The history of South Africa encompasses over three million years. Ape-like hominids who migrated to South Africa around three million years ago became the first human-like inhabitants of the area now known as South Africa. Representatives of homo erectus gradually replaced them around a million years ago when they also spread across Africa and into Europe and Asia. Homo erectus gave way to homo sapiens around 100‚000 years ago. The first homo sapiens formed the Bushman culture of skilled hunter-gatherers
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South Korea is located in East Asia. South Korea is East of China and West of Japan. South Korea is roughly the size of Indiana‚ United States of America. From the 7th century to the 20th century Korea acted as a single independent single country. In 1905 after the Russo-Japanese War Korea became a protectorate of Japan. In 1945 Japan surrendered Korea to the United States in WWII. After gaining control of their country Korea split into two countries. A Republic of Korea was set up in the
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CI Research: 1. http://geert-hofstede.com/south-korea.html 2. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10551-009-0095-z#page-1 What about South Korea? If we explore South Korean culture through the lens of the 5-D Model‚ we can get a good overview of the deep drivers of South Korean culture relative to other world cultures. Power distance This dimension deals with the fact that all individuals in societies are not equal – it expresses the attitude of the culture towards these inequalities
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Galapagos Islands Purpose: To inform my classmates about the Galapagos Islands. Thesis: The Galapagos Islands are located in the eastern Pacific Ocean‚ a beautiful and exotic place for your next vacation. Organizational Pattern: Topical I. Introduction A. Attention Getter: Have you guys heard about giant tortoises? They live in the Galapagos Islands‚ one of the most beautiful places on Earth. B. Relevance: Most college students want to go on vacation once they graduate from college
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PHILIPPINE CLAIM TO THE SPRATLY ISLANDS GROUP* Introduction The Philippines is a mid-ocean archipelago consisting of more than 7‚100 islands some of which remain unnamed. The islands portion of the archipelago lies along some 1‚150 miles between the Pacific Ocean and the South China Sea. It is separated from Taiwan by the Bashi Channel‚ from Indonesia by the Celebes Sea‚. from North Borneo (Sabah) by narrow passages‚ channels and straits‚ from the Asian mainland by the South China Sea and from the Trust
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The flag of the United States Virgin Islands is one of the most attractive flags of this world . The flag is very similar to the United States presidential flag. The flag consists of a white background on which a strong bald golden eagle sits in the center holding a green branch on the right talon and three light blue arrows in its left talon. These three light blue arrows represent the three islands St. Thomas‚ St. Croix and St. John. The mighty shield on its chest bears a blue chief on the top
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The South China Sea dispute has long being discussed and also complicated. Controlling the Paracel Islands and the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea is not only claiming the countries’ territory‚ but mainly gaining economic benefits of the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). These benefits include natural resources: the US Energy Administration estimates that 11 billion barrels (bbl) of oil reserves and 190 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of natural gas reserves under the South China Sea. The
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Urban Heat Island – Cause‚ Effects and Mitigation Measures in USA Table of Contents • Introduction • The Phenomenon of Urban Heat Island • Causes and Effects of UHI • Mitigation Efforts • Urban Heat Island (UHI) of Urban Cities of United States • UHI and Climate Trends of Some Major cities of US • Urban Heat Island (UHI) Mitigation Strategies in United States • Conclusion Urban Heat Islands Introduction Urban Heat Island – UHI is one of the important
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in New Zealand English. It is unknown whether Māori had a name for the whole country before the arrival of Europeans‚ with Aotearoa originally referring to just the North Island. Abel Tasman sighted New Zealand in 1642 and called it Staten Landt‚ supposing it was connected to a landmass of the same name at the southern tip of South America. In 1645 Dutch cartographers renamed the land Nova Zeelandia after the Dutch province of Zeeland. British explorer James Cook subsequently anglicised the name to
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Imperialism’s Effect on South Africa Imperialism was a movement that affected all parts of the world‚ beginning as early as the 19th century. Wealthy and established nations would annex and take control of underdeveloped nations and civilize them. This may sound good in theory‚ but Imperialism seemed to take advantage of the so-called “inferior” nations more than truly help them. The economic superpowers seized the land of the territories they thought to be subordinate‚ using it as trading depots
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