Region 7 - Central Visayas * Central Visayas is right in the center of the Philippines. The four provinces include Cebu‚ Bohol‚ Negros Oriental and Siquijor‚ and the cities of Cebu City‚ Lapu-Lapu and Mandaue. Cebu City is the economic center for Region VII and for the whole Visayas‚ Each with its own character and treasure-trove of natural and man-made attractions. * Total Land Area: 15‚ 875 km² * Total Population: 6‚ 398‚ 628 * Making it the 5th most populous of the country’s 17
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collapse. The sugar industry was already in a poor state because of (1) shortage of labour and (2) sugar beet competition. To avoid total decline‚ planters tried to introduce immigration in the form of bringing in laborers from Europe‚ other Caribbean islands‚ Asia and other areas. They also tried to introduce technology in order to reduce the cost of sugar production. However‚ all of these efforts could not stop the changes from sugar monoculture (planting of one crop which was sugar cane) to agricultural
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Hunlede Soc 213-1901 Writing Assignment Cross Cultural Differences in Raising Children The world is filled with an overwhelming number of cultural differences. Some of the many examples of these differences are; perception‚ behavior‚ gestures‚ and language. All of which can greatly affect professional and personal relationships. As the world rapidly becomes more diverse‚ the number cross cultural parents increases. Raising children in a cross cultural home is a job in itself. In some instances‚ parents
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share similar spiritual values‚ but differ in how they respond to social and cultural problems. In the two video presentations‚ Mike and Mark differ in their attitudes towards racism and oppression given several considerations. Both Mike and Mark share similar spiritual beliefs that influence ways of dealing with the adversity and stress‚ but their responses to the discussion of racism vary in clarifying their cultural identity and self-identity in relationship with family‚ community‚ and personal
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MODULE 1: CARIBBEAN SOCIETY AND CULTURE OVERVIEW Module 1 introduces students to the role played by geography in shaping the society and culture of the Caribbean region as well as the historical evolution of Caribbean society‚ the cultural characteristics of the Caribbean people‚ and the ways in which Caribbean society and culture influence and are influenced by societies and cultures outside the region. GENERAL OBJECTIVES On completion of this Module‚ students should: 1. Understand the factors which
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CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL REPORT ON CANDIDATES’ WORK IN THE ADVANCED PROFICIENCY EXAMINATION MAY/JUNE 2010 CARIBBEAN STUDIES Copyright © 2010 Caribbean Examinations Council St Michael‚ Barbados All rights reserved. 2 GENERAL COMMENTS The Caribbean Studies examination comprised three papers — Paper 01 consisted of 15 compulsory short-response questions‚ Paper 02 consisted of eight essay questions of which candidates were required to answer four‚ and Paper 03 was the Internal Assessment
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The Intermountain Region aka Irrigation By Junita and Gursharan The Intermountain Region is a region that is located in parts of Canada and America‚ while lying between the Rocky and Coast Mountains‚ the Cascades and the Sierra Nevada. The high plateaus and isolated mountains with the only deserts in the US of A are very sparsely populated (excluding major cities). In Canada‚ this region is consisted of the interior plateau valleys of BC and the Yukon. The economic
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Caribbean Studies Assess the statement “There is not one Caribbean culture but many Caribbean cultures” There is no one distinctive Caribbean culture‚ but rather‚ Caribbean cultures. Each island or geo-political territory is characterized by its own unique‚ cultural practices‚ institutions and belief systems. One may note that cultural similarities may be influenced by; political history‚ languages‚ ethnic groupings and economic features. Caribbean culture is a product of its history and geography
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all human we have distinct differences that set us apart. These difference consist of race and culture. There should never be a time in which one substitutes for the other. These differences should not be used to discourage one another but instead to embrace‚ accept‚ and appreciate the differences that set us all apart. Race is something that we have created that is based upon an individual’s skin color. As Goodman states‚ “there is no clear marker to designate where one ‘race’ begins and another
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SLAVERY A. Slaves were people captured in war‚ used to settle a debt‚ or made slaves as a means of punishment. The Spaniards in the Caribbean had little need for African slaves in the early 1500s for various reasons. The Treaty of Tordesillas‚ which was a line of demarcation drawn north to south‚ west of the Azores and Cape Verde’s‚ stipulated that the areas west of the line belonged to the Spaniards and the east to the Portuguese. As a result of the treaty Africa was on Portugal’s side of
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