...What’s Way Out There? Big Idea: The Hubble Space Telescope image “Hubble Ultra Deep Field” shows a variety of objects in the very distant Universe that can be systematically and scientifically counted, organized, and classified. Computer Setup and/or Materials Needed: a) Access to the image at: http:// www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0406a/ That originated from http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/html/heic0406.html b) Access to the SkyWalker website at: http://www.aip.de/groups/galaxies/sw/udf/swudfV1.0.html c) Note: There is no expectation that students have studied galaxies prior to completing this research project. Phase I: Exploration 1) Access the online Hubble Space Telescope Image at http:// www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0406a/ You might be able to make it larger and smaller by “left clicking” on the image with your mouse. Most of these objects are galaxies far, far from Earth. However, a few objects are nearby stars, as indicated by “four points” on the image, like shown at left. How many stars can you find? Seven 2) 2. Again, most of these objects are not individual stars, but actually distant galaxies—isolated collections of millions or billions of stars that look like a tiny dot or cloud. Determine how many galaxies are found in the image. One strategy to count the number of galaxies in the image is to just count the number of objects in ¼ of the image (the bottom left corner for example) and then multiply the...
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...3. Chinua Achebe's novel Things Fall Apart is a good portrayal of an African society in a pre-New Colonialism era. Focus your study on Okonkwo's relationship with his society, which formed his values and traditions. Compare those norms with the arrival of Christian missionaries and the introduction of the European laws and values. (In an essay explain with concrete examples the political, social, economic, judicial, and religious structures of the village of Umofia from Achebe’s book Things Fall Apart. Also, state why Europeans were so determined to bring changes to this society and what kind of action Okonkwo took to defend his village.) 4. Examine the decline of the Ottoman Empire. What factors explain this process? What attempts at reform did the Ottomans undertake? (Bentley & Ziegler, chap.31) 5. Learn how and why Japan became industrialized (make sure you review your notes on the movie; Meiji Transformation). Learn also about hollow modernization of the Latin American countries. (Also Bentley & Ziegler pp. 724-728, 634-636 & chapter 30) 6. Definition, causes, and geopolitical scope and the result of the New Imperialism. (Class notes and read also, Bentley & Ziegler, Chapter 32) 7. African and Asian responses to Western Imperialism: Armed resistance and modernizing efforts. (Class notes) 8. Learn about the causes of World War I. How was it a global and modern war? Major consequences of the war for both Europe and the wider world. (Class notes...
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...Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China Ezra F. Vogel REFERENCES American Rural Small-Scale Industry Delegation. Rural Small-Scale Industry in the People’s Republic of China. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1977. Atkinson, Richard C. “Recollection of Events Leading to the First Exchange of Students, Scholars, and Scientists between the United States and the People’s Republic of China,” 4 pp. Bachman, David. “Differing Visions of China’s Post-Mao Economy: The Ideas of Chen Yun, Deng Xiaoping, and Zhao Ziyang,” Asian Survey, 26, no. 3 (March 1986), 293-321. Bachman, David. “The Fourteenth Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.” New York: Asia Society, 1992. Bachman, David. “Implementing Chinese Tax Policy.” In Lampton, ed., Policy Implementation in Post-Mao China, pp. 119-153. Backhouse, E. and J.O.P. Bland. Annals & Memoirs of the Court of Peking. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1914. Bainian chao (百年潮) (Hundred Year Tide). Monthly. Beijing: Zhongguo zhonggong dangshi xuehui, 1997 -- . Barfield, Thomas J. Perilous Frontier: Nomadic Empires and China. Cambridge: Basil Blackwell, 1989. Barman, Geneviève Barman and Nicole Dulioust. “Les années Françaises de Deng Xiaoping,” Vingtième Siècle: Revue d’histoire, no. 20 (October-December 1988), 17-34. Barman, Geneviève and Nicole Dulioust. “The Communists in the Work and Study Movement in France,” Republican China, 13, no. 2 (April 1988), 24-39. Barnett, A. Doak, with a contribution...
