Mr. Pitts Email: smpitts@canfieldschools.net Website: www/smpitts.weebly.com AP World History Course 2013-2014 AP World History is for the high school student who wishes to earn college credit in high school through a rigorous academic program. This class approaches history in a way that looks at the common threads of humanity over time— society‚ politics‚ religion‚ ideology‚ technology and trade —and it investigates how these things have changed and continued over time in different
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DBQ: Imperialism In AfricaAzra Azvar Period 3 2/21/10 White’s vs Blacks In the late 19th and early 20th centuries European imperialism caused its countries to divide up the rest of the world‚ each country claiming bits as its own. Due to its large amounts of resources‚ Africa was one of the main areas European nations invaded in the cause if imperialism. In Africa‚ there were positive and negative effects towards the Africans and the invaders. Some positive effects on Africans were that
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The Wars of Religion in the 17th and 18th centuries were some of the bloodiest conflicts of all of European history before the World Wars. They spanned the entire continent‚ involved nearly every member of society‚ and resulted in the deaths of millions. Reactions to these wars varied– some were in favour‚ some were opposed. However‚ despite the fact that people’s reactions deviated wildly‚ the evidence shows that many rulers had a similar attitude towards the Wars of Religion‚ and manipulated them
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Shelby Cook DBQ-1 AP World History Many different aspects help to shape the Modern Olympic Movement. They all helped to form the Olympics we know today. The political controversies‚ social issues; including discrimination among sexes‚ and the economic boost were all three big factors in shaping this movement from 1892 to 2000. The idea of the Olympics was not completely accepted in all governments. Many members of the Modern Olympic Movement were trying to persuade their countries
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and with them‚ he created the now known religion of Islam (Pollard pg. 304). The vibrant passion of the believers of Islam is what helped to spread it so far and so fast. Within a hundred years‚ Islam had spread as far as North Africa‚ sweeping down the east coast of Africa‚ into southern Europe‚ and finally into present day India and central Asia (Pollard pg. 306-307) The Islamic empire contained so many vastly different peoples that the leading rulers‚ the Abbasids‚ started to conscript local Arab
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Early modern Western Europe faced political changes from 1500-1750. These were based on three main political ideas: monarchy‚ balance of power‚ and religious reforms. The main type of government became monarchies‚ which had one main ruler and a parliament. The parliament was a group of state-elected legislatures‚ used to represent the citizens. Document five‚ Political Craft and Craftiness on page 420-421‚ explains the qualities that Machiavelli thought that a prince should have to be a proper prince
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In the period of the 3rd century CE‚ China was going through major turmoil during the collapse of the Han Dynasty. Throughout and after this collapse‚ the population of Asian countries became increasingly Buddhist‚ creating tumult within the Chinese Confucian political philosophy system. In society at this time‚ Buddhism was viewed in many opposing ways. On one side of the spectrum‚ Buddhism was a way to find fulfillment‚ a guide to lead a good and meaningful life‚ and promised reward to its followers
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anomaly to this day. Their unconventional war tactics and nomadic way of life defied all other empires that were in existence at the time. However‚ their strategies proved extremely successful‚ and they were able to establish the largest empire the world had ever seen in a mere 20 year span. The unification of Asia (excluding India) under the strict rule of the Mongols brought about a period of relative peace and of economic improvement. While there were some negative factors due to Mongol reign‚ such
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Islam and Buddhism have spread significantly throughout the world and have influenced those regions drastically. The majorly impacted regions are African civilizations‚ Spain‚ Korea and Japan. These regions were reached by the spread through travelers who made a larger imprint on the regions than they initially thought. The primary advancements that occurred over several hundred years in said regions include‚ but are not limited to‚ architecture‚ arts‚ science‚ medicine‚ astronomy and mathematics
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The modern Olympic movement has been shaped by many differentiating factors over the years. It has been altered by social‚ political‚ and economic factors. More specifically‚ warring times‚ changes to social structures‚ and economic activity that varies by country have been the overall leading factors that have shaped the Olympics over the years. The Olympics have shown over the decades that they can be affected by political conflict. However‚ it seems that this is the point of the Olympics‚ to
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