Humanities 101: Exam 4 June 11‚ 2012 1. Johann Sebastian Bach (J.S. Bach) is considered to be the father of music for many reasons. He was the greatest Baroque composer‚ arguably the greatest composer of all times. He developed the modern piano lessons we use today‚ and developed helping book to strengthen both hands equally to play the piano. He wrote thousands of compositions‚ and simplified the way we compose music. He is the reason the piano became popular over the harpsichord. He was brilliant
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Honeybees were brought to North America from Europe in the 1600s. They produce honey and pollinate crops. In recent years honeybee populations across the continent have declined by as much as 70 percent. Their loss could effect fruits and vegetables such as apples‚ broccoli‚ strawberries‚ nuts‚ asparagus‚ blueberries and cucumbers. Honeybees pollinate $14 billion worth of seeds and crops in the US every year. Therefore‚ if honeybees disappear‚ they could take most of our insect pollinated plants
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Humanity: The Devil’s Playground Oscar Wilde’s “The Picture of Dorian Gray” is a mythological tale of a young boy’s coming to age in Victorian high society. Dorian is unveiled innocent and shaded from the world. He is born with genetic gifts that some people can only dream of such as beauty and charm. The death of Dorian’s grandfather left him alone and vulnerable with a few years to spare before Dorian inherits his “gentleman” status. Unluckily for Dorian‚ this is a perfect opportunity for the
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Humanities in Ancient Rome 2-14-2013 T-TR 12:30-1:45 Mathis Ancient Rome was a turning point in history. It is considered by many to be one of the most important and influential societies to ever dominate Earth. At Rome’s peak in the history of civilization‚ one could not go anywhere from Spain to Saudi Arabia without being influenced in some way or another by the empire. Over the twelve centuries of Rome’s existence‚ it produced hundreds upon thousands of architects‚ musicians‚ playwrights
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1.) Structurally‚ Dante’s divisions of the 3 stories Hell‚ Purgatory‚ and Heaven‚ each with 9 (32) places (Heaven: 7 planets+2‚ Hell 9 levels‚ Purgatory: 7 sins +2)‚ the 3 lined stanzas‚ 33 cantos‚ relate to Chartres Cathedral’s use of 3s in the architecture. Thematically‚ Dante’s stories are about the unification of faith and reason with the characters Virgil and Beatrice‚ is the same as Chartres Cathedral’s sculpture and art on the stain glass. Both works show our relationship to God and educates
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Yishun Secondary School Sec 4E Social Studies Week 3 Revision Assignment |Name: | |( |) |Class: Sec | |Date: |25 Jan 10 | Teachers open the door. You enter by yourself. Chinese Saying Deadline: 1 Feb 2010 What must I know? 1. Explain the challenges of and responses to declining birth rate • Responses: Explain how Singapore’s population policies
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The New York Times article reported China’s disregard for workers in its growing factories. Stearns and Chapman’s excerpt wrote that although working conditions were not great and wages low‚ it was still an improvement compared to life before the Industrial Revolution. The Testimony for the Factory Act of 1833 provided testimonies from workers and owners about how the factories were run. Last‚ Engle’s excerpt was about the poor lifestyles of the workers in the city and how it matched the poor working
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American dream in “Great Gatsby”. Gatsby is a hero of the novel "The Great Gatsby’’ written by Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald. Gatsby’s fate ironically alter medieval story Quest for the Holy Grail. The difference is that his travels and exploits lead Gatsby to a tragic outcome. This story also criticizes the "American Dream." This had now degenerated into a perversion and no longer exists in the original pursuit of freedom and happiness‚ but the desire for wealth and power. Furthermore‚ aspects
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i like to copy paste with that can say for certain what happened to the Mayan people‚ but theories abound and include varied possible alternatives to explain the abrupt and mysterious disappearance of the Mayan civilization. It is believed that Queen Hatshepsut dressed as a man to gain support of the Egyptians. After her death‚ her successor removed as many remnants of her rule as possible. Although a pharaoh‚ her mummified remains and tomb have never been conclusively found. Tutankhamen died
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The Middle Ages is a period‚ more famous as “Dark Ages” due to the oppression and the corruption of the church‚ the Black Plague and the lack of progress in people’s life. The common event used to mark the beginning of the Middle Ages is the year the Western Roman Empire fell. One reason this year is not very accurate is that even though the western part fell‚ the eastern kept it up for another thousand years and its influence was still in power despite being weakened through the centuries. With
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