AP World History Midterm Review History The study of past events and changes in the development‚ transmission‚ and transformation of cultural practices. Earliest Farming Location Fertile crescent Swidden Agriculture a place temporarily cleared for agriculture by cutting back and burning off previous growth Catal Huyuk early urban culture based on sedentary agriculture Mesopotamia "between the rivers"; civilizations that arose between the Tigris-Euphrates river valleys Hyksos a member of an ancient
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AP LITERATURE OPEN RESPONSE QUESTIONS 2011: In a novel by William Styron‚ a father tells his son that life “is a search for justice.” Choose a character from a novel or play who responds in some significant way to justice or injustice. Then write a well-developed essay in which you analyze the character’s understanding of justice‚ the degree to which the character’s search for justice is successful‚ and the significance of this search for the work as a whole. 2010: Palestinian American literary theorist
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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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improvements in women ’s rights were seen in Western Europe and China‚ where women gained many rights but remained under patriarchal authority and could not vote. Western Europe was the home of revolution. Social revolution grew out of Europe‚ and Renaissance men and women heralded human rights. Revolutions of the people were built upon the support of women‚ and in women used their dedication during wartime to garner support for peace-time rights. Women in Western Europe tried to harness the spirit of freedom
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from history‚ including molecular biology‚ plant and animal genetics‚ biogeography‚ archaeology‚ and linguistics. Eurasians have spread around the globe to dominate the modern world in wealth and power Africans survived & have thrown off European domination but remained behind in wealth and power Contrarily‚ inhabitants of Australia‚ the Americas‚ and southern Africa aren’t even masters of their own lands but have been decimated‚ subjugated‚ or exterminated by European colonialists Why did history
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October 11th American Confederation- june and july of 1788 that leaders of cities would organize celebrations of ratification of the constitution Benjamin Rush- social classes “forgot its claims” parades in Phil. and New York showed strong support 1788- strong support in urban environments; nations prospects were not promising (all americans 1790 3.9 million lived near Atlantic coast‚ large areas west of App. laid in native american hands‚ british had military outpost near great lakes‚ fears
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Marxism By:Hasan Armour L.I.T.3 The play of Macbeth aspects plays a major influence on the topic of Marxism. Marxism acknowledges the numerous amount of power or authority oneself has. To point out the relation marxism has on the people within the play we all would first start by stating who had the most authority‚ and how it was use. Having the power to be in one’s hand changes the way one another act towards each other. To fully introduce marxism amongst the people in the story you would say the
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AP World History Chapter 6 - India and Southern Asia Name:____________________________ Chapter Objectives: When you finish studying this chapter you should be able to answer the following questions. In what ways has the environments of India and Southeast Asia influenced the choice of the livelihood of the people‚ as well as the development of distinct social and governmental structures. How did India evolve into a complex social system and three distinct religious systems to meet the needs
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Chapter 9 P192-211 Civilization in Eastern Europe: Byzantium and Orthodox Europe Introduction: BIG IDEAS DETAILS One: Two major Christian civilizations took shape- the orthodox Christian Byzantine & Catholicism in Central and West Europe- yet the remained mostly different Two: Expansion into areas never controlled before • Both new civilizations were impacted by Islam o They had Different principles • Byzantine places a higher stress on politics‚ economy‚ and cultural life (from
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last decades of the nineteenth century around 2-15 million of the Congolese died when Europeans began to take over the Congo Free State‚ evidently affecting the Congolese greatly. The Europeans made this horrific takeover because they believed that they could change Africa for the better. There were many changes in the Congo’s culture‚ economic and social status. This takeover initiated because of the Europeans’ want in their resources and the beginning of racism and abuse toward the Congolese‚ resulting
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