Events/Important/key Dates • 7‚000~ 4‚000 BCE: Spread of agriculture through most of Middle east. • 5‚000 BCE: Farming along Nile River • 4‚000 BCE: Sumerians settle in Tigris- Euphrates valley • 4‚000 BCE: Sumerians (a people who had migrated into the area from the north) provided final boost toward establishing civilization • 4‚000 BCE: cumulative effects of agriculture & technology → civilization as a new organizational form (wheel‚ bronze use‚ and writing facilitated) • 3‚500 BCE: Writing
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Chapter 29 NAACP- African American civil rights organization‚ equality of rights of all persons‚ eliminate discrimination Gunner Myrdal- Swedish scholar who wrote The American Dilemma‚ talked about the contradiction between racism and democracy Thurgood Marshall- NAACP’s leading attorney‚ changed legal decisions‚ behind the scenes Brown v. Topeka- social jurisprudence‚ overturned Plessy v. Ferguson‚ said US had to desegregate schools Earl Warren- liberal Republican‚ appointed as chief justice
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APUSH Chapter 12 Antebellum Culture and Reform Hudson River School – The first great school of American painters‚ based in New York. The painters portrayed that America’s “wild nature” made them superior to Europe. Cooper and the American Wilderness – James Fenimore Cooper was the first great American novelist (The Last of the Mohicans‚ The Deerslayer) His novels “The Leatherstocking Tales” were a celebration of the American spirit and landscape Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry D. Thoreau – rejected
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~Dwight L. Moody This man‚ part of the social gospel movement‚ proclaimed the gospel of kindness and forgiveness and adapted the old-time religion to the facts of city life and founded an institute in 1889 ~James Gibbons An American Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Richmond from 1872 to 1877‚ and as Archbishop of Baltimore from 1877 until his death in 1921. Gibbons was elevated to the cardinalate in 1886‚ the second American to receive that distinction. ~Salvation
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POL 101 – EXAM 3 – STUDY GUIDE Chapter 10 * Political socialization‚ political culture‚ public opinion‚ political ideology – what the terms mean‚ how they differ Public Opinion: The attitudes of individuals regarding their political leaders and institutions as well as political and social issues -A mechanism that quantifies the carious opinions held by the population or by subgroups of the population at a particular point in time Political Ideology: A consistent set of beliefs that forms
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Chapter 18: The Age of the City 1)The Urbanization of America a)The Life of the City i)Urban pop increased 7x in 50 yrs after Civil War‚ by 1920 majority of ppl lived in urban areas. Occurred partly b/c of natural growth‚ mostly b/c immigrants and rural ppl flocked b/c offered better paying jobs than rural areas‚ cultural experiences available‚ transportation to cities easier than ever b)Migrations i)Late 19th century saw geographic mobility- Americans left declining Eastern agricultural regions
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Cornell Note Taking Template Key Words: Notes: Nile river Longest river in world. Supplied life-giving water for the Egyptians civilization. Had an annual cycle of moth long flooding. Hard for farmers but then solved by irrigation and pre- harvesting. Steps toward civilization. Hunter-gatherer groups moved in and formed farming settlements. Neolithic culture developed in 6000 BC Mined
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Chapter 2 Principles of Waterflooding 2.3 Overall Recovery Efficiency 1 2.3 Overall Recovery Efficiency Displacement Efficiency Areal Sweep Efficiency Vertical Sweep Efficiency 2 2.3 Overall Recovery Efficiency The micromodel saturated with oil The micromodel after water flooding 3 2.3 Overall Recovery Efficiency • overall recovery factor (efficiency) RF Def: the fraction of oil produced from the initial oil in place at the start of the flood. RF ED E A EV ED displacement efficiency
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Chapter 2: Diversity in Organizations Diversity: Describe the two major forms of workforce diversity. Managers need to recognize and capitalize on individual differences to get the most from their employees. Effective diversity management increases an organization’s access to the widest possible pool of skills‚ abilities‚ and ideas. Managers also need to recognize that differences among people can lead to miscommunication‚ misunderstanding‚ and conflict. Demographic Shifts: 1. Changing
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Chapter 9 The Pursuit of Equality • • Declaration of independence claims "all men are created equal" • Most states reduced property holding requirements to vote • Less hierarchy-poorer people now reacquired to be treated with the same respect as their wealthy counterparts • indentured servitude was abolished by 1800 • Trade organizations for artists and laborers=social democracy • primogeniture (inheritance laws) were removed • Anglican church dissolved-became the Protestant Episcopal
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