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Development of Virginia (Virginia Company) Who/What: Jamestown, VA became the 1st successful English colony. Where: Virginia When: 1607 Why/How: Virginia Company was a joint-stock company (company owned by group of…

transcontinental railroad Railroad connecting the west and east coasts of the continental US Industrialization the development of industries for the machine production of goods labor unions an organization formed by…

What were the three main causes of the need to reform the church? Priest’s marriages were forbidden by Church law; simony rewarded greed, not merit; lay investiture made bishops the…

the medical model If research indicated that phobias result from a chemical imbalance in the central nervous system, this would most clearly give added credibility to deviant Ongoing patterns of…

Celibacy Of an unmarried status City-States Different sections of land owned by the same country but ruled by different rulers Diasporas The migration of religious or ethnic groups to foreign…

what in Muhammad’s background may have influenced his acceptance of monotheism? Muhammad was engaged in long-distance trade and he came in contact with monotheists according to Islamic tradition, how was…

Patriarchy Male dominated society Epic of Gilgamesh Most famous literary work from Ancient Mesopotamia Nubia Civlization to the south of Egypt in the Nile Valley; ironworking and alphabetic writing Uruk…

Positive Psychologists have found that happiness involves which three components? Positive emotion, engagement, meaning How does service learning encourage students to take a positive role in their community? Service learning…

Descartes believed in using only known facts to arrive at conclusions Lavoisier proved that matter can change shape or form but cannot be created or destroyed The Treaty of Tordesillas…

Geometric Patterns the use of spirals, checkerboards, and wave patterns to ornament their artistic products Animal Design the use of animals to represent gods and to symbolize humans’ relationship with…

an early native american people who lived in the american southwest Anasazi a village of large apartment-like buildings made of clay and stone, built by the anasazi and later peoples…

Akbar The most famous emperor of India’s Mughal Empire (r. 1556-1605); his policies are noted for their efforts at religious tolerance and inclusion Aurangzeb Mughal emperor (r. 1658-1707) who reversed…

Studying market history can reward us by demonstrating that: the greater the potential reward is, the greater the risk & there is a reward for bearing risk. Dividends are the…

Utopia A book by Sir Thomas More describing the perfect society on an imaginary island; “no place” printing press machine that presses paper against a tray full of inked movable…

3.1.1.A (SRN) Silk Road Network – Focus on luxury items (silk, etc.), weight to value ratio was low. – Diffused important technologies such as paper-making and gunpowder. – Spread disease…

Direct Democracy Who – Created by Pericles What – Instead of the people being ruled by representatives they would do it directly themselves. When – Under the rule of Pericles…

4 subfields of Anthropology 1. physical 2.archeology 3.linguistic 4.culturual 5**. socio-cultural Physical Anthropology biological perspective of humans. evolution and adaptation. 2 specialties Paleoanthropology specialization of physical anthro. Traces the history…

A belief in the need to maintain economic equality is __ core part of the US political culture. Not a A totalitarian system of rule seeks to Impose its will…

Neolithic revolution The time period when people learned how to domesticate animals and started agriculture Cultural diffusion The spreading of a culture to many places Cultural assimilation Process of a…

Teosinte The wild ancestor of maize. (pron. tay-oh- SIN-tay) Stateless Societies Village-based agricultural societies, usually organized by kinship groups, that functioned without a formal government apparatus. “Secondary Products Revolution” A…