Grant Benick 10-16-14 AP World AP World History Free-Response Questions (DBQ) Buddhism was founded in India in the sixth century B.C.E and was brought into China by the first century C.E. Gradually winning converts‚ the fall of the Han dynasty in 220 C.E caused a period of political instability and disunity. There is the Buddhist who support Buddhism and praised the Buddha as their god. However‚ there were some people who are against Buddhism and didn’t like it as a religion so they went against
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1. Give an outline of the views on what caused the UK riots presented in texts 1 and 2 Text 1‚ a news report from the “Voice of America” website written by Al Pessin‚ is generally reporting how the UK riots in August happened and why the Londoners thought the riots broke out. Many of them initially assumed that the violence was a backlash from chronic unemployment‚ slow economic recovery and cuts to public service (site 2‚ line 12 - 15). They thought that the riot was triggered by a still-unresolved
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collapse of the Qing Dynasty. The Qing Dynasty’s collapse was due to three main influences‚ with underlying reasons involved in each. The first being foreign intervention related strongly to militarism‚ gunboat diplomacy‚ imperialism and the rise of unequal treaty systems. The second influence was China’s failure to reform and uprisings‚ such as the boxer rebellion and lastly economic decline. These three factors ultimately resulted in the downfall of the dynasty. The Qing Dynasty relied heavily
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1. The first thing I noticed that was similar in the writings of these three poets was they all wrote about nature. Wei‚ for example‚ mentions nature in every poem that I read. He writes “Ancient trees‚ the last withered willows.” in Meng Wall Cove (Line 2) and “Man at leisure‚ cassia flowers fall. The night still‚ spring mountain empty. The moon emerges‚ startling mountain birds: At times they call within the spring valley.” in Bird Call Valley. Bo writes‚ “I raise my cup to invite the moon. He
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Honors 210B: Study Guide for Final Exam CSUF - Dr. Susanne Gaskins Traditions and Encounter‚ Vol. II‚ 4th Edition Chapters 27‚ 29‚ 30‚ 32 (pages 892-900 only)‚ 33‚ 34‚ 35‚ 36 (read only a short section about Japan on pp. 1012 - 1014)‚ and 37 • The mid-term exam is worth 150 points. • The 10 short answer identification questions will comprise 100 points (10 points each) of the exam. You will have some IDs to choose from (10 out of 14). I will only choose identification questions
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kot16996_ch01_002-023.indd Page 2 What distinguishes anthropology from other fields that study human beings? How do anthropologists study human diversity in time and space? Why is anthropology both scientific and humanistic? Street scene with soccer in Istanbul‚ Turkey. Culture‚ including sports‚ helps shape our bodies‚ personalities‚ and personal health. 12/24/09 7:41:11 PM user-s173 /Users/Shared/K4/Layout kot16996_ch01_002-023.indd Page 3 12/25/09 4:08:41
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In Tang Dynasty (618 AD) Chinese government promoted tea growth for the entire population where a Japanese priest brought tea back to its homeland. In the beginning‚ tea was mostly used by the upper class and Japanese priest to keep them stay awake during meditation
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Abby 1/8/13 Global Essay Period 7 The Han Emperor Wudi accomplished many things and his life was important to China’s history for many reasons. Wudi did many things to improve China’s civilization itself. He ruled from 141-87 B.C. Wudi was the sixth emperor of the Han Dynasty. He became emperor when he was 16. He was a very fierce ruler. Wudi lived from 156-87 B.C. In that length of time that he was alive‚ Wudi did many things. Wudi had many accomplishments
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The Ambassador Painting The Ambassador painting by Hans Holbein is a very popular painting from its time‚ the Renaissance. This time period is shown by a certain symbol that Hans liked to use in his paintings‚ the skull. He would place it at the bottom of his paintings as a symbol that this art work is his. The skull is painted in anamorphic perspective‚ which is a style in the Renaissance period. They say this painting could have up to three meanings. Heavens‚ Living world‚ and Death (Holbein’s
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Essay on Tang and Ming Although both the Tang and Ming dynasties were Asian in origin they varied greatly in the way that they effected the development and progression in Asia. Although the Tang Dynasty and Ming Dynasty shared religious‚ technological‚ and economical similarities‚ they had their own unique differences in the ways they portrayed them on historical society. The Tang and Ming dynasties were greatly similar in their religious beliefs with faint differences in that they were both
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