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    firemen and firewomen, soup kitchen workers, and the Doctors Without Borders organization, is one of the main reasons that societies around the world have advanced to become first world countries. Through selfless acts of many individuals, volunteering is what has made many heavily populated, first world countries

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    The First Nations were nomadic hunter-gatherers who treated the land with respect, this was before the Europeans came and introduced them to new ways of life while slowly trying to rid them of their culture. The First Nations were welcoming and provided assistance to the Europeans. The two groups began to trade and enter into treaties with one another. The First Nations saw treaties differently than the Europeans. They believed that the treaties were a way of guaranteeing a future between the two

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    Immigration into a First World country other than one’s own creates a border between one and the country they now reside in. Immigrants come into these countries knowing that they will be seen as aliens and foreigners to people already living there. In order to become socially accepted by the community, assimilation becomes the only solution they possess to feel better about themselves. Assimilation into First World country cultures disrupts the flow of cultural knowledge, which causes cultural alienation

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    The First World War

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    The first world war was one of the most brutal and remorseless events in history; ‘the global conflict that defined a century’. Over nine million soldiers and a large amount of innocent civilians lost their lives. Empires crumbled, revolution engulfed Russia and America rose to become a dominant world power. Huge armies deployed new weapons of devastating effect from rifles and pistols to torpedoes and flame throwers. These weapons were used not only in the trenches but by tanks too. This was an

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    First source: World Hunger Today, almost one person of every seven does not get the nutritious food they need in order to be healthy and obtain the energy they need throughout each day. 70% of the starving population are women and children. Hunger can be just as bad as AIDS or malaria but yet is solvable. It is possible to feed every person in the world and no scientific breakthroughs needed. We can solve the problem with today’s knowledge, tools and policies. The most common cause of starvation

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    First world countries contribute most to the problems of unsustainable development and thus they should be responsible for resolving the issues caused by such developments, particularly when they are still having an indirect impact in promoting unsustainable development and have resources required to counter these problems. Researchers have proved that more than the increasing rate of population in certain developing countries; it is the per-capita negative impact that First world countries are having

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    World is that place where we find people, nature, animals and secretes. We are often curious about things around us. There are questions like-“are we enough courageous to know the truth or to save the priceless properties?” It is funny but we still did not get the answer yet what came first in the world? Was it an egg or a chicken? In short, world is a total package of interest for human being. There are thousands of questions but only a few people tries to get the answer of those. “Jane Goodall”

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    World War I The following paper gives insights on various issues; Firstly, why the First World War started, its effects and lastly how and why America got involved in the First World War Causes of the First World War The First World War started in 1914 and ended in 1918. The causes of World War I were militarism, alliances between European countries, imperialism, nationalism and the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand (Keegan, 2014). Primarily, it may be cited, that its cause was

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    First World War Dbq

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    The First World War was commonly called the “war to end all wars,” although it clearly was not. Just twenty years after the end of the First World War, as French Marshal Foch had predicted, the world descended into a second war that was even more widespread and deadly. Directly or indirectly, the First World War yielded some 40 million casualties from more than 20 countries. In contrast, the 50 to 80 million deaths induced by the Second World War were mostly civilian. Russia lost around 25 million

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    When discussing the First World War, there are a myriad of topics, theories and debates that can be brought up, especially when its regarding to its breakout and and what lead to it. There are multiple direct and indirect causes that all are interconnected with one another, making it very difficult to just discuss about one topic without it overlapping with another completely different topic. One of the most unquestionable causes that lead to the outbreak of the war was the alliance system that was

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