EXAM I VOCABULARY Paleolithic and Neolithic Vocabulary to Know: * Paleolithic – 40‚000-8‚000 BC Old Stone Age‚ mankind produced * Neolithic – New Stone Age 1. Comes about at different times at different locations due to ice age ending unevenly 1. Development of organized system of agriculture (replacing hunting gathering community) 1. Domestication of animals 1. Permanent architecture (year round settlements) * Iconography – pictoral representations * sculpture
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During 1500 to 1700‚ natural philosophers developed a new scientific worldview. The heliocentric model replaced the traditional geometric model that the church had taught the people. They developed different methods for discovering scientific laws. Mathematics and experiments were used to better understand a universe composed of matter in motion. Scientific disciplines and societies were built through Europe to ease the study of scientific questions. Political‚ religious‚ and social factors affected
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Ruslan Khamurzov World Civilizations 1 November 30‚ 2005 Post-Classical Europe‚ Muslim World and China. The period following the decline of great classical empires of Asia and Mediterranean is known as the post-classical period (500-1000 CE). This period is famous for the expansion of civilizations to new areas‚ spread of major world religions such as Islam and the decline of the Western world. While Europe was in a period of a decline‚ the Muslim world was on the rise and the Eastern world
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Technology‚ Demography‚ and the Environment 1450-1750 The main trend relating to technology‚ demography‚ and the environment from 1450 to 1750 are … Some of the most influential new technologies were guns‚ improved shipbuilding‚ and better navigational devices. The invention of guns would forever change the way wars were fought. Instead of swords‚ bows and arrows‚ or lances‚ guns would emerge as the dominant global weapon. They were lighter than cannons and more efficient than bows and arrows.
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THESIS STATEMENT During the independence movement in the late 18th century and the early 19th century‚ many societies started to revolt against the government. Whether it was for voting rights or independance most societies believed that there is prejudice in the government‚ but they also had different motives to start their revolts DIFFERENCES Most of the societies had different motive as to why they claimed their independence. In the United States of America‚ the Declaration
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The muslims inherited much from Greece‚ Rome‚ and India. Muslims tolerated other cultures and because of that were so advanced in scholarship‚ the medical field‚ and many others areas at the highest level at that period of time. The muslims achievements will always have a lasting impact on our world. One of the areas the Muslims were advanced in was the medical field. It states in document 3 that many medical books such as the five volume‚ The Canon of Medicine. Books like those were translated
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The era spanning 1750 CE and 1914 CE was the era of revolutions. These revolutions were political‚ economic‚ and cultural‚ and usually very drastic. Perhaps the most visible cultural change was that in working-class women ’s rights and conditions‚ which improved significantly during the era of revolutions. The most visible improvements in women ’s rights were seen in Western Europe and China‚ where women gained many rights but remained under patriarchal authority and could not vote. Western Europe
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Because of the Berlin Conference in Europe‚ the scramble for African land ended up colonizing inhabited areas in Africa‚ destroying native nations and their traditional culture. During this time‚ African natives had many different reactions. Some wanted to cooperate peacefully‚ others wanted to withstand European pressure‚ but most of all‚ most Africans wanted to react violently and rebel against the Europeans. Many nations in Africa wanted to cooperate with the British and react to their wants
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Esmeralda Perez 1-18-2013 Per 2 AP English AP Essay Huck Finn The novel “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” was written by Mark Twain. He wrote the book to show some of the manger issues in the 1800’s. Mark Twain uses a lot of satire and irony in the story to get his point though better. Some of the issues in that time were slavery and the judgment of your race or skin color. Mark Twain shows these issues though the eyes of Huck Finn sometime children may have better heart then the elders
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career. After awhile those classes seemed to mesh together‚ the difficulty of the class wasn’t there anymore‚ I wasn’t stimulated with new knowledge. It was pure monotony of the state regulated standard that pushed me to a higher and more distinct class. AP Chemistry was the catalyst for my intellectual development and my new found quest for knowledge. From the first day‚ I collided with my syllabus‚ it was frightening yet exciting at the same time because it was the academic challenge I was looking for
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