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    1.) History is sometimes thought of as a list of things according to Robert Bain in his article “They thought the World Was Flat?” Applying the Principles of How People Learn in Teaching High School History because the central ideas‚ problems‚ complex questions and bigger issues “fall away as the curricula are written‚ reshaped‚ vetted‚ voted upon‚ and adopted” (Bain p. 182). Bain sees curricula objectives inability to “connect outcomes to their intellectual roots”‚ as well as‚ “proved the disciplinary

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    In his essay “The World is Flat”‚ Thomas L. Friedman reckons with the belief of flattening world he realizes in the journey to India. Friedman notes that Columbus’s sea exploration shortened the distance for Spanish monarchy to grow its wealth and power out of the "source of [India’s] untold riches" (633)‚ and discovered "the world was indeed round" (664). Columbus found the hardware source of India’s riches which is the free slavery labor and natural resources‚ and yet Friedman found the software

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    3. Was colonial rule a transforming‚ even a revolutionary‚ experience‚ or did it serve to freeze or preserve existing social and economic patterns? What evidence can you find to support both sides of this argument? Colonial rule transformed many societies in terms of ways of working‚ more independence for women‚ and the spread of religion. New ways of working emerged that spurred on the development of these colonial states. Although coerced labor remained‚ cultivation systems in areas like Indonesia

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    Linux Chapter 2

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    2. What is an installer? An installer is an application that installs a software or an operating system to a machine. 3. Would you set up a GUI on a server system? Why or why not? I would not set up a GUI on a server system. A GUI is good for a desktop system. Even though a GUI is user friendly‚ I would use a textual interface because it allows the system to dedicate more resources to carrying out the job it is set up to do. Also not running a GUI can improve system security. 5. What is free

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    World War 2 started in 1939. It began when Hitler invaded poland to gain more land. The invasion of poland caused a chain reaction of countries joining the war because they had alliances. With war emerging around the world‚ it was important that the governments kept developing new technologies and strategies to keep up with the other countries. Countries began creating new vehicles‚ weapons‚ ways of communication. Many of the technological advancements created during this time are still used today

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    Sociology Chapter 2

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    trees‚ diamonds offers clues to how people relate to one another Nonmaterial culture –intangible human-created actions Values –shared ideas of right/wrong‚ good/bad‚ desirable/necessary Beliefs – ideas that people accept as true in relation to the world Norms –rules that specify behavior‚ thought‚ & appearance appropriate or inappropriate Folkways –norms that apply details to everyday life Mores –norms that people see as essential to well being of a group Symbols –words‚ objects‚ sounds‚ gestures

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    How has your understanding of culture and context of the work developed though the interactive oral? Our interactive oral was about Julian Barnes’ ‘History of the world in 10 and a half chapters’. Although I did not contribute as much as I should have‚ others in my class came up with some brilliant ideas. Much of the discussion revolved around the period of history that Julian Barnes’ wrote this book in and how it affected the way he said things‚ the language and techniques he used and the post-modernism

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    World war 2: Assignment The World War 2 was lasted from 1939 to 1945; it was very brutal and destructive. There were two groups Russia‚ England‚ France‚ United States on the other hand there was Germany Italy‚ Japan. These groups were led by many leaders most of them were very famous because of several federal and democratic reasons. The leaders were joseph Stalin‚ Winston Churchill‚ Eduard Daladier‚ Franklin d‚ Adolf Hitler‚ Benito Mussolini‚ Hirohito‚ respectively as the countries are written

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    Brad wants him to do‚ which is to change something on the game and then sell them overseas‚ to other countries. Even thought this would not put the game in his country it would still be putting this game into the hands other teenagers around the world. Q3. Discuss the acceptability and commercial use of sex‚ violence‚ and gambling in the United States. A3. Sex‚ violence‚ and gambling are widely used in the United States in all sorts of ad campaigns for many companies for various things. I think

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    World War II (1939-1945) By Dudyryev Nikita The Second World War unleashed by Nazi Germany‚ was one of the most bloody and dramatic events in the history of human been. It drew into its orbit 72 states - four fifths of all inhabitants of the earth. The war claimed about 65 million lives; over 35 million people were injured. In the ruins and ashes turned into hundreds of cities and thousands of towns and villages. Nazi leadership provided for in this

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