There was a world of difference between the two cultures ‚ Europeans and Native American. Europeans had established communities where they lived and worked. Native Americans had settlements but they moved around a lot they were nomadic . Europeans were usually Christians ‚ but Native Americans believed more in the existence and powers of many other spirits . They had strong‚ central leadership while the Natives tended to do things in harmony ‚ consensus . They also had a little regard for
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The influence of Western science towards China’s way of thinking When we look at the history of China before the Western invasion‚ we can see that it was a self-sufficient country. It supplies itself with food and all sorts of necessities. Owing to the geography‚ China did not have many chances to connect with the West. Therefore‚ it has developed its own ideology‚ correlative thinking (Hall & Roger‚ 1998). But after the invasion starting from 1839 (1st opium war)‚ Western ideology has begun
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The United States and Japan are two different cultures which reflects heavily through the way people from each of the cultures communicate. This may be in what is said‚ how it’s said‚ as well as verbal or physical cues. They way many cultures communicate stems from ancient beliefs and customs. For the Japanese much of their culture and traditions stem from this. Their culture has remained strong due to them being rather homogenous. On the other hand‚ America is relatively a new country that is more
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The term of “contact zone” seems pretty simple to understand at the first look but what does it truly means? Mary Louise defines this term as “… social spaces where cultures meet‚ clash‚ and grapple with each other‚ often in contexts of highly asymmetrical power” (Pratt 575). In a “contact zone” a person meets with two different cultures‚ going through a struggle to maintain a certain identity. As for me‚ I have faced this contact zone when I left my country to study abroad in United States. I have
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Cultural Differences between America and China China has been influenced by Confucius for over 2500 years‚ and there are still people truly believe in the old fashion‚ that made Chinese people have different views of this world. On the other hand‚ the United State of America is the biggest economy in the world‚ American people have more open mind‚ so they are easy to learn and accept new things. In China‚ people are easy to settle‚ they are satisfy with what they have right now‚ it was also affected
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Mehajamin Naina Mrs.Montano A.P United States History Frederick Douglass Academy 5 December 2013 Homework #48 Page 419 1) How did Lincoln’s position on slavery differ from that of Stephen Douglas? Lincoln’s poisition on slavery differ from that of Stephen Douglas. Abraham Lincoln believed that the slavery was very uncommon and scary that it scared the supreme court to declare that the Constitution can not extend slavery in the new states. Lincoln was scared to spread slvaery in the new
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Gerard Hendrik Hofstede (born October 2‚ 1928 in Haarlem) is a Dutch expert in cultural studies [GHW]. Hofstede (1980) surveyed 88‚000 IBM employees working in 66 countries and then ranked the countries on different cultural dimensions. His research resulted in four dimensions (power distance; individualism versus collectivism; uncertainty avoidance; and masculinity and femininity). In the beginning‚ China was not included in this study but later Bond and Hofstede looked at Chinese values. From this
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making enough eye contact with their listeners. Either they aren’t practiced presenters or they are underestimating the importance of making eye contact. Why is making eye contact so important? There are several reasons. For one thing‚ think about when you’re having a conversation with another person. If that person never makes eye contact with you‚ you might begin to think of him or her as “shifty” or not trustworthy. Your audience may think of you that way if you don’t make eye contact with them often
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the 13 American colonies certain common characteristics which made them very different from England. What were some of these characteristics? 1. The absence of a titled aristocracy The colonies had no legally privileged social classes‚ and they did not have many of the other characteristics of a monarchical society. They had no standing army and had a government bureaucracy that was smaller and far less powerful than that found in Britain. While there were wealthy merchants and planters in the
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On TV today we see lots of commercials that show what the world and our peers want us to be. Commercials also show what clothes we should wear and what foods we should eat. There are commercials that show people with healthy and in shape bodies trying to get us to eat properly because looking at them will make us want to have that kind of body and will make us buy whatever it is they are selling. So in seeing those commercials every day‚ some of us start to think that we are not good enough‚ and
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