Allegory: an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances 1. Botticelli: One of the leading painters of the Florentine renaissance‚ developed a highly personal style. The Birth of Venus 2. Desiderius Erasmus: Dutch humanist scholar who studied early Christian as well as classical culture; criticized the Church. 3. Fresco: the art or technique of painting on a moist‚ plaster surface with colors ground up in water or a limewater
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1. the "weekend"- New work patterns that established the weekend as a distinct time of recreation and fun. 2. Coney Island and Blackpool- both are amusement parks. Coney Island was only 8 miles away from central New York City and Blackpool in England was a short train ride from nearby industrial towns. 3. "day-trippers"- People who sit on the beach just to get fresh air. 4. Thomas Edison and Joseph Swan – Thomas Edison invented the light bulb. Joseph Swan opened homes and cities
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Renaissance ID’s Frederick Wright 1. Renaissance: * The Renaissance was a cultural movement that profoundly affected European intellectual life. * It began in Italy and spread its way across the rest of Europe. * It lasted from the end of the fourteenth century to the early sixteenth century (1375-1527). * This renaissance was significant for many reasons‚ one of which was the use of vernacular language. * The use of vernacular language helped people understand and rationalize
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DBQ: Peasants’ revolts From 1524 to 1526 peasant revolts were occurring throughout the German states. Many causes and responses brewed out of these revolts. One cause is from religion issues (1‚3‚6) ‚ Luther’s idea of equality. Another cause is the peasant gaining power (2‚8‚9). As a result of these causes came out response‚ the most common response was riots and chaos (5‚11‚7). These revolts would end in thousands of rebel deaths and others are also killed. In the early 1500s religious reforms
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Westernizing the East: Peter the Great AP European History 27.11.2012 The lands of Tsarist Russia once stretched from Scandinavia to the Pacific. The largest landlocked Empire in the world‚ stretching thousandths of miles across woods‚ plains‚ mountains‚ deserts‚ and the endless Siberian Taiga. 1The Russian people consist one of the most diverse ethnic groups in the world. In the west‚ descendants of Europeans known as the Kievan Rus founded Kyiv and the
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AP American 1980 DBQ Andrew Jackson’s presidency from 1829 to 1837 the decision to remove the Cherokee Indians to land west of the Mississippi River was made. This was more a change of the national policy rather than a reformulation of it. Since the Spanish came to the New World in the 1500’s‚ the Natives‚ were there. Starting with Washington’s administration in the 1790’s‚ the United States’ policy was to civilize the Natives and assimilate them into society. Under the administration of Andrew
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Railroads were spreading across the continent‚ giving farmers new opportunities to sell their products to other markets in the East. Soon refrigerated railroad carts came‚ that made transporting fresh fruits and vegetables to the East possible. Document B shows how the number of railroads increased during the time period 1870-1890. As railroads expanded‚ so did cattle ranching. In Document F it states‚ “An establishment in Chicago which combines the operations of ‘shipping’ and of ‘canning’ beef has a
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Chapter 30: The West at the Dawn of the 21st Century~. ----------------------------------- The 20th century movement of people: The Soviet communists’ forced removal of the Russian peasants and the Nazi’s deportations and execution of European Jews were only the most dramatic examples of this development. Many moved from the countryside to the cities. Other vast forced movements due to the government caused millions of Germans Hungarians‚ Poles‚ Ukrainians‚ Bulgarians‚ Serbs‚ Finns‚ Chechens
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An AP U.S. History Document-Based Question (DBQ) Packet What is a DBQ? {Material borrowed from Collegboard.com} The AP U.S. History test consists of a multiple-choice section and an essay section. There are three essays to answer on the test‚ one of which is the DBQ. The DBQ an essay question that requires you to answer the question using the sources provided. You are given a mandatory 15-minute reading period at the beginning of the free-response section‚ and most of that time is
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Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon Project AP Euro Value -50 points Task a) Pick 2 event sets out of your 3 assigned connection sets. b) Each name or event in your connection set must be in bold text. c) Connect each event in your “connection set” to the next event. Think “cause and effect”. Why is the event important in European history and how does that event connect to the cause of the next event. d) Each set of connections must be one full typed page. So the total
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