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The notion of a globalized beauty standard will never(by any means) be a prevalent way to pick one common core characteristic of what beauty is or how it is defined due to its grand diversity. What is defined as attractiveness is dependent on the country in which those questions are being asked. The influence of color is greatly variable and shaped(molded) by our cultures, color has the power to either alert us or be a psychological reminder to well-known brands and when we compare color to…

Nigeria is in West Africa, along the eastern coast of the Gulf of Guinea and just north of the equator. On the west of Nigeria is Benin, on the north is Niger and Chad, and on the east is Cameroon. Nigeria covers an area of 356,669 square miles (923,768 square kilometers), or about twice the size of California. There are more than 250 ethnic tribes in Nigeria. The three most largest ethnic groups are Hausa, Yoruba, and Igbo (pronounced ee-bo). Some other smaller groups include Fulani, Ijaw,…

the southern part of present day Uganda were the largest. The northern part of present day Uganda was Sudanic and Nilotic tribes, and there was strain between the north and south. Uganda is on the great lakes of central Africa, and located on the equator. The coastal areas of African were explored first, so Uganda is one of the last areas to be reached by foreigners. The first to arrive were the Arab traders in search of slaves and ivory in the 1840’s. When the race to Africa began, the area of…

The Building Blocks of Frederick Tudor’s Ice Trading Business The development of refrigeration technology started in the 1800’s, and the first commercial refrigerator appeared in the 1900’s. However, people who had access to ice used it to preserve food long before the existence of refrigeration technology. In addition, in the early 1800’s, a businessman named Frederick Tudor established an ice trading company that shipped ice to central parts of the world where ice was difficult to obtain.…

vital role in safely escorting ships across the Mediterranean and fighting naval battles with the Germans and Austrians. After the war during the Paris Peace conference, the Japanese wanted three things, all German colonies in the Pacific above the equator, greater influence and control over China, and racial equality in the League of Nations (pre-WWII version of the U.N.). Japan was granted the German colonies, but was rejected greater influence and control over China, not being able to control…

and by the mid 1920s, WCA has become the main producer. Cocoa grows naturally in tropical rain forests. This habitat provides heavy shade and rainfall, uniform temperature and constant relative humidity and is typically only found within 10º of the equator. There are basically three group types of cocoa grown: Criollo, Forestaro and Trinitario (a cross between Criollo and Forestaro). Each type has its own characteristics of growth vigour, fermentation requirements, disease susceptibility and fat…

The Age of New Imperialism in Western Europe started in the late 1800s from economic, political, military, social, and religious motives, as well as from the theory of Social Darwinism. By 1870, it became necessary for European nations to expand their markets to sell products, collect raw materials, and invest in other areas. Larger European nations also believed that colonies were crucial to military power and nationalism. Missionaries started to believe in Imperialism after Rudyard Kipling…

resulted in raised sea levels. With this time pangea ( A supercontinent to where all the continents were all connected.) was also changing, Australia was breaking away from Antarctica and gradually moving away from the South Pole, closer to the Equator. The major plants that were dominating australia were conifers and ferns and by dominated I mean the land was covered in them, Thing is half of australia was covered in shallow inland seas. Evidence from this was found in the fossils from the…

Space is a lot about the unknown and mysteries but one thing we are sure about is the planets. Saturn is one of many in our solar system and is so unique in its own way for being the only plant to have rings around it. We all know of this planet due to its spectacular rings. Although this planet has them it poses many other interesting features. The Romans were the people who made Saturn's name come to be to what it is now. The Romans knew there was seven different bright objects that were in…

Ryan Akins Mrs. Zemetres World Geography L1 African Leader Project 13 October 2015 South Africa South Africa is located south of the equator in the southern hemisphere, its absolute location is 30 degrees South and 25 degrees East. South Africa is bordered by Lesotho, Zimbabwe, and Swaziland, as well as the Atlantic and Indian oceans. Diversity is a huge feature in South Africa because it has about 11 official languages as well as many different cultures and ethnic groups. South Africa has…