Today’s post is the final segment on a short history of the English language. In the last post, I talked about the impact of invasions from the Vikings and the Normans on the English language. In this video, I’ll share […]
We ended the last post in this series in 793 CE. If you guessed that this is when heathens called Vikings from the north arrived from Sweden, Norway, and Denmark, you would be correct! A heathen is a person who […]
The English language has evolved (or changed) a great deal over time. It’s interesting and worth knowing a little about, so today’s post is part one of three parts all about the history of the English language. It’s a long […]
So you’ve been studying English for the last 10 years or more, and you still can’t really speak it? Actually, you’re not alone. In fact, of all the people who try to learn English (or any second language) at some […]
Welcome to the last post in my introductory series about political science. The topic of today is development. A common way to measure a country’s development is by measuring its economic growth. However, if only a small minority of people […]
In the previous post, we learned about the competing interests of capital owners and workers. Because of that competition, compromise is necessary if the people of a country want to have both a democratic political system and a capitalist economic […]
We’re continuing our introductory political science series in this post, talking about democracy and capitalism. Like many other countries, my country – Canada – is both a democracy and a country with a capitalist economy. Democracy is a political system […]
Welcome to the 13th post in an introductory series about political science in easy (or simplified) English. The topic of this post is globalization. Globalization refers to the increased movement of people, information, and goods that has resulted from quick improvements […]
In the previous post, we learned about the realist theory of international relations. According to that theory, states compete to satisfy their interests in a world of hierarchy or anarchy. In this post, we’ll study a second theory of international […]
The study of the relationship between states is international relations. As we have learned in previous posts in this series on political science, modern states began developing in Western Europe in the late fifteenth century. One of the most important […]