2565 résultats pour "culture"

• Native American Religions.

  In the worldview of most of the indigenous peoples of North America, there were also spiritual beings to be avoided. Native Americans of the Southwest in particular,such as the Navajo and Apache, dreaded contact with ghosts, who were believed to resent the living. These peoples disposed of the bodies of deceased relativesimmediately and attempted to distance themselves from the spirits of the dead, avoiding their burial sites, never mentioning their names, and even abandoning thedwellings in whi...

• les graminées (Exposé – SVT – Collège/Lycée)

  dépassent en effet 2 rn de hauteur. Mais la plupart des membres de cette sous-famille sont adaptés aux milieux hum ides : roseaux et cannes de Provence les colonisent dans toute l'Europe et l'Asie tempérée . Les roselières , formations végétales composées presque uniquement de roseaux, représentent des milieux toujours riches de vie dans les marais ou au bord des éttlnfS, des lacs et des Sous-FAMILLE DU RIZ La sous-famille du riz ou Orizoïdées (1...

• Pakistán - geografía.

  3 POBLACIÓN El sustrato étnico de la población de Pakistán es muy variado, debido en gran medida a que el país se encuentra en una región que ha sido repetidamente invadida desdetiempos inmemoriales. La población proviene de grupos étnicos como drávidas, arios, griegos, escitas, hunos, árabes, mongoles, persas, turcos y afganos. En la actualidad,los punjabíes constituyen la mayoría de la población. 3.1 Características de la población La población de Pakistán (según estimaciones para 2008) era...

• biodiversité (faune & Flore).

  réduites, et ce même si la totalité de l’espèce ne s’éteint pas. En effet, quand la diversité au sein d’une espèce devient moindre, le spectre d’action de la sélection naturelleest diminué. La perte de diversité génétique d’une espèce donnée est appelée érosion génétique, et de plus en plus de scientifiques s’en préoccupent. La diversité génétique est particulièrement importante pour le domaine de la productivité et du développement agricoles. En effet, l’agriculture s’appuie depuis des siècles...

• II apparaît de plus en plus clairement aujourd'hui que la culture de l'écrit et la conception de l'art sur lesquelles...

  II apparaît de plus en plus clairement aujourd'hui que la culture de l'écrit et la conception de l'art sur lesquelles a reposé notre civilisation pendant des millénaires sont actuellement mises en cause par la civilisation de l'image. Celle-ci a développé ses moyens propres au rythme des innovations technologiques qui caractérisent l'ère industrielle. Les apparitions successives de la photographie (début du xixe s.), du cinéma (fin du xixe s.) et de la télévision (milieu du xxe s.) ont jalonné c...

• L'INDE ET LE SOUS CONTINENT INDIEN (Travaux Personnels Encadrés – Géographie - Enseignements Pratiques Interdisciplinaires)

  Il se situe dans les chaînes de I'Hindu Kuch et du Karakorum qui sépa r e nt le Pakistan respectivemen t de l'Afghanistan et de la Chine. À l 'ouest, la passe de K hyber relie le Pakistan à l'Afghanistan . le centre est dom in é par les monts Sulayman et Toba Kakar . Dans le sud-ouest, le Baloutchista n est occupé par u n grand plateau arid e. LE CLIMA T • Climat continental, peu marqué par la mousson. Dans les plaines , les hivers sont frais et les étés...

• Cot1se11/s dtlXCtJHtlitltJts Les modalités de l'épreuve - Objectif: l'épreuve de culture générale a pour objet d'évaluer les capacités d'analyse et...

  Cot1se11/s dtlXCtJHtlitltJts Les modalités de l'épreuve - Objectif: l'épreuve de culture générale a pour objet d'évaluer les capacités d'analyse et de jugement du candidat par rapport aux grandes questions sanitaires et sociales. - Durée: 2 heures. - Notation: sur 20 points. - Elle comporte: • 5 questions posées à partir de 5 textes dactylographiés de 10 à 15 lignes. Une seule question est posée sur chacun de ces textes; • 3 points sont attribués à chaque ques­ tion; • 5 points sont réservés à...

• Partagez-vous le point de vue de l'auteur qui semble ne voir dans les conditions de la vie moderne que des obstacles pour ceux qui voudraient se cultiver ?

