Name_______________________________________ Date____________________________ DBQ 21: Causes of World War II (Adapted from Document-Based Assessment for Global History‚ Walch Education) Historical Context: Even though the 1920’s began with a favorable outlook for peace‚ toward the end of the decade and throughout the 1930’s the clouds of war were forming. Dictators arose in countries that were dissatisfied with the results of World War I. Germany‚ Italy and Japan took aggressive actions‚ and neither the
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1. All groups supported the idea of refusing the Catholic Church. Ideas that were expressed during the Renaissance‚ Reformation‚ and Scientific Revolution were focused on exploration of the unknown which carried over to the Enlightenment but was dangerous because the church was the higher power at that time‚ meaning that those who ignored God were out casted. The Enlightenment was intellectual because it empowered people who were exploring science and reasoning rather than listen to what the church
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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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↦How successful were the USA’s attempts to contain Communism in Cuba‚ 1959-1961? Until 1959 Cuba was an American ally‚ ruled by Fulgencio Batista. Although he was a dictator‚ he was heavily backed up by Americans which was important as most of the businesses were owned by Americans. However‚ in January of 1959‚ Batista was overthrown by Castro‚ the leader of guerrilla‚ in a revolution. He was strongly socialist‚ and started reforms on Cuba by distributing land between peasants‚ called the Agrarian reform
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The topic of today’s day is - ‘The Women’s Rights in Islam - Modernising or Outdated?’ According to the Oxford dictionary‚ ‘Women’s Rights are the rights‚ that promote a position of social and legal equality‚ of women to men’ According to the Oxford dictionary‚ ‘they are the rights‚ claimed for the women‚ equal to those of men‚ as regards to suffrage that right to vote‚ as regards to property‚ etc’. ‘Modernising’‚ according to the Oxford dictionary means‚ ‘to make modern‚ to adapt to modern
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trying to expand in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Many other countries such as Britain were also attempting to expand. With Spain and France being so far from the New World it was a long journey for those who were on the journey to discover new land. In document six you can see what the people in 1489 thought the world looked like. Even though that map looks a bit different from the maps we use now it still shows how long of a journey it truly was for those involved. Each country would most
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Mackenzie Dunham Dunham 1 2/12/13 Period 5 Rights of Women and Children Around the world‚ women and children aren’t able to have the same basic rights as men. Unfortunately‚ the problem of inequality is broader. Inequality is often extreme against women and is part of their daily lives. Inequality is often justified by men as part of their culture or religion. Women and children face brutal situations each day. Harsh acts like child labor‚ slavery‚ forced marriage‚ and prostitution are suffered
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Holly Stewart A Vindication of the Rights of Women I. Chapter 1 A. Wollstonecraft argues that reason‚ virtue‚ and experiences are what determine people’s happiness‚ but unfortunately‚ many civilizations have institutionalized tyranny that prevents mankind from thriving. 1. “[A] standing army is incompatible with freedom” because that which makes an army successful is that which suppresses freedom (Wollstonecraft 7). 2. She uses Rousseau’s philosophy to illustrate
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the fragile feminine sex than among men.. the first is‚ that they are more credulous… the second reason is that women are naturally more impressionable‚ and more ’ ready to receive the influence of a disembodied spirt; and that when they use this quality well they are very good‚ but when they use it they are very evil..but the natural reason is that she is more carnal than a man." Women were thought to be weaker then men‚ so it made them easily susceptible to the devil‚ or demons as shown in document
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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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