3-1 • Mercantilism o Economic system used in 1500s to 1700s o Nation’s power was directly related to its wealth • Incentives o Motivational factor • Balance of Trade o Relationship between a country’s imports and exports o Country with favorable balance of trade makes money by exporting more products than imports • Navigation Acts o 1651 ~ 1663 by Parliament o All goods coming from Europe or Africa to colonies had to travel on British ships manned with British crew o Colonies remained
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Manhattan project Original research at Columbia in Manhattan‚ in 1942 to develop the atomic bomb‚ secret 1920s Diplomacy We became more isolationist‚ we gave large loans to Germany so they could pay debt to France and Britain who would then pay the US (Dawes Plan) Isolationism Neutrality Act: we didn’t want to enter the war Good Neighbor Policy Principle was that of non-intervention and non-interference in the domestic affairs of Latin America. Reinforced idea that the United States would
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|Chapter 3: Classical |Civilization: India |AP World History | | | | | |The Framework for Indian History: Geography and a Formative Period | |
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1. How much of our global energy supply do nuclear power‚ biomass energy‚ and hydroelectric power contribute? How much of our global electricity do these three conventional energy alternatives generate? Biomass provides 10.8% of global primary energy use‚ nuclear power provides 6.5%‚ and hydropower provides 2.2% of global primary energy use. Nuclear power generates 15.8% of the world’s electricity‚ and hydropower generates 15.9%. 2. Describe how nuclear fission works. How do nuclear plant engineers
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Tevan Luong AP World History: Summer Assignment Chapter 1 1. Geography and climate play a major role in the development of early human societies‚ for instance‚ Middle Eastern grains did not grow at all in the humidity of equatorial West Africa. Rather than cultivating grains‚ the geography and climate limitations made it more suitable to grow rice‚ pearl millet‚ and sorghum in West Africa. The barriers that the environment set led to the diversity of human culture and diets based on the condition
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CHAPTER 5: COLONIAL SOCIETY ON THE EVE OF REVOLUTION: 1700-1775 Conquest by the Cradle Know: Thirteen Original Colonies 1. What was the significance of the tremendous growth of population in Britain’s North American colonies? * First of all about half of the growth was due to slaves imported or born‚ and secondly‚ the growth made the Colonies have roughly 1/3 of the population of their conquerors‚ setting the stage for the revolutionary war. A Mingling of Races Know: Pennsylvania
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Carson Coats Chapter 9 Period 2A 1. Problems facing Byzantine Empire (600s-1100) - the Empire lost a lot of territory from expensive wars‚ which put them at an economic and territorial disadvantage. As a result of this‚ they had constant pressure from militaries from the north and south‚ preventing any advances from occurring. 2. Cyril and Methodius- Brothers who went on a successful mission in the Slavs of Moravia. Developed a written language called Cyrillic that was used by the Byzantine
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E20-7 Rydell Corp Memo Record Items Annual Pension Expense Cash OCI—Prior Service Cost Pension Asset/Liability Projected Benefit Obligation Plan Assets Balance‚ Jan. 1‚ 2012 13‚800 cr 560‚000 cr 546‚200 dr Prior service cost 120‚000 dr 120‚000 cr New Balance‚ January 1‚ 2012 680‚000 cr 546‚200 dr Service cost 58‚000 dr 58‚000 cr Interest Cost $680‚000 x 9% = $61‚200 61‚200 dr 61‚200 cr Actual return 52‚280 cr 52‚280 dr Unexpected
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Thomas Jefferson- became the victim of one of America’s first "whispering campaigns." The Federalists accused him of having an affair with one of his slaves. Beat John Adams to win the election of 1800 by a majority of 73 to 65 electoral votes. Jefferson preferred to make the military smaller. Jefferson was forced to bend his thoughts of not using military force when the leader of Tripoli informally declared war on the United States. Jefferson sent the new navy to Tripoli and after 4 years of fighting
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J Fircha Honors US History I 2 March 2012 Removal of Indians DBQ All presidents have a legacy; some good‚ some bad. Andrew Jackson’s legacy is the Indian Removal Act. This act was not supported by the Supreme Court‚ made Native Americans leave the places that they called home for countless years‚ and had a huge impact on Native Americans personally. In 1830‚ with consent and encouragement from President Andrew Jackson‚ many Indians were wrongly forced off of their native lands and onto foreign
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