Christine Brunetti

“Lion Man” Paleolithic, Germany c. 30,000 BCE “Woman from Willendorf” Paleolithic, Austria c. 24,000 BCE “Wall painting with horses, rhinoceroses, and aurochs” Paleolithic, Chauvet Cave, France c. 30,000 BCE “Clay Bison” Paleolithic, Le Tuc d’ Audoubert Cave, France c. 13,000 BCE A self contained, three dimensional space Sculpture in the round exhibiting human features Anthropomorphic […]

irrigation systems Replacement or supplementation of rainfall with water from another source in order to grow crops Ice Age Any period of time during which glaciers covered a large part of the earth’s surface ethnocentrism Belief in the superiority of one’s own ethnic group nomadic (of groups of people) tending to travel and change settlements […]

Lesson 16 Vocab Steerage Ethnic Exclusion What attracted immigrants to the United States? It was usually for finding jobs, gaining a new home, or because of overpopulation in their home country How did the first wave of immigrants differ from the second wave? The first wave was wealthy with an education and work experience while […]

question Indulgence answer A document whose purchase was said to grant the bearer the forgiveness of sins question Mercantilism answer A European economic policy of the sixteenth through the eighteenth centuries that held that there was a limited amount of wealth available, and that each country must adopt policies to obtain as much wealth as […]

question A political party is A) less interested in winning elections than in particular public policy. B) a group of people who agree on everything and organize annually to win elections. C) a narrow interest group seeking advantage through elections. D) a team of men and women with similar beliefs seeking legitimate control of the […]

question Alphabets answer Writing systems in which a symbol represents a sound. question Archeology answer The branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures. question Austronesian Language answer The family of languages spoken in Australia and Formosa and Malaysia and Polynesia. question Bantu Languages answer Descriptive name for languages spoken largely east and […]

question a lawmaking body answer legislature question Why did the British decide to tax the 13 colonies? answer Because Great Britain was deeply in debt. question How did the colonists feel about the taxation? answer They were furious. They did not believe they should be taxed without approval. (No taxation without representation) question an event […]

question Today, New York is the financial _____ of the world, with a population of _____ million. answer Capital; 8 question In 1776, New York has a population of _____. answer 20,000 question TRUE OR FALSE: The British Invasion of America is the biggest in U.S. history. answer TRUE question Each British ship carries _____ […]

question Jesuits (Society of Jesus) answer -goals included: reform the church through education, spread the Gospel to pagan peoples, fight Protestantism; Members of the catholic religious order the society of Jesus – help transformation of Japanese religion to Christianity even though it was opposed by the elite as foreign and disruptive question Dutch east India […]

question Tricolor answer Is a flag with three bands or blocks of different colors, esp. which is the current French national flag with equal upright bands of blue, white, and red question National Guard answer Is the military reserve units controlled by each state of the United States, equipped by the federal government and subject […]

question In Meiosis, a _____ parent cell divides to form _____ daughter cells answer Diploid; 4 haploid question When do homologous chromosomes line up in a pairwise fashion on the equatorial plate during meiosis? answer During metaphase 1 only question Which sequence provides a model for describing the process of meiosis answer Chromosomes replicate ⇾ […]

question peninsulares answer a Spanish-born member of the highest social class who dominated Latin American political and social life. question creole answer a person in Spain’s colonies in the Americas who was an American-born descendant of Spanish settlers. reluctant to act. question mestizos answer a person in Spain’s colonies in the Americas who was Native […]

question The epic poem the Iliad, which recounts the prowess and anger of Achilles, was composed by answer Homer question What was a fundamental characteristic of Western civilization that emerged from Greece? answer The call for rational inquiry question The epics of Homer are set in the period of Greek history called the answer Dark […]

question Industrialization answer the development of industry on an extensive scale question First country to industrialize answer Britain question Factors of production answer Land, labor, capital, entrepeneur question Adam Smith answer Scottish economist who advocated private enterprise and free trade (1723-1790) question Karl Marx answer German journalist and philosopher, founder of the Marxist branch of […]

question Which religion gain the most from the exchange of ideas and technologies facilitated by the Mongol Empire? answer Europe question In what way were Europeans in the 16th century similar to Mongols in the 13th century? answer Both were on the periphery of major established civilizations question Which of the following was a feature […]

question Columbus answer Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer, navigator, colonizer and citizen of the Republic of Genoa. Under the auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, he completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean. question Pizarro answer Francisco Pizarro González was a Spanish conquistador who conquered the Incan Empire. Pizarro González was born in […]

question Thomas Jefferson answer strong believer in strict construction, weak government, and anti-militarism who was forced to modify some of his principles in office question Albert Gallatin answer Swiss-born treasury secretary who disliked national debt but kept most Hamiltonian economic measures in effect question John Marshall answer Federalist Supreme Court justice whose brilliant legal efforts […]

question Persian Empire answer Greatest empire in the world up to 500 BCE. Spoke an Indo-European language. A multi-ethnic and multi-religious empire. Fell to Alexander the Great. question Athenian Democracy answer First recorded democracy ever established. Direct democracy with juries of up to 2,500 people. Had to be an 18 year old male with Athenian […]

question Segregation answer The separation of blacks and whites, mostly in the South, in public facilities, transportation, schools, etc. question Cotton Gin answer Revolutionary machine developed by Eli Whitney to separate the seed from cotton fiber; it had long and far-reaching effects; greatly increased the need and demand for slave labor, brought prosperity to both […]

question What were 3 causes of World War I? answer 1. rise of nationalism 2. rise of imperialism 3. rise of militarism question What is nationalism? answer devotion to one’s nation question What did European resources compete for? answer resources and land question What did ethnic groups demand from larger countries? answer independence question What […]

question Agricultural Rev./Transition or Neolithic Rev. answer hunting and gathering to farming, occurred worldwide between 10,000 BC and 2000 BC question Aristocracy answer a government in which power is in the hands of a hereditary ruling class or nobility question Barbarian answer a person belonging to a tribe or group that is considered uncivilized; a […]

question Bosporus Strait answer The only waterway linking the Aegean Sea with the Black Sea question Strait of Hormuz answer A vital waterway between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman question Ghazi Ideal answer A model for warrior life that blended the cooperative values of nomadic culture with the willingness to serve as […]