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...1.) Columbus describes them that way because he wants them to feel like and believe that the Natives could be servants and persuaded to do things for them. He also talks about the way they dress and live, assuming that they were poor people. Columbus states they were creative people and how he wanted to bring a few back home with them. Also he says they were very friendly and that they will give all they have if you ask for it without saying no. He made seem like the Natives saw them as godly. 2.) In the first excerpt Columbus sounds patronizing when he starts by saying they they were very friendly and perceived that they could be persuaded by giving them lots of items of small value. He than says they seem whole to him to be very poor people. I believed it influenced them to take advantage of them. They already had planned to give them small value gifts and take what the Natives had making them servants. The Natives also didn't have a religion but they thought Columbus came from Heaven. Columbus won their love over by giving them gifts to he could make them Christians and serve the Castilian nation. 3.) I would believe that the Natives didn't care to much about possessions since they were very friendly when giving away their items to them expecting nothing in return. Columbus also said they they would never say no and not invite the person to share it with them. They even accepted broken jewelry, hoops of wine cask and glass with pleasure. They were not attached to items like...
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...------------------------------------------------- Prehistory From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia For a timeline of events in the early history of the universe and prehistoric Earth, see Timeline of prehistory. Göbekli Tepe, in southeast Turkey, erected by early Neolithic people 11,000 years ago. Human history and prehistory | ↑ before Homo (Pliocene epoch) | Prehistory (three-age system) | Stone AgeLower Paleolithic * Homo * Homo erectusMiddle Paleolithic Early Homo sapiensUpper Paleolithic Behavioral modernityNeolithic Cradle of civilizationBronze Age * China * Europe * India * Near EastIron AgeBronze Age collapse * China * Europe * India * Japan * Korea * Near East * Nigeria | Recorded history | Ancient historyEarliest recordsPostclassical eraModern history * Early * Later * Contemporary | ↓ Future | * v * t * e | Prehistory means literally "before history", from the Latin word for "before," præ, and historia. Human prehistory is the span of time since behaviorally and anatomically modern humans first appear, and until the appearance of recorded history following the invention of writing systems. Since both the time of settlement of modern humans, and the evolution of human civilisations, differ from region to region, prehistory starts and ends at different moments in time, depending on the region concerned. Sumeria in Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt were the first civilisations to develop their own scripts...
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...HIST 330 A Woman’s Place Anne Hutchinson lived during the colonial period of American history and during this period Puritan women lived under feme covert. Although women lived under feme covert, Puritans believed that there should be great love and respect in marriages with no domestic abuse. Ideal Puritan women were known as goodwives who were the backbone to their home and marriage, however Puritans did not convey equality among genders. According to historian Ellen Carol DuBois, “In the 1630s, leaders faced a major controversy regarding both religious orthodoxy and gender assumptions”(TWE, 73). This controversy left women like Anne Hutchinson in the middle of gender oppression and silenced opinions since women were not allowed to challenge male authority or offer their own biblical interpretations. Anne Hutchinson was a midwife and the daughter of a preacher, she was was described as “a woman of haughty and fierce carriage, of a nimble wit and active spirit, and a very voluble tongue, more bold than a man…”(Reader, 5). She was a woman who challenged the idea that women were not allowed to voice their opinions about religion. Allegations of heresy were conducted against her after she was convicted of holding formal religious meetings in her home that also contested the status of women. While on trial she asked the court if there was a rule against her teaching since before she arrived there were such meetings previously held. She also gave an example of scripture giving...
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...HIST 1301 11/25/2013 Title: Clark, Victor S. “The Influence of Manufactures Upon Political Sentiment in the United States From 1820 to 1860.” The American Historical Review, 22 (October 1916): 58-64. Purpose: Victor S. Clark outlines the economic influences of the expansion of manufactures upon the political sentiment in America before the Civil War. He discusses the role of political institutions in the shaping of our economic progress, with the intent to show that the rise in manufactures in the United States during this time brought a stronger form of centralized government that would favor an increase in public intervention of the ecomic activities of individuals. Ultimately he encourages us to believe this was one of the main causes for Civil War in the US during this time. Summary: In the few decades before the Civil War, many Americans relied primarily on the household goods they could produce or acquire locally. Without the need for regulation of these small items, sentiment in the United States leaned towards the idea that people could manage these tasks on their own. However, after the revolution these attitudes began to change with the rise in manufactures and the expansion towards the south. Crops such as tobacco, sugar, and cotton were just a few of the commodities that people in the US and overseas desired for. Inevitably, this caused people to rethink where power should lie to maintain the idea that equality existed among the entire population. From start...
