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    Salinas‚ Lauren Assignment #3 Haitian Revolution and Independence The Saint Domingue (modern Haiti) was a rich society of European colonies in the Caribbean that produced many goods such as sugar‚ coffee‚ and cotton. Their productions accounted for “almost one-third of France’s foreign trade” (P.501). Wealthy planters usually owned black slaves who normally toiled in the fields under brutal conditions. Many slaves ran away into the mountains to escape. By the late eighteenth century‚ Saint

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    EXPERIMENT: Biological Molecules Here are your goals for this lesson: • To conduct tests for glucose‚ starch‚ lipids and proteins • Use these test results to identify the biological molecules found in food Student Name: Brittany Gerdes Date Experiment done:12-20-12 Date Report Completed: 12-20-12 Name of Grader: Hypothesis: A prediction of what you think the results of the project will be.  Write your hypothesis before you begin the experiment and‚ if the experiment has

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    * In what ways is the Holy Land an important site for all three monotheistic faiths? For Christians is the city where Jesus was crucified and where he also rose from death. For Muslims is the place where Mohammad ascended to the heavens to meet God. For Jews‚ King David‚ named it and it was where Solomon had built the temple‚ and wailing wall. * The three monotheistic religions are sometimes described as branches of the same family tree. If this is true‚ how would you describe the trunk of the

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    Women change the world “A woman is like a tea bag- you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water”‚ these were the well said words of former US first lady and leading feminist Eleanor Roosevelt. How many women do our lives comprise of‚ how many have we thanked. The daughters‚ the mothers‚ the sisters‚ the fribblings – friends like siblings‚ the wives‚ the aunts‚ the nieces‚ the grand-some things‚ the young uns‚ the teens. The women in our lives. Who love‚ lose‚ cry. Laugh‚ heal‚

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    Was Western imperialism an inevitable result of the advance of the Industrial Revolution? Why or why not? Yes‚ it was an inevitable result because even though imperialism was sort of being used‚ there was now a reason to go after it. With the Industrial Revolution now making it easier to produce goods‚ countries were able to grow at a faster rate. With all the products being made‚ more countries wanted the profit that it would bring. With the quality of goods being produced‚ changes had to be made

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    Question: | Answer: | Current-Day Region | Letter on Map | I founded the Choson dynasty and focused my government on Confucian principles. | Yi Song-gye | Korea | C | King Sejong replaced the complex Chinese system of writing with this alphabet. (both written and spoken) | Hangul | Korea | C | Was a dynasty and during this age‚ Buddhism reached its greatest influence in Korea. | Koryo Age | Korea | C | What religion reached its greatest influence during the Koryo Age? Buddist texts were

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    “For most of history‚ Anonymous was a woman.” ― Virginia Woolf For much of historywomen did not have the same privileges and rights as men did. In fact‚ it was only about a century ago that women gained the right to vote in Canadian federal elections. For years‚ women were at a constant struggle against society‚ as they believed their only place in this world involved raising the children and housekeeping. Over the past two centuries‚ women have made the ongoing effort to fight for their right

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    Women in the Art World Women have always been seen as an object to define the meaning of beauty. For centuries now women have been seen as the art piece and not the artist. There aren’t many women contributions to art from back then because women were seen as human beings just meant to cook‚ clean and be nice to gaze upon. Women weren’t recognized for their intelligence and if a woman was outspoken about it‚ she was either shot down or considered to be that of a manly nature. As Aristotle said

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    The book "A history of women in America" overall I thought was a okay book. I like that the book told about women’s struggle and the situations they endured. Through those struggles they gave us a voice and major goals were accomplished. The women who spoke out and gave all women equal rights really made me feel and have a great pride in being a woman myself with the rights they fought for in present day America. The most interesting information I read in this book was how women basically did

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    Andrew Makarian History 105 - 1002 Essay 2 In the history of western civilization were there any significant changes in the roles of women and in how these were defined? Women: cant live with them. Cant live without them. An old adage that pokes fun‚ yet is telling in its statement about how men view women. This sense of incompatibility curtails the differential roles men and women have played throughout history. The separation of sexes into distinct roles has inherently made them unequal

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