3. Why did Britain consider India its “jewel in the crown”? a. The industrial revolution had turned Britain into the world’s workshop‚ and India was a major supplier of raw materials for that workshop. Its 300 million people were also a large potential market for British made goods. It is not surprising‚ then‚ that the British considered India the brightest jewel in the crown‚ the most valuable of all of Britain’s colonies. 4. Why didn’t Indians untie against the British in the Sepoy Mutiny?
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Columbus’s voyage to America and triumphant return signaled the beginning of a new era of exploration. Likewise‚ Prince Henry the Navigator’s expeditions along the West African coast led to increased trade with Africa. Long isolated from the rest of the world‚ the Native Americans’ lives were drastically changed by the presence of European explorers‚ and later‚ colonists. Some aspects of life‚ such as domination by the elite in Europe‚ trade in Africa‚ and Native American ways of life in the Americas‚ have
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Homework 1 1. Subprime mortgages or mortgages that are normally made out to borrowers with lower credit ratings (below 640) are viewed by the lender that the borrower has larger-than average risk of defaulting on the loan and as a result typically carry a higher interest rate than that of a conventional loan. Banks originally required a down payment from subprime buyers and normally kept these loans bearing the risk of default. Overtime banks began to group subprime loans into Residential
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How does advertising differ from public relations activities? Public relations requires very different skills and is usually performed by professionals in PR firms‚ whereas advertising is performed by ad agency people. Advertisers must understand the importance of PR. In the marketing communication process‚ what are the various dimensions of the source‚ the message‚ and the receiver? In the marketing communication process‚ sale’s people can give a personalized pitch to potential consumers
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AP World History Midterm Review History The study of past events and changes in the development‚ transmission‚ and transformation of cultural practices. Earliest Farming Location Fertile crescent Swidden Agriculture a place temporarily cleared for agriculture by cutting back and burning off previous growth Catal Huyuk early urban culture based on sedentary agriculture Mesopotamia "between the rivers"; civilizations that arose between the Tigris-Euphrates river valleys Hyksos a member of an ancient
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Review Questions for Chapter 23‚ BECO 101‚ Dr. Qiao Zhuo‚ FBA‚ University of Macau‚ Oct. 9‚ 2011 Review Questions for Chapter 23 1. Assuming there is no government or foreign sector‚ refer to the information provided in figure below to answer the questions. 1) The MPS for this household is ________ and the MPC is ________. A) 0.4; 0.6 B) 0.5; 0.5 C) 0.2; 0.8 D) 0.3; 0.7 2) This household’s consumption function is A) C = 300 + 0.7Y. C) C = 200 + 0.2Y. B) C = 200 + 0.8Y. D) C = 1‚000 + 0.8Y. 3)
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Week 9 Review Questions 1. Oil production in the United States satisfies only half of the country’s needs; the rest is imported. If imports were cut off‚ what changes would you expect to occur in your lifestyle? If oil imports were cut off‚ the changes to my lifestyle and to the United States would be devastating. Gasoline prices would skyrocket. This would force me and others to curtail our driving. I might have to rely on public transportation; however‚ the cost of said transportation would
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------------------------------------------------- Module Five: Text Questions Review Questions 1. What is the NIBIN? The NIBIN is a network that provides law enforcement agencies around the world with access to the images and information. 2. What is rifling? What two types of markings does this produce? A rifling is a given spiral grooves by the manufacturer. This rifling or spiral grooves cut into the barrel of a gun in order to make a bullet spin as it is fired. Rifling produces grooves
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A People’s History of the United States: 1492-Present Chapter 18 “The Impossible Victory: Vietnam” For this assignment I chose to to find bias in Chapter 18 from Howard Zinn’s book‚ A People’s History of the United States: 1492-Present. The chapter is entitled “The Impossible Victory: Vietnam”. In this chapter of his book‚ Zinn covers the Vietnam war and the resistance to it. As the chapter title states‚ Zinn argues that the U.S was fighting a war that they could not win as the Vietnamese
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Wesley Scott February 12‚ 2011 M/W 2:30-3:45 Chapter 17 review questions 1. How did the enlightenment change basic Western attitudes toward the reform‚ faith‚ and reason? First it changed faith because it allowed people to worship anyway they please. The enlightenment set the stage for most of the ideas that are among us today. It also had the thinkers to attempt to discover the ration behind European government. What were the major formative influences on the philosophers? They had a strong
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