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Abolish do away with (e.g. slavery) Assembly Line Production method that breaks down a complex job into a series of smaller tasks (Industrial Revolution) Capital wealth in the form of…

Atlantic Slave Trade Traingulare Trade, Lasted from 16th century until the 19th century. Trade of African peoples from Western Africa to the Americas. One part of a three-part economical system…

Mandate of Heaven Chinese religious and political ideology developed by the Zhou, according to which it was the prerogative of Heaven, the chief deity, to grant power to the ruler…

T/F Appropriations committee help determine the programs that will be funded. while authorizations committees determine the amount of monies to be distributed. False T/F The Framers made Congress a bicameral…

Based on our current understanding of physics, we can understand the conditions that prevailed in the early universe as far back in time as about ___________. one ten-billionth of a…

In the 1890s, the interest in American expansion overseas was motivated by fears that domestic natural resources would soon be in limited supply Arguments used by Social Darwinists in the…

Roman Empire An empire, that, at it’s height, around 117 C.E; spanned the whole of Mediterranean world, from northern Africa to the Scottish border, from Spain to Syria art Human…

philosophy and physiology The new discipline of psychology was the product of the union of these two disciplines. International Society for the History of the Behavioral and Social Sciences This…

express corporate authority power specifically delegated by statute implied corporate authority the right to perform any and all acts necessary to exercise a corporation’s expressly conferred authority and to accomplish…

Agricultural Revolutions The Neolithic period when foragers started to plant food to come back and find tons of food. It was a revolution when people began to farm instead of…

Appalacian Mountains This landfrom is located in the eastern region of the United States and served as a barrier to westward movement, so many early settlements were started to the…

What term is used to describe a strong sense of patriotism towards one’s country? Nationalism Which politician developed an economic plan for the United States? Henry Clay What was the…

Silk Road – Where they travelled Wound across arid interior of central Asia Profits from the trade made cities along the caravan route wealthiest and most sophisticated in the world…

Location of the Silk Road Linked China to Med. Sea, started in Chang’an Silk Road; Environmental factors Outer Eurasia= warm, well watered. Inner Eurasia= harsher and drier climate. Steppes and…

Elites –> Pharaohs (owned and ruled all), officials, scribes, warriors. Commoners –> peasants, merchants, artisans –> heavily taxed. Slaves –> Prisoners of war, debt, criminals Social Women –> Patriarchy but…

The “core concept” is the director’s determination of the most important of the many images, ideas, and emotions that will give the production meaning The timing and placement of a…

The “celestial sphere” is another name for our universe. Which of the following statements about the celestial sphere is NOT true? We could not see it at all. The Andromeda…

The concept “megalopolis” refers to which of the following? a vast urban region containing many cities and suburbs The environmental racism thesis falls within which theoretical approach? the social-conflict approach…

What encouraged new ways of thinking during the scientific revolution? Technical problems that required careful observation and accurate measurements stimulated scientific activity (mathematics, science) and the invention of new instruments…

Israel Land between the eastern shore of the Mediterranean and the Jordan river, occupied by Israelites. Hebrew Bible Also known as the Old Testament. Several collections of materials that originated…