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Mesopotamia A region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers that developed the first urban societies. In the Bronze Age this area included Sumer and the Akkadian, Babylonian and Assyrian empires,…

Temple of Fortuna Virilis (Temple of Portunas) 75 BCE. Volcanic ash used in concrete. Roman, Greek, and Etruscan elements. 1 Cella with engaged columns – Ionic Order – Facade orientation,…

Venus of Willendorf “Venus of Willendorf” Village of Willendorf, Austria Paleolithic c. 28,000-25,000 BC An ancient maturity doll, most likely used to provide good fortune for female reproduction. The figure…

What were TWO ways World War I affected race relations in the United States? Ethnic and racial differences were being highly recognized which resulted in the demand for a homogenous…

Napoleon’s Costly mistakes -Continental System -Penensula War -Invasion of Russia Continental System -In 1806, Napoleon set up a blockade to prevent all trade & communication between Great Britain & other…

Common clinical findings in patients with obstructive lung disease include all of the following, EXCEPT: A. pursed-lip breathing. B. chronic air trapping in the lungs. C. a decreased expiratory phase….

Origin of feudalism After the fall of Charlemagne’s empire, disorder and uncertainty plagued western Europe so people turned to powerful landholders who, in exchange for for certain services, would provide…

Jacob Riis He wrote the book “How the Other Half Lives” which was about how the poor people (mostly immigrants) suffered from terrible living conditions in their tenement homes. Progressivism…

Copernicus This polish astronomer concluded that the earth and other planets revolve around the sun. Vesalius This British physician introduced a vaccine for smallpox Fahrenheit This German scientist made the…

Enlightenment All problems can be solved through scientific observation and reasoning. Increased population, manufacturing, trade, and income. Reason, nature, and progress were the main themes. The Public Concert The new…

If information is purposely omitted from the record, you should: a. erase the notes that are not pertinent. b. accept that sometimes data are omitted. c. state in the record…

John Smith English explorer and soldier, founded Jamestown joint-stock companies businesses in which investors pool their money/wealth for a common purpose Jamestown first location of English settlement headright system the…

smaller, rounder, better sorted and dominately resistant minerals As sediment is transported downstream, away from its points of origin, the particles become: Mineral calcite Fossiliferous limestone, chalk, micrite and aragonite…

How did the Articles of Confederation compare to the Constitution in regard to sovereignty? Under the Articles, States had omre autonomy while the Constitution gave some powers to the united…

Anthropology – the study of humans and our close biological relatives, the Primates – the study of human cultural and biological variation, and evolution – how did we get this…

influenza potentially deadly viral illness Nicola Sacco an anarchist who was convicted of murder inflation rising prices creditor nation a country that owes less money than it is owed Warren…

population ecology study of the biotic and abiotic factors that affect population size, density, distribution, and age structure population a group of individuals of a single species that occupy the…

Alphabets Writing systems in which a symbol represents a sound. Archeology The branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures. Austronesian Language The family of languages spoken in…

Puritans Religious group that wanted to separate from the English Church Joint Stock Companies Companies what allowed several investors to pool their wealth in support of a colony that would…

provinces political districts council of ministers assistants to princes and emperors of the Mauryan Empire districts divisions of provinces Ashoka Maurya The grandson of Chandragupta Maurya, he took the Mauryan…