all about the corruption of the church‚ and the ways it changed over time. It takes place between the Fall of Rome and the beginning of the Renaissance. Though most of this section involved the Church‚ it began with a brief synopsis of Ferdinand Magellan. He challenged the foundations of the Middle Ages by attempting to circumnavigate the globe and prove that the world was not actually flat‚ but round. The author then goes on to explain how his discoveries were thought to be only myth at first‚ and
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In the European medieval period‚ navigation was considered part of the set of seven mechanical arts‚ none of which were used for long voyages across open ocean. Polynesian navigation is probably the earliest form of open ocean navigation‚ though it was based on memory and observation rather than on scientific methods or instruments. Early Pacific Polynesians used the motion of stars‚ weather‚ the position of certain wildlife species‚ or the size of waves to find the path from one island to another
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In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries‚ the Spanish and Portuguese would begin a wave of European overseas expansion that would shape the modern world. This expansion was aimed toward the Western Mediterranean and the Atlantic Ocean instead of towards the East as most European expansion had been in the past. There were numerous reasons for this expansion and for when it took place. The initial reason was that the economy in Western Europe at the end of the fifteenth century was doing well. When
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The Medieval Mind: * Education * Books were mainly published in Latin‚ making them unreadable to the masses * Curriculum was limited to reading‚ writing‚ simple arithmetic and a book summarizing the principles of the Christian religion * 79% of peasants couldn’t read * 0% of the clergy and professions couldn’t read * Dark Ages- no one was literate‚ not even Charlemagne (first Holy Roman Emperor) * Middle Ages- literacy was scorned * Not many
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The expansion of Western Europe started with the Iberian phase. Spain and Portugal‚ the two countries of the Iberian Peninsula‚ had a short-lived yet important role in European expansion. European expansion then turned to Western Europe. Western Europe consists of the Dutch‚ French‚ and British. While Western Europe was exploring new worlds overseas‚ the Russians were expanding westward across all of Eurasia. Religion played a major role in expansion for both the Portuguese and the Spanish due
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Organizational Management Health organizations share a common bond of the health and safety of clients. Home Instead Senior Care‚ Kindred’s Chicago Integrated Care‚ Loving Care Hospice Home Health Care‚ and Magellan of Arizona each have state and federal regulations that the facilities must be in compliance with. The regulations set by the joint commission on accreditation of health organizations and HIPPA ensure patient safety and care is met. Organizations have a purpose in performance management
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1. Puritans fled Europe in order to: a. Become acquainted with potential native peoples b. Exercise freedom of the press c. Practice freedom of religion d. Reestablish the Holy Roman Empire 2. The Seven Years War‚ called the French and Indian War by the Colonists: a. Was the precursor to the American Revolution b. Was a conflict related to European colonization c. Primarily took place in Canada d. Ended European conquests 3. Before the Civil War‚ to which of the
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1901 and the U.S. government declared the conflict officially over in 1902. www.wikipedia.com The first Europeans to visit (1521) the Philippines were those in the Spanish expedition around the world led by the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan. Other Spanish expeditions followed‚ including one from New Spain (Mexico) under López de Villalobos‚ who in 1542 named the islands for the infante Philip‚ later Philip II. War came suddenly to the Philippines on Dec. 8 (Dec. 7‚ U.S. time)‚ 1941
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Unit 1: Test Quick Review Below is a quick review guide for the upcoming unit test. This review guide is intended to provide an overview of general topics that may be on the test. However‚ all items below may not appear on your version of the test. At the same time‚ certain items on the test may not be directly mentioned the review guide. It is intended for review only‚ the class readings and materials also need to be consulted. Introduction to History PowerPoint: Be able to define Primary
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system utilized to reflect and study the surface of the Venus through the thick cloud and obtained the images as small as a football field‚ which was 10 times better than the images obtained in the previous observations (Young‚ 1990). Thanks to "Magellan"‚ the majority of areas on the Venus were observed. Combined with the previous observations and investigations from the USSR‚ human has a better understanding of the
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