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Chapter Test Questions In the religious views of the Protestant, you would go to heaven if heaven and hell was predetermined by God and no earthly act could change that…

If an investor possesses a portfolio heavily concentrated in Certificates of Deposit, a financial advisor would most likely suggest which of the following aggressive investments to diversify the portfolio? Futures…

Identify appropriate history questions to ask for breast health exam. 1. Any breast pain, is it cyclic, brought on by exercise, sore to touch? 2. Lump or thickening? Change in…

East Asia China, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Taiwan, Mongolia South East Asia Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Laos, Cambodia, Burma, Myanmar South Asia India, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh,…

social stratification the division of society into groups arranged in a social hierarchy social inequality the unequal distribution of wealth, power, or prestige among members of a society slavery the…

Buzurg ibn Shahriyar definition: A storytelling mariner who came from the emporium of Siraf on the Persian Gulf significance: Demonstrated trade influenced in India Harsha definition: 7th century north Indian…

Paul Revere Patriot who made a ride to warn colonists of British arrival Lexington and Concord Beginning of the American Revolution April 1775 “The Shot Heard Around the World” Second…

How has geography influenced the course of history? Geography has influenced history in many ways. Since the first people traveled the land, geography has played a major role in their…

Capitalism an economic system based on open competition in a free market, in which individuals and companies own the means of production and operate for profit mercantilism an economic system…

Augustine of Hippo (Roman Catholic Church) one of the great fathers of the early Christian church Black Death the epidemic form of bubonic plague experienced during the Middle Ages when…

One of the overall goals in the studying the history of physical activity is to identify and describe patterns of change and staibility in physical activity an important research direction…

Mayas A Native American people, living in what is now Mexico and northern Central America, who had a flourishing civilization from before the birth of Jesus until around 1600, when…

Meroe -Ancient Nubian civilization located in the Nile Valley south of Egypt. -Flourished from 300 BCE to 100 CE. -Governed by an all-powerful, sacred monarch (occasionally a woman). -Rulers were…

Achaemenid Empire The Government of Achaemenid Empire was a delicate balance of central and local administration. The challenge was to find an orderly way to govern seventy types of different…

abbey church of a monastery abstraction also “non-objective,” “non-representational”–no recognizable subject academy, academic An institutional group established for the training of artists. conservative, highly realistic, technically excellent artworks. acropolis A…

What effects did the Navigation Acts have on both Britain and its colonies? Made money for both Why did England take action against Massachusetts? Colonists were smuggling goods How did…

Kush An African state that developed along the upper reaches of the Nile c. 1000 B.C.E. ; conquered Egypt and ruled it for several centuries Axum Kingdom located in Ethiopian…

social Darwinism The belief that only the fittest survive in human political and economic struggle. industrial revolution Change in technology, brought about by improvements in machinery and by use of…

Andrew Johnson A Southerner form Tennessee, as V.P. when Lincoln was killed, he became president. He opposed radical Republicans who passed Reconstruction Acts over his veto. The first U.S. president…

Toltec definition: a people who invaded central Mexico and were ruled by a military class; had a capital city of Tula; influenced the Maya; introduced the working of gold and…