Culture Vocab Chart Word | Definition | Explain | Example | Language | Set of sounds‚ combination of sounds‚ and symbols used for communication. | Form of communication used amongst people. | EnglishFrenchBengali | Standard Language | Variant of language that a country’s people seek to use in schools‚ media‚ government‚ etc. | Used for official government business‚ education‚ and mass communications. | English in AmericaFrench in FranceEnglish in Canada | Dialects | Local or regional characteristics
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AP World History Unit One Exam 1. Which of the following have scholars advanced as a possible explanation for the emergence of patriarchy in the First Civilizations? (A) The emergence of women as the primary source of labor in more intensive animal-drawn plow-based agriculture (B) The increased role of women outside the home (C) The decline in birthrates that accompanied civilization (D) The emergence of large-scale warfare with professionally led armies (E) The frequent failure of women
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to it and pull the plow to turn over rows of dirt‚ making multiple holes at once. This also helped because this would rotate the soil‚ making the crops turn out fresher than before. Another example is that Mesopotamia is in the Fertile Crescent‚ an area with extremely fertile soil due to the two rivers in the area‚ the Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers. Every year there is a part of the year called the flooding season. During this time‚ the banks of the two rivers will overflow‚ naturally irrigating
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Paleolithic and Neolithic Era Katherina Velsh HIS 112 December 1st‚ 2014 John Bollweg Introduction Great differences are present between the Paleolithic and Neolithic eras‚ as well as similarities. Great historical events occurred between the two eras that changed the way humans lived forever. Life back in those eras could appear simpler‚ less complicated‚ but it was just the opposite. Survival was the goal and everyday was a struggle to live another day. Homo sapiens‚ another way of saying
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Though there was no regular rainfall in Mesopotamia‚ the layers of silt deposited by the rivers made the soil fertile over the years. There was an area of land known as the Fertile Crescent between the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf that had soil rich enough to produce crops that were sufficient to sustain life. It also allowed surplus growth of items like reed‚ timber and dates that the
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Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel Study Guide Questions Yali’s Question to Jared Diamond was as follows: Why did the Europeans have superior technology‚ and thus conquer the New World‚ rather than the other way around? Many answers have been put to the query‚ but a couple stand out. A common answer to this question is that because the Europeans got the guns‚ germs‚ and steel‚ they were superior. Diamond refutes this by asking about the ultimate cause: why did the Europeans get the guns‚ germs‚ and steel‚ rather
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The Empire Times Josephine Bonaparte Josephine‚ sitting elegantly for a portrait. Josephine is a very well-known and talented women as many already know. Even before her marriage with our “beloved” emperor she was a trend setter for all of France. After her marriage with Napoleon‚ he went off to fight in the Italian Campaigns. A few short years later‚ he divorced Josephine stating‚ “... although I do love her very much‚ she has failed to produce an heir for me.” Directly avoiding a statement
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cities which resulted in civilizations. Some early river valley civilizations consist of: Mesopotamia‚ Egypt‚ India‚ and China. Mesopotamia civilizations developed along the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. This area can also be referred to as the Fertile Crescent. Egypt civilizations developed along the Nile River. The Sahara Desert and other geographic features protected Egypt from invasion‚ kept them isolated‚ and preserved culture. Indian civilizations developed along the Indus and Ganges River. India
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The Egyptians and Mesopotamians both made enormous contributions to the development of technology and society. They had unique characteristics and made many advances for society and expansion alike. The Mesopotamians made advanced mathematical leaps and procured methods that we still use today. They were the ones that established a numerical place value system in which allows numbers to be categorized by observing the bordering digits that are placed alongside them. They also created a system that
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There are many similarities and differences Africa with any other Countries. Africa and China have the similarities in trade. Africa and Egypt have the difference in Social Class. Africa and Sumer might have the differences as hunter-gatherers. Africa and China have similarities in trade. In Africa they had to travel in camels to cross the Sahara Desert so that they could trade with other societies. By 700 trade is what makes the people have more money and making them rich. Later they mined gold
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