Posts by Joel Boykin:
Paleolithic/ Old Stone-age Era -survival mode; live day to day; hunters and gatherers -nomadic people: travelers The Neolithic Revolution -agriculture: farming & domesticating animals for the use of humans -no need to move; much safer -created a community key to creating a civilization -language -SPECIALIZATION Mesopotamia -1st known civilization -city states: independent from each other […]
Read more1607 Founding of Jamestown July 4, 1776 Signing of Declaration of Indepedence 1787 Writing of the Constitution 1803 Louisiana Territory purchased by President Thomas Jefferson from France 1861-1865 The Civil War was fought Lexington, Massachusetts First shots of the American Revolution fired here in April 1775 Concord, Massachusetts First site of the first battle of […]
Read morequestion Peculiar institution answer Another term for slavery. and the old souths views on slaves aw well as the psychological appeal of racial superiority. question Planter answer Southern Colonies highest class (plantation owners, wealthy) owned the majority of slaves, but they were the minority of whites. question yeoman farmers answer Owned smaller farms and often […]
Read morequestion What were the most important developments in pre-history? answer The beginnings of agriculture, first through semi-cultivation, and then through clearing fields and specializing tools for planting and harvesting The beginnings of domestication of animals and pastoralism question Why is the Neolithic Revolution considered so highly significant? answer It brought about: permanent dwellings, villages and […]
Read morequestion Overweight women (>120% IBW) have fertility issues because the ratio of ________ to estrogen is altered. (341) answer testosterone question Two indicators of maternal nutrition status have been especially correlated with infant birth weight: ________ ________ and ___________. (349) answer Infant mortality Morbidity question In normal weight women living in healthy environments, weight gain […]
Read morequestion The Three Estates answer The three orders of France: the clergy, the nobility, and everyone else. question The First Estate answer The clergy question The Second Estate answer The nobility or the descendants of “those who fought” in the Middle Ages. question The Third Estate answer The commoners of France that consisted of, prosperous […]
Read morequestion Judiciary Act of 1789 answer law that set up the federal court system question Alexander Hamilton answer An early Federalist leader and first secretary of the treasury. He was killed in a duel with the Vice-president. question cabinet answer leaders of the executive departments and others who serve as the advisers to the president […]
Read morequestion The two key factors that cause labor productivity to increase over time are.. answer the quantity of capital per hour worked and the level of technology question Potential real GDP is.. answer the level of GDP attained when all firms are producing at capacity question What is human capital? answer The knowledge and skills […]
Read morequestion It reinforces the sense of personal importance the issue has for Douglass. answer Which best describes the effect of the repetition of the word “I” throughout “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” question Fellow-citizens, above your national, tumultuous joy, I hear the mournful wail of millions! whose chains, heavy and grievous […]
Read morequestion What forces drive internal and external earth processes? answer Internal – Geological External – Solar, Atmospheric, Spatial question Which natural hazards are likely to be more deadly, more likely to cause property damage, and more likely to become catastrophes? answer Most deadly – tornadoes and windstorms Most property damage – expansive soils Catastrophes – […]
Read morequestion peninsulares answer born in spain, high gov position, controlled wealth and power with creols in colonies, formend a tiny precentage of the population question creoles answer spainards born in latin America, could rise to high positions in army, couldent hold high level political office question mulattos answer mixed european and african question mestizos answer […]
Read morequestion Changes in the composition of the US population illustrate the ______ imperative for studying intercultural communication. answer demographic question People who believe that behavior can only be judged within the context in which it occurs are operating from a _____ position of ethics. answer relativist question People who believe that cultural differences are only […]
Read morequestion Golden Age answer a period in a field of endeavor when great tasks were accomplished. The term originated from early Greek and Roman poets, who used it to refer to a time when mankind lived in a better time and was pure question Sui answer The Sui dynasty was a short-lived imperial dynasty of […]
Read morequestion Confucianism answer More a philosophy than a religion since the emphasis is on secular rather than spiritual behaviors and beliefs. question Founded by? answer Confucius question Purpose? answer To fulfill one’s role in society with propriety honor and loyalty( Wisdom to improve yourself) question Practices answer Honesty, politeness, loyalty to family. community and nation […]
Read morequestion Where did Tammany Hall (political machine) get most of its support? answer poor immigrants and ethnic communities in the inner cities. they promised them help in return for votes. question European Musical Influence+African=a 1890s New Orleans originated musical genre… answer Jazz question Tet Offensive answer failed attacks by the Vietcong guerillas and North Vietnamese, […]
Read morequestion the main difference between languages in the same family, branch, or group is how answer recently in time the languages were once the same question a group of languages that share a common origin but have since evolved into individual languages is a answer language branch question a group of languages that share a […]
Read morequestion The source of inspiration for Charles Ives’s music was rooted in the traditions of which region of America? answer New England question Ruth Crawford was trained mainly in Europe. answer False question Charles Ives made a living as a: answer Insurance salesman question One of Ives’s best-known works for piano is: answer the Concord […]
Read morequestion History answer study of past events and changes in the development, transmission, and transformation of cultural practices question Culture answer socially transmitted patterns of actions and expressions. Ex: arts, beliefs, knowledge, and technology question Civilization answer An ambiguous term often used to denote more complex societies but sometimes used by anthropologists to describe any […]
Read morequestion islam answer the monotheistic religion of Muslims founded in Arabia in the 7th century and based on the teachings of Muhammad as laid down in the Koran question allah answer Muslim name for the one and only God question muslims answer those who practice the religion of Islam; believe in one God, and the […]
Read morequestion Where does Elena live? answer El Building question Where was Elena when President Kennedy was killed? answer School question Who lived in the old house before Eugene moved in? answer An old Jewish couple question Why was Mr. DePalma crying? answer President Kennedy had been killed question What was Elena going to do after […]
Read morequestion What is the name of Dalton’s theory? answer Dalton’s Atomic theory question What are elements made up of? answer Atoms question What is a compound? answer Two or more atoms combined chemically question What did J.J. Thompson discover? answer The electron question What is the charge of an electron? answer Negative question How did […]
Read morequestion Ancient Greek philosopher, who along with his student Plato, concluded the mind is separable from the body(continues after the body dies) and that knowledge is innate. Derived these principles from logic. answer Socrates question Student of Plato, disagreed with Plato and Socrates, he believed that knowledge was NOT innate and instead grows from experience. […]
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