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    humans cannot be made with current knowledge. Aliens would have developed under different environments‚ they would have their own unique cultures and they would be centuries ahead of humanity with much more advance technology that would have its own unknown impact on their culture. If they have survived long enough to develop the advanced technology needed to travel between the stars‚ then the negative tendencies of their past would have vanished since the technology would instead be used for destroying

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    Cultural Differences In Geometrical Perceptions The study chosen is called Cultural Differences in the Perception of Geometric Illusions. The research specifically focused on the psychological processes of depth perception and visual perspective. The first example is the Muller-Lyer illusion which is an optical illusion consisting of stylized arrows in which viewers tend to perceive one as longer than the other. The second example used is the Sanders Parallelogram in which a diagonal line bisecting

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    not wait to get off at ten. He was thinking about playing Diablo III after work when‚ all of a sudden‚ there was a loud noise from outside. A man named Jake had driven his truck off off the road and onto two other cars‚ totaling all three of them. “I have to get out of here‚” Jake said with a scared shaky voice. “The sun is after me. It is trying to kill me!” he shouted out. Before the crash‚ Jake had begun to speed faster and faster. Jake fell into a trance and just stared at the sun while driving;

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    Cultural Differences between America and China China has been influenced by Confucius for over 2500 years‚ and there are still people truly believe in the old fashion‚ that made Chinese people have different views of this world. On the other hand‚ the United State of America is the biggest economy in the world‚ American people have more open mind‚ so they are easy to learn and accept new things. In China‚ people are easy to settle‚ they are satisfy with what they have right now‚ it was also affected

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    Altanzaya Ganzorigt ( Zaya) Difference between America and Mongolia All people are similar to each other by physically; eventhough‚ we are different from each other by where you born. Indeed‚ the US and Mongolia are located far from each other ; they have many similarities. For example‚ both US and Mongolia have huge land and many varies of climate and landscape. Due to large size‚ varies across the large country from tropical beaches to Alaska while Mongolia have many different places from Gobi

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    Issues Today: Universalism vs. Cultural Relativism One of the most pertinent issues of the past twenty years has been the conflict between two different ideologies of human rights on a national scale‚ universalism‚ and cultural relativism. Universalism holds that more “primitive” cultures will eventually evolve to have the same system of law and rights as Western cultures. Cultural relativists hold an opposite‚ but similarly rigid viewpoint‚ that a traditional culture is unchangeable. In universalism

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    Kirat Hundle 1. What is the difference between an element and a compound? An element is an isotope made of the number of neutrons it has. A compound is a substance made of two or more different elements (a mixture). 2. What is the periodic table? A periodic table is where the chemical elements are organized based on their atomic number (number of protons in the nucleus)‚ electron arrangement‚ and chemical properties. 3. Give two examples of each of the four major mineral groups (silicates‚ carbonates

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    After reading this assignment‚ I get to learn about the monument that marks the spot where the mayflower found the Indian winter supply of corn and stole it. The spot is called today Corn Hill .This precious corn played a major role in keeping the pilgrims alive through their first winter. They were desperately hungry‚ cold and afraid; they had no other choice but taking the corn and save their lives. In the text‚ it was also stated that they wanted to leave something for the Indians in exchange

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    Differences between Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativism The world today consists of an incalculable number of societies. Each society varies significantly in the different elements of culture. Culture is one’s designed way of living based on erudite customs‚ knowledge‚ material items‚ and behavior. Within every society today lives an ethnocentric attitude. The belief that ones own culture is superior to that of another’s. However‚ it is important to develop a sense of cultural relativism in

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    people leave their homeland is to have a better life. Even if they know that they would be facing harder times‚ they take all the chances in the hopes of succeeding. This is referred to as economic migration. Emigrants and their families move out of their countries and head to new regions to be able to find better work opportunities. Most of the time‚ these people would eventually return to their mother country after earning sufficient money. Even though they have lived in a certain country for a

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