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Indian Overseas Bank
Banking
India
Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) is a significant bank with 1,400 branches in India and six branches overseas. Established in 1937 and headquartered in Chennai (formerly Madras), IOB has its own ISO certified Information Technology department. This department has developed software for online banking services, which is used by 900 branches. By the end of the…
Where My World Began Analysis
World
Charles Maclean Mrs. Burton ENG 3U March 18th 2013 A Small Prairie Town Margaret Laurence describes the basis of her views on the world in her autobiographical essay “Where the World Began” to represent Canada. She states that her small prairie town constitutes the way she has formed her views. She uses the microcosm of…
History of Application of Congo v. Uganda
Government
International Relations
United Nations
Background to the Case In June 1999, the Democratic Republic of Congo had filed its application to the International Court of Justice in which it had alleged that Uganda had carried out “acts of armed aggression” on its territory and that this was a “flagrant violation of the United Nations Charter and the Charter of…
Evidence of vikings and African presence before 1492
Africa
Before Columbus arrived in 1492, historians have suggested that both Nordic and West African people were present in the Americas. Evidence supporting their possible presence, such as oral sagas, documented routes, artifacts, and skeletal remains, has been uncovered. However, debates continue regarding the authenticity of their arrival. Some argue that the evidence for Nordic presence…
History of Gender Bias in Chinese Families
China
Gender
Son preference has existed among most Chinese parents for centuries. Across thousands of years of Chinese history, Confucianism has served as an officially supported patriarchal belief that has deemed women inferior to men and has limited the role of women to their households. Women were understood to belong to their families before marriage and thus…
Luke Edward Wright
Government
Philippines
Policy
When Mr. Wright became civil government, he dwelt upon the need of industrial development and of transportation especially railroads and urged that encouragement and friendliness to be shown to those who desired to enter the islands for their legitimate development. He wrote in policy that should be one of “equal opportunities to all”. Mr Wright’s…
Great Awakening: First Event to Efficaciously Act Upon All of the British Settlements
British
The Great Awakening. which found its beginnings in 1740. was the first event to efficaciously act upon all of the British settlements. In recent old ages faith had become self-satisfied. and many people were traveling to church. but non truly profiting from the instructions. Traveling through the gestures and moving like they were deriving something…
An Inconvenient Truth Summary
Kyoto Protocol
Truth
Based on a film I viewed at SM Cinema on March 5, 2011, it was noted that the environment naturally captures solar heat by means of carbon dioxide and other gases. This mechanism is crucial for preserving the livability of our planet’s surface. Nevertheless, human actions including the combustion of fossil fuels (coal, gas, and…
Identity Politics in Indonesia, Burma and the Philippines
Philippines
Politics
For a multi-ethnic society such as Southeast Asia, ethnic conflicts and political instability are inevitable. In the course of nation building when homogeneity is aimed out of heterogeneity, each ethnic group struggles to assert not only their rights to equality and autonomy, but also their sense of uniqueness and identity. This provokes many of them…
Delaware: The First State and The Diamond State
America
DelawareDelaware is a really cool state. I say that because there is not a whole-lot of crime there and for country folks its great because there is a lot of cows and pigs, but there are also a lot of cars there too. It was some rivers and creeks land definition and tons of history,…
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., |