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Industrial Revolution A chain of events set in motion in the mid 1700s Causes and Effects of the Enclosure Movement changing public land into privately owned land with walls Causes…

Smiles, head nods, eye contact, and clapping from audience members in response to you message are all forms of feedback when you avoid telling the whole truth about a situation…

(T or F) The history of epidemiology originated as early as classical antiquity True Which of the following is NOT considered a use of epidemiology? To provide healthcare services to…

manchu Federation of Northeast Asian peoples who founded the Qing Empire. daimyo Literally, great name(s). Japanese warlords and great landowners, whose armed samurai gave them control of the Japanese islands…

Throughout U.S. history, Americans have A) supported strong government. B) been suspicious of strong government. C) moved from suspicion of government to enthusiastic support for government. D) moved from a…

The three religions that were born in the Near East that dominate today’s Western world are… Judaism, Christianity and Islam Jews and Christians used _______ for burials and funerary ceremonies,…

Xuanzang a Buddhist monk who escaped China to go to India Yang Jian ruler of the Sui dynasty that lasted for less than 30 years and brought all of China…

Early Earth’s Atmosphere Earth’s atmosphere contained little oxygen. It was first composed of carbon dioxide, water vapor, and nitrogen, as well as small amounts of carbon monoxide, hydrogen sulfide, and…

What does the acronym IPOS stand for? Input, process, output, storage. (IPOS) represent the different tasks of computers. Which of the following is/are true of the IPOS cycle Once words,…

Which would be the best way of describing the structure of Thoreau’s observations in “Civil Disobedience”? Considering “Civil Disobedience,” which best describes one similarity between Thoreau and Martin Luther King,…

Aristotle Added a 5th element, a divine substance called aether Becquerel Discovered radioactivity using uranium and photograph paper and releasing alpha particles Bohr discovered shells for hydrogen using his model…

Who authorized the use of atomic bombs against Japan? Harry Truman (USA) Who was a General in the Pacific? General Douglas MacArthur (USA) Who was a leader with Gandhi in…

imperialism the actions used by one nation to exercise political or economic control over smaller or weaker nations isolationism a policy of avoiding political or military involvement with other countries…

The first inhabitants of the Americas reached the New World by migrating from Asia across the then existing Alaska-Siberia land bridge. The densest Indian populations in what would later be…

What was the Enlightenment? a European movement that introduced new ideas and inventions, A movement of the 18th century when philosophers looked to “human reason instead of God to better…

Great Railroad Strike of 1877 First multi-state, national strike in US – significant because ALL workers UNITE. Showed labor’s potential power and a scared government and owners who called it…

Gilgamesh was associated with what city Uruk Enkidu was Gilgamesh’s friend Which of the following subjects is not addressed in the Epic of Gilgamsh an explanation for the divinity of…

Hunting Gathering the use of simple tools to hunt animals and gather vegetation for food Domesticated Animals Started around 8000 B.C.E., dogs, horses, wheat, barley, etc. Sedentary sitting Nomadic wandering,…

Miguel Hidalgo He was a priest who issued the Grito de Dolores, a call for a peasant rebellion in Mexico against the Spanish. Saint-Domingue (1659 – 1809) A French colony…

Cubist Movement 20th Century art style; best represented by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso; rendered familiar objects as geometrical shapes Benito Mussolini Italian fascists leader after World War I; created first…