desires‚ the person is harmless and there’s no need for execution. 6. One of the most grotesque is the brutal killing of those who do not listen to Big Brother‚ which is a part of the utopia of Oceania. 7. Newspeak is the fictional language spoken in 1984. It was created to limit free thought‚ freedom‚ and self-expression. Newspeak is a metaphor of the total dominance of the state. 8. Because Goldstein‚ the head of the Party himself‚ is black-haired and brown-eyed‚ it doesn’t fit the Aryan mold at
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SOCIAL REFORM MOVEMENTS PAGES 351-361 MORAL REFORM‚ ASYLUMS & PRISONS Social evil --- alcohol; prostitution ( common in port cities) Evangelical reformers approach o Rescue prostitutes o Offered salvation of religion‚ prayer & temporary shelter Poor rate of success Offered women domestic work which was low paying/restrictive Campaigns against prostitution organized by women o Continued throughout the 19th century Earliest‚ most effective anti-prostitution movement o Female
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Chapter 25: Terms & Questions Toussaint L’Overture Leader of the French slave rebellion on St.Domingue in 1781‚ led to the creation of independent republic Haiti in 1804 (1743- d. 1803) Mask of Ferdinand Latin American movements that allegedly supported the Bourbon monarch Miguel de Hidalgo Mexican priest who established independence movements among American Indians and Mestizos in 1810; he was eventually captured and executed Dr Jose Rodrequez de Francia First leader of Paraguay
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Causes and Effects of the Extent of the Black Death The Bubonic Plague started in Europe in the fourteenth century. The plague had wiped out nearly one third of the population and did not single anyone out‚ regardless of age‚ gender‚ or religion. All of this occurred as a result of a single fleabite. Bubonic Plague also known as Black Death started in Asia and traveled to Europe by ships. The Bubonic Plague was an infectious disease spread by fleas living on rats which would attached themselves
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Politic of Ancient Nations of China from 1120BCE to 220CE. Through thousands of years of Chinese history‚ numerous numbers of countries repeated to rise and fall‚ especially during 1200BCE and 220CE due to two periods of warring nations. In this period‚ there were long lasting nations such as Han‚ which controlled the eastern China for 400 years‚ to nations that collapsed all of a sudden‚ like Qin. Even though there were countless numbers of nations existed in this period‚ there were some unchanging
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cultural unity made the consolidation of various conquered people possible. This sort of cultural unity was also seen later in history during the French Revolution‚ when it helped to create a new France. Fighting against the Ancien Regime and using the rallying cry of “Liberty‚ Fraternity‚ and Equality”‚ the people of France became one and began a new era in their history. The empires in Rome and China were wildly successful in consolidating power and expanding their influence because they used
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AP European History: Unit 4.1 SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION AND ENLIGHTENMENT Use space below for I. The Scientific Revolution A. Medieval view of the world notes 1. Primarily religious and theological 2. Political theory based on divine right of kings 3. Society largely governed by Church views‚ traditions‚ and practices 4. Superstition played major role in the lives of the people 5. Scientific thought in the early-16th century was still based on Medieval ideas a. Views about the universe
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Collingwood argued that history is always a product of the relationship between the past and the present. He argued that there are no "pure" facts. They all come to us through the mind of the one who records them. As the famous historian Fustel de Coulanges said‚ "Do not applaud me. It is not I who speaks to you‚ but history which speaks through my mouth." I think first to understand the weight of truth in relation to history‚ I must define what history is about: - History is a term that refers
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8000 BCE to 600 BCE was a very important time in history. This period of only 7‚400 years held many great advances in technology‚ social interactions‚ government‚ and even economics. From the development of agriculture to the caste system of the Aryans‚ this era in time was one of great growth‚ development‚ and change in the earliest civilizations of our history. The beginning of all civilizations started with the migration of humans out of Africa. The hunters and gatherers inhabited almost every
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Victoria Boldt April 16‚ 2010 AP World DBQ From the onset of the Christian and Islamic religions‚ until about 1500‚ the two religions began with two different opinions of merchants‚ but grew together as time went on. As the two religions reached the 1500’s‚ their view of merchants became almost identical. In the beginning of each religion‚ Christianity and Islam had very different views on merchants and traders. In the New Testament of the Bible‚ hatred
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