PROF Johnk Documents

Five Causes for Expansion in Japan ANS:nationalism, militarism, political instability of China and political and economic impact of the Great Depression How did the philosophy of Feudal Japan contribute to the rise of nationalism? ANS:Contributed to the nationalist attitude by having the Japanese people believe that Japan was the chosen land. How did the opening of Japan in 1867 contribute to the rise of nationalism? ANS:Focus on the Emperor of Japan with the sonno joi movement as well as the ...

R v Raheem Ul Nasir ANS:Example of Aggravating Factor - victims were Asian R v Ex Parte Brownlow ANS:Legality of police and wider background checks questioned R v Mason ANS:Legality of police and wider background checks - inquiry confirmed by Court of Appeal R v Ponting ANS:Juries Jury refusing to convict despite evidence R v Randle and Pottle ANS:Juries Jury failing to convict the defendants despite pleading guilty; 25-year difference between crime and trial R v Young ANS:Juries Jury no...

solary system ANS:System of planets and other celestial bodies that orbit/revolve around the sun Heliocentric ANS:Sun is the center of the universe Geocentric ANS:Earth is the center of the Universe Terrestrial Planets ANS:Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars Giant planets ANS:Gas giants- Jupiter and Saturn Ice giants- Uranus and Neptune dwarf planet ANS:pluto, does not clear its own orbit Stars ANS:immense balls of incandescent gas for every one grain of sand on earth there are 10 stars Sun ANS...

Parsons functions ANS:functionalism rsalistic and particularistic standards socialising agency durkheim functions ANS:functionalism ed workforce 2. specialistic skills 3. shared norms and values davis and moore functions ANS:functionalism 1. sift and sort. 2. inequality is needed 3. better jobs need better rewards/pay durkheim crits ANS:1. fails to consider different cultures. not everyone has the same norms and values. davis and moore crits ANS:1. failing students rebel new right...

Erosion ANS:The action of surface processes (such as water flow or wind) that removes soil, rock, or dissolved material from one location on the Earth's crust, and then transports it to another location Addition of energy Deposition ANS:Process by which sediments, soil, and rocks are added to a landform or land mass Loss of energy (Not to be confused with weathering! These inherently involve movement, while weathering does not!) Mass Movement/Wasting ANS:• Any unit movement of a body of ...

Baud Rate ANS:The maximum possible number of signal changes that can occur in a wire per second. Bit Rate ANS:The number of bits that can be sent down a wire per second. Integer ANS:A whole number that can be positive, negative or zero. Examples: -3, 0, 7, 2013588. Natural (Number) ANS:A whole number that is either positive or zero. Examples: 0, 1, 2, 100, 67238. Rational (Number) ANS:Any number that can be represented as the fraction 'a/b' where 'a' and 'b' are both integers. ...

Since religious truth is simply a matter of opinion, considering the truth-claims of any given religion may be interesting, but it is not very helpful ANS:False To raise the question of the truth-claims of religion means that I must explore the nature of truth itself ANS:True Your textbook suggests that in the "popular mindset" one can find at least two camps regarding the nature of truth and truth-claims, especially with regard to religion truth. These are kind of opposite ends of a continu...

a posteriori ANS:from observation Inductive ANS:based on probability Palsy's three observations ANS:Complexity, purpose and regularity Natural Theology, Paley quote ANS:"That designer must have been a person and that person is God." Paley's illustrations to support his argument ANS:the eye, fish and their gills and regularity of universe Hume's rejections of the idea of design ANS:mechanistic analogies are inappropriate, the apparent order could be due to chance Hume's criticisms of ...

Adalat ANS:divine justice adam ANS:One of the prophets of Allah. The father of humankind. He built the Ka'aba. akhirah ANS:life after death arafat ANS:A plain near Makkah where pilgrims confess their sins ashura ANS:important day in shi'a islam, shi'a muslims commemorate the martydom of hussein. sunni muslims use this day as a day of repentance. day of judgement ANS:The day when Allah will decide about individual deeds, good and bad, and on reward or punishment. the five pillars ANS:obs...

According to the Code of Ethics, one way executives can avoid or minimize negative implications of conflict of interest is: a) develop a PR plan to address conflict of interest scenarios b) not participate in specific decisions where conflict may exist c) ensure members submit annual holdings for inspection d) make the conflict known to those in superior positions ANS:D The principles of quality improvement require that executives change their management philosophy from: A) finding fault...