Mary Browning

question Social Class answer A group of people in a society who are considered nearly equal in status or community esteem, who regularly socialize among themselves both formally and informally, and who share behavioral norms, A category of people who have a similar standing or rank in a society based on wealth, education, power, prestige, […]

question Karakorum answer The Mongol capital. (Pg. 353) question Nomad answer Pastoralists who kept herds of animals and built societies by adapting to the ecological conditions of arid lands. (Pg. 354) question Charismatic Leadership answer Leaders who won recognition as nobles and thereby acquired the prestige needed to organize clans and tribes into alliances. (Pg. […]

question the idea that rulers drew power from their subjects, and were therefore at their subjects’ mercy. This challenged the idea of divine right, or of rulers being naturally (or supernaturally) superior to the people they ruled. answer Popular sovereignty question a philosophical and scientific revolution in which people were encouraged to question the most […]

question Freedman’s Bureau p. 710 answer A federal agency set up in 1865 The bureau’s focus was to provide food, medical care, administer justice, manage abandoned and confiscated property, regulate labor, and establish schools. question John Wilkes Booth p. 713 answer was an American stage actor who, as part of a conspiracy plot, assassinated Abraham […]

question Who- U.S, France, Great Brittan, China, & Russia What- Ensures Anglo American Influence on world events When-1946 Where-NY/ Courts; Hague Netherlands Why- Security Council can Veto answer UN Security Council question Who- American Diplomat/ College Professor What- Sent a long telegram to D.C; Containment Theory When-1946 Where- Moscow USSR Why- Start of the Containment […]

question Rape of Nanjing answer Rising of Chinese militia organizations in 1900 in which large numbers of Europeans and Chinese Christians were killed question Imperialism answer The policy of extending the rule or authority of an empire or nation over foreign countries, or of acquiring and holding colonies and dependencies. question “Yellow Peril” answer European […]

question 8000 BCE-600 BCE answer Neolithic revolution domestication of plants and animals leads to surplus of food and denser populations which in turn leads to specializations question 8000 BCE 7200 BCE answer Jericho and Catal Huyuk settlements but not civilizations question 3500 BCE answer Sumerians invent the wheel question 3000 BCE answer bronze age (copper […]

question John Wycliffe (4.04) answer In the 1370s, English theologian and philosopher John Wycliffe began to attack some of the beliefs and practices of the Church. Wycliffe had three main criticisms. First, he objected to the wealth of many clergy members, arguing that the Church, led by the pope, should give up worldly possessions. Next, […]

question kitchen debate answer an 1959 debate over the merits of their rival systems between US VP Richard Nixon and the Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev at the opening of an American exhibition in Moscow question Bretton Woods answer an international conference in New Hampshire in July 1944 that established the World Bank and IMF question […]

question proletariat answer In Marxist theory, the group of workers who would overthrow the czar and come to rule Russia. question Bolsheviks answer A group of revolutionary Russian Marxists who took control of Russia’s government in November 1917. question Vladimir Lenin answer Born Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, later changed his last name. He was the ruler […]

question The British Invasion answer British resurrected the music we ignored “Teddy Boys” were the English version of James dean style question Skiffle Music answer -Tame brand of pop folk music & trad. Jazz (taken from New Orleans style Popular in the mid 50’s England question King of Skiffle answer Lonnie Donegan question Beatles: Early […]

question in what ways did Buddhism spread answer through trade question what is nirvana answer relief from selfishness and pain question what group of people established the caste system answer arriyans question what is the torah answer the first 5 books of the Hebrew bible question name one way Hinduism and Buddhism are similar and […]

question The longest river in Europe and Russia’s most important commercial river, includes canals connecting Moscow to the Baltic, Black, and Caspian Seas answer Volga River question Born in 1170s in decades following death of Kabul Khan; elected khagan of all MOngol tribes in 1206; responsible for conquest of northern kingdoms of China, territories as […]

question Battle of Cannae answer The most decisive military defeat in Roman History, which occured in the the 2nd Punic War against Carthage/Hannibal Prompted more serious defections to the Carthaginian side. This was a turning point in the war. Rome responded by raising taxes and calling for more troops. This call was fabulously received and […]

question Qin Shihaungdi answer Literally “The first emperor from the Qin.” forcibly reunited China and established a strong and oppressive state question Persian Empire answer A major empire that expanded from the iranian plateau to incorporate the Middle East from Egypt to India. Flourished around 550 to 330 B.C.E question pax Romana answer “The Roman […]

question A 37-year-old female with a history of diabetes presents with excessive urination and weakness of 2 days’ duration. Her blood glucose level reads 320 mg/dL. If this patient’s condition is not promptly treated, she will MOST likely develop: answer A. irreversible renal failure. Correct B. acidosis and dehydration. C. hypoxia and overhydration. D. severe […]

question Population growth chart- continents and causes by time period pg. 339. answer 1000-1700 Europe (grew): better agriculture technology (3 field system, moldboard, better metallurgy), relative peace between and within the countries, end of the plague, columbian exchange, global warming, sea trade Asia (grew): peace, end of plague, bigger urban populations (less people in rurality), […]

question Read the excerpt from “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” Are the great principles of political freedom and of natural justice, embodied in that Declaration of Independence, extended to us? How does this rhetorical question contribute to the passage’s central idea? answer It reinforces the idea that the rights given to […]

question A machine that turns the energy released by burning fuel into motion. Thomas Newcomen built the first crude but workable _______ in 1712. James Watt vastly improved his device in the 1760s and 1770s. Steam power was then applied to machinery. answer steam engine question time period: 750-1100 c.e. India had long been the […]

question Himalaya Mountains answer mountain range, contains two largest mountains in the world, between India, China, and Nepal question Hindu Kush Mountains answer mountains to the north of India question Khyber Pass answer For a long time was the only way into india, a long pass from the north into India. question Karakorum Mountains answer […]

question Babur answer founded Mughal Dynasty of India question Akbar answer Greatest ruler of Mughal Dynasty – religious tolerance – created Din-i-Ilahi (“Faith of the Divine”), combo of Hindu, Islam, Christianity patron of the arts/literature question Sha Jahan answer Indian Mughal ruler – tried (not successfully) to expand frontier – built Taj Mahal question Charles […]

question You have just entered data into an online form. The box in which you entered the information is known as a/an: answer field question Every form should include the _______________ so that the form’s use is obvious. answer form name question Of the following, which is not part of the patient’s past medical or […]