States remained neutral during the first two years of World War II.
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Answer:
true!
Explanation:
What were the results of the crusades?
Answer:
The entire structure of European society changed during the 12th and 13th centuries, and there was a time when this change was attributed largely to the Crusades. Historians now, however, tend to view the Crusades as only one, albeit significant, factor in Europe’s development. It is likely that the disappearance of old families and the appearance of new ones can be traced in part to the Crusades, but generalizations must be made with caution. It should, moreover, be remembered that, while some Crusaders sold or mortgaged their property, usually to ecclesiastical foundations, others bequeathed it to relatives. The loss of life was without doubt considerable; many Crusaders, however, did return to their homes.
The sectors acquired by burgeoning Italian cities in the Crusader states enabled them to extend their trade with the Muslim world and led to the establishment of trade depots beyond the Crusade frontiers, some of which lasted long after 1291. The transportation they provided was significant in the development of shipbuilding techniques. Italian banking facilities became indispensable to popes and kings. Catalans and Provençals also profited, and, indirectly, so did all of Europe. Moreover, returning Crusaders brought new tastes and increased the demand for spices, Oriental textiles, and other exotic fare. But such demands can also be attributed to changing lifestyles and commercial growth in Europe itself.
The establishment of the Franciscan and Dominican friars in the East during the 13th century made possible the promotion of missions within the Crusade area and beyond. Papal bulls granted special facilities to missionary friars, and popes sent letters to Asian rulers soliciting permission for the friars to carry on their work. Often the friars accompanied or followed Italian merchants, and, since the Mongols were generally tolerant of religious propaganda, missions were established in Iran, the Asian interior, and even China. But, since Islamic law rigidly prohibited propaganda and punished apostasy with death, conversions from Islam were few. The Dominican William of Tripoli had some success, presumably within the Crusaders’ area; he and his colleague Riccoldo di Monte Croce both wrote perceptive treatises on Islamic faith and law. Other missionaries usually failed, and many suffered martyrdom. In the 14th century the Franciscans were finally permitted to reside in Palestine as caretakers for the holy places but not as missionaries.
Explanation:
Choose all of the items that refer to U.S. intervention in Cuba during the Cold War.
1)
A)
Tet Offensive
B)
Gulf of Tonkin
C)
Cuban Revolution
D)
Bay of Pigs Invasion
E)
Missile Crisis with the Soviet Union
Answer: D) Bay of Pigs Invasion. E) Missile Crisis with the Soviet Union
US intervention in Cuba during the Cold War can be explained through the following events: D) Bay of Pigs Invasion. E) Missile Crisis with the Soviet Union.
What was the Bay of Pigs crisis?
The Bay of Pigs invasion, (April 17, 1961), the automatic Cuban invasion of Bahía de Cochinos (Pig Port) to Cuba, on the southwest coast by about 1,500 Cuban exiles who opposed Fidel Castro.
The attack was funded and directed by the U.S. government.
The failed attack strengthened Castro's administration, which continued to publicly declare its intention to embrace socialism and pursue closer ties with the Soviet Union. It also led to a review of Cuban policy by Kennedy officials.
Hence, US intervention in Cuba during the Cold War can be explained by these events Bay of Pigs Invasion and the Missile Crisis with the Soviet Union.
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The graph shows the distribution of world population in 2000. Based on the graph, which area is closest in population size to Europe?
Answer:
Option 1 , Africa
Explanation:
The complete question is
The graph shows the distribution of world population in 2000.
Pie chart showing distribution of world population in 2000. Asia is 60.5 percent. Africa 13.4 percent. Europe 11.9 percent. Latin America and Caribbean 8.5 percent. North America 5.2 percent. Oceania 0.5 percent.
Based on the graph, which area is closest in population size to Europe?
Africa Oceania North America Latin America and Caribbean
Solution
Population of Europe in 2000 was 11.9 % of the total world's population and Population of Africa in 2000 was 13.4 % of the total's world population.
Rest all have the following composition
North America - 5.2% of the total's world population
Latin America and Caribbean - 8.5% of the total's world population
Oceania - 0.5 % of the total's world population
Thus, Africa has population closest to the population of Europe.
Hence, option 1 is correct
Which of the following pieces of legislation passed after 1762 as a reaction to the changes illustrated in the chart? A. The Townshend Acts
B. The Intolerable Acts
C. The Navigation Acts
D. The Albany Plan of Union
Answer: A The Townshend Acts
Explanation:
The Townshend Acts were passed after 1762 as a reaction to changes shown in the chart.
You failed to include the chart in question however, of the options listed, the Townshend Acts were the only acts passed after 1762.
The Townshend Acts were passed by the British to:
get the American colonies to pay for the British soldier stationed in the colonies get the Americans to pay customs duties on goods they imported from Britain generally increase the taxes paid by the colonists to the BritishThe reason the British wanted more tax revenue was because they had incurred huge debts from fighting France in the French and Indian War and felt the American colonists should pay for this debt.
In conclusion, the Townshend Acts were passed after 1792 to prop up British revenue but it annoyed the colonists so much that it was one of the reasons war broke out.
