I. AGRICULTURE Farming was difficult to practice in Maya territory given the fact that they have dense forests with a small surface of water‚ or a poor soil. Hence‚ they developed three different methods of farming for the different soils. The first method developed was the step farming‚ which consisted in flattening the steps in order to make the irrigation process to be possible‚ this method was used in the Mountain territory. The second method employed was the rise of platforms around water
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Confectionery Industry Analysis of Latin America & Uruguay Business Environment of Latin America Analysis of the confectionery industry Pieter de Kroon 0824542 Zuyd University of Applied Sciences Index Introduction 1 Executive summary 2 Chapter 1: Global analysis confectionery industry 4 1.1 Introduction 1.2 The major global players 1.3 Trends: Tastes‚ consumption & climate 1.4 Markets 1.5 Suppliers and Manufacturers 1.6 Innovation in the confectionery
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piggy’s glasses lens is broken by Jack‚ Jack smacked Piggy’s head. Piggy’s glasses flew off and tinkled on the rocks‚ Piggy cried out in terror: “My specs!”(pg.71) Throughout the book William Golding shows how Jack is very repellant to the conch and rules. This quote is representing one of the first times Jack is going against the conch and the rules‚ “You’re always scare. Yah-Fatty!” Piggy says‚ “I got the conch.”(pg.45) This statement shows how Jack is going against the conch
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The Columbian Exchange Disease and warfare wiped out more than 90 percent of the Indian tribes of the Arawak and Taino as well as the Mayan people in the 1500’s. “These demographic disasters – far more devastating even than the bubonic plague in Europe – were part of what historians call the Columbian Exchange.” According to the authors‚ however‚ this event also “transformed the economies and environments of all four continents.” This would certainly affect trade‚ transportation‚ and population
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Theo Chocolate‚ located in Seattle‚ Washington‚ produces premium organic and Fair Trade specialty chocolate. Their founder‚ Joseph Whinney‚ pioneered the import of organic cacao beans into the United States in 1994. Whinney envisioned building the first organic chocolate factory in the U.S.‚ as prior to Theo’s inaugural chocolate run in March of 2006‚ all organic chocolate was manufactured in Europe and imported to the U.S. market. As the first organic and Fair Trade chocolate factory in the country
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time/resources to learn and use a new skill/craft. Significance of difference: Since Aztecs had more artisans‚ craftsmen‚ and merchants‚ it may have led to more specialization and more trade. Page 2 of 3 ECONOMY Difference: Currency for Aztecs was cacao beans‚ cloth‚ or salt. Currency for Incas was mined gold. When Incans farm‚ 2/3 is given to tax and redistributed. Aztecs bartered for other goods Similarity: Agriculture was the basis of both economies. Both Incas and Aztecs had tributes‚ but Aztecs
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sherry 1 dash lemon juice Shake all ingredients with ice‚ strain into an old-fashioned glass over ice cubes‚ and serve.33% (66 proof)Serve in: Old-Fashioned Glass | Dolores recipe3/4 oz Spanish brandy 3/4 oz cherry brandy 3/4 oz creme de cacao Pour all ingredients into a cocktail shaker half-filled with ice cubes. Shake well‚ and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with a maraschino cherry‚ and serve.30% (60
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1) Using the following returns‚ calculate the arithmetic average returns‚ the variances and the standard deviations for X and Y. Year X Y 1 8% 16% 2 21 38 3 17 14 4 -16 -21 5 9 26 2) You bought one of the Great White Shark Repellant Co’s 8 per cent coupon bonds one year ago for $1030. These bonds make annual payments and mature six years from now. Suppose you decide to sell your bonds today ‚when the required return on the bonds is 7 per cent .If the inflation rate was 4.2 per
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