STUDENT NUMBER: 50990071 ENN103F ASSIGNMENT 01 Section A 1. Yes‚ affirmative action is morally defensible in a sense that; South Africa has been characterized by many years of workplace inequalities and imbalances of the past‚ particularly blacks who were treated in an inhuman manner. The new democratic government introduced and legislate the affirmative action to eliminate all forms of discrimination. Since blacks were given certain jobs and skills were reserved for white minority in some
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rocks of roughly the same age‚ surrounded by layers that matched each other‚ and in some cases‚ found nowhere else in the world. An example of fossil clues would be that the Mesosaurus are reptiles that live in freshwater and have been found on South America and Africa and they couldn’t have swum such great lengths across salt water‚ which proves that the continents were once connected with each other. Another evidence is climate clues‚ scientist have found fossils that have been found in Antarctica
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are harmful for the correct sustenance of the nature. This is the case of the Belo Monte dam‚ and many other similar projects as well‚ that are developed along the Amazon (essential zone for the survival of the Earth) and in many other places of South America and the world. Economic progress must not‚ under any circumstance‚ go against the social and environmental progress. When this happens‚ the ways of growth must be reformulated. In Belo Monte’s situation‚ its construction began without the proper
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from 1607–1781 and marked a period when European nations were eager to try different methods to explore and conquer the New World. Before the British settled Jamestown in 1607‚ the only lasting colonies had been Spanish colonies in southern parts of America. Unfortunately‚ as was the case in many of the early British colonies‚ the settlers of Jamestown were so focused on finding gold and treasure‚ they didn’t create an actual society‚ and the settlers were not able to sustain themselves. After overcoming
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Compare China to Taiwan‚ South Korea‚ or Russia (choose 1 or more) and discuss how a democratic transformation could occur‚ and what the most likely path to democratization could be?(2000 words) Abstract This essay will compare China to South Korea and discuss how a democratic transformation could occur in South Korea. Also‚ I will discuss what would be the most likely path to democratization of China. I am intrigued by this topic since I am South Korean who currently live in Hong Kong
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is one of the warmest place to go for a summer break? It is also beautiful! It has a beautiful beaches with crystal blue waters. When you go there you can relax‚ play on the beach‚ or swim in the ocean waters. Brazil is the largest country in South America. It is named after a tree named Brazilwood and it is called Brasil in Portuguese. Brazil has beautiful land areas‚ different kinds of weather‚ unique varieties of plants and animals‚ and they have different cultures for people. Land Brazil has
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Contrasting the North and South The North and South are both different‚ but they both have great strengths and weaknesses. The Civil War was started by The Kansas-Nebraska act. When Kansas got the right to vote‚ residents from Missouri crossed over the Kansas border to vote so that Kansas would become a slave state. Missouri wanted to make Kansas a slave state. “On July 21‚ 1861‚ the first battle of the civil war” (American Odyssey) broke out because of the feud between Kansas and Missouri. The
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In the early 20th century‚ a cartel of Dutch and English rubber barons had a stranglehold on the vast majority of the world’s supply of rubber. At that time the sole source of rubber was the South American tree Hevea brasiliensis‚ whose sap is natural latex. In the 1870s a gaggle of entrepreneurial smugglers had secreted a stash of wild rubber tree seeds out of the Amazon rain forest‚ which they used to establish sprawling plantations in East Asia. These smothered the output of Brazil‚ causing their
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the indigenous nations often in exchange for peace and protections‚ but as demand grew for land a resources conflict arose. Native Americans were soon slaughtered and forced off of the lands that belonged to them. Capitalist greed spread all over America‚ and these lands were soon transformed into anything that could be exploited for money. Conflict over natural resources have caused extreme loss of life for both human and animal‚ and the pollution of our planet to such a degree that most of the damage
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Chapter 2: The Planting of English America‚ 1500-1733 A. England’s Imperial Stirrings 1. After Columbus’s landfall‚ the Native American peoples had nearly been extinguished mostly from disease (only about 10% survived) 2. From Florida and New Mexico southward‚ most of the southern half of the New World lay firmly within the grip of imperial Spain 3. In 1600‚ North America remained mostly unexplored and unclaimed a. Three European powers planted three primitive outposts
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