  II. La vie moderne et la culture • Il est certain que notre société industrielle et de consommation privilégie de plus en plus la rentabilité.• La fameuse formule : « rapport qualité/prix » pousse à parceller la tâche culturelle (à travers des cerveauxconsacrés à chaque nuance spéciale de la recherche), pour obtenir le plus rapidement possible le meilleur résultat.• Car une des caractéristiques de notre fin de siècle est aussi la vitesse.• Aussi sommes-nous sous le règne des technocrat...

• Turquía - geografía.

  de Guleman y Fethoye, y de magnetita en las proximidades de Divrigi, además de plomo y cinc repartidos por todo el país. En Boron se ha encontrado cobre y plata, ypetróleo en cantidades más reducidas en la zona suroriental. 2.6 Temas medioambientales Situada en el punto de encuentro de tres grandes regiones biogeográficas, Turquía alberga 2.400 especies vegetales endémicas. Las zonas con lagos, lagunas costeras yotros humedales son numerosas. Aproximadamente el 13,1% (2005) de la tierra está cu...

• Marx L'abeille et l'architecte

  abstrait et général de « prime abord ». En effet, l’homme apparait comme une puissance naturelle, une puissance donnée par la nature, innée qui agit sur d’autres forces naturelles. Ce qui est un paradoxe puisque l’homme s’oppose à la nature. Le fait que Marx renvoie l’homme à une force naturelle est en opposition à ce qui est construit. La nature n’a pas encore subit d’intervention, aucune transformation. Par conséquent, elle s’oppose à la culture qui désigne toute activité qui ajo...

• Jamaica - country.

  majority, the Church of God, Baptists, Anglicans, Seventh-day Adventists, Pentecostalists, and Roman Catholics predominate. Several well-established Jewish, Muslim,and Hindu communities exist. A number of popular sects, such as Pocomania and Rastafarianism, are a significant and famous feature of the national religious life. C Education School attendance by children between the ages of 6 and 11 is nearly universal, and 84 percent of all 12- to 18-year-olds attend secondary institutions. In 2000...

• Houston - geography.

  Prominent historical and cultural institutions include the Civic Center Complex, located in the central business district. The complex is composed of the George R. BrownConvention Center; the Wortham Center, which is the home of the Houston Grand Opera and the Houston Ballet; and the Jesse H. Jones Hall for Performing Arts, whichis the home of the Houston Symphony. The nearby Alley Theatre houses a professional repertory acting company. Among other local professional performance groupsare the Ma...

• Europe .

  D Vegetation Although much of Europe, particularly the west, was originally covered by forest, the vegetation has been transformed by human habitation and the clearing of land.Only in the most northerly mountains and in parts of north central European Russia has the forest cover been relatively unaffected by human activity. On the otherhand, a considerable amount of Europe is covered by woodland that has been planted or has reoccupied cleared lands. The largest vegetation zone in Europe, cuttin...

• Europe - Geography.

  D Vegetation Although much of Europe, particularly the west, was originally covered by forest, the vegetation has been transformed by human habitation and the clearing of land.Only in the most northerly mountains and in parts of north central European Russia has the forest cover been relatively unaffected by human activity. On the otherhand, a considerable amount of Europe is covered by woodland that has been planted or has reoccupied cleared lands. The largest vegetation zone in Europe, cuttin...

• Neandertals.

  Neandertals made stone tools by striking flakes from rock “cores.” The cores were carefully selected and prepared so that only a single blow was normally required todetach a flake. A number of relatively standardized flakes were sometimes produced from a single core. These sharp flakes served as “blanks” that were further workedand shaped into the desired tools. Suitable stone was sometimes rare, and often tools were sharpened and resharpened to make new tools, yielding a whole variety ofshapes...

• Fiches Bac

  exigeante en eau, mais il est bon de laisser le substrat sécher de temps en temps. La durée de floraison sera de 2 à 2 semaines et demie. La Renoncule forme un bulbe qui peut être remis en culture à l'automne suivant. Maladies: Oïdium erysiphe, Pythium, pourriture des fleurs, Fusarium tabacium et oxysporum, Peronospora ficariae , Antrachnose. Virus et Bactéries: Virus de la Mosaïque du Concombre, Vi...

