The Articles of Confederation was the colonies first attempt at a national government. It was a weak form of a central government which had very limited abilities. Most of the power was left to the states which operated almost like independent republics. There were several downfalls of the Articles of Confederation‚ the most prominent of which was its lack of power to tax. During the 1780’s‚ the wealthiest and most groups recognized the problems with the Confederation and began working towards
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Discuss Strengths and Weaknesses of the Demographic Transition Model The Demographic Transition Model is a partially fact based‚ partially theoretical model that shows birth‚ death rates and population over time. There are 5 different stages involved in it and almost every country applies to a particular one of those stages‚ for example The USA is currently in stage 4 as its birth and death rates are quite low and constantly overtaking each other while the population is still rising reasonably quickly
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Throughout my educational career‚ I have always disliked group work. To me‚ group work is only beneficial to those individuals that normally do poorly on projects and who view the opportunity of working in a group as a chance to improve their own grades at the cost of the other individuals in the group. When working on a project on my own‚ I strive for perfection by watching every detail closely—from the font on a page to the alignment of sentences on a PowerPoint presentation. But‚ since I am not
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The Weimar Republic was set up in Germany after world war one‚ after the Kaiser had been abducted in 1918 . It was the most democratic government in the world‚ even allowing women to vote. The new government got off to a bad start‚ Germany was nearly bankrupt and unemployment was higher than ever. They were labelled ‘November criminals’ due to the agreement of the treaty of Versailles and unpaid reparations lead to challenges from political extremists. The new system of government was weak and faced
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The American Revolution started a decade ago after the Britain’s win in the French and Indian War; to pay off its significant war debts‚ Britain enforced several regulatory measures on the colonies‚ which generated outrage‚ protests‚ and eventually armed resistance from the colonists. First established during the American revolutionary war‚ the Articles of Confederation created a “league of friendship” among the 13 states by vesting them with equal authority in a weak government with only limited
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Being reliable means to be able to be trusted. There are very few reliable people in this world. Thomas Spears exhibits great characteristics of being reliable. If asked any questions‚ you can count on him to think of a clever response. He can be trusted with important information. Thomas Spears can also be relied on for support. Thomas can be relied on for questions‚ related to sports and music. For instance‚ at the start of the basketball preseason‚ people were very curious about which team drafted
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separate substances. In the contract‚ the "monism" means that both of the physical and mental are combined being one. And our mind and body are indivisible and are each influenced by the other. The monism and dualism individually has its strengths and weaknesses. The mind and body problem can be divided into many different questions. We can consider or ask by ourselves that what is the mind? What is the body? And do both of them are co-existing‚ or does the mind only exist in the body? Or does the
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Definitions H K C J B F A I G D Multiple Choice C D C A B C A C C D True/False T F F T T F T F T T Essay Questions 1. How do you think having good human relation skills and knowledge might add to your job security in a competitive workplace? In a competitive workplace‚ having god human relations skills can make you stand out in a good way. Being able to demonstrate a competent understanding of how people work together is going to be the first step
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Behavioral Theory The behavioral theory suggests that people with OCD associate certain objects or situations with fear‚ and that they learn to avoid the things they fear or to perform rituals that help reduce the fear. This pattern of fear and avoidance/ritual may begin when people are under periods of high emotional stress‚ such as starting a new job or ending a relationship. At such times‚ we are more vulnerable to fear and anxiety. Often things once regarded as "neutral" may begin to bring
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Assess the strengths and weaknesses of the functionalist view on society. Functionalism is a consensus perspective‚ whereby society is based on shared values and norms into which members are socialised. For functionalists‚ society is seen as a system of social institutions such as the economy‚ religion and the family all of which perform socialisation functions. A strength of the functionalist theory is that it a macro level structural theory which uses an organic analogy- using the body as
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