Business Terms, Conditionals, and Grammar Exercises
Business and Finance Terminology
Back office / any department or office, as a private office or a department of record keeping that is not usually seen by customers/depart adm
Business process / any activity that is essential for a firm to conduct its business / proceso de neg
Database / a collection of related data, in electronic form that can be gathered, analyzed, or retrieved by a computer/ base de datos
Downsize / to make in a smaller size /reducir
Knowledge work / work that involves using knowledge
Read MoreNatural Law, Positive Law, and Cartesian Method
Natural Law
It asserts that there is another form of approved iMARS God that is to acquire the habit of choosing at every moment the good action.
Natural Law Defined
- NATURAL LAW
Reason discovers a natural law. Moral norms, therefore, are not the result of convention and customs of each region, but are a reflection of natural law. This is one unwritten law, universal and unchanging, that all humans recognize.
The natural law refers to the purposes for which humans have printed in their nature in the form
Read MoreMexican Presidents and Key Policies (1920-1970)
Adolfo de la Huerta (1920)
Amnesty for Francisco Villa
Álvaro Obregón (1920-1924)
- CGT, SEP, EMP, Land Reform
- Signed friendly, commerce, and Bucarelli agreements with the U.S.
- José León Toral, a fanatic, assassinated Obregón.
Plutarco Elías Calles (1924-1928)
- 1924: General direction of roads and irrigation
- 1925: Banco de México generates financial resources, favors agricultural activities.
- 1925: 130 factories, the plant industry consolidates.
- Created: Industrial Technical Institute, the National School
World Population Distribution and Density
Global Population Distribution
Global surface area: 510,000,000 km2
- Land: 150,000,000 km2 (30%)
- Water: 360,000,000 km2 (70%)
Ecumene (habitable land): 13,000,000 km2
Anecumenes: 20,000,000 km2
World population: 6,700,000,000 inhabitants.
Hemispheric Distribution
- Northern Hemisphere: 60% water, 40% land. Contains 85% to 90% of the world’s population.
- Southern Hemisphere (Oceanic Hemisphere): 83% water, 17% land. Contains 10% to 15% of the global population.
The unequal distribution of land inevitably generates
Read MoreEU Integration: Impact on Spain and Global Shifts
European Union Major Policy Issues
The UK initially stayed out of the European Economic Community (EEC), prioritizing free trade and maintaining relationships with its own colonies over closer ties with Europe.
EU Pillars
- Community Treaties: Supranational institutions and powers, representing areas where states transferred sovereignty.
- Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP): Focused on foreign relations and security.
- Justice and Home Affairs: Included projects like the creation of Europol.
Operation
Read MoreUnderstanding Domestic Violence: Terms & Support
Unit 2: Domestic Violence
1. Vocabulary
1.1. Violence Vocabulary
Key Terms:
- Pattern of behavior: Patrón de comportamiento
- Intimidating: Intimidante
- Isolated: Aislado
- Abuse: Malos tratos
- Trap: Trampa
- Emotional abuse: Abuso emocional
- Single incident: Único incidente
- Physical abuse: Abuso físico
- Power and control: Poder y control
- Abuser: Abusador
- Threaten: Amenazar
- Victim: Víctima
- Sexual assault: Agresión sexual
- Target: Objetivo (target audience)
- Demonstration: Manifestación
- To launch an attack: Lanzar un ataque
- Stab
Children’s Literature: History, Genres & Benefits
The Golden Age of Children’s Literature (1863-1911)
The Golden Age of Children’s Literature, spanning from 1863 to 1911, marked a significant shift in how childhood was perceived. Children’s books became more respectful, emphasizing enjoyment and imagination over pure instruction. Writers moved away from didacticism and moralizing, focusing instead on entertainment and sparking children’s imaginations.
Fairy Tales and the Rise of Fantasy
The renaissance of traditional fairy tales went hand-in-hand
Read MoreThe Great War: Origins, Conflicts, and Consequences
World War I: Causes, Events, and Consequences
Timeline of Key Events:
- 1879: Austro-German Alliance
- 1882: Triple Alliance (Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy)
- 1904: Entente Cordiale
- 1907: Triple Entente (France, UK, and Russia)
- 1917: Russian Revolution
- 1919: Treaty of Versailles
- 1926: Locarno Pact
- 1928: Kellogg-Briand Pact
The Road to War
Since the Congress of Vienna, international relations had been governed by the attempt to achieve a balance between the European powers.
Initially, Bismarck’s diplomatic activity
Read MoreSociotechnical and Sociocommunicational Models
- Sociotechnical Model
In this model, power is exercised from the top down. The established administrators choose the hierarchy by delegating some of their power, exercised in successive steps throughout the organization.
This model features the following indicators:
Gómez Dacal:
- The responsibility for decisions remains in the body that holds the authority for adoption.
- The court which has led integrates one of its powers to appoint or dismiss those responsible for decision-making.
- The bodies that have
English Grammar Review: Key Concepts & Practice
English Grammar Review: Key Concepts
Final Test 2
1. Shopping: People used to buy items that were found locally. In the USA, people have been shopping online. Wiggly stores had never existed before. We got used to being able to buy anything online. In the future, will we still be doing our shopping online? Supermarkets may have disappeared. Shops have gradually disappeared. Will they be missed?
2. Modal Verbs & Structures: It must have been a great experience. People who/that help others
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