• Peter the Great I INTRODUCTION Peter the Great or Peter I (1672-1725), tsar and, later, emperor of Russia (1682-1725), who is linked with the Westernization of Russia and its rise as a great power.

  V LATER REIGN Before long, however, these and other reform measures had to cede center stage to the prosecution of the Great Northern War (1700-1721) against Sweden. Peter’sjourney west did not result in a great alliance against the Ottomans, but it led to one against Sweden. Russia fought together with Denmark and the union of Polandand Saxony against Sweden to win the Baltic coastline, the 'window into Europe,' and to break Swedish dominance over the northern part of the continent. At the tim...

• Peter the Great.

  V LATER REIGN Before long, however, these and other reform measures had to cede center stage to the prosecution of the Great Northern War (1700-1721) against Sweden. Peter’sjourney west did not result in a great alliance against the Ottomans, but it led to one against Sweden. Russia fought together with Denmark and the union of Polandand Saxony against Sweden to win the Baltic coastline, the 'window into Europe,' and to break Swedish dominance over the northern part of the continent. At the tim...

• Religion, culture et société

  retour à l'idéalisme pré-marxien: l'analyse de Weber est bien plus nuancée, et repose sur une quantité considérable de faits observés (texte 19). L'étude des phénomènes religieux s'affine encore avec la prise en compte de leur fondement dynamique. Mircea Éliade revient à la classification dualiste entre sacré et profane, mais montre qu'elle n'a rien de statique, que la frontière qui les sépare varie selon les époques et les lieu...

• AGRICULTURE : la culture fruitière

  Vue aérienne d'une importante exploitation de vergers près de Valence . {Photo Laur os-Ca ndel ier- Atlas-P h o to). Exigences spécifiques des diverses espèces fruitières Pommier Grande souplesse d'adaptation aux sols et climats , en particulier grâce à la variété des porte-greffes utili­ sables, mais exige d'importantes disponibilités en eau pendant la période végétative. Poirier Plus exigeant que le pommier quant au sol. Greffé sur franc, il demande...

• Alphabet I INTRODUCTION Bengali Script India developed a number of different writing systems over the course of its history.

  A Pictographic and Ideographic Systems Early systems of writing used pictures to represent things and then to represent the sounds of those things. Pictographic writing, in which a simplified picture of the sunstood for the word sun, was probably the first step toward a written language. Chinese began as a pictographic language. To represent abstract ideas, the Chinese writing system combined pictographs. For example, the pictographs for sun and tree were combined to represent the concept of...

• La Diffusion Du Livre Au Moyen Age

  accable de sarcasmes. Jean Gerson* (1363-1429) maître de l'université, chancelier, a écrit un nombre d'œuvres trèsimportant, notamment un traité De Laude Scriporum*, il incite des moines à s'adonner à la copie des bons ouvrages.Il dit que les copistes ne sont que des dessinateurs en reproduisant les caractères sans comprendre et de lamauvaise manière. -Le commerce d'occasion Ce qui accélère la diffusion des livres est le fait qu'ils sont mis sur lecommerce et passent de main en main ain...

• Costa Rica - country.

  protection from future deforestation is not guaranteed. Deforestation places Costa Rica’s rich biodiversity in danger. The country’s location on the cusp between Northand South America and its abundance of tropical forests make it home to a great variety of species, many of them rare and threatened. Deforestation also contributesto the country’s problematic rate of soil erosion. Costa Rica is party to international treaties concerning biodiversity, climate change ( see Global Warming), endangere...

• Montréal - geography.

  percent), and Eastern Orthodox (2.8 percent) religions. Another 5.4 percent claim no religious affiliation. IV EDUCATION AND CULTURE Montréal has a large number of private schools, most of them partially funded by the province. Like the rest of Québec province, Montréal has two public schoolsystems, one for French speakers and one for English speakers. The Charter of the French Language (1977), known as Bill 101, restricts access to English-languageschools and requires children of immigrants t...

