Chapter 3‚ goes into how the missionaries tried to help blacks after the civil war. The missionaries‚ however‚ had more enthusiasm than they did knowledge. When a poet was asked to describe each race he described the whites as tribe chiefs‚ red people were proud warriors‚ the yellow people were princes‚ and the black people were savages with rings in their noses. He talked about how when teaching the blacks‚ they only teach them about the Caucasians part of it and there is nothing about the Africans
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Chapter 16 Summary Most of the world’s largest countries are extremely multicultural. China is a great exception. The vast majority of Chinese people speak Mandarin or a similar language‚ and most Chinese families have considered themselves Chinese for millennia. Diamond theorizes that China was once as linguistically and culturally diverse as Russia or Brazil‚ but that China began its process of unification far earlier. To support this point‚ Diamond turns first to Chinese languages. Mandarin
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There are many factors that contribute to either the success or struggles of a civilization. Some of the factors are population‚ economics‚ resources‚ and many others. In the book Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel by Jared Diamond‚ the civilization of Eurasia is examined in detail in order to reveal why Eurasia was ultimately successful. Diamond argues that Eurasia was successful because of their agriculture‚ geography‚ and their immunity to germs‚ which I agree with. Diamond talks about how agriculture played
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meet that need. Factors influencing the changing needs would include climate with changing and sometimes drastic weather‚ other neighboring societies and their relationships‚ food availability‚ growing populations‚ belief systems‚ to name a few. The world grew smaller when our ancestors ventured out to explore what was beyond. Civilizations discovered other civilizations. Information was exchanged and shared as we continued to develop. Often what one lacked in materials and expertise‚ the other had
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In the nature of international trade‚ many companies are exposed to the risk of exchange rate fluctuation. The purchases from international suppliers in other countries‚ and sales to domestic buyers with account payables and account receivables in different currencies will give rise to foreign exchange risks. 1. General problem statement In an effort to meet the demand of the Vietnamese building materials market‚ Construction and Materials Trading Company is involved greatly in the international trade
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Many of the domestic plants that are around today all started out as wild‚ some even started out poisonous. Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond chapter seven is about how through natural and artificial selection the plants‚ that people today know and love‚ came to be. Natural selection is the process that organisms better suited for certain environments survive and produce more offspring’s. Whereas artificial selection is where organisms with desired traits cross-pollinate
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quite something to be proud of and to make us flaunt over the world in which one and best of them is the rich and broad legacy of democracy‚ comparison to others. India has been regarded as the largest functioning democracy in the world and constructed itself to be felt strong in the global economic arena of the world. During one visit to India two-three years ago‚ British prime minister referred India to be the beacon of democracy to the world. The well developed and fully evolved democracy that we
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Kennedy’s address of industries raising steel prices‚ he reprimands these companies for not keeping general public and international affairs in mind regarding repercussions. As Kennedy takes his address‚ he shows citizens of the U.S. of how unnecessary the increase of steel prices truly was. In three basic ways‚ the president offers his opinion in three simple tactics including: pathos‚ logos‚ and ethos. The President of 1962 brings many things to light about the steel industry that can affect every
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The Overall Theme of Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel by Jared Diamond The overall theme of Diamond’s novel has to do with the progression of the human race in different areas of the world. He said that the development of different people was not based off of genetic composition but their location on the earth. Diamond gives many examples to back up his claim. Diamond uses many different examples from different time periods and different areas of the world. He starts at around 11‚000 BCE with the earliest
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In PBS’s episode one entitled Out of Eden of the series Gun’s Germs‚ and Steel‚ Professor Jared Diamond attempts to answer the question of “why you white men have so much cargo and we New Guineans have so little.” (Cassian Harrison‚ 2005) Professor Diamond’s begins his research by diving into history from 13‚000 years ago‚ pre-dating civilizations‚ during a time period equivalent to New Guinea’s present day. Professor Diamond noted that “because hunting is so unpredictable‚ traditional societies
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