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 Outline Chapter 2 I. Developmental theories and the issues they raise A. The Importance of Theories 1. Guides the collection of new information a. what is most important to study b. what can be hypothesized or predicted c. how it should be studied B. Qualities of a Good Theory 1. Internally consistent-- its different parts are not contradictory 2. Falsifiable-- generates testable hypotheses 3. Supported by data-- describes‚ predicts‚ and explains human development C. Four Major
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Chapter One: Introducing Government in America I. II. Politics and Government Matter A. Government impacts your everyday life 1. schools are prohibited against discrimination 2. driving‚ drinking‚ and voting ages 3. social security numbers and taxes 4. minimum wage 5. school holidays 6. gas prices 7. discrimination as a consumer B. Political Disengagement 1. many people are apathetic towards politics 2. as of 2005‚ only 36% of college freshman keep up with politics a) american y
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 Payne 1 Max Payne AP English 11 Ms. Paul 13 November 2012 The Rise and Fall It is November 9‚ the Year of Our Lord 1799‚ and a battered French army begins the arduous climb up the Alps‚ just as a light snow begins to gently fall‚ a precursor of the hardship and bone chilling temperatures to come. They are led by the newly crowned consulate and France’s savior‚ Napoleon Bonaparte. There is a fear that Genoa may fall to Austrians. This fateful journey was captured in a painting by artist‚
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STATES HISTORY SUMMER 2013 READING ASSIGNMENT CHAPTER 1: "Columbus‚ the Indians‚ and Human Progress" (pp. 1-11) 1. According to Zinn‚ what is his main purpose for writing A People’s History of the United States? To tell history from the viewpoint of the victims and not overlooking what the country has done to become what they are today. It includes the cruelty and hardships the people had to go through. 2. What is Zinn’s thesis for pages 1-11? He will be as blunt as he can to show what history has
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Joseph Boasiako AP World History Chapter 1 Evolution August 1‚ 2013 Cues | Notes | Before History (Lucy) | A Woman said to have died 3.2 million years ago‚ whose skeleton was referred to as AL 288-1‚ scientists and archeologists. | Evolution of Homo Sapiens | Were said to have evolved about two hundred years ago. Homo sapiens or Human species are to have similar external features‚ and basic elements of genetic makeup and body chemistry- DNA‚ chromosomal patterns
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Period 3 8/26/08 AP Psychology Outline Chapter 1: The Evolution of Psychology Red – Definition of Key Terms Green – Important People & Contributions Blue – Important Points 1. How Psychology Developed a. Psychology – The Scientific Study of Behavior and Mental Processes. b. Mental Processes = Physiological and Cognitive Processes. c. Psychology comes from two Greek words. “Psyche” = Soul‚ and “Logos” = the Study of a Subject d. Psychology became a Scientific Discipline In 1870’s 2. The Contributions
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CHAPTER 11 THE LATE MIDDLE AGES: CRISIS AND DISINTEGRATION IN THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY _____________________________ CHAPTER OUTLINE I. A Time of Troubles: Black Death and Social Crisis A. Famine and Population B. The Black Death 1. Spread of the Plague 2. Life and Death: Reactions to the Plague C. Economic Dislocation and Social Upheaval 1. Noble Landlords and Peasants 2. Peasant Revolt in France 3. An English Peasant Revolt 4. Revolts in the Cities II. War and
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STUDY GUIDE: AP WORLD SEMESTER 1 52 points- 2 points apiece for summarizing each of the following: (Complete sentences NOT required.) 1. Definition of Civilization Some scholars prefer to define civilizations only as societies with enough economic surpluses to create division of labor and a social hierarchy. The chief difference between civilizations and other societies involves the emergence of formal political organizations‚ or states. Another trait that makes a society a civilization is when
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CHAPTER 1 OUTLINE “The first job we have is to turn out quality merchandise that consumers will buy and keep on buying. If we produce it efficiently and economically‚ we will earn a profit‚ in which you will share.” - William Cooper Procter Quality assurance ...is any action directed toward providing customers with goods and services of appropriate quality. HISTORY OF QUALITY * Egyptian * Zhou Dynasty * Age of craftmanship * Early 20th Century: (1900s) * Quality
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