GET INVOLVED AT SHS! Academic Quiz Bowl Team Quiz Bowl is an extracurricular activity open to grades 9-12. Practices are held weekly during the months of January through March‚ in preparation for a regional competition held each April. Advisor: Mrs. Deb Dominick (113) and Mr. John Wright (102). Big Buddy Program The Big Buddy program is a mentoring program. Big Buddies from SHS are paired with Little Buddies from Southern Elementary School. Big Buddies play games‚ read books‚ help
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Chapter 28 Descent into the Abyss: World War I and the Crisis of the European Global Order Multiple-Choice Questions 1) Approximately how long did World War I last? A) About four years B) About two years C) About six years D) About one year E) About three years Page Ref: 646 2) Which nation joined the Triple Entente alliance in the early 1900s (and to complete the alliance?) A) Germany B) Britain C) France D) Russia E) Italy Page Ref: 647 3) What was the region of
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Appalachian Trail to the audience. <br><br>The language that the author uses in the short story is very emotive and expressed the feeling which have been felt by others on the trail. The author uses emotive language throughout the story to position us to feel amazed and astonished toward Earl V. Shaffer’s 2000 mile journey on the trail. "He spent long periods bushwhacking over tangled mountains or following the wrong path when the trail forked."‚ this text shows that Shaffer was a tough and sturdy
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AP® WORLD HISTORY 2012 SCORING GUIDELINES Question 1 BASIC CORE (competence) 0–7 Points 1. Has acceptable thesis • The thesis must address a specific relationship between cricket and politics in South Asia‚ using evidence from the documents. • The thesis must be explicitly stated in the introduction or the specified conclusion of the essay. • The thesis may appear as one sentence or multiple sentences. • A thesis that is split among multiple paragraphs is unacceptable. • A thesis
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Thesis: The political actions of the anti-slavery movement were designed to "choke" slavery into extinction‚ rather than moving to end the practice in one fell swoop. Missouri compromise: Unable to stop the spread of slavery altogether‚ abolitionists at least were able to restrict its spread. Mexican War: A setback for the anti-slavery forces‚ as slavery was permitted in the newly absorbed territories‚ which lay below the line set in the Missouri Compromise. This helped galvanize both sides
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Grammar as Rhetoric and Style The Appositive An appositive is a noun or noun phrase that tells the reader something about a nearby noun or pronoun. In each sentence below‚ the appositive is underlined. The italics shows the noun or pronoun that the appositive details. It turned out that one of the top students‚ Denny Davies‚ had learned of this rule. Kennedy‚ a wiry fifty-nine-year-old who has a stern buzz cut‚ was in 1997 the principal of Sarasota High School. In 1981‚ two professors
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39. Vestibular sense- uses data from receptors in the semicircular canals of the inner ear. These canals contain a liquid that moves when the head moves‚ bending hair cells at the ends of the canal. The bending generates nerve impulses that inform us of the head’s rotation and it is responsible for a sense of balance. 40. Gestalt theory- a theory based on the idea that the whole of personal experience is different form simply the sum of its constituent elements. 41. Gestalt laws of perception-
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APUSH Chapter 10‚ 11‚ & 12 Test Multiple Choice: Mark the one best answer for each of the following questions. 1. The new Constitution did not provide for the creation of a(n) a. Electoral College. b. vice president. c. Supreme Court. d. cabinet. e. federal court system. 2. The Bill of Rights was intended to protect against the potential tyranny of . a. the prerogatives of Congress‚ the president b. the army and the navy‚ the national government c. the South‚ the northern majority d. individual
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also an engineer‚ architect‚ sculptor‚ and scientist. 7. Linear Perspective: painting objects in depth on a flat surface 8. Michelangelo: Italian Renaissance artist that painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling and sculpted the statue of David 9. Miguel Cervantes: Spanish writer best remembered for ’Don Quixote’ which satirizes chivalry and influenced the development of the novel form (1547-1616) 10. Niccolo Machiavelli: Italian humanist- one of the main founders of modern political science;
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colonial rule a transforming‚ even a revolutionary‚ experience‚ or did it serve to freeze or preserve existing social and economic patterns? What evidence can you find to support both sides of this argument? Colonial rule transformed many societies in terms of ways of working‚ more independence for women‚ and the spread of religion. New ways of working emerged that spurred on the development of these colonial states. Although coerced labor remained‚ cultivation systems in areas like Indonesia asked of
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