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...Cheyenne Savoie April 11, 2013 HIST 203 The Pullman Strike The Pullman Strike started on May 11, 1894. It was a conflict that was going on all across the nation. It included the American Railroad Union (ARU) and other railroads that occurred in America at that time. Beginning in a town called Pullman Illinois, with over four thousand employees that worked for the Pullman Palace Car Company. The strike started because the employees were upset with their current changes in reducing their pay. George Pullman was the president of the Pullman Palace Car Company. He designed the passenger railroad car, which included comfortable seats as well as sleeping cars for people to travel. He also takes credit for creating the “model” community of Pullman, Illinois. In 1894 there was a depression that led to the Pullman Palace Car Company cutting wages to almost forty percent, and lay off tons of workers. As the workers got more and more angry as bad things kept happening in this depression, they decided to join the ARU and start a strike against George Pullman as he decided to not increase his wages. Throughout the strike there were two major newspapers that kept up with the recent gossip and incidents that were occurring. The Chicago Times supported the union, and the Chicago Tribune opposed the ARU boycott. During the time of the strike both newspapers differed in regards to the violence that was happening, while the Chicago Tribune was focusing on the violence of the...
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...History 110 / Midterm Study Guide During this part of the course we address several different themes that shaped modern America. The first is the importance of the Civil War and Reconstruction in setting the stage for the great industrial growth and development in the late 19th century. The second theme is the impact of industrialization in late 19th century America--economically, politically, socially, and culturally. A third theme centered on the emergence of an aggressive America foreign policy that in general sought to export American values and ideas so as to bring order to the international scene. The fourth major theme is the rise of progressivism in the first two decades of this century. Like the unions and Populists before them, the Progressives responded to the tremendous impact of industrialization and corporate capitalism on American society, however with much more success. A fifth theme centers on the American entrance into World War I and the war's impact on American society and politics. A sixth theme is the conflict over values and power in American society. Different groups (African-Americans, KKK, nativist/anti-immigrant, socialists, women, etc) with their own unique visions of what American society should be came into conflict over whose vision should predominate. A final theme is emergence of a powerful, welfare state in the form of the New Deal which finally addressed in a large-scale and systematic effort the negative consequences inherent in capitalism...
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...The American Civil War (1861) took place between the Union (Northern States) against the Confederates (Southern States) over the argument over slavery. The dispute had escalated to such an extent that the Southern States declared themselves independent of the Unites States of America. As a result, a war took place costing the death of more than 600,000 Americans. In the article the writer explains how history had been written to dominate our historical understanding of the Civil war. The reason for the civil war without doubt was slavery, yet the defeated Southerners defended the incident by claiming that it was a war for the “states’ rights” (Article). This was the Myth of the Lost Cause in which defeated Southerners molded the truth in self defense (Class notes). This demonstrates the psyche of white Southerners that they were in a stage of denial; thus, they decided to distort the history to gain their dignity back. This sheds light on the fact of the issue that historians tend to add their personal opinions when they are writing. History is supposed to give us a detailed account of what happened without personal beliefs or opinions. Everyone has a different interpretation of events and incidents, but the history pages should only include facts. They manipulated the pages of history in self-defense to make the future generation’s believe that the war was fought not because of slavery but the states’ rights. A few historians even came out and defended the inhumane act of...
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...* Question 1 1 out of 1 points | | | Renaissance artists | | | | | Correct Answer: | imitated nature. | | | | | * Question 2 1 out of 1 points | | | In the early fourteenth century, the Catholic church | | | | | Correct Answer: | was moved to Avignon. | | | | | * Question 3 0 out of 1 points | | | Which of the following was not a fourteenth century explanation of the causes for the Black Death? | | | | | Correct Answer: | Practice of flagellation | | | | | * Question 4 1 out of 1 points | | | In the Byzantine Empire, Latin language remained the major language as the use of Greek was narrowly restricted to monasteries. | | | | | Correct Answer: | False | | | | | * Question 5 1 out of 1 points | | | In the eleventh century, the Byzantine emperor, Basil II, blinded fourteen thousand soldiers of the | | | | | Correct Answer: | Bulgars. | | | | | * Question 6 1 out of 1 points | | | The Byzantine Empire attained its greatest economic prosperity during the period of the Macedonian emperors. | | | | | Correct Answer: | True | | | | | * Question 7 1 out of 1 points | | | In the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade, the major state of the former Byzantine Empire was the | | | | | Correct Answer: | Latin Empire of Constantinople. | | | | | * Question 8 1 out of 1 points | | | The Italian Renaissance was | | |...
