AP UNITED STATES HISTORY‚ 2013-14 EUGENIA LANGAN‚ TEACHER SUMMER ASSIGNMENT This summer assignment is due on the first day of class of the 2013-14 school year. It will count as a test grade. Failure to turn the assignment in on time may result in your being booted out of AP.Your answers must be typed.Be sure to read the questions carefully and answer all subquestions within each question. 1. Read 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles Mann‚ then write the answers
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Ray Bradbury is an American sci-fi writer who was born in 1920. He has written many famous and intriguing books and stories during his lifetime. One of his short stories is “All Summer in a Day” in which there is a civilization of rocketmen set on Venus. Underground the jungleland with extreme weather there is a school which Margot attends. She is a frail 9-year old girl who is much different than the other children. Margot had came to Venus only 5 years ago while the other kids had lived there their
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By ‚ William Shake Spear A MIDNIGHT SUMMER DREAMS William Shake Spear quotes The Lunatic‚ the lover‚ and the poet‚ are of imagination all compact. Are you sure/that we are a wake? it seems to me/ That yet we sleep‚ We dream “Though she be but little‚ she is fierce Lord‚ what fools these mortals be! “And yet‚to say the truth‚ reason and love keep little company together nowadays.” “Lovers and madmen have such seething brains‚ Such shaping fantasies‚ that apprehend More than
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During the summer holidays I have no hurry to wake up‚ hence I wake up slowly and prepare myself a nice full breakfast. On the table I always find a paper with the grocery needs and some money my mother would have left before going to work. I put on some clothes and leave quietly to do the errand‚ but I never expected that a simple run to the grocer would change my perspective towards life. One particular day I carried out the same procedure and as I got in the supermarket‚ I took a trolley and started
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MYP Summer Assignment When Bessa spots pale stranger coming towards their village‚ the entire tribe welcomes them because visitors are always a cause for celebration. Little did they know the strangers weren’t there to celebrate. They came to capture the strongest‚ and the healthiest‚ villagers and kill the rest. Amari whose fifteen-years old are one of those villagers. The pale strangers shackled all the villagers they wanted and took them on a 3 day walk‚ nonstop walking. Some were beaten‚ dragged
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Summer Reading Assignment The lack of ability to accept the differences and beliefs of others is a pervasive issue which has created fear and violence throughout regions of the world. Those that are intolerant of others beliefs are often threatened by the differences which these groups present. Furthermore‚ the desire of authority and control over others is the catalyst which drives human to do the unimaginable. These behaviors are often seen in violent dictators‚ religious groups‚ and nations under
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| Smoke Breaks | Shari Johnson | | Smoke Breaks There is a lot of controversy over the allowance of employee smoke breaks. Some employees say that the employees that smoke end up getting more smoke breaks than the employees that do not smoke. Concerns about one’s health of breathing in smoke from cigarettes is another issue that is raised. A lot of companies have concerns that if they do not provide smoke breaks than their employees will just take unauthorized breaks to go smoke. To
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The first time I heard the phrase break the ice was in elementary school. On the first day of school‚ my math teacher asked the class to do an activity to break the ice. I looked at her disbelief‚ “What? Why are we breaking ice in a math class?” I took what was supposed to be a figurative expression literally. My math teacher explained that breaking ice was just a figure of speech to make the class feel more comfortable with everyone. Although she never explained why it means like that today‚ or
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NAME: NUMBER: CSE 1020 3.0 Introduction to Computer Science I Final Exam‚ Summer 2012 90 Minutes Name: Student Number: CSE email: Note: Complete all questions in the space provided. Do not separate pages. Ensure your name and student number are on all pages. This is a closed-book test. No external aids are permitted. DO NOT OPEN THE BOOKLET UNTIL INSTRUCTED TO DO SO 1/8 NAME: NUMBER: Consider the following Java program fragment String s = “radar”; boolean result = true; for(int i=0;i<s
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Question: Undeniably‚ breaking even is not the ultimate goal of firms. Why then bother about the break-even analysis? THE IMPORTANT OF BREAK-EVEN ANALYSIS It is an undisputable fact that every business’ objective is to survive and make profit as compensation of being in existence. Frankly‚ predicting a precise amount of sales or profits is nearly impossible. No business aims at making losses whatsoever. Given this‚ a person starting a new business often asks‚ ‘’ At what level of sales will my
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