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semicolonization

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semicolonizationThere are two things that can happen when a

country colonizes another.

1. The colonial power upon arrival, can segregate itself from the native culture, lending itself to acts of genocide and oppression.

This is the negative form of colonization.

2. The colonial power can respect the native culture; it can incorporate their values

into its way of life.

This would be a positive colonization or Semicolonization. Next

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Like the colonial and native cultures that we will deal with, clauses have similar reactions to colonization.

An independent clause is a full sentence pattern that either stands alone or could stand alone – just like a valued culture.

A subordinate clause is a full sentence structure that functions within a sentence but cannot stand alone as a complete sentence – just like a destroyed culture cannot.

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If there are mediators and ambassadors between the two independent cultures, the colonization can be successful, with both sides retaining their identities.

If there is no one to mediate the differences of the two cultures, the stronger of the two cultures will conquer the weaker.

Similarly . . .

We can use a semicolon between two closely related clauses so long as they are independent; We use a comma between an independent clause and its weaker subordinate clause, just like this one.

When a transitional expression appears between independent clauses, we precede it with a semicolon and usually follow it with a comma.

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Your mission is to be the mediator between similar clauses as the user of the semicolon.

The semicolon that you will use looks just like this:

When you see two independent clauses that you think can be semicolonized, click the semicolon on the screen.

When you see that the clauses are not independent, that one is subordinate to the other, click the comma.

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When the Pilgrims came to America the Native Americans greeted them which may have been a mistake considering

how crazy, hungry, and well-armed the British were.

Click on Massasoit to learn

more about the Native American

experience!

Click on Deacon Samuel

Chapin to learn more about the Puritan

experience!

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Britain had many of the same priorities as the people of India they were both family oriented and had

advanced commerce.

Click on Ghandi to learn more about the

Indian experience!

Click on Winston

Churchill to learn more about the English

experience!

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The Spanish, led by Christopher Columbus, met the Taino Indians a people that the Conquistadors thought were

savages.

Click on Christopher Columbus

to learn more about the Spanish experience!

Click on Enriquillos

to learn more about the Taino

experience!

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The Romans appreciated the idea of law as the Hebrews did therefore, the Romans occupied the Holy Land

but allowed the Hebrews to remain in power locally.

Click on Octavius Caesar to

learn more about the Roman

experience!

Click on Moses to

learn more about the Hebrew

experience!

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Alexander the Great, the Greek conqueror, appreciated the value of various cultures

when he and his soldiers conquered a land, they allowed its people to maintain their customs.

Click on Alexander

the Great to learn more about the

Greek experience!

Click on Vardan

Mamikonyan to learn more

about the Persian

experience!

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When the French colonized South East Asia they conquered many countries Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam.

Click on Napoleon III to learn more about the French experience!

Click on Ho Chi Minh to learn more about the

South East Asian

experience!

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Now move on to question number

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Test me!

Go ahead and test yourself. Some of the following sentences are correct; some of

them are false. Test me!

When the British came to America the Native Americans greeted them; which may have been a mistake considering how crazy, hungry, and well-armed the British were.

Correct False

The Spanish, led by Christopher Columbus, met the Taino Indians, a people that the Conquistadors thought were savages.

correct False

When the French colonized South East Asia they conquered many countries: Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam.

correct False

Britain had many of the same priorities as the people of India, they were both family oriented and had advanced commerce.

correct False

The Romans appreciated the idea of law as the Hebrews did, therefore, the Romans occupied the Holy Land but allowed the Hebrews to remain in power locally.

correct False

Alexander the Great, the Greek conqueror, appreciated the value of various cultures; when he and his soldiers conquered a land, they allowed its people to maintain their customs.

correct False

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1 2 3 4 5 6

Now move on to question number

1 2 3 4 5 6

GenocideMain Entry: geno·cidePronunciation: 'je-n&-"sIdFunction: noun: the deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial, political, or cultural

group geno·cid·al /"je-n&-'sI-d&l/ adjective

Example:

When the Nazis tried to kill all of the Jews in concentration camps, they attempted the act of genocide.

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SubordinateMain Entry: [1]sub·or·di·natePronunciation: s&-'bor-d&n-&t, -'bord-n&tFunction: adjective1 : placed in or occupying a lower class, rank, or position : INFERIOR 2 : submissive to or controlled by authority 3 a : of, relating to, or constituting a clause that functions as a noun, adjective,

or adverb b : SUBORDINATING - sub·or·di·nate·ly adverbsub·or·di·nate·ness noun

Example:A soldier is a subordinate of the general in an army.

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MediateMain Entry: [2]me·di·atePronunciation: 'mE-dE-"AtFunction: verbInflected Form(s): -at·ed; -at·ing transitive senses1 a : to effect by action as an intermediary b : to bring accord out of by action as an

intermediary 2 a : to act as intermediary agent in bringing, effecting, or communicating b : to

transmit as intermediate mechanism or agency intransitive senses1 : to interpose between parties in order to reconcile them 2 : to reconcile differences - me·di·a·tive /-"A-tiv/ adjectiveme·di·a·to·ry /-&-"tOr-E, -"tor-/ adjective

Example:The teacher must mediate when two students get into a fight.

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ambassadorMain Entry: am·bas·sa·dorPronunciation: am-'ba-s&-d&r, &m-, im-, -"dor, -'bas-d&rFunction: noun1 : an official envoy; especially : a diplomatic agent of the highest rank

accredited to a foreign government or sovereign as the resident representative of his own government or sovereign or appointed for a special and often temporary diplomatic assignment

2 a : an authorized representative or messenger b : an unofficial representative <traveling abroad as ambassadors of goodwill>

- am·bas·sa·do·ri·al /-"ba-s&-'dOr-E-&l, -'dor-/ adjectiveam·bas·sa·dor·ship /-'ba-s&-d&r-"ship/ noun

Example:The dignitary that came from China to talk to the President is an ambassador.

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Wow! You seem to have really mastered the semicolon! Great

job!