Guns‚ Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond Prologue 1. Summarize Yali’s question. This requires mentioning race‚ intelligence‚ and development of technology. Yali asks "why is it that you white people developed so much cargo and brought it to New Guinea‚ but we black people had little cargo of our own?" What Yali is asking is about the origins of inequality between countries and societies in the world. He wants to know why people of European descent are rich and powerful while people like him
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Name:_______________________________________________ Viewing Guide: Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel: Episode 3 Date:______________ Directions: Before viewing the film‚ read each question below so you know what information and ideas you should be looking for as you watch Episode 3. Record your answers to each question by providing as many facts‚ details‚ and examples as possible to answer each question. Be prepared to discuss your answers with the class. You will use some of the information collected
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Dong A 4/1/2012 International Marketing Plan -Vietnamese Steel Industry International Marketing Plan -Vietnamese Steel Industry Executive Summary “Quality – Prestige – Sustainable Growth” is the motto of Ton Dong A. In order to assess the viability of expanding Tong-Dong A’s expansion into the United States market this analysis covers the Environmental‚ Industrial‚ Customer and Competitive oriented aspects of the Cold Rolled Steel market in the United States. Environmentally‚ the United
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ME2151-2 – Metallography (C8) Formal Report Objectives * To obtain experience in the metallographic preparation of metallic specimens. * To observe the various microstructures in a welded mild steel joint. Results Overview of 5 different microstructures in welded steel Detail microstructures of 5 different zones Discussion and analysis of results * The heat affected zone is a composition of parent metal which was heated to a high enough temperature for a sufficient period
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GUNS‚ GERMS‚ AND MCNEILL Noah Neerdaels Mr. Kelly AP World History November 24‚ 2014 Jared Diamond’s bestseller Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel has gathered lots of praise and popularity‚ but also has garnered lots of controversy and speculation. Diamond writes of how Europe came to dominate the world in expansion and conquest‚ while attempting to find the ultimate factors that caused their success. There are many historians who dispute his theory on
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SECTION 1 - PROFILE STUDY OF JINDAL STEEL WORKS LTD INDUSTRY PROFILE INTRODUCTION TO STEEL INDUSTRY India’s economic growth is contingent upon the growth of the Indian steel industry. Consumption of steel is taken to be an indicator of economic development. While steel continues to have a stronghold in traditional sectors such as construction‚ housing and ground transportation‚ special steels are increasingly used in engineering industries such as power generation‚ petrochemicals and fertilisers
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CITIZEN’S CHARTER (Excellence in Public Service Delivery) Version 1.2 STEEL AUTHORITY OF INDIA LTD. Ispat Bhawan‚ Lodi Road‚ New Delhi – 110003. Website : http://www.sail.co.in/ Citizen’s Charter: Steel Authority of India Limited 1 INDEX S.No. PART-I : GENERAL 1.1 1.2 PART-II : COMMITMENT 2.1 2.2 2.3 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Objectives of Citizen’s Charter Management’s Commitment Expectations from the Citizens Service Delivery Process Policies of the Company Feedback Mechanism Monitoring
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San Taco Steel Corporation By: Adam Karoly Student No.: Telephone: 1) The key problem in this case is whether Frank Ciccoloni‚ working on behalf of San Taco Steel Corp. (STSC)‚ should donate money to Gemara Fabricating’s (Gemara) annual sales meeting‚ effectively bribing them into staying as a client. There are three reasons why this is such an issue. First off‚ company policy and Frank’s policy as well is to not give large donations to customers. Giving the money would be going against the
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Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel Chapter 2 Summary—Sergio Gonzalez In Chapter 2 of Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel‚ Jared Diamond uses the example of Polynesia to defend his theory whether the environments in different places can predict or determine what is going to happen in a community in the future. Since Polynesia is made up of several islands‚ it can provide several examples of communities that may differ from each other due to its isolation. That is why some countries are richer/poorer than other and what
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Diamonds Thesis for Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel Jared Diamond is on a mission to prove his thesis‚ "History followed different courses for different people because of differences among peoples’ environments‚ not because of biological differences among peoples themselves"(Pg 25). He writes many chapters filled with intriguing reasons to prove his thesis. It takes a lot of facts and countless arguments to prove something everyone thinks is true‚ wrong‚ and after reading the book‚ I think Jared completed
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