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    the private and public services such financial industry‚ health‚ defence and other services related sectors. http://tutor2u.net/business/gcse/external_environment_economic_sectors.htm accessed on 31st November 2009. MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY IN BRITAIN Industry is defined as a group of firms producing similar products with boundary of an industry determined by a gap in the chain of substitutes. All sectors of the economy can be referred to as an industry but emphasis lay with the secondary sector which

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    Athens vs Han China Dbq

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    10/17/12 DBQ Athens vs Han China In the 5th century BCE Sparta and Athens constantly battled for 27 years for the number one spot in Greece. Despite being at war for such a long time‚ Athens made their culture most memorable in our world’s history. Athens‚ located in Attica was rather small surprisingly‚ smaller then Rhode Island. Athens was known for it’s talent; like we know today‚ Pericles‚ Plato‚ Socrates and more. While Athens Greece was prospering‚ China was suffering. During this period

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    of authors Gladwell and Baron. Whereas Gladwell states that social media is not the adequate tool to organize social or political activism‚ Baron maintains that even without social media available‚ people will continue to fight for what they believe in. One way that each other tries to persuade the readers is through logos. Gladwell begins talking about the sit-ins that happened in Greensboro in 1960 and continues giving other examples of activism. On the other hand Baron uses less evidence but incorporates

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    America’s Great Potato Baron Eric Schlosser’s biography “Fast Food Nation: Why the Fries Taste Good” explains how this invention started out of a simple potato by a man named John R. Simplot who was raised on a farm‚ un-educated and by his own account‚ left home at a young age. According to Eric Schlosser’s claim‚ “John Richard Simplot‚ America’s great potato baron‚ whose seemingly inexhaustible energy and willingness to take risk built an empire base on French fries” (Schlosser par. 2). The

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    Captain Vidal Theme

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    The conflict is person vs person and person vs task which is ofelia vs captain vidal and captain vidal vs mercedes and ofelia vs the three tasks she is assigned in order to become a princess again. The primary themes are Imagination because imagination is a fundamental part of human nature that has become lost and it is necessary

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    house captain

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    PLP Task 4B: Numeracy STEP 1 BASIC OPERATIONS: Just like me Mostly like me Like me Sometimes like me Never like me Know how to add‚ subtract‚ divide and multiply Understand importance of order of operations‚ BODMAS Convert fractions to decimals‚ to percentages‚ to fractions Convert percentages to quantities Calculate money and give change MEASUREMENT: ALGEBRA: PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS: Just like me Mostly

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    Economic systems meet the needs of their people by determining what to produce‚ how to produce it‚ and who will buy it. Capitalism gives the people the freedom to make their own choices in what to do produce and so forth. On the other hand‚ a communist economy guarantees certain necessities for the people‚ such as jobs‚ food‚ clothing‚ and shelter‚ but the people have little/no choice in what kind. Though these two economic systems are run differently‚ the government in each will step to fill in

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    Sparta vs Athens Dbq

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    The Greek city states were both similar and different Sparta and Athens were an example of this. Athens was known for its laws and government while Sparta was known for its farming and army. The Spartans and Athenians were 2 very different groups of people. The Spartans were militaristic people who valued strength and simplicity. They ran an oligarchy government and were a military super power. The Spartans relied on farming and conquering foreign land. The Athenians believed in arts and culture

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    Knights Vs Samurai Dbq

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    Samurai OR Knight In the article “knights and samurai” a document based investigation it clearly shows how a samurai would win on a one on one battle against the knights. While knights and samurais have many similarities‚ in a one on one battle‚ the advantage would be to the samurai and this can be seen in Armor‚ training‚ and beliefs. The first way that samurais have an advantage is by their armor. In document D written by Terry Bennett it says “ A knight’s armor could weigh 40 to 60 pounds.”

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    North Vs South Dbq

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    The differences that the North and the South shared varied greatly. These differences initially resulted in the infamous Civil War in the 19th century. For example‚ the North and South had different views on economic‚ political and social issues. The economic differences between the North and the South consist of the debate on the expansion of the United States economy. The political differences mainly focus on the issue of slavery. There were great amounts of debates surrounding the extension of

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