As many as 75 million indigenous people lived in the Americas right before European contact. This was about the same as the population of Europe at that time. The majority of these peoples are thought to have come over via the Bering Strait region from 100‚000 to 14‚000 years ago during the periods when Ice Ages caused land bridges to form between Siberia and Alaska. Other possible origins include Polynesia and South Africa. Theorists such as Thomas Jefferson believed they originated here in America
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International businesses have a number of significant factors that are crucial to take into account when intending to internationalise into an emerging or developing country. Macro environmental factors include the legal and political environment‚ cultural views and the economic differences of a country (Kozlinkis & Guseva 2006‚ p. 111). The macro environment can be defined as the main external and irrepressible factors that affect a business or an organisations decision-making‚ also affecting
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1. The Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that in April 2010‚ of all adult Americans‚ 139‚455‚000 were employed‚ 15‚260‚000 were unemployed‚ and 82‚614‚000 were not in the labor force. Use this information to calculate: a. the adult population = employed+unemployed+not in the labor force=237329000 b. the labor force = employed+unemployed=154715000 c. the labor-force participation rate = (labor force/adult population) x 100= 65.2% d. the unemployment rate = (unemployed/labor force) x 100=
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1.3 Legislation in Employment Why legislation to employment exists: * To protect the rights of the employers and employees by providing rules and regulations that must be followed. * For advice on your contract. * Health and safety rights regarding; Wages‚ holiday rights‚ sick pay etc. * To protect people of different race‚ religion‚ sexuality or gender. * To stop exploitation of workers by their employers‚ e.g. minimum wage‚ safety policies‚ redundancy payments‚ etc. * To
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Questions: 1. Taking your information from Katherine Benton-Cohen’s book‚ Borderline Americans‚ write an essay on how the term “American” became synonymous with “white” in Cochise County during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Start by discussing the nature of relations between Mexicans and whites in the different sections of the county during the 19th century. How did relations change over time and what factors led to those changes? In answering these questions‚ you
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Alex Speed 8th January 2015 Award in Education and Teaching Understanding Roles‚ Responsibilities and Relationships in Teaching and Education In this assignment I am going to explain how to understand the roles‚ responsibilities and relationships in teaching and education and how they relate to the teaching cycle and the theories of learning. 1.1 Explain the Teaching role and responsibilities in Education and Training The roles and responsibilities of a teacher will differ during the
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This pack of ACC 201 consists: Week 1 Chapter 1 and 2 Practice Exercises.doc Week 1 Memo to Blair.doc Week 2 Assignment FASB Paper.doc Week 2 Chapter 3 Problems.doc Week 2 Chapter 4 Problems.doc Week 2 Chapter 4 Problems.doc Week 2 DQ1 Fraud.doc Week 2 DQ2 Debit Credit.doc Week 3 Assignment GAAP Ethics.doc Week 3 Chapter 5 Problems.doc Week 3 Chapter 6 Problems.doc Week 3 DQ1 Credit Sales and Collections
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.WellsThe importance of The Declaration of Independece | 2 The purpose of the Declaration of Independence was to inform government has certain responsibilities to those being governed‚ and that the British government was not adhering to its responsibilities to its citizens in the colonies. So the colonists had the right to leave and form a government that would adhere to its responsibilities. | 3Popular sovereignty is the idea that the people are the source of authority and power in government
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Note Book Chapter 1 Getting Started 1.1 DEFINITION AND QUESTIONS 1. Scarcity is the condition that arises because wants exceeds the ability of resources to satisfy them. 2. Scarcity is the condition that arises because wants exceed the ability of resources to satisfy them. Scarcity is not eliminated when people become rich‚ movie goers are able to see the next The Social Networ installment‚ or people gain employment because of the movie’s release. In all cases‚ people will have wants that
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I. What is Law A. Law 1. Set of Rules 2. Created by Government 3. Enforced by Government B. Jurisprudence 1. Philosophy of Law II. A. Law as Power 1. Under color of authority B. Legal Positivism 1. Law is what law says C. Legal Realism 1. Who is in position to enforce D. Natural Law 1. Humans have rights regardless of law III. Three Factors for Free Market System 1. Law 2. Rule of Law A. Law is generally and equally applicable to everyone B. System of published
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