Chapter 17 Guided Reading Terms: 1. Columbian Exchange- the exchange of plants‚ animals‚ diseases‚ and technologies between the Americans and the rest of the world following Columbus’s voyage. 2. Council of the Indies- the institution responsible for supervising Spain’s colonies in the Americas from 1524 to the early eighteenth century‚ when it lost all but judicial responsibilities. 3. Bartolone de Las Casas- a priest who was the most influential defender of the Amerindians in
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AP World History Chapter 17- American Colonial Societies Name: ___________ Study Guide Short Answer Questions: Like “Big Pictures” Questions 1. What role did religion play in European settlement of the Americas? (Be specific as to Spanish‚ Portuguese‚ French‚ and British uses of Christianity as a tool of colonization.) 2. The chapter describes several different types of forced labor practices. Describe each practice and explain why each one was preferred in different locations. 3. Compare and
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part of our body of citizens‚ it would be both impossible and unkind‚ at this time when China is looking to the United States for help and guidance in the formation of the new republic‚ to prevent the Chinese from coming to our country to travel and study and learn from us.” (WELLBORN‚
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natives settled down and adopted food cultivation 1) Permanent farm villages began to develop c. The Norsemen i. Began exploring coast of North America in 1001 and established "Vinland" on Newfoundland coasts 2. Europe and the World by the 15th Century a. China: The Rejection of Overseas Expansion i. Initiated overseas voyages between 1405 and 1434 to East Indies and coast of East Africa ii. Voyages indicate Chinese belief in their own superiority‚ China turns inward
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American History AP Mid Term Study Guide-2012 Mr. Lester I have provided you with a basic guideline to study from. Below is a list of units and sample topics from which you need to prepare from. The list is NOT all inclusive‚ it is a guideline. Also use old reading quizzes‚ tests‚ and links that I have placed on Moodle. You also might look in your AP review book and read through the outlines and look at some sample questions. A. Columbus - Colonization • Columbian Exchange • St. Augustine
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Chapter 13: The Expansive Realm of Islam Chapter Outline I A prophet and his world A Muhammad and his message 1 Arabian peninsula was mostly desert a Nomadic Bedouin people organized in family and clan groups b Important in long-distance trade networks between China/India and Persia/Byzantium 2 Muhammad’s early life a Muhammad ibn Abdullah born to a Mecca merchant family‚ 570 C.E. b Difficult early life‚ married a wealthy widow‚ Khadija‚ in 595 c Became a merchant at age thirty and was exposed to
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Chapter 7 India Monday‚ October 15‚ 2012 12:21 PM Indian Subcontinent • 3 topographical zones: - Northern mountainous zone - Indus and Ganges basins - Peninsula Vindhya Mountains and Deccan plateau divide peninsula from other two zones 4 sub regions in Peninsula: - Tropical Kerala in west - Coromandel Coast in east - Flat area of Tamil Nadu in south - Island of Sri Lanka Weather‚ Crops‚ and Geography • Peninsular India and Ganges Valley have a subtropical climate and
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STUDY GUIDE COSTS OF PRODUCTION: Total Physical Product (TP)- total output or quantity produced Marginal Product (MP)- the additional output generated by additional inputs (workers). Average Product (AP)- the output per unit of input. Stage 1: Increasing Marginal Returns Stage 2: Decreasing Marginal Returns Stage 3: Negative Marginal Returns TC- Total Costs: Sum of Fixed and Variable Costs VC- Variable Costs: Costs for variable resources that do change with the amount produced
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Chapter 9 Outline Christian Europe Emerges (600-1200) I. The Byzantine Empire •The Byzantine Empire’s official religion was Christianity •The Byzantine’s practiced the Roman Imperial system of government and the political oversight of the Christian church to insure the church’s power did not exceed the government’s power. A.An Empire Beleaguered •Between 634 and 650 the Arabs captured the Byzantines as well as the Egyptians‚ the Syrians‚ and the area of Tunisia. The land lost to them and
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1) The Shapes of Human Communities 1. In 1500‚ the world had all different societies‚ gatherers and hunters to empires‚ but it was different 2. Paleolithic Persistence a) gathering and hunting societies (Paleolithic peoples) still existed throughout the world but they had changed over time b) b. had new & improved technologies and ideas‚ e.g.‚ outrigger canoes‚ fish hooks‚ etc (had not adopted agriculture) c) exchanged goods over hundreds of miles and developed
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