Judith Simpson

promontory point site in Utah where the railway lines built by the Union Pacific and Central Pacific met in 1869, completing the first transcontinental railroad line and contributing to the integration of the western territories into the rest of the Union and the development of the Great Plains. homestead act convinced people to come to […]

treaty of tordesillas June 7, 1494), agreement between Spain and Portugal aimed at settling conflicts over lands newly discovered or explored by Christopher Columbus and other late 15th-century voyagers. “Enchanted Universe” Population of New World at end of 15th century 6 million How England first attempted to engage Spain in the New World Land and […]

Maya;Olmec Before 1000 B.C.E., the two most influential people’s for the formation of early Mesoamerican culture were the _____ and ____ Maize;beans The staple crops that were domesticated during the archaic period in Mesoamerican history were _____ and ____ Domesticated animals The people of the Americas most likely never developed the wheel because they had […]

question Feudalism answer Monarchs awarded land to loyal followers, or vassals. In exchange, these vassals guaranteed that their parcels of land (fiefs) would be governance. question Chivalry answer Ensured that knights acted as virtuous, Christian warriors, dealing fairly with lower classes and treating women with delicacy and respect. question Serfs answer Peasants who weren’t slaves […]

question The Baroque Suite (Multi-Movement Instrumental Songs) answer is a group of dances, usually in the same key! Each piece (movement, song, tune) is in binary form (A-B or A-A-B-B) question Characteristics of the suite answer 1. It contains a series of dance movements (4 movements) 2.Each movement is a dance type from a different […]

question rank the phases in the history of cosmic evolution from earliest to most recent. answer particulate galactic stellar planetary chemical biological cultural question from the descriptions and the working definition of life, determine which things do and do not exhibit these characteristics. answer exhibits the four characteristics: -dogs -trees does not exhibit: -rocks -stars […]

question Gilgamesh was associated with what city answer Uruk question Enkidu was answer Gilgamesh’s friend question Which of the following subjects is not addressed in the Epic of Gilgamsh answer an explanation for the divinity of Mesopotamian kings question In the Epic of Gilgamesh humans were not allowed to live forever because answer a serpent […]

question Reconstruction answer The process of readmitting the former Confederate states to the Union, period lasted from 1865 to 1877 question Ten Percent Plan answer Plan for readmission of southern states proposed by Lincoln. question Ten Percent Plan answer Plan that offered southerners amnesty for all illegal acts supporting the rebellion question Ten Percent Plan […]

question Dyspnea is MOST accurately defined as: A. shortness of breath or difficulty breathing. B. a complete cessation of respiratory effort. C. a marked increase in the exhalation phase. D.labored breathing with reduced tidal volume. answer A. shortness of breath or difficulty breathing. question In what area of the lungs does respiration occur? A. alveoli […]

question The Medes and The Persians answer Before 1000 B.C.E, the Medes and the Persians were two closely related groups that migrated from central Asia to modern-day southwestern Iran or what was known back then was Persia. question Cyrus answer Cyrus came from a mountainous region in southwest Iran and was an unlikely canidate for […]

question Benjamin Tracy answer United States political figure who served as Secretary of the Navy from 1889 through 1893, during the administration of U.S. President Benjamin Harrison. question General Weylar answer Brutal general of the Spanish, created “reconcentration camps” in which rebels and Philippians were held indefinitely. question Treaty of Paris 1898 answer gave the […]

question The earliest period of human culture, the Paleolithic Age, dates from the _____ answer earliest use of stone tools question The earliest Neolithic societies appeared in _____ answer the Near East question The first civilization arose in _____ answer Mesopotamia question The first empire in history was established by the _____ answer Akkadians question […]

question Abate answer To make less in amount, to subside, to nullify, to deduct, omit question Absolutism answer A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator. Popular during the years 1650-1750 question Adjacent answer Near, next to, adjoining. question Agrarian answer Concerning farms, farmers, or the use of land question Agriculture […]

question HINDUISM answer — question Monism answer belief that there is one essence or ultimate reality, which is within many forms (Brahman, in the form of Deites) question Deites answer gods/goddesses 1) Brahma the creator (sets world in motion) 2) Vishnu the sustainer (keeps world in motion) 3) Shiva the destroyer (rejects dharma) question Sruti […]

question Guerilla Warfare answer A form of irregular warfare in which a small group of combatants such as paramilitary personnel, armed civilians, or irregulars use military tactics including ambushes, sabotage, raids, petty warfare, hit-and-run tactics, and mobility to fight a larger and less-mobile traditional military, (used by Viet Kong) question Civil War answer A war […]

question Political parties serve to answer a. link the public with its elected leaders. b. enable people with different backgrounds and opinions to act together. c. offer the public a choice between policies and leaders. d. narrow voters’ electoral options. question The first American political parties emerged from the conflict between answer small farmers and […]

question Which of the following statements is true of the parsimony method for reconstructing phylogeny? answer The preferred phylogenetic tree under the parsimony method is the tree that requires the smallest number of evolutionary changes to explain the data. question Which of the following types of data could be compared during the construction of a […]

question Axial Age answer The time period after 600 BCE where major religions and philosophies addressed questions and concerns that were not sufficiently answered with the previous traditions. These questions/concerns represented the core ideas around which a society revolves. question Confucianism answer Chinese belief system from 500s BCE that emphasized family loyalty, respecting elders, education, […]

question A nurse is documenting findings from a physical examination. Which of the following statements indicates correct charting? answer Regular heart rate and rhythm: S1, S2 heard. question When performing an otoscopy examination on a 2-year old child, the nurse should pull the pinna answer down and back question A nurse is testing a child […]

question In what years did the Salem Witch Trials occur? answer 1692 question What historic book prompted the witch hunts? answer Holy Bible question Witchhunt answer conducted by supersticious villagers to get rid of enemies question How do you prove someone was a witch? answer the devil’s teet, piercing the mark, swimming a witch question […]

question Booker T Washington answer Started a school in Alabama where black children could learn skills such as shoe making and farming. question Frederick Douglas answer Started a newspaper called “The North Star.” question George Washington Carver answer Created 325 different uses for the peanut. question Harriet Tubman answer Led so many slaves to freedom, […]

question Agricultural/Neolithic revolution answer A period in time in which people’s across the globe again to switch from hunter gatherer societies to farming and domestication that agricultural Revolution seems to have started 9000 years ago and lead to a sharp increase in human populations this led to the development of villages and towns and cities […]