The Pyramids Place- Egypt They were built as tombs. Great Pyramid of Giza is the oldest of 7 wonders of ancient world. It is the tallest man- made structure in the world. It took 15- 20 yrs in its construction. The Taj Mahal Place- Agra (bank of river Yamuna)‚ India. The tomb is made up of white marble. It was built by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his wife Mumtaz Mahal. It’s the symbol of eternal love. It took 22 yrs & 20‚000 workers to complete it. The Great Wall of China
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Yuri Cooley L. Walker English 101 MW5pm 10/6/2011 Education Systems Around The World The United States excels in the creative aspect of schooling whereas Chinese students are much better at receiving direct instruction. Japanese students have very high test scores and a very high university attendance‚ but in Australia more students go into vocational schools or the workforce after high school. (Noel 99‚102‚103)The differences of education systems in the United States‚ China‚ Japan
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Education across borders: how schooling differs in different countries The education in some countries can look very controversial to other countries. There are different methods that are relevant for that country that could not fit any other country. There are different approaches to the educators or to the system in every country. Two countries‚ different from one another‚ that suffer from the same problems as all western countries‚ are so different with their approach about education in their country
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Cultural Diversity around the World 1. How does the sworn virgins of Albania help to explain what gender is? The term gender role is used to signify all those things that a person says or does to disclose him or herself as having the status of female or male. Depending of our gender‚ society dictates what is expected of us; our attitudes and behaviors. Biologically‚ gender classifications are universal‚ we are either born as a male or female however‚ each culture has it owns guidelines for
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Magellan’s Trip around the World He left Spain in 1519 with five ships (Trinidad‚ the San Antonio‚ the Conception‚ the Victoria and the Santiago) and about 260 men. At first he did not tell his men where they were going because he thought they would be too frightened to obey him. Magellan found a passage through South America that is now named after him‚ but only by chance. When two of his ships were driven towards land in a storm‚ the men feared they would be dashed against the shore. Then
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Two Different Worlds Two different worlds can mean plenty of things with many similarities. For me living in Philadelphia it means living day and night‚ literally. That’s how I view Philadelphia now at the age of my mid-twenties. It really is like that in my neighborhood. Crossing one street can put you in two different state of minds and can change how you act according to where you are in the city. Therefore I chose to do an observation on two Nail Salons in two completely different locations
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Different Ways of Researching Online There are many ways to do research online and through our schools online library. The University of Phoenix’s library has many different articles‚ journal entries‚ and other references to do research. The internet also has many different websites to get information from as well. The key is to make sure the website we are getting information from are credible and that the information is true and cannot be edited by others. We should also make sure the author
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for the Homeless 2201 P Street‚ NW Washington‚ DC 20037-1033 http://www.nationalhomeless.org Tel. 202-462-4822 Fax. 202-462-4823 Email. info@nationalhomeless.org Homelessness Among Elderly Persons Published by the National Coalition for the Homeless‚ September 2009. When thinking about homelessness‚ the elderly people issue doesn’t immediately come to our mind. Homeless elders‚ although increasing in numbers‚ continue to be a forgotten population. The poverty rate in 2008 (13.2 percent) was the
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There are many religions in the world. They practice many different ways. There is Christianity‚ Islam‚ and Judaism. I like to study about different religions. Islam worships the God Allah‚ which means God in Arabic Muslims religion is Islam. Mohammed is the prophet to follow and he was the last prophet. Muslims have three holidays. There is Ramadan‚ Eid and Eid-el-haj. Each year all the Muslims go to Mecca. Muslims believe women should not show their bodies‚ this keeps the men from sinning
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DiffDifferent Ways of Looking at Food The Omnivore’s Dilemma‚ by Michael Pollan‚ attempts to figure out how such a simple question as‚ “What should we have for dinner?” (Pollan 1)‚ turned out to be so complicated such that we need investigative journalists to tell us what is in our food. To do so‚ he went on a journey to follow all three food chains that sustain us today: the industrial‚ the organic‚ and the hunter-gatherer back to their origins. Although these journeys may have led to very different paths
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