• Montréal - Geography.

  percent), and Eastern Orthodox (2.8 percent) religions. Another 5.4 percent claim no religious affiliation. IV EDUCATION AND CULTURE Montréal has a large number of private schools, most of them partially funded by the province. Like the rest of Québec province, Montréal has two public schoolsystems, one for French speakers and one for English speakers. The Charter of the French Language (1977), known as Bill 101, restricts access to English-languageschools and requires children of immigrants t...

• Trinidad and Tobago - country.

  III PEOPLE The history of Trinidad and Tobago is reflected in the makeup of its population, among the most ethnically diverse in the Caribbean. Blacks of African ancestry andAsians of Indian ancestry each make up about 40 percent of the population. The remainder is mainly of mixed ancestry, although there are also small groups of peopleof Chinese, European, South American, and Middle Eastern descent. The ethnic diversity of Trinidad and Tobago owes its origins to slavery and its abolition. Afr...

• Uruguay (country) - country.

  Freedom of religion is guaranteed by the constitution of Uruguay. Three-quarters of the people belong to the Roman Catholic Church. There are also sizable Protestantand Jewish congregations. The official language is Spanish, which in Uruguay has been influenced by Italian vocabulary and pronunciation. C Education Uruguay has one of the highest rates of literacy in Latin America, at 98.2 percent of the adult population. Six years of primary education is compulsory, and Uruguay isone of the few n...

• Honduras - country.

  A Principal Cities The capital and largest city of Honduras is Tegucigalpa (2006 estimate, 1,324,000), located in the south-central highlands region. The country’s second largest city isSan Pedro Sula (549,498). The principal city and commercial center in the north, it lies in the heart of the vast banana plantations on the Caribbean Sea. La Ceiba(127,590) and Puerto Cortés (90,161) are among the leading Caribbean ports. B Language and Religion Spanish is the official language and is spoken by...

• Lithuania - country.

  pollution. III PEOPLE Ethnic Lithuanians constitute about 80 percent of the country’s population. The proportion of Lithuanians increased slightly in the first years after the dissolution of theSoviet Union—many Lithuanians returned to their homeland from that country and abroad while some Russians, Ukrainians, and Belarusians left the country. Russiansand Poles constitute the country’s largest minority groups, each accounting for roughly 7 percent of the population. Jews were the largest mino...

• Azerbaijan - country.

  second most important industrial center after Baku. A Ethnic Groups Azerbaijan, including the autonomous exclave of Naxçivan, is populated mostly by ethnic Azerbaijanis, who are also known as Azeris. The ethnic composition of thecountry changed due to a civil war between the government of Azerbaijan and Armenian secessionists in the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave. Beginning in 1988, when thepeople of Nagorno-Karabakh unilaterally decided to secede from Azerbaijan, nearly the entire Azerbaijani popula...

• Guatemala - country.

  C Climate The climate of Guatemala varies according to elevation, from hot coastal plains to cold mountain heights. Most of the population lives between 900 and 2,400 m (3,000and 8,000 ft) above sea level, where there are warm days and cool nights with average annual temperatures of 20°C (68°F). The coastal regions are hot and humid,with average annual temperatures of 28°C (83°F). A rainy season, from May through October, is sometimes called “winter” because it brings cloudy afternoons andlower...

• Latvia - country.

  The population of Latvia is about 2,245,423 (2008 estimate), yielding an average population density of 35 persons per sq km (91 per sq mi). Latvia is highly urbanized.Some 66 percent of the population lives in urban areas, with nearly one-third of the total population residing in the capital, Rīga. Other important cities includeDaugavpils, an industrial center in the southeast, on the Daugava River; Liep āja, an important port on the Baltic Sea; Jelgava, an industrial center near Rîga; J ūrmala,...

• Bolivia - country.

  E Plants and Animals Because of the wide variations in elevation, plant and animal species of nearly every climatic zone are found in Bolivia. A coarse grass, called ichu, grows on the largelybarren high plateau in the west. Para rubber trees, more than 2,000 species of hardwood trees, and vanilla, sarsaparilla, and saffron plants are common in the tropicalforests of the east. The llama, found chiefly on the Altiplano, is an efficient beast of burden. Alpacas and vicuñas also inhabit the platea...

• Georgia (country) - country.

