Chapter 26 Notes: Ottomans and Arabs Ottomans: Factors of Decline * Competition between elite * Weak rulers * Increasingly powerful Janissary corps * Increased competition from European merchants * Military challenges from the West * Ottomans vs. Russia (result: loss of Serbia‚ Greece‚ and most of Balkans) Survival * Played European rivals against each other * Selim III: reformed bureaucracy‚ new army and navy. Killed by janissaries in 1807 * Mahmud II: slaughtered
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Section A - Restless Earth The earth’s structure At the centre of the earth is the core. Surrounding that is a mass of molten rock called the mantle. The thin layer on the outside is called the crust. There are two types of crust‚ continental and oceanic. The crust is made up of seven major plates and many smaller ones. The plates move due to convection currents rising in the mantle. Distribution of earthquakes and volcanoes Mainly found along plate boundaries. In
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Babylonian Empire • 1‚300 BCE: (Egypt) Queen Nefertiti → role in religious reforms → men and women have equal access to afterlife Trends/Ideas • MIDDLE EAST o Cumulative effects of agriculture → wave of technology → generated civilization as a human organization • SUMERIANS o Fertile Crescent (rivers overflow → depositing fertile soil ; flat → was open to invasion) → Sumerians migrated to this place from the region north about 700miles. o created a state city ( urban king that claimed great
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Know definitions‚ significance‚ and examples: Religion: Defined by geographers Robert Stoddard and Carolyn Prorak in the book Geography in America as “a system of beliefs and practices that attempts to order life in terms of culturally perceived ultimate priorities.” Ritual: A religious or solemn ceremony consisting of a series of actions performed according to a prescribed order. Secularism: The idea that ethical and moral standards should be formulated and adhered to for life on Earth‚ not
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1. Briefly describe today’s immigrants in terms of numbers‚ main source areas‚ and skills/education. 37.9 million in 2007 2. Identify and rank the five countries sending the largest numbers of immigrants to the United States Include numbers for the latest year available. 1. Mexico (166‚271) 2. India (64‚857) 3. China (60‚720) 4. Philippines (53‚171) 5. Vietnam (39‚915) 3. What is the net economic impact on the United States of immigrant taxes and welfare benefits? $20‚600 benefit
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Geo Notes The Rock Cycle Transforming Rocks * The continental renewal of the surface if the earth * The ‘cycle’ transform in 3 ways * Erosion * Ice * Water * Wind * Heat * Pressure * Sediment Igneous Metamorphic Sedimentary Magma/Lava Erosion Erosion Pressure Erosion Pressure Heat Cool Sediment Igneous Metamorphic Sedimentary Magma/Lava Erosion Erosion Pressure Erosion Pressure Heat Cool Rock material evolves
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Chapter 10 – Photosynthesis – Homework 1. Write the basic equation for Photosynthesis (Ps). 2. Some students define Ps as the process by which plants use light energy as food. Discuss if this is a correct statement that would likely be accepted by an AP Biology Exam Reader. 3. Contrast and compare an absorption spectra versus an action spectra for Ps. 4. Discuss why is the narrow area of electromagnetic radiation between 380-750 nm is the best choice to power a process like Ps
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Causes of American Imperialism Need for foreign market Missionaries International Darwinism Jingoism Growth of Navy International Plundering of Africa and Asia Example set by Colonial Nations Fear of losing out Americans were bruising for war- aggressive attitude American Attitudes Reverend Josiah Strong: Author of “Our Country: Its Possible Future and Its Present Crisis Theory was that Anglo- Saxton civilization is superior and American religion and values need to be spread Theodore
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Chapter 16 After the collapse of the Guptas in the 5th century‚ there is no reunification until the 16th century There is no central‚ imperial authority Politics and Kingdoms of North India Harsha (reigned 606-648)‚ a scholarly Buddhist emperor temporarily reunites northern Indian in the 7th century Umayyad forces capture Sind in NW India (711)‚ later Sing passes to Abbasid control Mahmud of Ghanzi from Afghanistan plunders North India 17 times from 1001-1024 -His plunders hastens decline
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the total area is less than 1 metre above sea level 10% of the land area is made up of Lakes and Rivers Snowmelt from the Himalayas takes place in late spring & summer Bangladesh experiences heavy monsoon rains‚ especially over the highlands Tropical storms bring heavy rains and coastal flooding The main cause was the above average & long period of heavy rain which caused all 3 rivers to have their peak flow at the same time!!! The Human Causes of the Floods Deforestation in Nepal and the
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