CP Western Civilization Chapter 4 Sections 1-3 Minoan Civilization: lived on Crete; after king Minos; earliest civilization; based on trade not conquest; used art to reflect them; used others cultures and customs Polis: a city-state; political Oligarchy: rule by some people Acropolis: high city; city built high up on a cliff for defense purposes City-State: independent; own government; isolated; doesn’t answer to anyone Crete: island off the coast of Greece that was the cradle of an early
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1. Orion There are several versions of the myth of Orion‚ but one of the more common iterations is that Orion proclaimed himself to be the greatest hunter in the world‚ much to the dismay of Hera‚ the wife of Zeus. She had a scorpion kill him‚ and Zeus put Orion into the sky as consolation. In another version‚ Orion is blinded for raping Merope‚ a granddaughter of the god Dionysis. He has to travel East to seek the sun’s rays to recover his sight. While the name Orion is steeped in Greek mythology
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Of Mice and Men - Study and Discussion Questions CHAPTER 1 Comprehension 1. In what part of the country does the novel take place? Time period? 2. List words that describe Lennie. 3. List words that describe George. 4. To what animal is Lennie compared? 5. To what animal would you compare George? Why? 6. Why were George and Lennie run out of Weed? 7. What things does Lennie do and say that make him like a child? 8. Where does George tell Lennie to hide if he gets in trouble? Interpretation
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U.S. GAAP vs. IFRS Financial Ratios Impact : International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and Generally Acceptable Accounting Principles (US GAAP) are standard-setting bodies that were established with the purpose of developing high quality‚ understandable‚ transparent and comparable financial information that could be useful to the financial statement users. The conceptual basis and many general accounting principles are very similar under IFRS and US GAAP. However
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Terms: 1. Suburbs – Outside the city limits‚ after the invention of the cars 2. Model T- Light weight‚ cheap‚ simple dependable‚ could drive out road 3. Margin Stock Purchase – Fueling involvement was the easy credit margin type of stock purchase; buy a stock 10% down payment‚ hold on to for 6 months to 1 year‚ then sell 4. Hoover Wagon – A car with horse tied to it because people couldn’t afford gas or to fix the engine 5. WPA (Workers Private Association) – to make jobs; allowed the government
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1. Under which of the following circumstances will the seller pay the whole of an excise (per unit) tax? a) when the tax is collected from the buyer b) when the supply curve has a zero elasticity c) when the demand curve has a zero elasticity d) when the tax is collected from the seller The following three questions refer to the accompanying diagram of a competitive market. Refer to Figure 3 above. A per unit tax is imposed on consumers. The initial price and quantity are P0 and
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HIST 3336 Ancient Greece Final Exam Study Guide Exam=Thursday‚ April 25th (bluebooks will be provided in class) The Final Exam will be divided into 3 sections: map‚ short answer and essay sections (20:40:40). For the map section‚ students may be asked to identify any of the locations listed below on the map posted on Blackboard. For the short answer section‚ students will get to choose from a list of terms taken from those below and write paragraph identifications for each. For the essay section
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CASE: ‘Insallah: An Expatriate Challenge’ [Saudi Arabia] Sells Bladeco & steel products “Wasta” = connections “Insallah” = a feeling or cultural norm – God willing Masculinity – Mustafa refused to conduct business with a woman High Power Distance – Helped get US representative out of jail for drinking water during Ramadan Relationship-Focused & Highly Collectivist CASE: ‘Co-operating & Communicating Across Cultures’ [Germany] German led project (Jim from US to Germany) Then; American led
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Topic 7 Study Guide This study guide is a tool designed to prepare students for the Final Exam portion which covers questions from topic 7. Instructors will grade the study guide for completion‚ not for accuracy. The Final Exam will also include three review questions from each of the previous quizzes‚ so review previous study guides as well. Download the study guide and type in your answers below the questions. Save the study guide to your computer and submit when complete. There is no need to submit
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The Chrysalids CHAPTER 1 Based on what you know about Science Fiction‚ name two books and five films that are of the SciFi genre. |Book |Film |Film |Film | |Book |Film |Film | | Answer the following questions during
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