Activity designed by Kathleen Rudolph Taxa to explore – Elephants!! 1. Review terms (write definitions for these terms) Extant Extinct Genotype Phenotype Synapomorphy Background: There are three extant species of elephant: Elaphas maximus (Asian elephants)‚ Loxodonta africana (African elephants)‚ and Loxodonta cyclotis (African forest elephants). Their taxonomic hierarchy is as follows: Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Proboscidea Family: Elephantidae Genus: Elaphas
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this research paper is to address Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) and the various issues associated with the group. AAPIs come from approximately 50 countries and ethnic groups‚ each with distinct cultures‚ traditions‚ and histories. Asian Americans have origins from East Asia‚ Southeast Asia‚ and the Indian subcontinent (Social Security‚ 2011). Pacific Islanders are people having origins in Hawaii‚ Guam‚ Samoa‚ or other Pacific Islands. Many Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have
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Chinese Immigration into America Surprisingly‚ Asian Americans have been in America for over 150 years. They are as diverse as the immigrants from Europe‚ ranging from China‚ Japan‚ Korea‚ Cambodia‚ Korea‚ Philippines‚ India‚ Vietnam‚ and Laos. (Takaki‚ page 8) When many people think of American Immigrants‚ Asians are on the last of their lists. In The Uprooted‚ Harvard historian‚ Oscar Handlin‚ prize winning book with the subtitle "the Epic Story of the Great Migrations that Made the
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Sociological Forum‚ Vol. 17‚ No. 4‚ December 2002 ( C 2002) Race‚ Ethnicity‚ and Deviance: A Study of Asian and Non-Asian Adolescents in America1 Sung Joon Jang2 This study shows that Asian American adolescents commit less deviance in the form of school misbehavior than white‚ black‚ Hispanic‚ or Native American adolescents. Social control and social learning theories receive support as the observed differences are explained primarily by race/ethnic differences in family backgrounds and school
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CARDIOVSCULAR DISEASE RISK IN UK SOUTH ASIAN MEN; A critical review of a paper on psychosocial factors related to cardiovascular disease risk in UK South Asian men. I have read Emily et al‚ (2007) report on `psychosocial factors related to cardiovascular disease risk in UK South Asian men- a preliminary study`. The study was cross- cultural and its major aim was to compare the exposure of UK South Asian men and white European men to psychosocial and conventional
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DOCTORAL FORUM NATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PUBLISHING AND MENTORING DOCTORAL STUDENT RESEARCH VOLUME 3 NUMBER 1‚ 2006 1 An Analysis of the Factors That Impact Academic Achievement Among Asian American‚ AfricanAmerican‚ and Hispanic Students Grace Thomas Nickerson PhD Student in Educational Leadership Prairie View A &M University College of Education William Allan Kritsonis‚ PhD Professor PhD Program in Educational Leadership Prairie View A&M University Member of the Texas A&M
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discuss these concepts in a way that reveals that you really understand what they mean and can use them properly to comment on the events you have learned about. Sample short answer questions: Name three (3) “realities” behind the myths of Asian American wealth & employment that Deborah Woo discusses in her essay. How does the website‚ “Black People Love Us!” and Eddie Murphy’s skit‚ “White Like Me” address whiteness and white privilege? Topics‚ Terms‚ Concepts‚ People‚ Phrases:
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PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING - MKTG_310_C_12-53 February 7th‚ 2013 Minority Research Paper # 1 HISPANIC AMERICAN Question: Total numbers in the U.S. Answer: 52.0 million is the estimated Hispanic population of the United States as of July 1‚ 2011 Question: Percent of the total U. S. population Answer: 63% of Hispanic-origin people in the United States who were of Mexican background in 2010. Question: Rate of growth Answer: More than 1 of every two people added to the nation’s population
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Randi Johnson MGMT 343 Inventing Hispanics 1. What values‚ which tend to be strong in Hispanic cultures‚ contribute to popular stereotypes about Hispanic workers? How could these values contribute to a perception that Hispanics lack the initiative and drive so valued in today’s workplace? According to what I have own. Hispanic’s are stereotyped as lazy‚ drug dealers‚ uneducated‚ job stealing‚ and poor. Most believe that Hispanic’s can speak none or very little English‚ and the English they
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References: Baker‚ Hugh D. R. Chinese Family and Kinship. New York: Columbia University Press‚ 1979 Min‚ Pyong Gap. Asian Americans‚ 2nd edition. USA: Pine Forge Press‚ 2006. Print. Morton‚ W. Scott. China: Its History and Culture. New York: Lippincott & Crowell‚ Publishers‚ 1980 Little‚ Brown and Company‚ 1989‚ 1998. Print. Tamura‚ Eileen H. Americanization‚ Acculturation
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