Since the beginning of development‚ many different cultures came into existence. Civilizations began and of course empires grew. Several reasons lead to the evolution of large‚ powerful empires. Some include cultural diffusion‚ great leaders‚ inventions‚ and more. The main reasons were independent inventions and cultural diffusion. The best explanation for the evolution of the large powerful empires was cultural diffusion. Cultural diffusion is when a culture spreads from one group or empire to
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The printing press was transformed by Johann Gutenberg‚ a German goldsmith‚ and more than 8 million books were printed in Western Europe between 1456 and 1500. This invention had an effect with the Protestant Reformation. It not only furthered the knowledge of geography‚ but it also expanded knowledge throughout the countries and whether you were wealthy or poor‚ printing made books available to the general public. By 1560‚ many people were either Catholic‚ Protestant‚ or mixed (Doc. 5). Non-Catholic
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The green revolution was the worlds introduction to modern agricultural and a time of vast improvements in the worlds fight in hunger. New technologies such as hi yield variety seeds Chemical fertilizer and agricultural machinery lid this revolution and are still a big part of the way we produce food for the world we live in today. The green revolution saved A lot of small developing countries throughout the world. Food is now a mass produced all around the world in fields and distributed to countries
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p us history master terms Unit I Terms Bacon’s Rebellion-1676 - Nathaniel Bacon and other western Virginia settlers were angry at Virginia Governor Berkley for trying to appease the Doeg Indians after the Doegs attacked the western settlements. The frontiersmen formed an army‚ with Bacon as its leader‚ which defeated the Indians and then marched on Jamestown and burned the city. The rebellion ended suddenly when Bacon died of an illness. John Winthrop-He
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Je Chul Escobar August 28‚ 2013 4th Block World History DBQ Buddhism‚ originated in India‚ was brought to China by the first century C.E. During 220 C.E. - 570 C.E. Buddhist influence expanded but was also questioned. Buddhism’s structure was the preaching of the “Four Noble Truths” which spoke about the truth of sorrows. It spoke of Buddhas teachings and how he over looked the ways of life; Sorrow of life. No gratification if nothing is fulfilled‚ which the desire for fulfillment arises
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The two-party system was formed by the end of Jackson’s presidency. [1] Although both parties‚ Jacksonian Democrats and Whigs‚ grew out of the same roots of the Jeffersonian republicanism‚ each bore different political philosophy and policy. For example‚ the Whigs welcomed the involvement of government and favored protective tariffs. They believed in internal improvements‚ schools and black colonization with the federal finance. They also advocated the regulation of currency and credit based on the
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DBQ: US expansion American expansion in the late 19th century and early 20th century held many similarities to that of early American expansionism. The motives for early American expansion held similar to that of the turn of the 19th century in that the United States has grown in the reasoning of Manifest Destiny‚ the progress of the American economy and an increasing perception of American racial supremacy. Through the course of history‚ American expansionist incentives have shifted from withstanding
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AP US History Chapter 1 Homework Definitions: On a separate sheet of paper‚ define the following words/phrases and discuss the significant of each Prince Henry the Navigator Mercantilism Hernando Cortes Roanoke John Cabot Mestizos Martin Luther Enclosure Movement John Calvin Merchant Capitalists Predestination The Plantation Model Encomiendas Conquistadors The English Reformation Separatists Questions: On a separate sheet of paper‚ answer
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Machine Gov’t and Boss Rule 2. Theodore Roosevelt became known as a “trustbuster” because he directed the Justice Department to prosecute: The Northern Securities Co.- under the Sherman Anti-trust Act 3. Woodrow Wilson was only the second Democrat since the Civil War to be elected to the presidency. He was able to do this in the 1912 election because: The Republican Party split- There were Progressives and regular Republicans. 4. *Which of the following statements could NOT be said
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McKinley was assassinated. V. In 1896‚ there were two main issues. One was the money issue‚ with the Democrats supporting bimetallism‚ and the Republicans only hard money in gold. The other major issue of 1896 was the ongoing rise of big business. McKinley‚ and many Republicans‚ supported higher tariffs‚ which favored big business owners‚ and other pro-big business legislation. The Democrats‚ who had been joined by the Populist Party‚ used this against McKinley‚ declaring that he was in the pockets
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