The common name is the African Elephant, the scientific name is Loxodonta Africana, the phylum is Vertebrata, the class is Mammalia, the order is Proboscidea, and the family is Elephantidae. The Closest Relatives to the African Elephant are: the Asian Elephant, mammoths, primitive proboscidean (mastodons), sea cows, and hyraxes. Scientists believe that the African Elephant evolved from one of its closest relatives, the Sea Cow. The geographical location and range of the African elephant covers
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Value/Belief Pattern Despite 1.7 million people in the US identifying themselves as Asian Indians or Indian Americans in the 2000 Census, Indian immigrants are not highly as a group in America because they usually speak English...and values acquired in India prior to immigrating to the US. Despite their numbers, however, Indian immigrants are not highly visible as a group because they usually speak English and do not tend to concentrate in distinct neighborhoods. Moreover, because many are highly
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Disability Project: Asian Culture Paper Culture strongly impacts people’s understanding of disabilities and the usage of outside support. In the Asian culture, having a disability is often seen as taboo. Taboo is defined as a custom prohibiting or restricting a particular practice or forbidding association with a particular person, place, or thing. According to the Asian culture, having a disability automatically labels you as an outcast and a worthless citizen (Tsao, 2000). In many Asian countries, if
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schools, and the workplace. Asians are more predominant in my community, which is located near San Francisco, California. The surrounding cities make up the Bay Area and it seems the community and the events that take place around it have been racialized. I’ve personally witnessed the many effects of race in my community. The people in my community do look like me since many of them are Asians. There are other races but the majority of my community is filled with the Asian race. I am Filipino, so I
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Asian-Americans: A “Model-Minority?” Asian-Americans have been called a “model minority” in America. The term “model minority” refers to a “group that, despite past prejudice and discrimination, succeeds economically, socially, and educationally without resorting to political or violent confrontations with Whites” (Schaefer, p.285). There are arguments that coining a group as a “model minority” is a privilege for them and they should take pride in it. Perhaps it is the American way of applauding
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Asian Philosophy and Literature ENG/301 February 1, 2015 Jacob Kolander Asian Philosophy and Literature Asian American literature flourished mostly after the 1930’s and a significant rise came after the 1970’s when Maxine Hong Kingston published several of her books. Asian literature did not emerge earlier as Asian scholars and diplomats were not brought to America; individuals that did come into this new land were solely to work on railroads or mines. This literature mostly refers to the
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The emphasis on Asian cultures is on family interdependence over independence. Many Asians live in large extended family households, where someone is usually near to care for them. Another significant factor in caring for Japanese Americans is the difference between egalitarian and hierarchic cultures. In an egalitarian culture such as found in the United States, everyone theoretically is equal and no one in the family is considered subservient to anyone else. In hierarchic Asian cultures, some
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Health of Asian Americans Professional health care in the United States is faced with many challenges when working with people of different cultures. One of the challenges is developing and practicing standards for different minority groups that are culturally sensitive, competent and can adhere to the appropriate nursing care around the globe. The basis of the existence of any state is to maintain the health of everyone. The criteria for human health among minority groups are different, but all
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high-powered rifles; in Africa, the destruction of elephants reached a peak between 1830 and 1900 (“New Rules”). Today, continuing deforestation and the encroachment of roads, farms, and towns into former elephants habits threaten both African and Asian elephant by restricting their range, cutting off seasonal migration routes, and bringing them into more frequent conflict with people (“New Rules”). Perceptions of the main conservation issues involved have changed radically since the 1960s when
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Writing Task 1 #1 You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The graph below shows the changes in maximum number of Asian elephants between 1994 and 2007. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words. [pic] The bar chart illustrates how the maximum amount of Asian elephants changed over the 7-year period from 1997 to 2004. It can be easily seen from the graph that the general trend
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