Josephine Mack

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question Whig Platform answer – Up until the civil war -Public spending and federal control of the economy -president lincoln and the republicans in congress -Legislation that was put into place during the civil war -One thing that was put into place was the National Bank which managed federal debt and set interest rates -worked […]

question Columbium Exchange answer Exchange of goods between Europe and the Americas question Explode answer The job that Lewis and Clark had in the newly acquired territories question Monroe Doctrine answer Warned Europeans powers not interfere with problems in the Western Hemisphere question Boston Tea Party answer Colonists disguised as “Indians” dumped tea in Boston […]

question What was the Geocentric Theory? answer Aristotle’s and Ptolemy’s belief that the Earth was an immovable object located at the center of the universe question What did Christianity teach about the universe? answer God placed the Earth at the center of the universe so life could occur question What was the Scientific Revolution? answer […]

question The most democratic music ever to evolve, and one which is indigenous to the United States is answer jazz question In present-day America, we are conditioned to hearing music as an accompaniment to daily life. answer true question Most jazz musicians agree that writing down an exact jazz interpretation is next to impossible. answer […]

question Johannes Gutenburg answer movable printing press. question Printing Press answer allowed production of cheap literature- print could now reach the masses. Knowledge was no longer just for the privileged. Type preserved info & enabled it to be shared. question John Milton answer argued that whenever truth and falsehood compete “in the marketplace of ideas […]

question George Marshall answer United States general and statesman who as Secretary of State organized the European Recovery Program question Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps answer women volunteers who seved in non-combat positions (nurses, etc) question A. Philip Randolph answer Black leader, who threatens a march to end discrimination in the work place; Roosevelt gives in […]

question In the early AD 800s a combination research library and school called _____ opened in Baghdad answer The House of Wisdom question In ancient times people who lived on the Arabian peninsular were ____, nomade who hered sheed, camels, and goats answer Beoduins question In AD 624 Muhammad drafted a politcial agreement know as […]

question The first inhabitants of the Americas reached the New World by answer migrating from Asia across the then existing Alaska-Siberia land bridge. question The densest Indian populations in what would later be the United States were found in answer California and the Pacific Northwest. question Which of these Indian cultures is not correctly matched […]

question Merchantile System – p.159 answer An economic system (Europe in 18th century) to increase a nation’s wealth by government regulation of all of the nation’s commercial interests question Navigation Acts – p. 160 answer One of several acts of Parliament between 1651 and 1847 designed primarily to expand British trade and limit trade by […]

question Simon Bolivar answer Venezuelan statesman who led the revolt of South American colonies against Spanish rule; founded Bolivia in 1825. question Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla answer A Mexican priest and a leader of the Mexican War of Independence. question Jose Maria Morelos answer A Mexican Roman Catholic priest and revolutionary rebel leader who led […]

question Baghdad answer Capital of Abbasid dynasty located in Iraq near ancient Persian capital of Ctesiphon question wazir answer Chief administrative official under the Abbasid caliphate; initially recruited from Persian provinces of empire question dhows answer Arab sailing vessels with triangular or lateen sails; strongly influenced European ship design question ayan answer The wealthy landed […]

question Nixon answer elected president of the United States. chose Henry Kissinger to be his special adviser on foreign affairs. struggled to achieve an acceptable peace in Vietnam. Involved in the watergate scandal question new federalism answer President Richard Nixon’s program to turn over part of the federal government’s power to state and local governments. […]

question Easter Island Moai (ahu) Rapa Nui (easter island) 1100-1600 C.E answer Form: Volcanic tuff on basalt base Function: representation of spirit of ancestral chiefs Content: , facing inward on outside of island,(long sloping noses, strong brow bone, inset eyes, strong jaw line) carvings on backs represent different chiefs Context: the ancestors benefit humanity by […]

question What is the ultimate source of genetic variation? answer mutations question What is a mutation? answer any change in the nucleotide sequence of DNA question Why are mutations important? answer 1. basic requirement for evolution-source of new ales 2. drug/antibiotic/pesticide resistance 3. involvement in cancer, aging, etc question Mutations can change what in a […]

question George Washington answer Saved his army from destruction, President of the Constitutional Convention, President of the US question Patrick Henry answer “Give me liberty of give me death!” Anti-Federalist question James Madison answer “Father of the Constitution” Writes the VA Plan, Bill of Rights, most of the Constitution, takes a lot of notes at […]

question Minoans answer People who lived in the Minoan civilization on the island of Crete, ~1600 BCE question Mycenaeans answer Replaced the Minoans, part of great trade network of the late Bronze Age question Phoenicians answer A sea-faring group from the eastern Mediterranean Sea; visited the Aegean Sea; re-established contact between the Middle East and […]

question Byzantine Empire answer Historians’ name for the eastern portion of the Roman Empire from the fourth century onward, taken from ‘Byzantion,’ an early name for Constantinople, the Byzantine capital city. The empire fell to the Ottomans in 1453 question Caesaropapism answer Where the emperor not only ruled as a secular lord but also was […]

question Silk Roads answer A system of ancient caravan routes across Central Asia, along which traders carried silk and other trade goods. question Black Death answer 14th century bubonic plague epidemic; decimated populations in Asia and Europe. question Indian Ocean trading network answer The world’s largest sea-based system of communication and exchange before 1500 C.E., […]

question What is the grouping of objects or organisms based on a set of criteria? answer Classification question Who developed the first widely accepted system of biological classification? answer Aristotle question How did Aristotle classify organisms? answer By either animals or plants question How were animals classified? answer By the presence of red blood. Then […]

question Imperialism answer a policy of extending a country’s power and influence through diplomacy or military force. question Racism answer the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race, esp. so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races. question Social Darwinism answer […]

question Marco Polo answer Italian trader, he traveled to China and later wrote about his trip. During his time in China he served as a government official in Kublai Khan’s court. question interest answer A fee that borrowers pay for the use of someone else’s money. question Medici answer Italian bankers and leaders of Florence. […]