Chapter One Notes Before Civilization (Circa Lorraine) Culture: constituted by learned patterns of action and expression FOOD GATHERING AND STONE TECHNOLOGY Stone tool-making first appeared around 2 million years ago Stone Age Lasted from 2 million to about 4‚000 years ago Misleading label: bone‚ skin and wood just survive poorly Paleolithic = Old Stone Age Neolithic = New Stone Age Foundations of science‚ art‚ and religion begin here May have believed in afterlife In game-rich areas
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Chapter 15: Crucible of Freedom: Civil War‚ 1861-1865 Both North and South were ill prepared for war in 1861. Initially dependent on volunteers‚ the Confederacy established a draft in 1862‚ and the Union did so the following year. At first the South relied on imported arms and munitions but soon was able to produce its own. It had more trouble with clothing and food throughout the duration of the war. Financing the war was also a problem. Americans had been unaccustomed to paying taxes to the
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History of Western Society Sixth Edition Chapter 13 Outline I. The Evolution of the Italian Renaissance A. Economic growth laid the material basis 1. Cultural achievements of the 14th to 16th centuries 2. Northern Italian cities led the way 3. Advances in ship construction greatly increased the volume of goods that could be transported; improvements in the mechanics of sailing accelerated speed 4. Italian renaissance appeared in Florence 5. The economic foundations of
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GNBCY Practice Exam Solutions – Chapter 14 1. Part (a) Solution (Learning Objective 1): The common fixed costs of $10‚000 (or $130‚000 - $120‚000) are irrelevant to this decision. Part (a) Solution (Learning Objective 2): CM that would be lost if department is discontinued $(150‚000) Less fixed costs that can be avoided if department is discontinued 120‚000 Increase (decrease) in net operating income $ (30‚000) Based on this information alone‚ because the company’s net operating
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Bone tissue chapter 7 mastering A&P 1. what shape is the patella -sesamoid (short bone) 2. Bones do not have a role in -glycogen production 3.skull-flat bone humerus-long bone ribs-flat bone spine- irrgular bone phalanges-long bone patella-sesamoid short bone tarsals- short 4. yellow bone marrow contains a large percent of? -fat 5. in adults‚ yellow marrow is located? -in the medullary cavity of the long bone 6.osteblast -forms new bone 7.the hardness of bone is
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As the group read the article that we chose to focus on for this project‚ we came across various contrasting ideas that Foner has in his book and the ideas in the article itself. From the very beginning of the section where Foner speaks about the War of 1812‚ brutality that American’s used to gain the Indian territory is completely played down. The book does not go into an extent of what the American’s did to the Indians to strip them from their own possessions and rights. In the article‚ since it
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Chapter Summary After the Civil War‚ Americans‚ who believed expansion was their “manifest destiny‚” began moving westward across the continent‚ subduing the Native Americans through various means‚ creating a North American empire. BEYOND THE FRONTIER Prior to the Civil War‚ the march of White settlement paused at the margin of the semiarid Great Plains‚ a region seared by hot winds in the summer and buffeted by blizzards and hailstorms in the winter‚ presenting a temporary obstacle to further
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Garrett Eugair AP European History Chapter 14: New Directions in Thought and Culture in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries Notes Nicolaus Copernicus Rejects an Earth-Centered Universe Biographical information Polish priest and scientist educated at the University of Krakow wrote On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres in 1543 Commissioned to find astronomical justification so that the papacy could change the calendar so that it could correctly calculate the date of Easter‚ Copernicus’s
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Colonial America (1607-1765): The literature of settlement I- THE ORIGINS OF AMERICAN LITERATURE 1) Sir Captain John Smith a) Native Indians and "orature". The families and the friends were sitting around a fire and they tell stories‚ their history was told by oral transmission (not written). "Orature" refers to the great native Indians’ narrative and legends. So they cannot be part of American Literature. b) Explorers -Early explorers: American literature is very close to the history of the United
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1) What do you think: “city upon a hill‚” or “place of shadows” (Winthrop & Meacham‚ p. 39)? Do you think of the U.S. as a kind of Promised Land (p. 47)? Chapter 1 In the fall of 1620‚ 102 English puritans set sail‚ “seeking religious freedom‚ new lands‚ and better livelihoods – found themselves in the midst of a storm at sea.” All the things these English puritans were searching for can be traced back to the scripture. Matthew 5:14-16 (New International Version) states‚ “You are the light
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