Running head: CULTURE Cultural Similarities and Differences Brook Smith Geography 21 March 2012 Introduction Culture is the integrated system of socially acquired values‚ beliefs‚ and rules of conduct that delimit the range of accepted behaviors in any given society. Cultural differences distinguish societies from one another. Culture is the way of life of an entire people. This paper will address the similarities and differences of cultures in Texas‚ India‚ Australia‚ and Nigeria.
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his dreams. Having the opportunity to read the book and watch the movie‚ there were several differences and similarities I observed. These similarities between the novel and the film make up a huge role throughout the story. In the book there is a green light that shines at the end of Daisy’s dock just as in the movie. For Gatsby‚ this green light symbolizes a sign of hope that Gatsby and Daisy will one day be together. In the book Gatsby builds up a friendship with Nick Carraway‚ who happens to be
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In Ancient China‚ it was very difficult to grow and get food. Meat was very expensive‚ and the crops they made required laborious and long hours. And even today in modern China‚ it is still difficult to get food. With its population hovering around a bulging billion people‚ it is not easy getting food for all of these people‚ but when they do get it‚ they often make filling and some tasty dishes. When you want to order Chinese food‚ you probably think of getting some sweet and sour chicken‚ or
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the purpose of this assignment China would be the country chosen in fulfillment of this assignment as their culture of doing business and my country Sierra Leone has lots of differences. The People Republic of China: According to Ghauri and Fang (1999) article on China business negotiation process‚ they highlighted three dimensions of country’s business culture as follows; 1) first to understand the country’s condition‚ 2) Confucianism and 3) their tricks China Condition as a whole: the article
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slender-snouted crocodile‚ n.d. and Platypus‚ n.d.b) because of human hunting activities. There are plenty of similarities and differences between the platypus and the slender-snouted crocodile in terms of appearance‚ behaviour‚ and breeding habits. First of all‚ two essential similarities and several differences in physical characteristic between the platypus and the crocodile can be found. The first similarity is the colour. The platypus and the crocodile are both brown. Besides‚ the platypus‚ which has four
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patients through improved technology that allows better communication and physician availability (Noble‚ 2015). This idea has become known as Telehealth‚ and Telemedicine. Since it is able to provide faster and more efficient communication of data between physicians‚ patients in deep rural areas‚ who typically do not any form of transportation‚ are able to receive higher quality of care (Mandal‚ 2014). Thus‚ a large number of disparities have been addressed‚ and
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Life as an Ancient Greek Have you ever wondered what life was like in early Greece? If you compare life in early Greece to life in the Twenty First Century‚ you may be surprised at the similarities‚ as well as differences. Well‚ in the next few paragraphs‚ I will explain to you just how different the life in Ancient Greece was from today. I will explore an organized society with primitive construction ideas to amazing mythology beliefs. First‚ there are several differences in the way their
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sphere is when the woman’s role is to take care of home‚ and public sphere is when the man’s role is influenced by political action. Because of the differences between men and women‚ individuals have several of different life experiences and opportunities. The women of Egypt have many disadvantages compared to the men. This go back way to the Ancient days when men looked at women as being beneath them. Women always were at lower position than men in the Egyptian hierarchy. There
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nitrate). The military applications were clear. New weapons were rapidly developed‚ including rockets and others that were launched from a bamboo tube" (Franklin Institute). The Chinese are known for their inventions that still are used in the modern day. Those inventions are paper‚ gunpowder‚ books‚ and much more. Gunpowder was discovered in the tenth century by Chinese medicine men that were looking for the secret to immortality. They thought that gunpowder could be used as a medicine of some sort
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other societies throughout history though‚ they have many things that set them apart from each other. The biggest similarity they share is that they both had control of massive empires that eventually ceased to exist. To start off with‚ the Mayans existed earlier in history than the Incas. The Mayans existed from 1000 BC to AD 1697 and no one is quite certain what wiped out their ancient civilization. Mayans are still around today but not as many as there once was. The Incas existed from AD 1438
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