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...HW #1 “Response to Pgs. 68-157” After reading chapters 4 through 7 of ‘American Colonies’ by Alan Taylor there were two distinct topics that caught my eye during my readings. These two topics were the Pueblo Revolt, which took place between the natives and the Hispanics, and also the establishment of Jamestown by the English. The Pueblo Revolt occurred in 1680 and was the result from decades of mistreatment of the Pueblos by the Spaniards. The Pueblos complete way of living had been controlled and dominated by the Spaniards for a tiresome span of over eight decades. The Spaniards were in control of the Pueblos mainly because they had installed so much fear into them that the Pueblos were afraid to retaliate. “They provided a military reserve needed to intimidate the Indians…”(Taylor 86). But they eventually had enough years of torment that they decided to just come together as one and take over by causing the Spaniards to flee and also killing off some of them as well. The second topic that stood out to me was the establishment of Jamestown by the English colonist. After the new King James I succeeded Queen Elizabeth in 1603 and after a peace treaty with Spain was signed in 1604, “the great merchants and lawyers of London took a new interest in colonizing Virginia” (Taylor 130). King James granted a group of London investors a charter to go ahead and colonize and govern Virginia. They set out for Virginia from England in three vessels and decided to take the standard...
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...HIST101 American History to 1877 A Man of Honor George Washington was the first president of the United States and is known as “the Father of Our Country. He was a man with much conviction, humility, and integrity. George Washington trusted in God, was willing to sacrifice much, and he was selfless. All of these qualities were important to his success as a military leader and as the leader of the nation. It is apparent by how revered Washington is today that he was a man of honor. George Washington begin life in Virginia in 1732. He was the son of Augustine and Mary Ball Washington. The tale of him cutting down the cherry tree, is just a tale created by author Mason Locke Weems. Weems wanted Washington's life to appear more interesting in the biography he wrote. The biography, A History of the Life and Death, Virtues and Exploits, of General George Washington, “supplied the American people with flattering (and often rhyming) renditions of the events that shaped their hero”. Lawrence Washington was George's older brother. Lawrence was a great influence on George's life. After the death of their father, George spent a lot of time with Lawrence at his home, Mount Vernon. Washington learned the gentlemanly ways and manners of the time from Lawrence. One of the things George enjoyed most was fox-hunting. When Lawrence died, Mount Vernon was left to George. Washington received little formal education. This was due to his father dying when he was a boy...
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...Score for this attempt: 90 out of 100 Submitted Apr 15 at 7:37pm This attempt took 20 minutes. Question 1 10 / 10 pts In the late 1800's, one of the items below was not likely to exist at the same time as the other four. Which of the following does not belong on the list? bank closings contraction of credit (credit more difficult to attain) a rise in the unemployment rate increased business failures an increase in wages and salaries. Question 2 10 / 10 pts In the early 1900's, inflated currency actually came to the country through an increase in the gold supply. Earlier, William Jennings Bryan had sought inflation by ____________. selling Federal Treasury Bonds at a discounted rate. increasing the amount of silver coinage and silver-backed paper money. decreasing the amount of gold in circulation. increasing government expenditures to stimulate the economy. reducing the prime interest rate to stimulate investments. Question 3 10 / 10 pts In the Ocala Demands, the Populists demanded the abolishment of the national government. True False Question 4 10 / 10 pts Complete the following progression: AGRARIAN DISCONTENT; the GRANGE ASSOCIATIONS; FARMERS' ALLIANCES; _____________. Coxey's Army The Populist Party the Grange associations the election of Rutherford Hayes as President unionization Question 5 10 / 10 pts Which of...
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