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health a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being disease an abnormal change in the body’s condition that impairs physical or psychological function — a deleterious change in the…

Diocletian Roman Emperor. In 284 CE, he set out to restore order. He divided the government into two parts, made many reforms: fixed prices of goods, sons had to follow…

Aryans European tribes who settled in India after 1500 B.C.E.; their union with indigenous Dravidians formed the basis of Hinduism. Brahmins Hindu caste of priests. Dravidians Peoples who produced the…

Declaration of the Rights of Woman and Female Citizen Written by Olympe de Gouges it was basically a rewriting of the Declaration of the Rights of Man to include women….

Queen Liliuokalani 1891 queen of Hawaii. Doesn’t want to give up her power and wants Hawaii to be for the Hawaiians. Captured for supposedly threatening the lives of American citizens…

Sizes of universe- largest to smallest The universe, the local supercluster, the local group, the Milky Way Galaxy, our solar system, the sun, Jupiter, earth Distances from longest to shortest…

Which best describes the body paragraphs of an informative essay about a turning point? They familiarize readers with the turning point and set up the ideas that will be presented….

overfarming harvesting to the point of reducing soil fertility and subsequent yields overgrazing the continual eating of grasses or their roots artifacts objects made by people in the past Homo…

1050-1300 Was a time of general economic expansion- growth of trade, towns and population. By 1300, serfdom had practically disappeared. Cultural and religious unity was reinforced 1400-1650 Nobles established serfdom…

1. What is the main mechanism by which the lower atmosphere of Earth is heated? a. Sunlight heats Earth’s surface and the resultant heat is transferred to the atmosphere by…

Alexander II (r. 1855-1881) Emperor of Russia; advocated moderate reforms for Russia; emancipated the serfs; he was assassinated. Alexander Kerensky an agrarian socialist who became prime minister. He refused to…

the chinese boxer rebellion of 1900 was directed at all foreigners in china Chester a Arthur supported the Pendleton act as part of civil service reform The man appointed to…

When did anatomically modern humans first emerge? 150,000 years ago When did the first humans migrate out of Africa? These people were… 50,000 years ago / hunter-gatherers When did humans…

Texas has a plural executive, which means that the governor shares executive power with several other independently elected executives and boards. Constitutionally, a state-of-the-state message must be given by the…

Nevirapine Viramune) is a nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor that is used to treat HIV infection. It is used in combination with other antiretroviral medications to treat HIV. Adverse effects include…

Enclosure movement * In Great Britain in the 1700s, this Parliamentary decree allowed fencing off of common lands, forcing many peasants to move to town. Capital * Money available for…

Nixon elected president of the United States. chose Henry Kissinger to be his special adviser on foreign affairs. struggled to achieve an acceptable peace in Vietnam. Involved in the watergate…

A nurse is obtaining health history from a young adult patient who has a colostomy. The patient reports frequent episodes of loose stools over the last month, but has no…

Articles of Confederation 1777: Were documents that served as the principles of the federal government, created after the Revolution. The central government heavily relied on the states for money and…

Osman the founder of the Ottoman empire (1289-1923) him and his followers sought to be ghazi, and they waged many holy wars Mehmed the Conqueror conquered Constantinople in 1453, which…