World History Study Guide (3rd Quarter Benchmark) Directions: You will be taking a cumulative quarter test. This study guide will tremendously help you on that test. Democracy According to Plato‚ who makes the best leader? Philosopher King 1. Jews‚ Christians‚ Greeks and Romans stressed that the individual has… individual achievement‚ dignity‚ worth and moral behavior What form of democracy did the Romans have? Republic 1. Magna Carta: limited the power of a king‚ no longer an absolute
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September 5‚ 13 From Western Civilization to Global History Why study history? Orientation – why do we…? How did we get here? Analysis – avoiding past mistakes (ex: appeasement)‚ Edmund Burke‚ “Those who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it.” “The only thing we learn from history is that we learn nothing from history.” Identification – pride in historical achievements‚ values Entertainment purposes What to study? Histories of nations – cant forget about nations even though
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STUDY GUIDE FOR HISTORY 140B TEST #1 1. When the Civil War started‚ why did many northern Blacks rush to join the army? 2. How did the anti-slavery movement try to argue against the system of slavery? Name three of their arguments. 3. What was the top priority of the slaves at the end of the Civil War? 4. What were two of the pro-slavery arguments as presented by the proponents of slavery? 5. How did northern and southern whites differ on
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Coursework – Theoretical Review ‘History Ends‚ Worlds Collide’ by Chris Brown Neorealists argue that the end of Cold War was purely a reoccurring event which marked the point of international restructuring‚ but it was of no great importance. This journal responds to this view as its writer attempts to convey the importance of that time‚ as it marks the end of a two century interregnum in which the world is transformed from the Ancien Règime of monarchical
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Speech 101 Midterm Study Review Chapter 1 1. 2. 3. Ranked first among the skills of college graduated sought by employers 4. The oldest known handbook on effective speech was written on papyrus in Egypt some 4‚500 years ago. In classical Greece & Rome‚ public speaking played a central role in education and civic life. The great Roman leader Cicero used his speeches to defend liberty & wrote several works about oratory in general. In recent years‚ communication researchers have provided an
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1920’s Study GuideName:_____________________________ Date:______________________________ Period:____________________________ U.S. History Study Guide: 1920s 1. Explain the largest impact of Lindbergh’s solo flight across the Atlantic. 2. A researcher uses census data from 1900‚ 1910‚ and 1920 to identify foreign-born heads of working-class households in Pittsburgh‚ Pennsylvania. He discovers a high percentage of the same foreign names in all three censuses. Using this information‚ he can propose
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Bradon’s review Tuesday‚ September 23‚ 2014 1. 7:14 PM Explain the distinction between climate & weather. Using this concept‚ explain why an individual hurricane or summer heat wave is not in of itself proof of global warming? a. Climateis: a measure of the average pattern of variation in temperature‚ humidity‚ atmospheric pressure‚ wind‚ precipitation‚ atmospheric particle count and other meteorological variables in a given region over long periods of
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Review Questions & Answers (1/23) 1. Explain the difference between haploid and diploid cells. Tell where in an organism they are found. Tell how they are produced. A haploid cell is a cell that contains one complete set of chromosomes. Gametes(sperm and ova) are haploid cells that are produced by meiosis. Diploid cells contain two complete sets (2n) of chromosomes. Diploid cells reproduce by mitosis making daughter cells that are exact replicas. Some examples are skin‚ blood‚ muscle cells
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Muriel Williams Journal Article Critique #1 December 2012 Scharfstein‚ L.‚ Alfano‚ C.‚ Beidel‚ D.‚ & Wong‚ N. (2011). Children with generalized anxiety disorder do not have peer problems‚ just fewer friends. Child Psychiatry and Human Development‚ 42‚712-723. doi: 10.1007/s10578-011-0245-2 Article Critique of "Children with Generalized Anxiety Disorders Do Not Have Peer Problems‚ Just Fewer Friends" Summary Lindsay Scharfstein is one of the authors of this article. She
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Historians believe that the earliest peoples to settle the Western Hemisphere did so between 15‚000 to 20‚000 years ago. They were a set of people that were nomadic: always on the go in search of food and warmer climate. This is the reason‚ it is believed‚ they came across the Bering Strait during the winter when it formed a land bridge connecting Asia to Alaska. Among these groups of early settlers were the - 1. Incas of Peru 2. Aztecs of Mexico 3. Mayans of Yucatan Peninsula (Belize‚ Guatemala
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