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    about to sail to the New World from Spain on your old reliable ship. You wonder what you are going to find and what you are going to do if you meet any Native Americans. Then you think about the past‚ and in the past what has happened when cultures collide to get you to that day. So what happens when cultures collide? Is it always battles? do new cultures always form? The advances of technology help reach new cultures like how the compass and caravel helped get to the New World. Then when Christopher

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    Both European and Mughal rulers in the sixteenth century demonstrated a high degree of religious tolerance. False Which areas of the Americas produced the bulk of the silver that fueled global commerce in the sixteenth century? Mesoamerica and the Andes Why was China’s demand for silver so high during the sixteenth and

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    The Emergence of New Consumer Culture and Its Effect during the Turn-Of-The-Century Period People living in the period from the end of the nineteenth century to the beginning of the twentieth century witnessed a huge industrial change in American society. This change led to the “opening up of huge factories‚ the development of electricity in the 1880s which augmented factories more than ever‚ the revolution in mass communication‚ the invention of telephone‚ the construction of railroads‚ the incredible

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    After reading Maya Angelou’s essay “New Direction” it showed what happened in Arkansas and how women were not able to find jobs. It showed the hardship Mrs. Ainee Johnson passed during through in 1903 with her two children after her disastrous marriage ended with her husband. Mr.Johnson who was her husband at the time also wanted to end the marriage as well‚ when Anne made mention of quitting the marriage. He secretly wanted to study religion in Arkansas but he didn’t tell his wife he really wanted

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    Adapting to a New Culture

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    Composition 09 December 2012 Adapting to a New Culture As an immigrant we are faced with the fear of forgetting our culture‚ it’s values‚ and the root or our origins. We have to deal with the guilt of leaving our beloved land of birth behind and emerging in a new homestead with all of its uncertainties and cultural changes. Empathy invading us as we fail to comprehend if these adjustments in our life will transform our identities as we strive to adapt and conquer this new journey. Most likely there will be

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    Arriving in a new country or culture is something that all experience differently. Some it is all excitement at the new experiences and opportunities afforded by the change‚ for others it is largely fear at the changes they must under­take‚ learning different ways to function in their new environment‚ but for most it is a combination of the two‚ sitting somewhere between fear and excitement‚ expectation and trepidation. As we become a more globalized society one would think that it would be easier

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    improve your life if you stop relying on others; therefore‚ you will become more independent. In the story “New Directions”‚ Ms. Annie needs to care for her two children‚ so she needs to depend on her husband to earn money. However‚ she needed to start earning money herself because her husband left her to go to Oklahoma. She quickly started to think of her abilities and make plans. She thought of selling fresh and hot food to the hungry workers. Obviously‚ Ms. Annie’s meat pies were more attractive

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    Culture of New Zealand

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    Culture of new Zealand: British and European Custom interwoven with Maori and Polynesian tradition. Maori tradition dominated the beginning of human existence in New Zealand and has stayed around even as the culture modernized. Māori established separate tribes‚ hunted and fished‚ traded commodities‚ developed agriculture‚ arts and weaponry‚ and kept a detailed oral history. Regular European contact began approximately 200 years ago‚ and British immigration proceeded rapidly during the

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    Direction & Purpose

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    Direction and Purpose Metaphors provide creative images for readers. They give flavor to literature and allow free interpretation of a piece; thereby making a conversation in a story‚ an image in a poem‚ a symbolism in the plot and such‚ more interesting. Through the use of such a figure of speech‚ the images are laid bare and presented fresh. This creates an interaction between the reader‚ the author and the piece; as readers are made to analyze the images presented and the idea that the metaphor

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    Strategic Direction

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    Strategic Direction The role of strategic direction is to decide the end purpose of the organization. How the organization gets to the “end purpose” is through goals and strategy development (strategic planning). Organizational design functions to carry out the administration and execution of the strategic plan and as such‚ the organizational structure must support the strategic direction. (Daft 54-55). An organization that embarks on an organic open systems strategy that requires learning and

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