  1917. During the subsequent Soviet period, religious practice was strongly discouraged because the Soviet state was officially atheistic; however, the GeorgianOrthodox Church was allowed to function openly. Orthodox Christianity is the religion of about 58 percent of the Georgian population. Muslims represent about 19 percent of the country’s population, with ethnicAzerbaijanis, Kurds, and Ajars comprising the principal Muslim groups. Ajars are ethnic Georgians who converted to Islam in the 17th...

• Berlin - geography.

  boroughs of Wedding and Tiergarten. Other important central areas include Kreuzberg and Friedrichshain, now united as the Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg borough, andPrenzlauer Berg, now incorporated as a part of the Pankow borough. Tiergarten contains a large wooded park, a zoo, and a variety of public monuments as well as the large, modern Congress Hall and the Reichstag building, which wasbuilt from 1884 to 1894. The Reichstag and the surrounding area have undergone renovation to accommodate the Bun...

• Mental Illness.

  note that under this definition, political dissidents could be considered mentally ill for refusing to accept the dictates of their government. VI PREVALENCE Mental illness affects people of all ages, races, cultures, and socioeconomic classes. The prevalence of mental illness refers to how many people experience a mentalillness during a specified time period. A United States and Worldwide In the United States, researchers estimate that about 24 percent of people 18 or older, or about 44 mill...

• Madrid - geography.

  stores and offices on the first one or two levels. While many people rent their apartments, most own them and participate in cooperatives that maintain the building.Because living spaces are small by American standards, madrileños do most of their socializing in the streets, bars, restaurants, and parks of their neighborhoods. Onlya few very wealthy areas north of the city have single family houses with gardens and yards similar to those in American suburbs. Many of the newest neighborhoodsare c...

• Greek Art and Architecture - USA History.

  The struggle between these two city-states and their allies ultimately led to the Peloponnesian War (431-404 BC), which Sparta won. Despite this conflict, the 5th century, often called the Classical period, is usually considered the culmination of Greek art, architecture, and drama, with its highest achievements being the Temple ofZeus at Olympia, the Parthenon in Athens, and the plays of Athenian dramatists Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Aristophanes. The 4th century, or Late Classical p...

• Republic of Indonesia - country.

  Mahakam in East Kalimantan and the Martapura and Barito in South Kalimantan. Most of these rivers originate in the island’s central massif (mountain mass) and meander through extensive swamps as they approach the coast. Settlements such as Samarinda and Banjarmasin cluster along the rivers, which serve ascommunication routes into the interior. The largest rivers on Sumatra drain from west to east into the Strait of Malacca. In the north, the Asahan River once linked trade between the Batak peo...

• Roman Empire .

  A Government Augustus did not derive his power from any single office, but from the authority of his name and his victory. In fact, he carefully pieced together a patchwork of powersthat allowed him to be an absolute ruler and yet avoid the hatred Caesar aroused as dictator. In Latin, the name Augustus implies both political authority and religiousrespect. The Romans had for some time called Octavian imperator , a title once awarded to victorious generals that soon became associated with the r...

• Roman Empire - History.

  A Government Augustus did not derive his power from any single office, but from the authority of his name and his victory. In fact, he carefully pieced together a patchwork of powersthat allowed him to be an absolute ruler and yet avoid the hatred Caesar aroused as dictator. In Latin, the name Augustus implies both political authority and religiousrespect. The Romans had for some time called Octavian imperator , a title once awarded to victorious generals that soon became associated with the r...

• 5 forces de Porter

  nouvelles entreprises. Par exemple, Hyndai (Japon) et Kepco (Corée du Sud) ont remporté un contrat aux EAU face à Areva.   2-   Alternatives et produits de substitutions :   Trois technologies très polluantes sont alternatives au nucléaire : les centrales thermiques (charbon, pétrole), les barrages fluviaux (noyade de zones) et la marémotrice (pollutions des côtes) restent dépendantes d'énergie naturelle (force de l'eau ou énergies fossiles). 4 technologies sont renouvelables et dégradantes et s...

• Theater I INTRODUCTION The Art of Theater BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc.

  Theater at EpidaurusAncient Greek dramas were performed in open-air theaters like this one in Epidaurus, Greece, which was designed byPolyclitus the Younger in 350 bc. A festival of ancient Greek drama is still held in the summer in this 14,000-seat theater.Roger Wood/Corbis Fundamental to the theater experience is the act of seeing and being seen; in fact, the word theater comes from the Greek word theatron , meaning 'seeing place.' Throughout the history of world cultures, actors have used...

