WORLD HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY Early Humans Australopithecines1st to grow the opposable thumb Homo Habilis“Man of Skill”‚ Traits‚ 2.5-1.5 million BC‚ Brain size = 700 cubic cm Achievements Made tools from lava rock‚Use tools to cut meat and crack bones‚ Homo Erectus‚ “Upright Man” Traits‚1.6 - 30‚000 million BC‚ More intelligent and adaptable‚ Brain size 1‚000 Cubic cm Achievements Used intelligence to develop technology Neanderthal Traits‚ 200‚000 – 30‚000 BC‚ Brain size 1‚450 cubic cm Powerfully built
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related back to the Ancient Greeks and the Romans. The ancient Greeks and Romans made many contribution that we still use in our every day lives. The Greeks and Romans have made contributions to our world such as art‚ literature‚ architecture‚ law‚ and religion. Many people don’t realize how big of a difference the Greeks and Romans have made in our lives. If it weren’t for the Greeks and Romans a lot of materials that we use today would not even be around. The Greeks maintained a religion but
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Ch. 12 1) Among the primary reasons that young farm women moved from the farms to work in textile mill towns in the early 19th century was: To escape farm life and earn wages 2) The history of Lowell epitomizes this transition: Self-sufficient farm families to urban wageworkers 3)In the pre-industrial system‚ a boy who wanted to learn a trade Entered a formal apprenticeship system 4)The organization of a family business in the pre-industrial era was Patriarchal 5) If you lived in Boston
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1450. Central Asia- inventions and technology (rockets‚ gunpowder‚ paper making‚ printing of books)‚ trading with India and the rest of the world‚ clocks and windmills from Middle East‚ drought-resistant rice from Vietnam East Africa- South America- 4) Compare and contrast the state-building experiences of TWO of the following political units. The Mongol Empire Medieval Europe The Abbasid Caliphate Feudal Japan 1000-1500 5) Compare and contrast how the arrival
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What are the distinctive features of the Mexica social structure? Mexica society was rigidly hierarchical with public honors going to military elite. Slaves consisted of debtors‚ prisoners of war‚ and children that were sold into slavery‚ and slaves were sacrificed regularly by the priests of the society. Priests were also highly respected‚ and some of them were even as powerful as to become emperor. Women had little role in the social structure; however‚ some women achieved high ranks in society‚
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the AP U.S. History Exam © 2003 James L. Smith TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. The Advanced Placement U.S. History Exam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Information about the AP exam and helpful hints for obtaining the highest grade possible. 2. Important Dates in U.S. History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Memorize these dates! 3. 250 Things Every AP Student
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In the world‚ there are many monsters in history‚ stories‚ and fables. In Greek history there are monsters that are going to be talked about. There is also Egyptian history that has monsters that are going to be said. Believe it or not‚ there are monsters mentioned in the Bible. There are also monster in everyday stories and fables. There are all sorts of monsters and myths in the world. First is the Greek myths and monsters. The Minotaur is a dangerous monster that was the son of a king and a
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Read‚ Watch‚ or Listen (RWL) Project AP US HISTORY Name: Directions: Each RWL project will consist of two sections. First‚ you will choose a source that relates to each of our units in United States history (read a book/portion of a primary source‚ watch a movie‚ or listen to an ITunes University lecture). Second‚ you will either answer five analysis questions or write a reflection paper based upon your source. Unit 1: Formation of Colonies – Colonial Wars (1607-1763) Unit
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profound weakness in Ottoman military and financial organization. Mahmud used popular outrage over the loss of Greece to justify a series of reforms that included the creation of a new army corps‚ elimination of the Janissaries‚ and reduction of the political power of the religious elite. Mahmud’s secularizing reform program was further articulated in the Tanzimat (reorganization) reforms initiated by his successor Abdul Mejid in 1839. The Crimean War and its Aftermath: The percussion caps and breech-loading
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American War played on America’s development of an Empire? And finally‚ what three ways in which the boom and bust of the Roaring Twenties followed by the Great Depression affected the federal government’s involvement in the national economy. First‚ World War I began June 28‚ 1914 with the assassination of the Archduke of Austria-Hungary. It was on July 28‚1914 when Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. Germany declared war on Russia. France‚ found herself at war with Germany and Austria-Hungary.
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