actually a verb describing the acts of the Norsemen who originated in Norway‚ Iceland‚ Denmark and Sweden and raided the coasts of the British Isles‚ France and other parts of Europe from the late 8th century to the 11th century. This period of European history (generally dated to 793–1066) is often referred to as the Viking Age. It may also be used to denote the entire populations of these countries and their settlements elsewhere. Famed for their navigation ability and long ships‚ Vikings in a
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Louis XIV designed his reign in a way that made it one of the most influential rulings in European history‚ and his state-building and centralizing methods were deeply comprehensive. His reign was successful from when he assumed power until his death as a result of the complex and progressive way that he exercised power‚ which was through the combination of the symbolic and structural exercise of power‚ and these complimented each other in order for Louis to exercise his power at the apex. In terms
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AP World History Chapter 6 - India and Southern Asia Name:____________________________ Chapter Objectives: When you finish studying this chapter you should be able to answer the following questions. In what ways has the environments of India and Southeast Asia influenced the choice of the livelihood of the people‚ as well as the development of distinct social and governmental structures. How did India evolve into a complex social system and three distinct religious systems to meet the needs
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PAST PAPER QUESTIONS – CARIBBEAN HISTORY Emancipation 1. How significant was the rebellion in Jamaica (Christmas Rebellion) in 1831-2 as a cause of the passing of the Emancipation Act in 1833? 2. How significant a part did slaves play in ending slavery? 3. How important a factor was the resistance of the enslaved in bringing about emancipation in the Caribbean? 4. “The Emancipation Act (1833) favoured the planters more than the slaves.” Identify and discuss the parts of the
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The 2008 Financial Crisis The United States economy is built on credit and combined with the reality that greed played a large part in the events leading up to the Global Financial Crisis (GFC)‚ the United States experienced one of the its worst financial crisis in its history. Easy credit‚ the housing slump‚ banks holding risky mortgages and tax regulations all played a significant part in causing the GFC of 2008/09. The major cause of the 2008 Financial Crisis is the Subprime Mortgage and Subprime
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Pre-AP World History Chapter 3 Vocabulary 1. Yellow and Yangtze Rivers-contained many agricultural settlements‚ were river valleys 2.Gobi Desert-in northwest China‚ blocking off invaders from the north and northwest 3.Tibetan Plateau-north of the Himilayan Mountains‚ protected the west from invasion 4.Yangshao and Longshan cultures-identified as the painted and black pottery cultures 5.Xia Dynasty-started around 4000 years ago‚ leader Yu introduced irrigation and draining 6.Shang Dynasty-afterthe
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CHOICE. MULTIPLE Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1) By the 1830s‚ which of the following groups was NOT denied suffrage? 1) __D____ A) women B) blacks C) indentured servants D) white males E) Native Americans 2) In the 1820s‚ a two-party system was fostered by 2) _E_____ A) an increasing concern about foreign policy issues. B) the burgeoning population of the trans-Appalachian West. C) changes in the Constitution regarding the party
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Chapter 11 Questions The Mesoamericans built on the achievements of the Olmecs and other predecessors and developed new forms of political organizations. The power of the religious and political leaders can be measured by the scale and impressive architecture at Teotihuacan or at the Mayan cities. Linguistic developments and even recreation in the form of a game played on ball courts were direct results of new political institutions. Each of these cities had complex social class systems‚ economic
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AP US History 1) In Documents A‚ B‚ and C some problems in their colonial government was that all colonies wanted to unite and become one government but one colony always tried to control all of it. Also‚ they tried to fix the way they would trade with the Indians by setting standards all would have to follow. When they were untied for a moment in time though‚ they had set laws that if one colony needed assistance‚ the other colonies must bring a certain number of soldiers to assist
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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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