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    History Final Exam Study Guide Chapter 14 – Islam * Islam – literal meaning = submission * Five Pillars 1. Shahada – the Creed 2. Salat – Prayer – Pray 5 times daily facing Mecca 3. Sawn – Fasting – during Ramadan 4. Haji – Pilgrimage – travel to Mecca at least once in lifetime 5. Zakat – Almsgiving – giving money to religion * Allah – one true god * Haji – Pilgrimage to the holy cities of Arabia * Hijra – The “flight” of Muhammad when he had to flee

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    Jesse Rangel May 3‚ 2012 Characterization of Prospero William Shakespeare’s play The Tempest opens up with a boat in a horrible storm. The people on the boat are Alonso‚ Ferdinand‚ Sebastian‚ Antonio‚ Gonzalo‚ Stephano‚ and Trinculo‚ who are on their way to Italy after coming from the wedding of Alonso’s daughter‚ Claribel‚ to the prince of Tunis in Africa. The tempest capsizes the boat and the survivors find themselves in various places on a strange island. The next seem has a very more calm

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    Pacific Ocean and reached the Philippines where ne die but his name is know circumnavigation of the earth 4. Treaty of Tordesillas- divided up the newly discovered world in to separate Protuguese and Spanish sphr=eres of influence 5. Francisco Pizarro- (motive) landed on the Pacific coast of South America with steel weapons‚ gunpowder‚ and horses. Lucky because the Inca Empire succumbed to an epidemic of smallpox‚ too advantage of situation by seizing Atahualpa 6. Hernan Cortes-(motive) landed

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    PABLO ESCOBAR “Power like-love is a double edge sword.” With that sword‚ Pablo Escobar‚ Colombia’s powerful drug capo‚ held tight to. On one edge‚ Pablo Escobar was a man who was infatuated with power‚ and used it to his advantage to corrupt Colombia’s political force for his own good. Because of his power status‚ Escobar was feared by many people because of what he can have done to them. And on the other edge‚ Pablo Escobar used his power to help those who were less fortunate‚ and he would be

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    “ Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web‚ we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect. ” This is a quote said by a Native American chief‚ shows the attitudes of the Native American people as a whole and Pocahontas’ Mattaponi tribe. Disney’s highly acclaimed movie‚ Pocahontas‚ is about a female Indians battle to be with an Englishman named John Smith; even against her tribes culture and traditions. Throughout this

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    With more people you need more control over things for decisions which goes with political organization 6. Atahualpa was the last ruler of the Inca Empire of pre-Columbian South America to exercise power independent of Spanish control. Francisco Pizarro and a small group of Spanish soldiers captured Atahualpa. In a vain attempt to save Atahualpa‚ his subjects assembled one of the largest ransoms in history‚ an estimated $30 million worth of gold and silver. 7. Pizzarro completely surprised and

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    Choose 1 European Country that colonized between 1500-1600’s in the New World and detail their colonization. Include What‚ When‚ Where‚ Why‚ How‚ Was. One major country that colonized the New World was Spain. In the 15th century in Spain‚ women were 2nd class citizens who had no authority or power in general. However‚ the new king and queen of Spain-Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella Castille come into power equally. At this time Christopher Columbus seeks out the king and queen of Spain to grant

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    Mikaela Duguil  Period: 6          Chapter 1 Cornell notes  1. What was not an important goal of the early English explorers and colonists? It was  not an important goal to build a new nation.  2. Discuss the factors that transformed the colonist and caused them to envision and  creating an independent nation: common bonds‚ language‚ farmers‚ untouched by  tyranny of royal authority‚ official religion and social hierarchy‚ individual freedom‚ and  willingness to subjugate to others.  3. What factors divided the colonists

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    conquistador Hernan Cortes overthrew the Aztecs by force and captured Tenochtitlan in 1521‚ bringing an end to Mesoamerica’s last great native civilization. Then sadly‚ Fall of The Inca Civilization. With the arrival from Spain in 1532 by Francisco Pizarro and his entourage of mercenaries or conquistadors‚ the Inca empire was seriously threatened for the first time. Cities collapsed‚ thousands upon thousand of people were killed‚ and then came the end of the Mayan‚Aztec‚ and Inca civilizations. All

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    funded expeditions to spread the Catholic religion‚ gaining fortune and wealth‚ but most importantly gain uncivilized and unclaimed territory. Wealthy empires‚ such as the Spanish and the Portuguese‚ funded historic explorers for example‚ such as Pizarro and Magellan‚ to expand and connect two distinct worlds. One of the first explorers to set foot in North America‚ who sailed the ocean blue in 1492 was the Italian explorer‚ Christopher Columbus. As they sailed on August and reached their destination

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