Economics 515 Midterm 1 1. Economic growth vs. economic development‚ define extensive growth & intensive growth Economic growth is the sustained increase in the output of goods/services of a society. Economic development is economic growth plus changes in technical and institutional arrangements by with output are produced. Extensive growth- increase in output due to increase in inputs (labor force grows‚ land stock increases) Intensive growth- increase in output per unit of input –
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What is History? interpretation of the past gathering evidence & analyzing it‚ making interpretations way to construct arguments about past based on evidence goal of class is to teach how to think historically Herodotus ca. 484-420 BC Greek writer of “The History of the Persian Wars” used the word Historion (greek word - questioning‚ inquiry‚ investigation‚ gathering of evidence) his work is an investigation on a war etc. it’s something active - History is investigation/questioning
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Short Answer 1. Explain the role of river valleys in the development of civilizations. Name at least two river valleys as examples. (10 points) Rivier valleys first and foremost provided water‚ a basic necessity for humans. It also provided fertile soil for agriculture‚ which led to settlements and brought hunting and gathering to an end. Once animals and plants were domesticated‚ and basic advances occurred these civilizations made irrigation systems from the rivers. Transportation was also
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CHAPTER 3: SETTLING THE NORTHERN COLONIES: 1619—1700 The Protestant Reformation Produces Puritanism Know: John Calvin‚ Conversion Experience‚ Visible Saints‚ Church of England‚ Puritans‚ and Separatists. 26. How did John Calvin’s teachings result in some Englishmen wanting to leave England? The Protestant Reformation was led by Henry VIII‚ who became the head of the Church of England. Unfortunately‚ Henry had no interest in making great strides in religion. On the other hand‚ puritans who
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HISTORY OF COMPUTERS Ancient era Suanpan (the number represented on this abacus is 6‚302‚715‚408) Devices have been used to aid computation for thousands of years‚ mostly using one-to-one correspondence with fingers. The earliest counting device was probably a form of tally stick. Later record keeping aids throughout the Fertile Crescent included calculi (clay spheres‚ cones‚ etc.) which represented counts of items‚ probably livestock or grains‚ sealed in hollow unbaked clay containers.[1][2]
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Thailand The earliest inhabitants of what is now Thailand were hunter-gatherers. However about 4‚000 BC they began farming. They grew rice. At first the farmers used stone tools but about 3‚000 BC bronze was discovered. From about 500 BC the people of what is now Thailand used iron. At first what is now Thailand was divided into small states called Meuang. By 100 AD they were practicing Theravada Buddhism. However the ancestors of modern Thais are believed to have come from southern China. They
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19‚1885‚ at the age of 24‚ he finished his course in Philosophy and Letters with a grade of “excellent.” Having traveled extensively in Europe‚ America and Asia‚ he mastered 22 languages: Arabic‚ Catalan‚ Chinese‚ English‚ French‚ German‚ Greek‚ Hebrew‚ Italian‚ Japanese‚ Latin‚ Malayan‚ Portuguese‚ Russian‚ Sanskrit‚ Spanish‚ Tagalog‚ and other native dialects. A genius‚ he was an architect‚ artists‚ businessman‚ cartoonist‚ educator‚ economist‚ ethnologist‚ scientific farmer‚ historian‚ inventor
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James Viloria Rel/134 2/5/2015 History of Judaism I will be telling you about one key person I found that was very important to the Jewish history was Moses. He was spoken about throughout the book of Exodus as the founder of the Ten Commandments and the rules of living for the Jewish people. Moses wasn’t born as Egyptian but as a Hebrew baby. That was put in a watertight basket in the Nile River. There an Egyptian princess found Moses in that basket and raised him as her own child. Later in life
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Giorgio Vasari (30 July 1511 – 27 June 1574) was an Italian painter‚ architect‚ writer and historian‚ most famous today for his Lives of the Most Eminent Painters‚ Sculptors‚ and Architects‚ considered the ideological foundation of art-historical writing. As the first Italian art historian‚ he initiated the genre of an encyclopedia of artistic biographies that continues today. Vasari was the first to use the term "Renaissance" in print‚ though an awareness of the ongoing "rebirth" in the arts had
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History (from Greek ἱστορία - historia‚ meaning is about an umbrella term that relates to past events as well as the discovery‚ collection‚ organization‚ and presentation of information about these events. The term includes cosmic‚ geologic‚ and organic history‚ but is often generically implied to mean human history. Scholars who write about history are called historians. History as well as ancient geometrical applications of history can also refer to the academic discipline which uses a narrative
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