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Which countries in East Asia seem to have the fewest resources?
Answer:
In Java and the Eastern Provinces
Task 2. Describe two social, political, and/or economic effects of industrialization
on Japan in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
Answer:
Carl Mosk, University of Victoria
Japan achieved sustained growth in per capita income between the 1880s and 1970 through industrialization. Moving along an income growth trajectory through expansion of manufacturing is hardly unique. Indeed Western Europe, Canada, Australia and the United States all attained high levels of income per capita by shifting from agrarian-based production to manufacturing and technologically sophisticated service sector activity.
Still, there are four distinctive features of Japan’s development through industrialization that merit discussion:
The proto-industrial base
Japan’s agricultural productivity was high enough to sustain substantial craft (proto-industrial) production in both rural and urban areas of the country prior to industrialization.
Investment-led growth
Domestic investment in industry and infrastructure was the driving force behind growth in Japanese output. Both private and public sectors invested in infrastructure, national and local governments serving as coordinating agents for infrastructure build-up.
Investment in manufacturing capacity was largely left to the private sector.
Rising domestic savings made increasing capital accumulation possible.
Japanese growth was investment-led, not export-led.
Total factor productivity growth — achieving more output per unit of input — was rapid.
On the supply side, total factor productivity growth was extremely important. Scale economies — the reduction in per unit costs due to increased levels of output — contributed to total factor productivity growth. Scale economies existed due to geographic concentration, to growth of the national economy, and to growth in the output of individual companies. In addition, companies moved down the “learning curve,” reducing unit costs as their cumulative output rose and demand for their product soared.
The social capacity for importing and adapting foreign technology improved and this contributed to total factor productivity growth:
At the household level, investing in education of children improved social capability.
At the firm level, creating internalized labor markets that bound firms to workers and workers to firms, thereby giving workers a strong incentive to flexibly adapt to new technology, improved social capability.
At the government level, industrial policy that reduced the cost to private firms of securing foreign technology enhanced social capacity.
Shifting out of low-productivity agriculture into high productivity manufacturing, mining, and construction contributed to total factor productivity growth
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Population is the correct answer.
The Japanese bomber plane used in WWII was called a Japanese Zero. The American bomber plane used in WWII was called a:
a). U2
b). B-52
c). B-17
Answer:
C. B-17
Explanation:
1-A chamada Crise de 1929 caracterizou-se por um colapso no sistema financeiro mundial no período do entreguerras, isto é, no intervalo entre a Primeira e a Segunda Guerra Mundial. Tal crise também é identificada com: a) a Guerra Franco-Prussiana. B) a quebra da Bolsa de Valores de São Paulo. C) a Guerra Civil Americana. D) a quebra da Bolsa de Valores de Nova York. E) a Independência dos Estados Unidos. 2-Para conter os efeitos da depressão que ocorreu após a Crise de 1929, o governo dos Estados Unidos lançou o programa intitulado: a) Pacto de Varsóvia b) New Deal c) Acordo de 1931 d) Projeto Manhattan e) Plano Marshall
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Having white wool (W) is dominant over having black wool (w). Two heterozygous sheep are crossed.
What is the probability that the offspring will have black wool?
blank %
What is the probability that the offspring will have white wool?
blank %
Answer:
75%
Explanation:
3 of the 4 square are filled with W which is the dominant white wool. 3/4 is equal to 75%.
How did John Quincy Adams differ from Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe?
__________________________________________________________
A)Adams was a Republican, while Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe were Democrats.
B)Adams was a founding father of the US, while Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe were not.
C)Adams was not a member of the Virginia Dynasty, while Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe were.
D)Adams was president in the late 18th century, while Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe were presidents in the early 19th century.
Who is the First president of Sri Lanka
When Ceylon became the Republic of Sri Lanka on 22 May 1972, Gopallawa became the first President. He stepped down from office in February 1978 when then Prime Minister Junius Richard Jayewardene became President following constitutional changes that effected the creation of an executive Presidency.
how did Poll taxes and literacy tests affect African-Americans?
Answer:because of the diminished access to education
Explanation:
whites were educated while Africans weren’t allowed to
Durante la baja edad media, el aumento de la producción agrícola produjo una mejora en la alimentación de las personas y un aumento de la población. Esto también significó la reactivación del comercio debido a: a) la migración hacia América b) el excedente de alimentos c) las invasiones germánicas d) el aumento del poder de los reyes AYUDA POR FAVOR
La respuesta correcta para esta pregunta abierta es la siguiente.
La respuesta correcta es A) la migración hacia América.
Durante la baja edad media, el aumento de la producción agrícola produjo una mejora en la alimentación de las personas y un aumento de la población. Esto también significó la reactivación del comercio debido a la migración hacia América.
estamos hablando de un momento importante en la historia moderna de la humanidad, cuando las monarquías Europeas deciden fortalecer su periodo de exploración de nuevas rutas marítimas y el descubrimiento de nuevas tierras como las Américas.
