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”the unexamined life is not worth living” is a cornerstone of the philosophy of socrates Alexander the Greats troops rebelled when he made the decision to invade and capture india…

Who is considered the father of the Hebrew people? Abraham What was a major difference between the religion of the early Hebrews and the religions of other early cultures such…

How did state formations develop in the post-classical era? The Byzantine Empire developed out of the remains of the Roman Empire, maintaining the legacy associated with Rome but with a…

American Exceptionalism the idea that the United States has a unique destiny to foster democracy and civilization on the world stage “Remember the Maine” after the US battle cruiser Maine…

Charles V This Spanish monarch controlled Spain, American colonies, parts of Italy, lands in Austra, Spanish Netherlands, and the Holy Roman Empire in the mid-1500s. Peace of Augsburg This allowed…

The Line of Demarcation The line by the Pope to dived the world in half. Giving one half to Spain and the other the Portugal. The Spanish convinced to Pope…

Assyrians(Ch.2) Definition- name of large upright slabs of stone or pillars, which bear an inscription, or design on them that serve as a monument, commonly found in the Mesopotamian era….

Chandragupta Maurya, who ruled from 324 to 301 B.C, founded the first highly centralized Indian Empire. True Asoka, generally considered to be the greatest ruler in the history of India,…

Which 2 major types of data are contained in the health record? Administrative & clinical Which of the following terms refers to state or county regulations that healthcare facilities must…

Islam Youngest of the worlds major religions but it is also one of the largest. “Peace” “Surrender” The peace that comes from surrendering one’s life to god. The basic belief…

T/F: The first step in speechmaking is choosing a topic for your speech. True T/F: Outside the classroom, the topic of a speech is usually determined by the occasion, the…

Desist To spontaneously stop commit crime Development Theories Theories that attempt to explain the “natural history” of a criminal career; its onset, the course it follows and its termination. Life-course…

The new deal Relief for the needy Economic recovery Financial reform Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democrat. Distant cousin to former president Theodore Roosevelt. Served almost 4 terms as president. Died of…

Thirteenth amendment abolished slavery Freedmen’s Bureau Organization run by the army to care for and protect southern Blacks after the Civil War Oliver Howard Union general who headed the Freedmen’s…

ID: Camelid scacrum in the shape of a canine. Tequixquiac, Mexico. Prehistoric Americas. 14,000-7,000 BCE. Medium: bone Form: made from the sacrum(hipbone) of an extinct camelid(relative of a camel) Function:…

deccan plateau a raised area of level land too dry for farming moonsoons winds that bring hot, dry air from the northeast in October and heavy rains from the southwest…

The original volcano Mount Mazama erupted to form Crater Lake, Oregon True A___is a volcanic depression much larger than the original crater, formed when the volcano collapses into a vacated…

The influence of Polytheism It was at the center of art and architecture in ancient civilizations: temples and pyramids were built for the gods, for example. It also created rigid…

Decolonization 1914-Present : Process in which many African and Asian states won their independence from Western colonial rule, in most cases by negotiated settlement with gradual political reforms and a…

Thomas Malthus 1798 published “Essay on the Principal of Population” concluded poverty and misery were unavoidable because the population was increasing faster than the food supply, wrote “The power population…