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Plessy v Ferugson Supreme court upholds segregation of schools and public facilities (1896). “Separate but equal” YMCA Negro Leagues Sports leagues created that were only Blacks and some Latin Americans…

What is true of determinants of health? They reflect underlying forces that are at work in the subsequent development of disease Which of the following are true statements about relative…

Industrial Revolution Refers to the greatly increased output of machine-made goods that began in England in the middle 1700 Enclosure Landowners experimented with more productive seeding & harvesting methods to…

Capitulations Agreements that exempted Europeans from Ottoman law. Humiliated Ottoman officials Sultan Selim III Wanted to remodel his army after European forces. New European instructors threatened Janissaries who revolted and…

1462 Russia gains independence from Mongols 1480 Moscow freed and totally economically dependent from Monglos. Expansion South 1533-1584 Ivan IV. Boyards power decreased. 1552-1556 Russia expands to Central Asia &…

Which was true about the Plains Indians ? They were a complex of tribes, cultures, and bands that assigned most work on the basis of gender. The socioeconomic life of…

Middle Ages 500-1500, Dark Ages Viking Invasions Raid Europe from Scandinavia, long ships sail in shallow water allowing raids inland, later adopt Christianity and become farmers Feudalism Political system based…

Age Grade An age group into which children were placed in Bantu societies of early sub-Saharan Africa; children within the age grade were given responsibilities and privileges suitable for their…

Why is king tut famous? His tomb was never broken into still contains treasure The original home of us humans Africa When were the pyramids built? During the old kingdom…

acculturation (n.) the modification of the social patterns, traits, or structures of one group or society by contact with those of another; the resultant blend amalgamation theory formal term for…

17yo girl brought to ED after found lying on the street. Outside temp is 40F. En route to hospital, paramedics administered O2 and ECG showed *J-wave*. She is lethargic and…

chattel slavery A system of bondage in which a slave has the legal status of property and so can be bought and sold like property. neo-Europes Term for colonies in…

Describe the structure and function of arteries and veins -Arteries contain elastic fibres which allow the walls to stretch with systole and recoil with diastole. Muscle fibres control the amount…

front line Trumpet: main melody Clarinet: harmonic/melodic embellishment Trombone: bass line in “tailgate” style (lots of slides) rhythm section Bass instrument: tuba or double bass or bass sax, or left…

Manorial System It included the house surrounded by a wall, open fields divided into strips, a section of forest, sometimes a river, a church, animals in the commons, and smaller…

Exeter Riot Hard-pressed farmers in New Hampshire surrounded the legislative building, demanding that the representatives print paper money to ease their plight Shay’s Rebellion Storming of the Massachusetts federal arsenal…

Bantu A family of languages in Africa. It was also the migration of subsistence farmers in West Africa to the south and east in search of fertile land. Drought and…

Assyrian Empire king of this empire developed the first libraries warfare Assyrians were known for their mural pictures that depicted this type of scene modern day England and parts of…

an *insipid* view of history jejune the *overblown* rhetoric of the politician turgid *entreat* the captain on behalf of her son supplicate a *meandering*, complicated plot tortuous a *didactic* way…

After imposed retirement from Roman politics, Cicero took up writing philosophical treatises. Among the dangerous military innovations of Marius threatening the Republic was his Recruitment of destitute volunteers who swore…