AP History Final Study Guide Chapter 35-42 35 FDR 1933-1941 • London Conference o In not attending this meeting in 1933‚ FDR signaled his desire for the US to act unilaterally by taking the US off the gold standard o aimed at stabilizing currency and restarting world trade • Tydings-McDuffie Act 1934 o provides independence for Philippines (after 12 year period…aka tutelage). • Good Neighbor Policy o Renouncing armed intervention in Latin America o In an effort to pursue further “isolationism”
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Diagram of a slave ship from the Atlantic slave trade. (From an Abstract of Evidence delivered before a select committee of the House of Commons in 1790 and 1791). The Middle Passage was the stage of the triangular trade in which millions of people from Africa were shipped to the New World‚ as part of the Atlantic slave trade. Ships departed Europe for African markets with manufactured goods‚ which were traded for purchased or kidnapped Africans‚ who were transported across the Atlantic as slaves;
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How Sugar Impacted the World In the dispute of sugar‚ one debatable issue has been whether sugar is beneficial or harmful to the world. People who believe sugar is harmful argue that it is one cause of diabetes. On the other hand‚ those who believe that sugar is beneficial claim that sugar taste good and it is in every food so it cannot be avoided. Sugar has not had a positive impact on the world because it causes obesity‚ diabetes‚ and sugar also helped promote slavery in the past. What is your
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http://resourcesforhistoryteachers.wikispaces.com/AP+World+History Period 1: Technological and Environmental Transformations‚ to c. 600 BCE Key Concept 1.1 Big Geography and the Peopling of the Earth What is the evidence that explains the earliest history of humans and the planet? What are the theories that interpret this evidence? Where did humans first appear on Earth‚ and what were their society‚ technology‚ and culture? Describe earliest humans’ technology & tools What were the
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AP World History - Chapter 20: Northern Eurasia Study Guide Name: _______________________ Short Answer Questions: 1. What did the Russian and Qing Empires have in common‚ and how did these common features affect the relationship between the two? 2. How and why did the role of the Jesuits as transmitters of European ideas differ in Russia‚ China‚ and Japan? 3. What role did foreign trade play in the economy of the Qing Empire? 4. How and why did Peter the Great’s attitude toward the west differ
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AP World History Reading Guide Ch 20 The Muslim Empires 1) Which of the following was NOT one of the early modern Islamic empires? * Ottoman * Abbasid * Gujarat * Mughal * Safavid 2) How were the three Muslim early modern empires similar? 3) What were the differences between the various Muslim early modern empires? 4) Prior to the Mongol invasions of their empire‚ the Abbasid dynasty was dominated by what group? 5) The original base of the Ottoman Turks was where? 6) Following the Timurid invasions
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great depression was a time of pessimistic views‚ the rise of physics and psychology‚ and the rein of a great power. Key concept 6.1 states “Researchers made rapid advances in science that spread throughout the world‚ assisted by the development of new technology.” Many advanced people of history lived in this time like Einstein who contributed to technological advances in physics. Belief systems‚ philosophies and ideologies played a major role in this time period (Theme 2) Einstein one of many struck
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The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an organization that intends to supervise and liberalize international trade. The organization officially commenced on January 1‚ 1995 under the Marrakech Agreement‚ replacing the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)‚ which commenced in 1948.[5]The organization deals with regulation of trade between participating countries; it provides a framework for negotiating and formalizing trade agreements‚ and a dispute resolution process aimed at enforcing participants’
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AP World History Rachel Mahadeo Mini-Essay Due: February 2‚ 2012 King Afonso I was king of Kongo during the 1520s. Qianlong was emperor of China during the Qing dynasty‚ during the 1790s. In the kingdom of Kongo‚ there were many Portuguese merchants whom had established close political and diplomatic relations with the king. These relations brought much wealth and recognition to Kongo‚ but it also brought problems that led to its inevitable destruction. Portuguese merchants
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Spodek Guided Notes Chapter 1 A. The Dry Bones Speak I. Human Origins in Myth and History - Paleoanthropology - A student of the earliest humans and the setting in which they lived. - Humans all over the world made stories to explain origin (Before diggers came with interpretations and cussing). o They tell how and why humans came to Earth. a. Early Myths - Myth – An interpretive story of the past that cannot be verified historically but has a deep moral message. - Caste – Social‚ economic
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