02.03 The Crusades: Assessment Historians have learned a great deal about the Crusades from chroniclers like William of Tyre and Ibn al-Qalanisi. Today‚ reporters and newscasters travel all over the world to report on international events‚ including conflicts. Reporters and world leaders use social media outlets like Twitter and Facebook to connect with the public. Imagine what we might know had there been access to television‚ cell phones‚ and social media in the 13th century. Time to imagine
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* Cognition is a term covering all the mental activities associated with thinking‚ knowing‚ remembering‚ and communicating. * We use concepts‚ mental groupings of similar objects‚ events‚ ideas‚ or people‚ to simplify and order the world around us. * In creating hierarchies‚ we subdivide these categories into smaller and more detailed units. * We form some concepts‚ which is formed most around a prototype‚ a best example of a category. * An algorithm is a time-consuming but thorough
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Cities of Vesuvius Geographical Context: Physical environment Located in the region of Campania‚ 200km South of Rome. Fertile soil‚ rich in phosphorus and potash‚ due to volcanic activity from Mt Vesuvius over the millennia. Vesuvius is part of a chain of volcanoes-Mt Etna and Mt Stromboli Earthquakes and tremors are common to the area-mentioned by Vitruvius and Strabo). The Phlegraean Fields(fire fields) where geothermal activity produced steam and boiling mud. Romans built hot spa health
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United State’s money. It regulated currency and did good in this respect. The capital is too vast in proportion to the wealth of the country. The political influence in the bank is too much. It is only good for the rich and horrible for the poor. 3. What should be the proper relationship between finance‚ business‚ and government? They should all be intertwined in a way that protects each of their rights but lets them work together to better the country as a whole. Finance‚ business‚ and government
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US HISTORY UNIT 1 CHAPTER 1 SECTION 1 Assessment (page 15) 1. TERMS & NAMES: For each term or name‚ write a sentence explaining its significance. -nomadic -Pueblo -Kongo -Reformation -Aztec -Iroquois -Islam -Renaissance -Anasazi -Benin -Christianity 2. MAIN IDEA: In two or three sentences describe how America before Columbus was affected by trade and commerce. 3. CRITICAL THINKING: Why DO YOU THINK other European nations lagged behind Portugal in overseas exploration
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Note: This statue of an Ancient Egyptian woman clearly shows the way of dressing in Ancient Egypt. This statue belongs to the New Kingdome period. Body: The woman is wearing a kalasiris‚ a typical ancient Egyptian dress. The length of the dress tells us that this woman probably belonged to the upper class‚ as working woman mostly wore a kalasiris in a shorter variant. The dress is made of linen‚ which was perfect for Egypt’s hot climate. The dress is undecorated‚ but does have a lot of pleats
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Guide to GCSE History exam – Unit 2 Depth Study 1 hour 15 minutes Question 1 1a (source inference) What can you learn from source A about…? 4 marks (6 minutes) Source A: From a book about the history of Germany‚ published in 2009. On the evening of 27 February 1933‚ the Reichstag building was destroyed by a massive fire. A young Dutchman‚ a Communist supporter called Marinus van der Lubbe‚ was caught on the site. Van der Lubbe was put on trial‚ found guilty and executed. But his
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CHAPTER 23: AMERICA and the GREAT WAR A. THE ROAD TO WAR (p612-6) “Total war “entire resources and population mobilized towards the war effort‚ taking priority over everything else. Also involves going against the entire population of the enemy‚ not just its military. “war to end all wars” WWI said to be this because it was so horrible; it involved so many countries and terrible new weapons and had an incredible casualty statistics that people were sure this would be the very last war. “To make
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WWI Summary ➢ War on the Western Front: ✓ The Reasons for the stalemate on the Western Front: Stalemate: Situation where neither side could make a successful breakthrough on the Western Front. The Schlieffen Plan; was the German strategic plan that was to be put into action if there was war against both France and Russia simultaneously. The Franco-Russian Alliance: alliance of 1893 stated that if either France or Russia were attacked by Germany‚ the other would assist
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Name:___________________________________ Due Monday‚ November 12th Chapter 18: Notes and Reading Guides Section One • What were the major factors that contributed to the growth of American imperialism? • The major factors that contributed to the growth of American imperialism are desire for military strength • thirst for new markets • belief in cultural superiority • What are some other examples we have learned about since September in which the United States
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