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Explain how arrival of colonists impacted the lives of Native Americans. Driven off their land and wiped out by disease How did the Pilgrims form a covenant community? Formed Mayflower…

Egyptians (1400BC) used blood baths as means of resuscitation and recuperation from illness. Barbers/Surgeons (1200BC) were forbidden by law to perform any surgery except bloodletting, wound surgery, cupping, leeching, shaving,…

Alexander the Great Macedonian king and conqueror who conquered most of the known world, spanning from Greece, to modern Pakistan. He defeated the Greek-city states and, most famously, the Persians….

Carolingians This dynasty is seen as the founders of France and Germany, and its beginning date is based on the crowning of Charlemagne, or Charles the Great, and ends with…

Prince Henry the Navigator -Prince of Portugal -gave financial support to explorers Vasco de Gama -Portugese sailor -first European to sail around southern Africa to the Indian Ocean Christopher Columbus…

Hey! We’re Number One Hey! We’re Number One Now listen closely Here’s a little lesson in trickery This is going down in history If you wanna be a Villain Number…

Vasco de Gama A Portugese sailor who was the first European to sail around southern Africa to the Indian Ocean Hernado Cortes Spanish explorer who conquered the Aztecs Vasco de…

which of these structural factors is necessary for the development of a social movement? Social Distress — Caused by economic, social, and technological change helped create the conditions for the…

mass production the production of goods in large quantities Industrial Revolution social and economic reorganization that took place as machines replaced hand tools and large-scale factory production developed. cotton gin…

Xiongnu Major nomadic confederacy that was established circa 200 BCE and eventually reached from Manchuria to Central Asia tribute system Chinese method of dealing with foreign lands and peoples that…

The plurality electoral system in the United States means that a. smaller parties have a greater chance of winning at least some states b. the risk of electoral corruption is…

Exam 1: Which of the following statements is true of the situation in the colonies before 1763? Exam 1: The colonists retained strong economic ties with England and believed in…

Sumer a civilization and historical region in southern Mesopotamia, modern Iraq during the Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age ziggurat a terraced tower built of baked brick and culminating in a…

The earliest period of human culture, the Paleolithic Age, dates from the _____ earliest use of stone tools The earliest Neolithic societies appeared in _____ the Near East The first…

The most abundant molecule in the human body is… Water What are the four most abundant elements in a human body? Carbon, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Hydrogen Which three cellular components are…

age of reason An era during which rational thought is prominent or esteemed, especially the Enlightenment in western Europe. Akbar the Great a ruler of the Mughal empire from 1542-1605,…

Congress of Vienna conservative, reactionary meeting, led by prince metternich, restore europe to prerevolution time Holy Alliance alliance between Russia, Prussia, and Austria in defense of the established order; formed…

Teotihuacan a powerful city-state in central Mexico. Its population was about 150,000 at its peak in 600 Chinampas Raised fields constructed along lake-shores in Mesoamerica to increase agricultural yields Maya…

Yang Jian Ambitious ruler of northern china; brought all of china under centralized imperial rule once again in the late 6th c. Sui dynasty (589-618 C.E). Like the ruler of…

By the latter Republic, Roman slaves often worked on the Roman latifundia AND always received humane treatment from their owners For the Romans, Italy’s geography made Rome a natural crossroads…