Chapter 4 Study Guide 1. What are the two main functions of the sympathetic nervous system? (A) Activating system that arouses the body‚ mobilizing its energy in stressful situations – fight/flight (B) Regulates strong emotional reactions 2. What are the two main functions of the parasympathetic NS? “Rest and Digest‚” Calming system that conserves energy. 3. How do the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems work together (what are some images and metaphors used to describe them)?
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INTRODUCTION Levels of organization (cell to biosphere) and characteristics of life Levels: Cells->tissue ->organs & organ systems->organisms->populations->communities->ecosystems-> biosphere Characteristics of life: Cell and Organization: Each cell can only do the job it is tasked with. Example: brain cells Energy Use and Metabolism: Energy is needed many organisms. Energy is utilized in chemical reactions Response to Environmental Changes: responds to stimuli Regulation and Homeostasis: ex:
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Chapter 16 Study Guide 1. After 1450 the West controlled a growing volume of international trade. 2. The initiative for Western exploration and conquest came from the kingdom of Portugal. 3. Vasco da Gama rounded the Cape of Good Hope and eventually sailed to India. 4. The first Portuguese fleet to reach India sailed there in 1498. 5. The Portuguese trading port and fortress established in India was Goa. 6. Why did the initiative in early conquest and exploration pass to northern European
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Africa chapter 20 • Factories: forts and trading posts with resident merchants. • El Mina (1482): Most important factory in the heart of gold-producing region of the forest zone. • Nzigna Mvemba (r. 1507-1543): Ruler of Kongo. With help of missionaries brought the whole kingdom to Christianity. • Luanda: Permanent settlement of the Portuguese established in the south of the Kongo in the 1570s. Basis for Portuguese colony of Angola. • Royal African Company: Charted in 1660s to establish a monopoly
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American military analyst employed by the RAND Corporation who precipitated a national political controversy in 1971 when he released the Pentagon Papers‚ a top-secret Pentagon study of government decision-making about the Vietnam War‚ to The New York Times and other newspapers. Pentagon Papers: Leaked to NYT‚ Pentagon study over failures of Kennedy/Johnson Henry Kissinger: Natl Security Adviser; met with Nixon in Paris to negotiate end of war‚ prepared path to Beijing‚ Moscow China opening
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people. "Our country: its possible future and its present crisis" 2: Theodore Roosevelt- darwinist‚ national parks 3: Henry Cabot Lodge- used darwinism to prove that the world belonged to the strongest nation (america) 4: Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan- "Influence of sea power upon history" stated that control of seas leads to world dominance‚ stimulated the naval race among nations‚ enhanced american navy. 5: James G. Blaine- secretary of state‚ wanted to ally American and Latin American‚ "Big
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arrest. A skirmish was inevitable and the firing that followed Andres Bonifacio was stabbed in the larynx‚ Ciriaco was killed and Procopio was wounded. They were placed in a hammock and brought to Naik‚ the capital of the rebel government. In April 28‚ 1897‚ Baldomero Aguinaldo forwarded the case to the Council of War in order to conduct the necessary trial. On April 29‚ 1897‚ personnel’s of the Council of War was completed‚ Col. Pedro Lipana as judge advocate‚ Jose Elises was fiscal‚ Placido Martinez
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UNIT 2 Study Guide AP Human Geography Exam Population: Demography: The study of human populations Over Population: The definition of over population is having too many people and to little resources Carrying Capacity: The largest number of people that the environment of a particular area can support Doubling Time: The time it takes for a population to double Four most over populated regions/Sparsely populated regions in the world (Over populated): East Asia South Asia Southeast
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Global History Regents Review Unit 1: The Ancient World Section 1: Early Peoples and River Civilizations Nomads – people who moved from place to place‚ hunting and gathering their food. Paleolithic people were nomads. Their simple social structure consisted of small groups of people who traveled together. Cultural Diffusion – the exchange of ideas‚ customs‚ and goods among cultures. Cultural diffusion occurs through trade‚ warfare‚ and migration. Neolithic – the New Stone Age in which planting
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D. England Plants the Jamestown Seedling 1. In 1606‚ a joint-stock company‚ the Virginia Company of London‚ received a charter form King James I for a settlement in the New World a. The main attraction was the promise of gold‚ combined with a strong desire to find a passage through America to the Indies b. Like most joint-stock companies‚ it was intended to last for only a few years‚ after which its owners hoped to liquidate it for profit c. The arrangement put severe
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