• Conclusion J'ai choisi de limiter cette évocation de l'histoire pharaonique à la conquête d'Alexandre parce que l'arrivée des Macédoniens marque la fin de l'autonomie politique de l'Égypte.

  traditionnelles etlanouvelle liaisonduport deBérénice àCoptos etPtolémaïs enMoyenne-Égypte —autant de fondations plusgrecques qu'égyptiennes. Alexandrieestlecreuset oùces apports orientaux côtoientceuxque l'Occident envoieparlesgrandes routesmaritimes, deRhodes, deCarthage oudeRome. Lacivilisation quiy naît ainsi asa propre originalité, quel'onretrouve dansdesœuvres commelesSyracusaines deThéocrite, où les Grandes Adoniesetl'immense brassagedepopulations sontévoqués avechumour. Cettecivilisation...

• Library (institution).

  rooms, special galleries for exhibitions, auditoriums for lectures or concerts, computer rooms, children’s rooms, photocopy rooms, and classrooms. A3 Lending Materials As part of their mission to provide information resources to the community, public libraries allow users to borrow items from their collections for limited amounts of time.To be eligible to borrow public library materials, a user must register her or his name, address, and other basic information with the local library’s circulat...

• Portraiture I INTRODUCTION Portraiture, visual representation of individual people, distinguished by references to the subject's character, social position, wealth, or profession.

  CaracallaCaracalla is a Roman portrait bust in marble of the emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, probably done circa ad 215. Theson of Septimius Severus, Caracalla (as he was known) was a brutal man whose qualities come through in this piece withits dramatic realism. The bust, which is now in the Louvre, Paris, evidently served as the inspiration for Michelangelo’sbust of Brutus more than one thousand years later.Bridgeman Art Library, London/New York The first representations of identifiable ind...

• Cours nature culture

  LA NATURE ET LA CULTURE mardi 20 septembre 2022 09:08 Discours de la méthode(1637) de Descartes, seconde partie. "Je pensais que, pour ce que nous avons tous été enfants avant que d'être hommes, et qu'il nous a fallu longtemps être gouvernés par nos appétits et nos précepteurs, qui étaient souvent contraires les uns aux autres, et qui, ni les uns ni les autres, ne nous conseillaient peut être pas toujours le meilleur, il est presque impossible que nos jugement soient si purs ni si so...

• Le péplum (culture générale)

  Aux cotes de ces sommets du genre sont cependant declines, avec des moyens plus legers et une exigeance moindre, de nombreux peplums destines au marche national. L'Antiquite y est souvent malmenee, victime d'approximations voire d'inventions historiques, parfois meme totalement reecrite, avec !introduction de personnages ou de creatures appartenant a d'autres sources, romans populaires ou bandes dessinees. Si le genre parait hybride, hesitant entre le traitement de sujets « nobles et la recherch...

• Les Violettes

  Le grand botaniste et voyageur Johannes Costaeus nous dit que la violette double et très parfumée, qui fera plus tard la renommée de la Ville Rose, est née dans la lointaine Perse et fleurissait au XVIIe siècle les jardins de la Sublime Porte. Ses fleurs étaient alors aussi grandes que de petits boutons de rose. La violette, dite de Parme, passe par Naples avant de s'installer en 1755 dans la région de Grasse où elle est surtout utilisée en parfumerie. Elle est devenue, par l'habileté des hortic...

• Doté d'un territoire de la taille d'un continent, peuplé par vagues

  Au sud du Mato Grosso, la vaste plaine sédimentaire du Pantanal (100 000 km 2) est presque entièrement inondée pendant la saison humide. Complétez votre recherche en consultant : Les corrélats Amazonie Guyanes (les) Iguaçu Mato Grosso Negro (rio) Paraíba do Sul (rio) sahel São Francisco savane sertão Uruguay Les livres tropiques - les chutes d'Iguaçu, au Brésil, page 5296, volume 10 Amérique du Sud - l'Amazone à Trioujary, au Brésil, page 215, volume 1 Brésil - vue de la Serr...