Social Studies 8 Final Exam Notes Geography: Scales The scale of a map can be represented in 3 ways: 1. Direct Statement - Ex. 1cm represents 1 km - 1cm:1km - 1cm = 1 km WRONG • Does not “equal” 1 km‚ represents it. 2. Linear Scale - A line is marked off in units that correspond to definite distances on the ground. Ex- 200m 100m 0m 100 m 200m 3. Representative Fraction (RF) - The ratio of unit distance on the
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Boccaccio was an Italian author and poet‚ an important Renaissance humanist in his own right and author of a number of notable works including On Famous Women‚ the Decameron and his poems in the vernacular. Boccaccio grew up in Florence‚ but it was in Naples that Boccaccio began what he considered his true vocation‚ poetry. Works produced in this period include Filostrato‚ a later source for Chaucer’s Troilus and Criseyde‚ Filocolo a prose version of an existing French romance‚ and La caccia di
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Etruscan Art (800 B.C. to 100 B.C.) Italian art history begins with the Etruscans. Etruscan Civilization was created on the now known Tuscany region of Italy. It isn’t known where they came from‚ but the character of their art and many distinctive features of their religion make it clear that the original Etruscans were from a region in Asia Minor. During the Iron Age (1000 to 1 B.C.)‚ urban civilization spread throughout Etruria - Tarquinia was probably the oldest city and is the most famous
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Mathematics and art have a long historical relationship. The ancient Egyptians and ancient Greeks knew about the golden ratio‚ regarded as an aesthetically pleasing ratio‚ and incorporated it into the design of monuments including the Great Pyramid‚[1] theParthenon‚ the Colosseum. There are many examples of artists who have been inspired by mathematics and studied mathematics as a means of complementing their works. The Greek sculptor Polykleitos prescribed a series of mathematical proportions for
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MIT Students Trader Joe’s vs. Whole Foods Market: A Comparison of Operational Management 15.768 Management of Services: Concepts‚ Design‚ and Delivery 1 Grocery shopping is more diversified and evolved than ever before. Individuals across the nation have access to everything from exotic products to unique delivery services. Often‚ specialty stores have limited locations whereas specialty services have a limited reach. However‚ two retailers have expanded to hundreds of locations while
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Les Demoiselles d’Avignon Les Demoiselles d’Avignon (The Young Ladies of Avignon‚ and originally titled The Brothel of Avignon) is a large oil painting of 1907 by the Spanish artist Pablo Ruiz Picasso (1881–1973). The work portrays five nude female prostitutes from a brothel on Avinyó Street in Barcelona. Each figure is depicted in a disconcerting confrontational manner and none are conventionally feminine. The women appear as slightly menacing and rendered with angular and disjointed body shapes
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Specialization (GEO) PROJET TUTORÉ Studying Abroad‚ Living Abroad‚ Case Study of Foreign Students in Malaysia Étude élaborée par Presented by Hamed M. Ali Magram Date 22nd April 2011 Sous la direction de Under the direction of Mr. Timo Giotto 1 This is a flyleaf‚ please leave this page empty 2 UFR DE LANGUES‚ LITTERATURES ET CIVILISATIONS ETRANGERES CENTRE D‟ETUDES DU TOURISME ET DES INDUSTRIES DE L‟ACCUEIL UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE LE MIRAIL TAYLOR’S SCHOOL OF HOSPITALITY
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Black Swans or Dirty Ducks? A Retrospective Challenge the Unchallenged It’s a duty of risk managers to challenge that which rests unchallenged. Nassim Nicholas Taleb did a great service by popularizing risk concepts in his book‚ The Black Swan . However‚ it is easy to get seduced by his enthusiasm‚ carried away by his pace and miss a few flaws. Over the last six years since it was published The Black Swan has been virtually unchallenged as a standard reference book. However‚ on closer examination
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REPORT ON ART GALLERY CONTENT Introduction An art gallery or art museum is a building or space for the exhibition of art‚ usually visual art. In its most basic form what we call a gallery‚ has come to mean a collection of something. Paintings are the most commonly displayed art objects‚ however sculpture‚ decorative arts‚ furniture‚ textiles‚ costume‚ drawings‚ pastels‚ water colors‚ collages‚ prints‚ artists books‚ photographs‚ and installation art also regularly shown. Art
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HEMINGWAY You go to the races? INTERVIEWER Yes‚ occasionally. HEMINGWAY Then you read the Racing Form . . . . There you have the true art of fiction. —Conversation in a Madrid café‚ May 1954 Ernest Hemingway writes in the bedroom of his house in the Havana suburb of San Francisco de Paula. He has a special workroom prepared for him in a square tower at the southwest corner of the house‚ but prefers to work in his bedroom‚ climbing to the tower room only when “characters” drive
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