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    Name:______________ Period:_____________ Unit 4 Homework Packet Periodic Table (70 pts) Historical Background of the Periodic Table (pp. 113-116) 1. What did John Newlands contribute to the Periodic Table? 2. List three ideas Mendeleev used to design the modern Periodic Table. (3) a. b. c. 3. How did Moseley modify the Periodic Table? Characteristics of the Periodic Table (pp. 117-122) 4. Do the periods of the table go horizontal or vertical across the table? 5. Do the groups of the

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    theme of Illusion vs Reality is continually developed through the actions and experiences of the different characters. Reality is the “state of things that actually exist‚ as opposed to an idealistic idea of them” that is considered an Illusion. One character in the story‚ Iago‚ is the mastermind behind the creation of this illusion that Othello has been tricked to believe. Additionally‚ two other foil characters in the play seem to symbolize this theme‚ as Desdemona represents the Illusion and Emilia

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    Afghanistan Opium Production October 1347‚ the Europeans were greeted with the black plague which wiped out about one third of the whole population in Europe nearly 20 million people. (History) Far before that in about 3400 B.C. the cultivation of the new age plague was being planted by the Mesopotamians which is known today as Opium. Present day‚ Afghanistan controls nearly 90% of all opium growth and distribution which is a $65 billion market. (Sites) Opium is a dried condescended form of poppy

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    Wenda Qian MGMT 470 02/26/2013 Mongolia Mongolia is landlocked country between China and Russia; it is located in north Asia‚ and the current population is 2.87 million. Ulan Bator is the capital and the largest city; there are about 45% of the population lives in there. Mongolia’s political system is a parliamentary republic‚ multi-party system including 16 parties; and it is a member of the United Nation. I decide to interview a Mongolian‚ because as a Chinese‚ I have never been familiar

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    Dear Family‚ My journey began. Windrush started to move away from the beach and after a short amount of time‚ my home was just a tiny black dot on the horizon. Two months ago I arrived in the UK and the opportunity until now had to write you a letter. On 22th of June we arrived by ship at the UK and I didn’t know what to expect. I thought in England the opportunity for jobs in this country is better than back home and it is true but first it was very hard form me to find work. I had to learn new

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    I agree with the main point that Shaun Callarman states‚ "Chris McCandless was ignorant‚ but bright at the same time"‚ by leaving his family and his education‚ he committed himself towards a life of solitude and emptiness. McCandless was not only ignorant‚ but he was arrogant about changing his lifestyle‚ he even had the nerve to leave his family behind without any notification about his departure. By leaving his family and his education‚ McCandless had committed himself towards a life of solitude

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    Brave New World - Aldous Huxley The illusion of a utopia is very imminent in this novel‚ some of the factors that disqualify it from being a utopia and‚ in fact‚ make it a dystopia are the illusion of happiness‚ removal of human desire‚ and prohibition of assembly and free thought. The Illusion of Happiness is shown in this book in many different ways and are usually connected to the controllers of the state. Soma is labeled as the perfect drug by the Brave New World and also the World State

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    In his book Future of an Illusion‚ Sigmund Freud utilizes his method of psychoanalysis on religion by comparing the relationship between human and religion to that of a child and his parents. Freud effectively demonstrates that religion is a product of the human mind. After exposing religion as a an illusion‚ Freud concludes that humanity will be better off when it has forgone religion. This paper will argue that Freud’s assertion that religion is an illusion is correct because of it’s blatantly

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    Characters 1. a) Lispeth is a young girl who was left at a mission as a baby in time of famine. She grows up‚ finds an Englishman suffering from fever on the road‚ and takes him to the mission‚ announcing that she will take care of him and then marry him. He flirts with her and then he leaves her alone. At the end she finds that he hasn’t intention of marrying her. b) The Chaplain’s wife is the person who takes care as a mother of Lispeth when her parents die. She lies Lispeth when she said

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    CPUSH (Unit 1‚ #3) Name _____Maria Salazar ______________________ British Colonization in North America: Southern‚ New England‚ & Middle Colonies I. Settling the British Colonies A. Unlike the Spanish & French‚ the British colonies were not funded or strictly ______strictly____________________ by the king: 1. ______________join stock________________________ companies were formed by investors who hoped to profit off new colonies 2. Once a _charter_________________________

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