Essays Tagged: "Southern Europe"

Italy

ed to do my report on was Italy. Italy, officially theItalian Republic, is an independent nation in southern Europe. The word'Italy' comes from the ancient Oscan language and means 'Calf'. Italy is af ...

(2 pages) 120 1 4.5 Nov/1996

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Overview of Italy, with personal comment

Italy is a country located in southern Europe. Italy occupies a boot-shaped peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean sea from ... n town and traveled to work in the fields each day. This pattern of living was especially common in southern Italy, in northern Italy the farmers usually lived on their land.Italians take great pride ... mplete in northern Italy, which is now one of the most advanced industrial areas of Western Europe. Southern Italy remains poorer and less industrialized, despite long-term efforts of the Italian gove ...

(11 pages) 202 0 4.6 Feb/1997

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Discuss the causes of high rates of population growth

% in Western Africa whereas in the more developed areas the lowest prevalence is 69% in Eastern and Southern Europe. This demonstrates the need for better education and provision of contraception, as ...

(6 pages) 261 0 4.6 Apr/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Anthropology

An Essay Examining the Oriental Nature of the voyage in Rossellini's Journey to Italy (1953)

, Rossellini's 1953 film, follows the weeklong journey of Alex and Katherine Joyce from Northern to Southern Europe. Il Viaggio portrays Italy as a highly feminine and volatile entity. In an orientali ... s is both criticized and idealized in an orientalist manner in Il Viaggio in Italia. Aspects of the southern European way of life--keep in mind this is being assessed from a northern mindset, that of ...

(6 pages) 38 0 5.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Genre Study

The Growth of the Modern Church in Australia

n the late 1940's, people started coming from Eastern Europe and later one more refugee's came from southern Europe, northern Europe and Netherlands. This was because of the war that was happening at ...

(4 pages) 31 0 4.6 Apr/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity

Italy information

, corruption, high unemployment, and low incomes and technical standards have been big problems for southern Italy compared to the wealthy northern Italy. Italy is located in southern Europe, n ...

(1 pages) 43 1 2.6 Apr/2004

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Italy Report: Discussing Canada's trading relationship with Italy

y where they export and import and help improve their balance of trades. Italy is located in southern Europe and is surrounded by the Mediterranean, Tyrrhenian, Ionian and Adriatic Sea's. Like ...

(4 pages) 38 0 4.3 May/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Foreign & International Economics

This is about the 1600's to the 1800's in Europe. The essay describes the peasants conditions, their food consumption and other things affecting their lives.

lp, and would live in a single room with a large family. Most farmers were illiterate especially in Southern Europe and their farming technology was not updated. Protestant Northern Europe had higher ... had higher literacy rates because Protestantism encouraged individual bible reading, while catholic Southern Europe was highly illiterate because the Catholic Church did not encourage literacy in the ...

(5 pages) 53 0 4.8 Sep/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

The Second Presidential Debate

ed a question. Jacobs said, "Iran sponsors terrorism and has missiles capable of hitting Israel and southern Europe. Iran will have nuclear weapons in two to three years time. In the event that U.N. s ...

(3 pages) 23 0 4.3 Oct/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Assess the contribution migrants have made to Australia's social, cultural and economic development from 1945 to the present day.

h immigrants, but in fact a growing proportion came from Eastern and Northern Europe, and then from Southern Europe in the 1950s and 1960s. After an interruption during the recession of the early 1970 ...

(3 pages) 57 1 5.0 Mar/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > Australian History

Ancylostomiasis

asites of human that can cause serious health problems for people of all ages and those who live in Southern Europe, Northern Africa, Northern Asia, and parts of South America. There are two kinds of ...

(4 pages) 16 0 3.0 Apr/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Contemplating Racism

kinned Scandinavians differ, genetically, very little from their darker olive- skinned neighbors in Southern Europe. However, the fair skinned people would suffer more severe sun burns and run a great ... rcinomas due to increased solar radiation at lower latitudes. On the other hand, the olive- skinned Southern Italians would probably be more likely to suffer from a lack of vitamin D, at higher latitu ...

(4 pages) 34 2 4.7 Jul/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

The Rise of and Basic Beliefs of Islam.

stest movements that ever occurred. In less than 200 years, Islam had spread to Northern Africa and Southern Europe. It could have spread farther but was stopped by the French of that time. Before the ...

(3 pages) 52 1 4.5 Oct/2006

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Islam

Axeon N.V.

eadquarters in the Netherlands, Axeon N.V. operates three subsidiaries; in the U.K. Scandinavia and Southern Europe. The subsidiaries have considerable autonomy to determine their product mix and the ... subsidiaries in the U.K., Italy and Sweden. The subsidiaries are responsible for sales in the U.K., Southern Europe and Scandinavia, respectively, accounting for 8%, 14% and 6% of Axeon's total sales. ...

(7 pages) 114 2 3.3 Mar/2007

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

The Change Of Status For The Women Of Medieval Europe

brought about numerous changes for the benefit of the female gender. Women's status in northern and southern Europe improved drastically both privately (through property rights and more input in famil ... es, women now had the duty and rights to maintain their property. For example, in both northern and southern Europe, when the lord of an estate was away, the lady of the house managed the estate by me ...

(4 pages) 20 0 0.0 Oct/2001

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Discuss political, social, and religious conflicts and their influence on the arts of northern and southern Europe in the 14th through 16th centures?

avery, and finally re-establishment, mixing old traditions with new. The changes seen in the art of southern Europe were inevitable and could definitely be at least partially attributed to old culture ... e as to what the underlying meaning of the scene is, if there is one. Overall, Renaissance art from southern Europe seems to represent exploration, rediscovery, and perhaps even a bit of boundary-test ...

(2 pages) 57 0 4.6 May/2008

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Juvenile Drinking

that the government had blown the issue out of proportion. However, "When compared to teenagers in Southern Europe, which has very liberal views regarding alcohol, American teens were more likely to ...

(2 pages) 12 1 3.0 Mar/2009

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Persuasive Writing

Vikings

ands, explored uncharted seas, and searched for and found trade routes throughout Britain, Ireland, Southern Europe, North Africa, and Central Asia therefore the Vikings were great explorers.This adve ...

(9 pages) 24 0 4.0 Mar/2009

Subjects: History Term Papers > Middle Eastern History