Terms and concepts: The later Roman Empire: After the classical Roman era‚ Rome has been separate into two empires‚ after the fall of western half‚ Eastern half of Roman Empire was known as Byzantine empire which its capital locates at Constantinople. The Eastern half of the empire survived until fifteenth century. Justinian and Theodora: Justinian was the greatest emperor in early Byzantine Empire who born in 527C.E at Macedonian as a peasant. His wife‚ Theodora‚ was a daughter of a bear keeper
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AP Language Arts July 20th 2013 What it Means to be an American Over a hundred years ago our founding fathers created the Declaration of Independence‚ the Constitution of the United States‚ and of course our Bill of Rights. As the years have passed most of us have forgotten what these important documents mean to us. All of these documents brought freedom‚ rights‚ and liberty to all Americans. Without it‚ the United States would not know what it is to be an American‚ but being an American is
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AP* Practice Test Questions 1. The purpose of the pupil is to (a) focus light on the retina. (b) process color. (c) allow light into the eye. (d) enable night vision. (e) detect specific shapes. 2. Cells that can respond to specific edges‚ lines‚ angles‚ and movements are called (a) rods. (b) cones. (c) ganglion cells. (d) feature detectors. (e) bipolar cells. 3. Signal detection theory is most closely associated with (a) vision. (b) sensory adaptation. (c) absolute thresholds. (d) hearing. (e)
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One day when I was in the fourth grade‚ we had just finished a free response test on a story we were supposed to read last night. The next day‚ my teacher had completed grading all the test and he had noticed that two of the papers had were the exact same‚ their names were Danny and Ishmael. But Danny was absent today so the teacher called Ishmael to the front of the classroom and asked him if he and Danny cheated off of each other’s test. Ishmael first lied and said‚ “I don’t know how we have the
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Yahaira Sarabia Pacheco Mrs. Morconi AP Lang September 9‚ 2013 Synthesis Essay Both Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X were visionaries for the Civil rights Movement. One cannot argue that they were both passionate about equality for colored people. However‚ they both had different means of fighting for those rights. While Malcolm X went with a more aggressive approach‚ MLK wanted peace while gaining their rights. While they both have compelling arguments‚ I agree more with Malcolm X and his
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Throughout the period 1801-1817‚ the government was ruled by the Jeffersonian Republican party‚ whereas the Federalist Party began to slowly fade away from public view. The Jeffersonian Republican party‚ led by Thomas Jefferson‚ professed to favor a weak central government through the support of more states’ rights‚ "...that the states are independent... to...themselves...and united as to everything respecting foreign nations." (Document A). On the other hand‚ the Federalist Party‚ previously led
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1. (a) I‚ III‚ and IV are correct. II is not correct. To explain III‚ de Broglie’s equation states l = h/(mv)‚ so nl = nh/(mv) = 2pi(r). Where: l = wavelength‚ v = velocity of electron‚ n = some positive integer‚ r = distance of electron from center‚ m = mass of electron. Solve‚ get mvr = L = nh/2pi. (b) The current wave mechanical model for the atom states that there are an integer number of wavelengths in every standing integer number (n). 2. (a) The first shell electrons in Lithium are
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In Momaday’s “The Way to Rainy Mountain‚” Momaday has the same structure described in Leslie Silko’s “Language and Literature from a Pueblo Indian Perspective.” Some of his story has roots from oral tradition‚ he takes a central subject and branches many ideas off it‚ like a web‚ and he writes informally as to show his true feelings to the reader. In Silko’s essay‚ she describes Pueblo writing as usually containing oral tradition. She also goes on to say that the Pueblo people like to include
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The victory of the United States against Great Britain in the Revolutionary war was‚ and continues to be one of the biggest upsets militarily. The Superior British army seemed to have every advantage‚ however the United States experienced key political‚ diplomatic‚ and military advantages that led to the success of the Revolution. Politically the colonies had gone through many key changes in ideology that gave the idea of revolution the traction that it would need to gain public support. The people
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AP US HISTORY Summer Assignment Francis Lewis HS 1. What distinguished the American Revolution from others? The American Revolution was different from all other revolutions because it was the first successful attempt that established a government. Another thing that distinguished this revolution from the others is that it did not occur from within. 2. Why does Ellis think this is significant? Ellis thinks that the distinguishing factors are significant because the American Revolution
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