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    Find a product of two example businesses in your country or region‚ from your own experience or from your reading. If you cannot find such examples‚ use one or two case studies from your textbook or obtain one or two case studies from your local lecturer. Be sure to cite and reference the name and source of your case(s) in your assignment report. The product of one business should be mainly a good and the product of the other business should be mainly a service. a) Explain how the example

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    Discuss the contributions of the various ethnic groups to Caribbean society The history of the Caribbean is rich with adventurous tales‚ blended cultures‚ and natural diversity. The impact of colonialism and slavery can still be seen in many of the island cultures today; so much so‚ in fact‚ that travellers often note a sense of living with the near-tangible history that permeates the region. Knowing the history of the Caribbean region goes a long way toward understanding

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    [pic][pic] College of Science‚ Technology & Applied Arts of Trinidad & Tobago DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ASSIGNMENT COVER PAGE ASSIGNMENT TITLE: Case Study ASSIGNMENT SUBTITLE: Trinidad & Tobago Economic Environment COURSE CODE: ENTP 220 COURSE TITLE: Caribbean Business Environments CRN: xxxxx SEMESTER: 2 STUDENT NAME: Kevin Bramble - PROGRAMME: DATE OF SUBMISSION: SAT. 27th APRIL 2013 LECTURERS

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    Voyages of Christopher Columbus From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search "Discovery of the Americas" and "Discovery of America" redirect here. For other uses‚ see Discovery of the Americas (disambiguation). Voyages of Christopher Columbus | The Four Voyages of Columbus | Participants | Christopher Columbus and crew | Location | Americas | Date | Between 1492 and 1506 | Result | European exploration of the Americas | In the early modern period‚ the voyages

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    Dandelion Salad October 12‚ 2009 Image by Whiskeygonebad via Flickr An excerpt from A People’s History of the United States. Arawak men and women‚ naked‚ tawny‚ and full of wonder‚ emerged from their villages onto the island’s beaches and swam out to get a closer look at the strange big boat. When Columbus and his sailors came ashore‚ carrying swords‚ speaking oddly‚ the Arawaks ran to greet them‚ brought them food‚ water‚ gifts. He later wrote of this in his log: “They… brought us parrots and balls

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    people living there‚ like the Arawak‚ the Aztecs of Mexico City‚ and the Incas of Peru. The first European settlers in the Caribbean wanted to kill and steal rather than trade. This practice continued on to more powerful Amerindian kingdoms on the mainland. (From Richard Bulliet et al.‚ The Earth and Its Peoples‚ v. 2‚ 5th edn (Wadsworth/Cengage‚ 2012)‚ pg. 371). Columbus and his settlers and missionaries stole gold‚ food‚ raped women provoking the Arawak to war in 1495. Spaniards killed

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    adventures”. Their points of views are completely 2 different stories. A People’s History of the United States deals with Columbus’ arrival to the West Indie and how the Arawak Indians‚ swam out to greet the European boats the first time they landed. Zinn cited Christopher Columbus’ reaction to his encounter with the Arawaks ’They would make fine servants. With 50 men we could subjugate them all and make them do whatever we want.” Paul Johnson’s A History of the American People believes that slavery

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    Journal Entry #1: Howard Zinn Ch.1 In the first chapter titled‚ “Columbus‚ The Indians‚ and Human Progress” I learned about multiple things. Although‚ I was already informed that Columbus did not actually discover America‚ I knew quite little about the gruesome acts of violence he had committed including genocide. Throughout my education‚ Columbus was introduced as the hero who discovered the new world. Along with history books‚ teachers have also mislead us to believe this. This also showed me

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    American Settlers

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    Across the continent We are the people of the Caribbean lands. To the north and south of us lie two large continents where men of every race live and where the climate and landscape vary from icy tundra to large‚ dry desert. There are mighty rivers and lakes‚ forests‚ mountain ranges and wide grassy plains. These continents and all the islands which surround them are known as the ‘Americas’. North and South America are separated from other continents of the World by two from oceans: the

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    languages persisted through their society upheaval. Due to the Spaniards control over the American kingdoms‚ all power was taken away from the Natives. Their multiple kingdoms such as the Aztec‚ Inca‚ Arawak‚ and Taino‚ all went down into the hands of the Spanish. Some tried to resist‚ such as the Arawaks‚ who were provoked into war with the

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