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Calvin Religious Leader / Elaborated Luther’s ideas in Institutes of the Christian Religion; God is All Powerful & All Knowing Calvinism Theology of John Calvin & his followers emphasizing Omnipotence…

According to the tradition of the Hebrews, they were descendants of the patriarch——-who had migrated from Mesopotamia to the land of Canaan Abraham Moses united the Israelites after their enslavement…

The nurse observes a client who is becoming increasing upset. He is rapidly pacing, hyperventilating, clenching his jaw, wringing his hands, and trembling. His speech is high pitched and random;…

glyphs were used for the Mayan writing system an early Mayan most probably would have used a codex to keep track of important historical events the Inca used quipu to…

an insipid view of history jejune the overblown rhetoric of the politician turgid entreat the captain on behalf of her son supplicate a meandering complicated plot tortuous a didactic way…

Renaissance a time of transition in Europe between the medieval and modern era. from the 14th to the 17th century, marked by a revival of art, sciences, and classical thinking…

List six components of Earth’s early atmosphere. Hydrogen, Cyanide, Carbon monoxide, Hydrogen sulfide, Carbon dioxide, Nitrogen, Water Is the following sentence true or false? Liquid water first occurred on Earth…

Mamluks Turkic military slaves who formed part of the army of the Abbasid Caliphate in the ninth and tenth centuries; they founded their own state in Egypt and Syria from…

Benjamin Tracy United States political figure who served as Secretary of the Navy from 1889 through 1893, during the administration of U.S. President Benjamin Harrison. General Weylar Brutal general of…

Columbian Exchange the transfer of animals, plants, culture, diseases, technology and ideas between the New World and Old World as a result of Christopher Columbus’ discovery Spanish Armada The navy…

Caravel A Slender light-wieght European Ship that is highly manuverable. Mercantalism The Belief That colonies exist to only benifit the mother country. It has four steps, that are followed: 1….

Who made up Washington’s first cabinent? Jefferson, Hamilton, Knox, Randolph When was the bill of rights added to the Constitution? 1789 What were the first sources of revenue for the…

Parthians Persian dynasty. Based in Iran and extended to Mesopotamia. Had very heavy calvary (horses and armored troops). Government followed the example of the Achaemenid administration. Civilization to the east…

Flapper In the United States and Europe in the 1920’s, a rebellious young women Prohibition A ban on the manufacture and sale of alcohol in the United States from 1920-1933…

Kow Tow A ritual prostration in which subordinates knelt before the emperor and touched their foreheads to the ground–tributary system Xuanzang A Buddhist monk who disobeyed the emperor’s orders not…

Gilded Age The Gilded Age is defined as the time between the Civil War and World War I during which the U.S. population and economy grew quickly, there was a…

TF: Pericles lead Athens during its golden age True ______ had 3 Goals: Strengthen Democracy, hold and strengthen empire, and glorify Athens Pericles Perclies increased the number of public _____…

Militarism A policy of glorifying military power and keeping a standing army always prepared for war Triple alliance A military alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy in the years preceding…

if bacteria divide at the rate they do, why dont they take over the worl beacuse of the limiting factors- water, food, nutrients, and space whats is a population a…

U.S. Neutrality US wanted to remian neutral in WW I becasue we were making money off war supplies and the economy was doing good. Also most Americans didn’t feel obligated…