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    Find a product of two example businesses in your country or region‚ from your own experience or from your reading. If you cannot find such examples‚ use one or two case studies from your textbook or obtain one or two case studies from your local lecturer. Be sure to cite and reference the name and source of your case(s) in your assignment report. The product of one business should be mainly a good and the product of the other business should be mainly a service. a) Explain how the example

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    Not to mention‚ he was also granted a fourth and final expedition. This final expedition was no different then others. By 1504 that Taino were reduces to around 100‚000 people. “Some of them were killed directly as punishments for “crimes” Such as not paying tributes to the invaders. Taino who either could or would not pay had punishments including getting their hands chopped off and being left to bleed to death. “Columbus and his men are documented by the chronicles

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    spoke‚ the food they ate‚ and even the clothes they wore. Some Europeans were so filled with awe at the new lands and different environments that it overcame them and caused them to do unsettling things to the homeland of the Native. For example‚ the Taino and the Spanish were very civilized toward each other but there

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    Social Organization of the Tainos The Tainos were a gentle and humble people with a very strong social organization. They would settle relatively close to the coast‚ as to be hidden but to also see incoming people. A Taino settlement could be a small or as complex chiefdom; it was constructed in such a way that the cacique’s (the chief’s) residence was situated at the centre‚ with the general population around it. His house consisted of his entire family. The houses of the general population also

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    GEA 2000 Spring 2015 Exam # 1 Review Questions* Introduction chapter‚ Globalization (PPT)‚ “Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel” (video). 1. What is geography? 2. Which of the following statements best defines environmental determinism? 3. Which of the following statements best defines possibilism? 4. Which of the following statements illustrates environmental determinism? 5. Which of the following statements illustrates possibilism? 6. Which of the following examples best defines the role of

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    Spaniards‚ who had the right to exact from them some form of tribute such as produce‚ gold and service in return for religious instruction in the Roman Catholic faith. These indigenous people included the Tainos and the Kalinagos who were treated as slaves and put to work in the mines. The Tainos‚ being unaccustomed to these harsh punishment‚ hunger‚ overwork and the European diseases such as cholera and small pox which were new to their immune systems‚ caused them to die quickly and also commit

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    islands but from our notes we know that he met the Taino Indians. Once Columbus met the Tainos he used his technology and brute strength to terrorize the Indians. Not finding the route that was promised to the Queen and King of Spain he still needed to repay them for his voyage so Columbus began to explore new money opportunities. Once Christopher Columbus met the Taino Indians he saw that they had gold‚ so he began to steal their gold and using the Taino Indians as slaves to retrieve this gold. This

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    Columbus’s purpose which was to seize treasures from their lands. When Columbus’s fleet reached the island of Guadeloupe‚ they encountered the warlike Caribs and were attacked. The Spaniards finally defeated the Caribs and enslaved them. These slaves died out quickly because of the European diseases. Few months later‚ the tragic story of the Caribs had happened repeatedly on the Arawaks of Hispaniola (Konstam‚ “Across the Ocean.”) Originally‚ those lands were possessed by these indigenous people.

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    Method of data collection How? In collecting data for the school based assessment a total of four (4) visits were made to the study area. On our first visit we distributed fifteen (15) questionnaires and organised interviews. On the second visit‚ interviews were held with managers and residents of the study area and all questionnaires were collected. On the third visit more interviews were conducted and the final visit was for sightseeing to various natural attractions and interesting places

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    Columbus Day has regarded Christopher Columbus as a hero for his “discovery” of America. In parts of America there are big Columbus Day celebrations and parades; even the schools are closed so the children may experience the festivities. The fact of the matter is that Columbus Day does not celebrate the actual “accomplishments” of Columbus‚ but celebrates the PG story of Columbus that school teachers would tell elementary school children in the form of a rhyme or song. The celebration of Columbus

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