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Old Kingdom: Egypt 2686-2181 BCE. The period in which Egypt got its first continuous peak of civilization. A time of wealth when Pharoah was a live god. Pharoah had complete…

Josiah Strong Author of Our Country, on Anglo-Saxon superiority; a popular American minister in the late 1800s who linked Anglo-Saxonism to Christian missionary ideas Our Country (1885) Written by Joshiah…

Purpose of complete health history * collect subjective data * combing subjective data w/ objective data from the physical exam & diagnostic tests, you create a database to make a…

cash crops any crop that is considered easily marketable. coerced labor systems a system where the workers were forced to work based on threats, pressure, or intimidation. colonialism exploitation by…

Soil is a mixture of weathered rock, mineral fragments, water, air and ____. a. sand c. moss b. decayed organic matter d. clay b The layer of soil that contains…

What was America’s policy towad Latin America, as expressed in 1823? Monroe Doctrine Who was the French emperor who tried to build an empire in Mexico? Emperor Napoleon III Whom…

Seven Years War 1756-1763 England vs. France England wins India and midwest territories in the US Both countries raised taxes The Englightenment liberal movement that applied Scientific Revolution to everyday…

Iron Age The Iron Age began around 1000 B.C.E. and was characterized by the increased production of iron, rather than bronze, for materials. Iron provided more powerful weapons, and allowed…

In the past, women have been denied which of the following? all of the above Which of the following statements about federal judges is TRUE? They are appointed by the…

Adam Smith Scottish economist who advocated private enterprise and free trade Frederick the Great Prussian king who embraced culture and wrote poetry and prose. He gave religious and philosophical toleration…

Civilization An ambiguous term often used to denote more complex societies but sometimes used by anthropologists to describe any group of people sharing a set of cultural traits. Culture Socially…

Paleolithic -period of the Stone Age associated with the evolution of humans -1st Neolithic -period of the Stone Age associated with the ancient Agricultural Revolution(s) -2nd Agricultural (Neolithic) Revolution(s) -the…

the number of fatalities from the Mr. Pinatubo eruption was realtively low because the eruption was predicted successfully and the area was evacuated seismic activity serves as a tool of…

Pastoralism The way of life of many people on the outskirts of civilization who occupy land that can not be farmed. They are nomadic and raise and graze cattle and…

The word “baroque” has at various times meant all of the following except naturalistic Modern historians use the term “baroque” to indicate a particular style in the arts All of…

Hernan Cortes led about 450 soldiers to Mexico in 1590; with the help of Doña Maria, he was able to capture the Aztec emperor Motecuzoma and eventually capture the city…

As I traverse the stage in a direction away from the audience, I am traveling __________ upstage Which statement best describes the end of the director’s involvement with the play?…

catastrophism theory that Earth’s rock layers formed in a global flood followed by the uplifting of rocks and mountain building over a short, violent period, possibly in the recent past…

Mercantilism idea that a country’s economic wealth could be measured by the amount of gold in its treasury Navigation Laws laws that regulated trade to benefit England’s Mercantilist system- only…

Apollo 11 stones, Namibia. 25,500-25,300 bce charcoal on stone Great Hall of the Bulls Lascaux, France Paleolithic Europe 15,000 to 13000 bce rock painting Camelid sacrum in the shape of…