Cristóbal Colón descubre América el 12 de octubre de 1492. Y de inmediato los reyes Fernando de Aragón e Isabel de Castilla autorizan mandar conquistadores a América para colonizar los territorios y poblarlos.
Caso similar con el Reino Unido, que mandó sus primeros pobladores a Norte América. Ahí fundaron la primera colonia inglesa de trece: Jamestown, Virginia. Y entonces fue que se incrementó el comercio entre las nuevas colonias en América con las naciones de Europa.
List FOUR factors that allowed the Allies to win the war.
Answer:
Superior manpower of the allies. In the final stages of the war, Germany's manpower was dwindling.
Extensive resources of the Allies. The Central Powers had taken on too much.
Allied control of the seas.
Failure of the last German offensive.
Surrender of Germany's allies.
Explanation:
Where must you be to see a total solar eclipse?
an orbit
the earth's shadow
a corona
the moon's shadow
10
Answer:
The moon's shadow
Explanation:
Because the order goes
Earth< Moon Sun
< = moon's shadow
In other words, if you aren't in the moon's shadow, it may not even look like an eclipse.
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Answer:
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2 is A
3 is A
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Explanation:
Answer:
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which timespan had the most tension during the cold war and why PLEASE HELP
Answer: The Berlin Blockade of 1948 to 1949 marked the beginning of the Cold War, the building of the Berlin Wall in 1961 represented the high point of tensions and the opening of the Wall in 1989 represented the end of Cold War tensions.
HELP PLEASE What organization was created to help police world conflicts after World War I.
League of Nations
World Wide Organization
NAFTA
NATO
Answer:
League of Nations
Explanation:
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CHOSSE ONE COURT CASE AND EXPLAIN HOW THE ESTABLISHMENT CLAUSE WAS APPLIED TO THE RULING.
Answer:
Well lets say the case was a guy went to jail because he was driving home drunk and hit and killed a person and ran. The evidence in this case was that the licence plate of the car is in his name and also the cameras on the street and also the amount of alcohol in the dudes system the next morning if they were to check him. All the clues would confirm him guilty and be in jail for at least 15 years or more.
Explanation:
How did stock market speculation lead to the stock market crash of 1929 and the
Great Depression?
Answer:
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Explanation:
Among the more prominent causes were the period of rampant speculation (those who had bought stocks on margin not only lost the value of their investment, they also owed money to the entities that had granted the loans for the stock purchases), tightening of credit by the Federal Reserve (in August 1929 the discount ...
If a state makes a law that is contrary to the Constitution, who declares that it is unconstitutional? A. President B. Congress C. Supreme Court
Answer:
The correct answer is Choice C.
(Supreme Court)
Explanation:
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Which is the largest
climate zone in Southwest
Asia?
Answer:
Southwest Asia has a variety of climates that can be classified as arid, semiarid, or temperate.
Explanation:
Answer:
Turkey!
Explanation:
along the Mediterranean coast and across most of TURKEY :)
Which best describes the response of authorities in Birmingham, Alabama, to civil rights protests in the 1960s? They sometimes used violence to resist the protests. They agreed with the protesters' aims. They came to accept, over time, the presence of the protesters. They responded peacefully to the protesters.
Answer:They sometimes used violence to resist the protests.
Explanation:
The statement that best describes the response of authorities in Birmingham and Alabama to the civil rights protests was that they sometimes used violence to resist the protests.
What is the civil rights protests of 1960s?In the 190s, the civil rights protest was a social protest aimed at getting social justice for the Black Americans to gain freedom and human right as the Whites.
Therefore, the Option A is correct.
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What does the quote "A movement without vision would be a movement without moral Foundation "by Nelson Mandela mean
Answer:
A movement without vision would be a movement without moral foundation means that without a leader or vision, the movement can be easily used by the wrong people, the people without regard for morals.
Explanation:
A movement only has a moral foundation when there is a path, a path is only seen with a vision or a leader.
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The Reagan Revolution of the early 1980s entailed *
A. tax cuts for low-income Americans and expansion of social welfare programs
B. tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans and increases in defense spending
C. a free-trade policy with European nations
D. national health insurance
Answer:
A:tax cuts for low-income Americans and expansion of social welfare programs
Explanation:
The Regan Revolution or Reaganomics, was based on reducing government spending, cut taxes on the second and third class so that spending on other goods would increase and increase social welfare programs, like social security and other thing!
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In 1823, John Quincy Adams helped President James Monroe draw up a document that protected the interests of the United States in Mexico and Latin America. What is the documents name
Answer:
The Monroe Doctrine
Explanation:
The name of the document John Quincy Adams helped President James Monroe draw up it written in 1823 that protected the interests of the United States in Mexico and Latin America is known as MONROE DOCTRINE.
At the time of writing the document, John Quincy Adams was the United States' Secretary of State for President James Monroe.
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How did increased trade affect Chinese society during the postclassical era?
O A. It convinced China's leaders to give up Confucianism.
B. It gave Europeans more control over the Chinese people.
C. It allowed women to serve in China's government.
O D. It made China's merchants more powerful .
Answer:
D
Explanation:
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