Chapter Summary I. The State and the Nation For an entity to be considered a state‚ four fundamental conditions must be met (although these legal criteria are not absolute): A state must have a territorial base. A stable population must reside within its borders‚. There should be a government to which this population owes allegiance. A state has to be recognized diplomatically by other states. A nation is a group of people who share a set of characteristics. At the core of the concept of a nation
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Disco is a genre of dance music that that had its roots in clubs that catered to African American‚ psychedelic and other communities in New York City and Philadelphia during the late 1960s and early 1970s. While disco was a form of black commercial pop music and a craze among black gay men especially‚ it did not catch mainstream attention until it was picked up by the predominantly white gay clubs of New York. Latinos and women embraced disco as well‚ and the music eventually expanded to several
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The Wedding Dance By: Amador Daguio Plot: The story started with a married couple‚ Awiyao and Lumnay‚ who were separating for the reason that they could not have a baby even if they have been married for so long. Awiyao‚ the husband‚ has to marry another woman despite the fact that he is still in love with his wife‚ Lumnay. It is because of their tribes tradition that if a couple could not bear a child together‚ they need to separate in order for the man to find a woman who could bear him a son
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Ch.1 Vocabulary 1. Lagoon 2. Creeper 3. Startled 4. Flames 5. Scattered (about) 6. Asthma 7. Spectacles 8. Shimmering (water) 9. Dazzling (beach) 10. Giggle 11. Omened 12. Muttered 13. Conch 14. Eccentric (clothing) 15. Crumpled 16. Freckled Ch.1 Questions 1. How did the boys arrive on the island? The boys arrived on the island by the plane which crashed during a storm‚ killing all the adults on the plane‚ leaving a scar in the jungle. 2. How do Ralph’s and Piggy’s reactions differ when they know
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The Last Colonial Massacre by Greg Grandin is about the Panzós massacre of the Q’eqchi Mayans in 1978. This was unfortunately a violent precursor the Scorched-Earth campaign of the 80’s that would kill many more Q’eqchi. This book‚ while examining an individual event on a personalized level through the life of Adelina Caal‚ a focus of the last chapter‚ this book shows the effects of Neoliberalism‚ the US’s involvement in Latin America in the Cold War‚ and ethnic tension stemming from cultural differences
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Informative Essay on Step Up and Save the Last Dance The two movies‚ Step Up and Save the Last Dance‚ have many things in contrast and in comparison to the other. In Step up‚ a girl named Sarah Johnson‚ a promising dancer in high school hoping to be admitted to study at Julliard School. She fails the audition and soon thereafter learns that her mother has been involved in a fatal car accident trying to get to her audition. After her mother’s death‚ Sara is wracked by built and gives up on ballet
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Angel Island was a stop that eastern immigrants had to go through to be questioned and held before becoming an American. Li Keng Wong tells her story of how her and her family entered the United States coming from a small village in China. Many of these immigrants faced racial problems because others didn’t know anything about these new comers. Toy and her class interview the author to learn about the history of these Asian Americans. It all begins when Wong’s father arrives in the U.S in 1912 to
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Selective spraying can achieve a long term control of tree growth based on fact that the shrubs are highly resistant to the invasion by trees Advantages of selective spraying : The natural beauty is preserved. The effect of a single spraying can last longer. It reduces potential harm to wildlife. The plants sprayed with “2‚ 4-D” (a herbicide) are dangerous for cattle because the cattle will suffer from the lack of oxygen Roses grow better with marigolds than growing alone because an excretion
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Life in the 1950s was meant for fun‚ excitement‚ and innovation‚ especially in the areas of music and dance. After the World War II‚ people’s life began to prosper as well as the economy. People started to gain more access to things they want‚ and teenagers and young adults desperately wanted something new‚ cool‚ and exciting. The era of 1950s was the creation of rock and roll-the most popular music of the time. It is a blend of the Southern blues‚ gospel‚ country music‚ and a strong back beat. Also
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According to Elaine Lui‚ Canadian reporter and TV personality‚ gave the audience a helpful understanding in people when gossiping in both present and past. She explained that as a reporter‚ she is trying to understanding the social culture‚ social behavior‚ humanity and ourselves through gossip. She explained that gossip goes way back in the past. Lui explains that the hieroglyphics are remarkably similar to what we read at the newsstand or at the grocery store. She talked about a pharaoh having
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