“The Passage‚ Extension and the Terminal of the Chinese Exclusion Act” By: In the 1840’s the discovery of gold in California blew up extremely‚ in the way that many people believed they could make a fortune by finding gold on their own; to be exact it was January 24‚ 1848 when James W. Marshall saw something that appeared to be shiny -near Sutter Creek Coloma‚ California- in which‚ unexpectedly‚ it turned out to be gold. At the time of his discovery Marshall was overseeing construction
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AP U.S. Summer Assignment Mr. O’handley Nicholas West Due Date: Sept. 5 2012 AP U.S. Summer Assignment Nicholas West Mr. O’handley 7/27/12 OUTLINES CH 1-5 “With the dawn of the 16th century‚ there came together in Europe both the motivation and the means to explore and colonize territory across the sea.” -Trade- the concurring of the Inca Empire led by Francisco Pizarro led to the shipping of tons of gold and silver to
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AP UNITED STATES HISTORY SUMMER READING ASSIGNMENT 2011 Hello and welcome to the exciting world that is Advanced Placement United States History. You are now a member of an elite group: students who dare to take on an exceptionally challenging course. The risks are great‚ but then so are the potential gains. We will take on this challenge together and when you are done‚ you will be justifiably proud of yourself. This course is a one-year class designed to allow the student a head start on college
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AP World History Midterm Review History The study of past events and changes in the development‚ transmission‚ and transformation of cultural practices. Earliest Farming Location Fertile crescent Swidden Agriculture a place temporarily cleared for agriculture by cutting back and burning off previous growth Catal Huyuk early urban culture based on sedentary agriculture Mesopotamia "between the rivers"; civilizations that arose between the Tigris-Euphrates river valleys Hyksos a member of an ancient
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easily to me. I have never been a student that needs to study two hours for a quiz the next day. I would have to look at a review sheet for several minutes and the next day pass the quiz with 100 percent. Reality finally hit me when I stepped into AP World History. I have never been very knowledgeable in any subject regarding social studies. When I signed up for this class I was worried I would struggle but decided to take on the challenge. The first few weeks of the class went by and I was doing perfectly
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Gilchrist: AP World History Summer Reading: Comparative Essay of two places of Worship: Do different types of church have different features from other and how similar are they? Yes different churches have different features which make them unique to their name which can be their different practices‚ their setting or place of worship and the person they worship. Over the summer‚ I visited two different places of worship which were a Baptist church and a Catholic church. Both have very different
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AP Art History Chapter 4 – The Art of the Prehistoric Aegean Homework Assignments Due Date: 09/17/12 I. Define/Identify: a. Arthur Evans- British archaeologist that unearthed Knossos at Greece b. Homer (not Simpson…)- poet; creator of Iliad c. Heinrich Schliemann- German archaeologist II. Cycladic Art- abstract human figurines that are mostly female made of clay‚ limestone‚ and sometimes marble 1. List three stylistic characteristics of the Bronze Age statuettes from the Cyclades stylized
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How did Hitler and Mussolini gain and maintain power? Hitler and Mussolini both came in to power in the early days when their countries‚ Germany and Italy were facing problems after the Great War. Even then‚ both Hitler and Mussolini successfully gain and maintain power and control the country. In order to gain full control of the country they had to remove or eliminate their political rivals. Hitler used excuses to blame and imprison his political rivals. One good example would be when he
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AP World History Essay Jaycee Malone 7th Period In North America‚ dark skinned or other races other than white were treated poorly because their skin was a different color. In North America‚ all of the slaves had to lose everything to lose all of their identity from Africa. They were treated worse than the slaves from Latin America. The society in North America was much different than Latin America because the slaves were forced to work harder in North America. But in the Caribbean the slaves
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AP World History Curriculum Framework Historical Periodization The AP World History course content is structured around the investigation of course themes and key concepts in six chronological periods. The six historical periods‚ from approximately 8000 B.C.E. to the present‚ provide a temporal framework for the course. The instructional importance and assessment weighting for each period varies. Period Period Title Date Range Weight to c. 600 B.C.E. 5% Organization and Reorganization of Human
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