Ferdinand Magellan, a Portuguese sailor, set out to circumnavigate the world on the tenth of August in 1519. The crew along with the ship left from Seville in southern Spain and the crew members were from several nations, such as Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece, Belgium, Germany, England and France. Magellan was an explorer and helped organize the Spanish expedition, which he undertook for the Spanish monarchy, which was supposed to end up in the East Indies (which is now southern and south-eastern Asia).
The process is called industrialization because of all the manufacturing jobs created by machines and that is also the beginning off urbanization when many people started to move from farms to cities to seek jobs
Since capitalism is based around the production and trade, consumerism as a movement that promoted consumtion logically increased the demand and the production. The more people consumed, the more profit did the companies have. By definition, consumerism promotes over consumtion of goods and services that are not neccessary or needed. Using the means of marketing and promotion, companies affect people's behavior by increasing the demand for certain products and therefore creating trends. In consumerism, products lose their value and are easily replacable. Also the appetite for variety of different products is increased.
A senator's term differs from that of a representative's in that a United States Senator's term is 6 years long while a United States Representative's term is 2 years long .
<h3>Further Explanation</h3>
- The United States government is divided into three branches that undertake various roles to enhance smooth running of any government.
- These branches include; the judiciary which functions to interpret the constitution and review laws, the Executive that is headed by the president and the Legislature whose function is to make Laws.
<h3>Legislature </h3>
- Legislature is the branch of the government that is tasked with formation and amendment of Laws.
- This branch is headed by the Congress. The Congress is divided into two; the senate and the House of Representatives.
- The branch of legislature can create laws or amend/change the existing laws.
<h3>1. House of Representative </h3>
- It consists of 435 members from the 50 states. The population of a state determines the number of representative members from each state.
- They are elected by the citizens of each state that have qualified to vote to serve a term of two years.
- These members must be citizens of U.S. who are over 25 years
<h3>2. The Senate </h3>
- This part of the Congress has 100 members that is two senators from each state and each must be of 30 years or above in age.
- The senators were initially chosen by state legislatures until 17th amendment in 1913, since then they are elected by the citizens of each state to a six-year term with the requirements of 7 years of being in the United States.
Keywords: Legislature, the senate, House of Representatives
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Level: High school
Subject: History
Topic: Government
Sub-topic: Legislature
