The Difference Between a Myth and a Legend

by Cristina Nuta - What is the difference between a myth and a legend? Myths are traditional stories occurring in a timeless past. They involve supernatural elements and are beyond...

Media Has the Greatest Impact on the Young Generation

by Cristina Nuta - Media has the greatest impact on the young generation more that the family or the school has. The means of media which influence the young generation are television...

History

Allies: for most of World War II the Allies were Britain, Russia and the USA. In World War I, Britain, France and the USA were the principal members of the Alliance. Archaeology...

Short facts about The Human Body

AIDS: acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, a very serious condition resulting from infection with HIV, a virus that attacks the immune system. This virus weakens the body's defences...

Prehistoric Life

Algae: primitive plants, usually seen living in water. Ammonite: an extinct relative of the octopus that lived in a coiled shell. Amphibian: an animal that can live in water and...

Nature

Algae: primitive plants, mostly living in water. Larger algae like seaweeds lack woody parts, while others are tiny microscopic organisms. Amphibians: animals that must return to...

Earth and Space

Acid rain: rainfall containing dissolved acids, released by industrial pollution, often from burning coal or oil in power stations. Acid rain causes extensive damage to trees and buildings. Asteroid...

What happened in the Vietnam War?

The Vietnam War began in 1957 when, as in the Korean war, the United States defended its ally, South Vietnam, against attacks from the Communist North. This time, the Communists were...

What was the Berlin Wall?

Although Berlin was in the Soviet zone of occupied Germany, the Western Allies occupied part of it. The Soviets resented their presence, wishing to isolate their population from Western...

What are perestroika and glasnost?

In the Soviet Union the Communist Party controlled almost every aspect of people's lives. However, by the 1980s Soviet people were aware that their standard of living was slipping far...

What caused the Korean War?

The Korean War happened in 1950 when North Korea, supported by the Communist Chinese regime, tried to overrun South Korea, which was allied to the United States. For the first time...

What was the Cold War?

Tension between East and West grew after the war. Soviet forces suppressed attempts by Czechoslovakia and Hungary to obtain independence. However, the conflict between East and West...

How was Europe divided after World War II?

Immediately after the end of the war, the occupying forces divided Europe along the lines they had previously agreed. The three zones of Germany that were occupied by the United States...

What happened in Germany in the immediate postwar years?

When the Nazis collapsed, the Allies, and particularly the Americans, found themselves in control of millions of people 1 with no income and no work. Bombing and fighting had destroyed...

How did Mao Zedong gain power in China?

When the Japanese occupied much of China during World War II, the Nationalists allied themselves with the newly emerging Communists and fought back. However, after the defeat of the...

What led to the collapse of Britain's former economic power?

Although the US government committed itself to supplying Britain and the other Allies with weapons and other materials, US law insisted these goods had to be paid for. By 1940 it was...

How was the United Nations set up?

During World War II the Allied nations sometimes referred to themselves as the 'United Nations'. In 1942 they agreed that they would not make any separate peace agreements with Germany. Twenty-seven...

What was the Yalta conference?

When it became clear that Germany was going to lose the war, the Allied leaders met at Yalta to decide on the shape of Europe in the postwar years. Churchill, Stalin and Roosevelt...

What was the Blitz?

When the Germans realized that the British defences were too strong for their aircraft, they tried to destroy British industry. They hoped to damage the morale of the British population...

How did Britain get drawn into the Second World War?

Following the invasion of Poland, as with World War I some international alliances were activated. As a result Britain and France declared war on Germany. When the Germans attacked...

Who were the Nazis?

Germany suffered great economic hardship and political unrest during the 1920s, partly as a result of the harsh terms of the Versailles Treaty. The Nazis (National Socialist Party)...

What led to the Great War?

Continual trouble in the Balkans led to the formation of several complicated military alliances throughout Europe.The continent was eventually split into two groups. Britain, France...

What was the Boxer Rebellion?

Towards the end of the 1800s, the Chinese Empire was weak and dominated by foreign powers. Powerful trading groups from Britain, Germany, Russia, Japan and Italy controlled large parts...

How did railways open up the Great Plains of the USA?

After the Civil War, the American government encouraged people to settle in the largely empty land of the Great Plains. The American Indians had already been driven out. The distances...