The responses of China and Japan towards western penetration in the nineteenth century were completely different. The Chinese were absolutely against it and became an isolated nation. This was different that the Japanese who viewed it as somewhat of a challenge and accepted it. The initial response from the Chinese towards western penetration was the practice of isolationism. The country resisted the West and it’s modern concepts and cut off contact with them completely. This hurt the economy
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DBQ: Settlement of the Western Frontier During the years between 1840 and 1890‚ the land west of the Mississippi River experienced a wild and sporadic growth. The natural environment contributed greatly to this growth spurt and helped shape the development of the trans-Mississippi west. The natural environment dictated and facilitated the development of the west by way of determining who settled where‚ how the people survived‚ why people wanted to settle‚ and whether they were successful or
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Case Western Oceanography Institute It was already 72 degrees when Astrid Young pulled into the parking lot at the Western Oceanography Institute (WOI). The radio announcer was reminding listeners to leave out extra water for their pets because the temperature was going to be in the high 90s for the third straight day. Young made a mental note to call her husband‚ Jon‚ when she got to her office and make sure that he left plenty of water outside for their cat‚ Figaro. Young was three-quarters of
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-Egypt stayed within the confines of its borders -Hyksos invaded; Egyptians became more imperialistic; -Amenhoptet III is rejected and if he was mentioned in hyrogliphics they carved those sections out. He tried to get rid of the polytheistic and worship the god Aten -marriages in Egyptian life were generally arranged by the parents and they could end in divorce but they rarely did because of a moral code. Food was a grain based diet‚ because the grain was so plentiful. There was very little
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Non-western Performance – Summative assignment – 1‚500 words – 28th May Write a reflective essay on the basis of your experience in this module‚ moving from the theoretical and historical part to the performative segment. What did you learn? How did the knowledge you gained of African‚ Chinese and Indian performance traditions help and inform your summative ensemble performance? What kind of problems did you encounter in your intercultural ensemble work? How did you solve them? Were you happy
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Western Contemporary Issues Western contemporary issues plague religious traditions. As new issues arise‚ religious leaders have to scramble to give congregations advise on how to address these issues. Judaism‚ Islam‚ and Christianity have all had to struggle with contemporary issues‚ especially in the Western secular world. Issues such as abortion create many problems for religious leaders‚ especially those in Western societies‚ and this can create animosity and hate amongst societies that
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Western Ways of knowing is significantly different than the Indigenous ways of knowing for several reasons. One is that Western ways use linear and step-by-step method. Further‚ the organization of knowledge depends on the preexisted laws. For example‚ to distinguish if it is living or nonliving‚ one would start with a hypothesis and go through the scientific methods and categorize it in such manner. This is an example of reductionism where everything is taken apart in small parts to distinguish
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Project 2: Letter to the Editor for Western Herald What You Turn In: Letter to the Editor Business Letter formatting‚ Single-spaced‚ 1 inch margins‚ Times New Roman 12 pt. font Up to 300 words Reflection Essay 1-2 pages Bibliographic Documentation: evidence and sources should be consulted and referenced as appropriate for publication in Western Herald. Addresses questions as outlined on the Rubric Overview: With the previous unit‚ we explored personal writing suitable for academic audiences
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1. Total Forms Control (TFC) fit well into Western’s strategy when it was initially implemented. It allowed Western to offer these “value-added” services to their customers that most of their competitors did not. Total Forms Control should have increased Western’s margins and helped them to increase the loyalty and number of customers. TFC was not performing up to expectations. It had become an increasingly time consuming process and profits from TFC had been consistently declining over the past
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Cultures and Co-Cultures By: Anna Skidmore Delta College A Culture is the language‚ values‚ beliefs‚ traditions‚ and customs people share and learn according to Larry Samovar and his colleagues (2007). Culture includes two different groups called in-groups which are groups that you identify yourself with and out-groups which is a group of people we view as different (Frings & Abram‚ 2010; Quist & Jorgensen‚ 2010). Examples of culture is the foods we eat‚ holidays we celebrate‚ the
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