Arab sail‚ astrolabe‚ Caravel‚ compass Where was the first permanent settlement in the New World? ○ St. Augustine‚ FL Which of the followings is NOT true about Native American religious beliefs at the point of the initial European contacts? ○ TRUE: revolved around nature‚ good vs. evil‚ conciliate spiritual forces Where was the first permanent European settlement on future United States soil? ○ Jamestown What was one major difference
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Foot. Major Charles Douglas was the senior officer on board. He was born c 1787‚ the son of Captain William Douglas of the 11th Foot. He was promoted to lieutenant on 6 September 1805 and to the rank of captain on 19 May 1808. On 20 April 1815‚ he was promoted to the rank of Major. A rank he held at Waterloo. He served in the Peninsular from Dec 1813-14 and was at Bayonne. Captain James McGregor was the brother of Colonel George McGregor of the first battalion. He was promoted to
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Organization (WTO). The UN has used the term "intergovernmental organization" instead of "international organization" for clarity.[3] The first and oldest intergovernmental organization is the Central Commission for Navigation on the Rhine‚ created in 1815 by the Congress of Vienna. An international organization is an organization with an international membership‚ scope‚ or presence. There are two main types:[2] International nongovernmental organizations (INGOs): non-governmental organizations
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WEEK 1 1. THE WORLD POLITICS PROBLEMATIQUE Reading: FLS‚ Introduction 2a. THREE COMPETING APPROACHES TO THE PROBLEMS OF WORLD POLITICS: LIBERALISM‚ REALISM‚ CONSTRUCTIVISM Reading: FLS‚ Introduction 2b. THE VOCABULARY OF LIBERAL ANALYSIS Reading: FLS Chapter 2‚ Understanding Interests‚ Interactions and Institutions FLS CH.2 Concentrate on Bargaining vs. cooperation Public goods (peace in international politics‚ health care in local‚ everyone needs it but hard to find people
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Barret James APHG Chapter 13 Guided Reading Assignment 1. What key contribution to our planet’s history did Alfred Wegener make? A. He proposed a hypothesis that would account for the close “fit” of the shapes of the facing continents. His continental drift hypothesis required a preexisting super continent‚ Pangaea‚ which split into the continents of the world. 2. In what two ways have humans effected the earth’s environment during our presence on this planet? A. 1. Long before we became technologically
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evolution of the States system provided by the Treaty of Westphalia in 1648. The Westphalia Congress was the first time sovereign states would meet to conduct relations with one another with the idea of preventing wars. The Congress of Vienna of 1815 was a milestone in the evolution of Modern International Organisation. It altered the chaotic international system created by the Napoleonic Wars‚ redistributed the territories of Europe and created a system to ensure the balance of Power in Europe
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controlled between them the most part of South America. The British and French‚ together with the Dutch and the Swedes‚ began to establish permanent settlements along the eastern seaboard‚ in the 16th century. They did not come in search of riches; they went to America to conquer the land itself. 1.2 The colonial period The first successful settlements were established at Jamestown‚ Virginia (1607) and Plymouth Bay‚ Massachusetts (1620). Jamestown 1607: The earliest permanent settlers went to Virginia
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French Social Classes in the Revolution & Empire: 1799-1815 |Social Class |The “Age of Montesquieu” |The “Age of Rousseau” |The “Age of Voltaire” |Post-Napoleon | | |(Constitutional Monarchy) |(Republic) |(Enlightened Despotism?) | | | |1789-1792 | |1799-1815 | | |
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of 4300 metres before it erupted in 1815. The crater is 6 km in diametre and 1‚100 metres deep.
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The Tambora Volcano occurred in Europe in 1815 and did not end until four months later. In fact it spewed so much gases and rock into the air that‚ by the time it stopped erupting‚ it had shrunk by 4‚200 feet. To date‚ Mount Tambora has sent more particles into atmosphere than any other volcano in recorded history. . Mount Tambora sits on island of Indonesia .in 1815‚ perhaps 50‚000 people lived on Sambaw ‚ a beautiful land of rushing streams gentle hills‚ and thick jungles. Looming over the northern
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