Posts by Suzette Hendon:
Prehistory The period before writing was developed Archaeology The study of past societies through an analysis of what people have left behind Artifacts Tools, pottery, paintings, weapons, buildings, and household items of early people Anthropology The study of human life and culture Paleolithic Age The term used to designate the early period of human history […]
Read moreWhat did Francis Bacon help develop? Scientific method In what book was the direct democracy explained? The social contract Who influenced the Bill of Rights? Voltaire, John Locke, Jean Jacques Rousseau Who wrote the declaration of independence? Thomas Jefferson Why was Henry Fielding famous? He was a writer who developed many features of the modern […]
Read moreHagia Sophia, Constantinople 532. Original domes collapsed. Minarets were later addition. Means “Church of the Holy Wisdom”. Built by two mathematicians, Anthemius of Tralles & Isidorus of Miletus. Justinian wanted to built the greatest church ever. Original dome was 108 ft diameter. Large building made of brick to make building distinguished from concrete Roman buildings. […]
Read moreTaiwan an island in southeastern Asia 100 miles off the coast of mainland China in the South China Sea Great Leap Forward Started by Mao Zedong, combined collective farms into People’s Communes, failed because there was no incentive to work harder, ended after 2 years Communes large collectivized farms, created by Mao Cultural Revolution a […]
Read morequestion Your 76-year-old female patient is having trouble breathing. When you auscultate her lungs, you hear crackles (rales) and you are concerned that she may have pulmonary edema. Her oxygen saturation is 92%, so you place her on 100% oxygen via a nonrebreather mask. Her breathing gets a little easier with the oxygen. You decide […]
Read morequestion irrigation systems answer Replacement or supplementation of rainfall with water from another source in order to grow crops question Ice Age answer Any period of time during which glaciers covered a large part of the earth’s surface question ethnocentrism answer Belief in the superiority of one’s own ethnic group question nomadic answer (of groups […]
Read morequestion Temple of Fortuna Virilis (Temple of Portunas) answer 75 BCE. Volcanic ash used in concrete. Roman, Greek, and Etruscan elements. 1 Cella with engaged columns – Ionic Order – Facade orientation, you are suppose to look at it from the front. question Temple of Vesta answer Italy – Early First Century BCE, Frieze around […]
Read morequestion population ecology answer study of the biotic and abiotic factors that affect population size, density, distribution, and age structure question population answer a group of individuals of a single species that occupy the same area at the same time question what are 2 important characteristics that a population includes answer density (amount of individuals) […]
Read morequestion Who authorized the use of atomic bombs against Japan? answer Harry Truman (USA) question Who was a General in the Pacific? answer General Douglas MacArthur (USA) question Who was a leader with Gandhi in the struggle for home rule and was the first prime minister of the Republic of India? answer Jawaharlal Nehru (india) […]
Read morequestion Anatolia answer Anatolia was a place in Asia, surrounded by the Black Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, and the Aegean Sea. In the 6th century Anatolia was conquered by the Achaemenids, until Alexander the Great conquered it in the 4th century BCE. When he died, the Hellenistic people took over until the Romans took over. […]
Read morequestion U.S. Neutrality answer US wanted to remian neutral in WW I becasue we were making money off war supplies and the economy was doing good. Also most Americans didn’t feel obligated to join a conflict so far away. question Unrestricted Submarine Warfare answer A policy that the Germans announced on January 1917 which stated […]
Read morequestion what were some of the effects of the germanic invasions? answer disruption of trade, downfall of cities, population shifts, the decline of learning, loss of a common language question explain the new ideas about government? answer Germanic people lived in small communities that were governed by unwritten rulers and traditions. question where did the […]
Read morequestion What are the political implications of biological essentialism. answer They are generally politically conservative because these arguments tend to postulate that the statue quo of the unchangeable statue of nature. question What evidence is there for the claim that women’s evolutionary “strategy” might be promiscuity answer Women are the only primate females who are […]
Read morequestion Cyanobacteria increased the levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. answer F question Geologic events that occurred during the Paleozoic Era include mountain building and volcanic activity. answer T question The development of ____ factored in the development of complex organisms. answer d. all of the above question A life-form in the Precambrian time […]
Read morequestion Lexington and Concord answer the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.[1] They were fought on April 19, 1775, in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy (present-day Arlington), and Cambridge, near Boston. The battles marked the outbreak of open armed conflict between the Kingdom of […]
Read morequestion 35th president of the U.S. answer John Kennedy question econmic problem the U.S. faced at the end of Eisenhower’s second term answer recession question republican candidate in the 1960 election answer Richard Nixion question democratic candidate in the 1960 election answer John Kennedy question 2 factors that decided the 1960 presedential election in favor […]
Read morequestion Uncle Tom’s Cabin was translated into thirty-seven languages. answer True question The novel form was first used by American writers in the eighteenth century. answer True question Cooper began writing novels because he thought he could do a better job than the novelists that he was reading. answer True question Nathaniel Hawthorne thought of […]
Read morequestion John Smith coined the name answer New England question reactions from historians about John Smith answer he was a boastful bully or an early American hero question the Virginia Company answer the group of investors hoping for huge profits from their New World question The first president of Jamestown died and the next two […]
Read morequestion To the peoples of the ancient world, the characteristic manifestations of civilization—government, literature, science, and art—were necessarily products of: answer city life. question Although many prehistoric settlements are known, one of the earliest of these in modern-day Turkey is answer Catalhöyük question Before 11,000 B>C>E>, virtually all human societies were: answer nomadic, moving incessantly […]
Read morequestion Which of the following statements about the celestial sphere is NOT true? answer The “celestial sphere” is another name for our universe. question The Andromeda Galaxy is faintly visible to the naked eye in the constellation Andromeda. Suppose instead it were located in the same direction in space as the center of the Milky […]
Read morequestion Judiciary Act of 1789 answer This act established a federal district court in each state and three circuit courts to hear the appeals from the districts, with the supreme court having the final say. (Pg 216) question Bill of Rights answer A set of 10 amendments brought forth by James Madison that safeguarded fundamental […]
Read morequestion Confucianism answer Began around 400 b.c.e Confucius was born to a rich family in Northern China and became a teacher and political advisor His thoughts and saying were recorded in the book Analects question Confucianism (2) answer Confucianism is a social and political philosophy; it is not a religion Focuses on five fundamental relationships […]
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