Chapter 2 The History of the Atom It took many scientists and philosophers hundreds even thousands of years to come up with an accurate atomic theory. For nearly 2‚000 years science was unable to come up with experiments that were able to test and put forth the theories made up by Democritus which was a fifth century B.C. Greek philosopher. In 1803‚ John Dalton‚ who viewed the atom as a small solid sphere‚ and is credited for the developing of the first coherent atomic theory was now in the picture
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Carson Coats Chapter 9 Period 2A 1. Problems facing Byzantine Empire (600s-1100) - the Empire lost a lot of territory from expensive wars‚ which put them at an economic and territorial disadvantage. As a result of this‚ they had constant pressure from militaries from the north and south‚ preventing any advances from occurring. 2. Cyril and Methodius- Brothers who went on a successful mission in the Slavs of Moravia. Developed a written language called Cyrillic that was used by the Byzantine
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Howard Zinn A Peoples History of the United States Chapter 1: Columbus‚ the Indians and Human Progress Can historians avoid emphasis on some facts and not others? Historians are selective‚ they simplify and they emphasize what they believe is important and gloss over other things they view as less important. “This distortion
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Gabrielle Lewis Final Paper Howard Zinn’s “The Peoples History of the United States”‚ is a must read. This book is very eye opening and informative. By just looking at the title we can conclude that the approach to the history of the United States used by Zinn‚ is that of the people. His writes this book from a completely different perspective of most historians. He finds a way to make history become alive and present in our everyday lives. He creates awareness in things our forefathers wanted
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were required to establish. Questions: 1. The Industrial Revolution began in England that was something new in history and unplanned. The term was coined in the 1830s by awed contemporaries to describe the burst of major inventions and technical changes that they witnessed in certain industries. 2. The industrial revolution changes affected society by a tiny minority of the people-mostly wealthy English and Scottish-held most of the land and pursued profits aggressively leasing their land
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American Studies 4 September 2015 History as One’s Interpretation In the opening chapter of A People’s History of the United States‚ the author‚ Howard Zinn‚ admits that he abandons neutrality and presents bias in order to tell the history of the United States from the victim’s perspective. Howard Zinn is a well-known historian and author‚ who has authored dozens of historical books and articles including You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train and A People’s History of the United States‚ written three
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Chapters Characters involved Key points of important things Quotes Importance in terms of relationships 1 Dr Iannis‚ Pelagia‚ Dr Iannis has doubts in himself as a writer "This would never do; why could he not write like a writer of histories? Why could he not write without passion? Without anger? Without the sense of betrayal and oppression?" Pelagia appears a very dynamic woman who is ahead of her society "Papas‚ she said‚ it still is your day. You aren’t dead yet‚ are you? Anyway
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Describe the regions in which missionaries spread Christianity. With what did the church of Rome provide western Europe? Describe religion during the 16th & 17th centuries? What did religious controversies lead to? Why did people start to criticize the church? How did the church treat people with their own religious traditions? What did the laypeople wish for? Who was Martin Luther? What technology benefited his cause? What were his beliefs? What did he think of the church‚ monasteries‚ translating the
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Chapter 7 1. Besides the commercial and religious goals of Spain in colonizing the Philippines‚ give two other reasons (political and legal) why Spain claimed the country as its possession or the property of the king of Spain. The Spain colonized the Philippines because they want to expand the Spanish empire and they want to become the most powerful empire in the world. 2. What is meant by “crown colony?” Can you give an example of a present “crown colony?” Crown colony controls legislature
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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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