CHAPTER 1: THREE OLD WORLDS CREATE A NEW‚ 1492-1600 GUIDED READING QUESTIONS 57 terms Introduction Know: Old World‚ New World Are the terms old world and new world biased? Old World : Europeans fleeing poverty & religious persecution. New World: North America 1. What conditions existed in what is today the United States that made it "fertile ground" for a great nation? Abundant natural resources Prior inhabitance & cultivation of the land by the Native Americans The Shaping
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Sectarianism can broadly be defined as divisions within a group‚ such as different denominations within a religion‚ based on perceived differences. It does not necessarily result in conflict‚ but historically‚ sectarian divisions along religious and political lines have contributed to conflict. Sectarian religious conflict has contributed to some of the most intractable‚ bitter and painful episodes of aggression and persecution throughout history. For instance‚ conflict between Irish Catholics
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HIST 107 QUESTIONS‚ WALKTHROUGH AND NOTES Posted on: Monday‚ September 3‚ 2012 History 107 Fall 2012 Homework Assignment ONE On Brinkley‚ Chapters 1-4 and classroom lectures. For Antelope Valley Students: e-mail to dlewis60@avc.edu by Wednesday. September 19. For Citrus Students: e-mail to dlewis@citruscollege.edu by Thursday‚ September 20. Answer the following in a minimum of 750 words. You will likely find‚ however that you will need more than 750 words. Try and cover as much
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World History Benchmark 3 and SOL Exam Study Guide Unit 1: World in 1500 Textbook: Pages 1-11‚ Chap. 4‚ Sec 1-2‚ Chap. 6‚ Sec. 1-3  WHII.2a: Location of some of the major states and empires in the Eastern Hemisphere England France Spain Russia Ottoman Empire - Turks Persia – modern day Iran China Mughal India Songhai Empire – northwest Africa Location of major states and empires in the Western Hemisphere Incan Empire – western South America. Conquered by Spanish conquistador
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Summer 2013 Key Vocabulary from Colonial Period 11th Grade APUSH New World Beginnings: 1. Black Legend: Term used to describe the belief that the Spanish only killed‚ tortured‚ and stole in the Americas while doing nothing good. Spaniards were given the image of cruel and intolerant human being. This term was made popular mostly by the works of Julian Juderias‚ in his book “La Leyenda Negra”‚ translated as “The Black Legend”. This definition exemplifies the mistreatment of Spain and
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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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Unit 1: Renaissance and Reformation The Renaissance * Approximate dates: 1375 (death of Petrarch) – 1527 (sacking of Rome) * The Renaissance is highlighted by: * a rediscovery of classical learning (Greek and Roman) * beginning of science * increased diplomacy * increased secularism * new belief in the individual * Secularism: never rejects Christianity‚ however‚ rejects Church’s domination and emphasizes man’s capabilities * Begins in Italy
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to collect experience. Supporting the Great Cultural Revolution is a great chance for us young people to develop ourselves.’ This early radicalism combined‚ as Mao did‚ an interest in personal exercise with a crusading‚ war-loving spirit. As the Huguenot enthusiast de Mournay put it‚ "Peace is a great evil‚ war is a great good. . . . Peace is proper to the miscreant; but war‚ to the true believer. Contrasts between passive flight and violent activism‚ between blackness and light (especially the sun)
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tidewater South. But the colonists were "different sorts" to begin with; the Pilgrims and Puritans of the North were outcasts before they came across the Atlantic. The middle-staters of Pennsylvania�--the Quakers�--and especially Maryland�--Catholics‚ Huguenots‚ and Presbyterians�--were already in search of a place where they could be different and be at least quasi-independent. To lay the responsibility for the revolution on mountains and streams‚ thereby ignoring the nature of the people before they arrived
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AN OUTLINE OF AMERICAN HISTORY "Heaven and Earth never agreed better to frame a place for man’s habitation." John Smith‚ 1607 CHAPTER 1 THE FIRST AMERICANS At the height of the Ice Age‚ between 34‚000 and 30‚000 B.C.‚ much of the world’s water was contained in vast continental ice sheets. As a result‚ the Bering Sea was hundreds of meters below its current level‚ and a land bridge‚ known as Beringia‚ emerged between Asia and North America. At its peak‚ Beringia is thought to have been
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