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Flexible work in China
China
Summary The hypothesis of the study was to explore the acceptance of concept of flexible work in emerging economies as China and envisage how it is providing a greater work life balance to Chinese workers. While emergence of flexi work is a Western concept, it has found great acceptability in China over the years. A…
Bangladesh River Flooding Management
Bangladesh
Flood
What natural (physical) features of the Ganges-Brahmaputra drainage basin make Bangladesh vulnerable to river flooding each year? The deltas of the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers in South Asia flood on a seasonal basis. The flooding keeps the soil fertile because the rivers deposit silt which forms fertile soil each year. Partly because of the flooding,…
Forbidden Love in South Africa
Africa
Love
South Africa
The text that captured my attention was “Country Lovers,” a tale set on a South African farm depicting forbidden love, written by Nadine Gordimer in 1975. What intrigued me about this story was the relationship between the affluent white protagonist, Paulus, and the black enslaved character, Thebedi. Growing up together, Paulus bestowed upon Thebedir various…
Internal and External Assessment – China Eastern Air Holding Company
China
Company
Introduction China Eastern Air Keeping Company ( CEA ) is one of the three major air hose companies in China, which headquartered in Shanghai. At the terminal of September 2012, China Eastern owned entire assets of about 108.5 billion RMB, which included more than 400 big and moderate-sized and had over 60,000 employees. ( CEA,…
Supervolcanoes: are we next?
Earth
Extinction
Nature
Amidst the growing hysteria of 2012 and other apocalyptic theories supervolcanoes are a growing topic of today. These mammoth sized volcanoes have plagued Earth’s history for millions of years causing numerous mass extinctions. The question then arises: will humans be next? By studying the Earth’s explosive history and analyzing how supervolcanoes impact ecosystems we can…
Zeitoun by Dave Eggers
Emotions
Hurricane Katrina
Racism
Have you ever unfairly judged someone based on their identity or appearance? Have you ever experienced a negative incident and searched for someone or something to blame, only to realize that no one was responsible? Natural disasters cannot be blamed on anyone, but during these times, emotions can intensify and unjust blame may be placed…
How Birth Rate Has Changed in China and Singapore Over Time
China
The trends in the Chinese and Singaporean are very similar, in fact they are almost identical, even having the same anomalies. Over times the birth rate has decreased, in Singapore and china. In the 1950s the birth rate was very high with around 45 crude births per 1000. It then gradually decreased till around mid…
Key Terms That are Used to Describe Tornado
Climate
Tornado
A tornado is a violent windstorm usually characterized by a twisting, funne shaped cloud that is caused by a thunderstorm or a hurricane. It is produce when a cool air mass meets a warm air mass and forces the warm air mass t rise over the cool air mass very rapidly. Most of the damage…
Sexual Infidelity Among Married Americans
America
Infidelity
Despite the fact that more than 90% of the general public views engaging in sexual activities with someone other than their spouse as morally unacceptable, sexual infidelity remains common among married and cohabiting Americans. This essay aims to examine the challenges researchers encounter when collecting precise data on this subject and the measures implemented to…
Letter from Fransico Vasquez de Coronado
Myth
Spain
“Letter from Francisco Vazquez de Coronado to the King of Spain (October 20, 1541)” A myth told by the early Spanish explorers of North America about the Seven Cities of Cibola was that it was “a legendary place of beautiful and precious metals and jewels” (Coronado 1541, 5). Over the years historians have proved many…
theme | The five themes of geography are location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, and region. |
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description | Geography is a field of science devoted to the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of the Earth and planets. The first person to use the word γεωγραφία was Eratosthenes. |
quotations | Geography has made us neighbors. History is not everything, but it is a starting point. Love, having no geography, knows no boundaries. There is an eternal landscape, a geography of the soul; we search for its outlines all our lives. War is God’s way of teaching Americans geography. |
information | Importance: Geography can help us understand the planet’s movement, changes, and systems. Topics that are relevant to today such as climate change, water availability, natural resources, and more are much easier understood by those who know geography well., |