...Throughout history, diseases and disasters have shaped people’s beliefs and concerns. During the 13th century, the Bubonic Plague was no exception to this theory. Authors, physicians, and European travelers expressed their beliefs regarding the plague, how their lifestyles had changed because of it and how they believed it spread throughout the great continent of Europe. These groups of authors, physicians and travelers all formed their own beliefs and concerns about the plague such as Erasmus of Rotterdam who believed that “the plague and sickness in England is due to the filth on the streets…” (Doc 2) At the time, physicians were believed to have more informed beliefs and concerns than other members of society due to their advanced educations. In fact, Johann Weyer, a German physician, claimed that townspeople smeared the bolts of the town with an ointment directly intended to spread the plague to anyone who touched it. In turn, many people died, including members of the royal family. Weyer even believed that heirs of the dead paid people to spread the cream so that they could inherit their fortunes more quickly. (Doc 4). On the other hand, Giovan Fillipo pronounced in 1576 his motto of, “Gold, fire, the gallows: gold for the expense of the pest houses to quarantine the diseased, the gallows to punish those who violate the heath regulations and to frighten the others, and bonfires to eliminate infected things.” (Doc 6) The motto of Fillipo was well respected by his fellow...
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...Chapter 22 716-750 - Life in the Emerging Urban Society Homework 1. How did urban life change in the nineteenth century and how did this new urban society impact lives of the rich, poor and middle class? During the nineteenth century, as urban populations grew, living conditions declined. People would crowd into cities due to the lack of transportation, sometimes with over 10 people in a single basement and without the proper knowledge of sanitation, they would literally let their poop flow down openly on the streets. Not to mention that more people died in cities than were born because disease spread so easily to the point where populations didn’t die out simply because of the immigrants. It wasn’t until the middle of the nineteenth century the people had enough of their unhygienic life-styles and called for improvement. One notable man in favor of improvement was Edwin Chadwick who, based on Jeremy Bentham’s idea of utilitarianism (the idea that people should move towards the “greatest good for the greatest number”), noticed that the sicknesses and the resulting deaths where probably one of the reasons for the horrible conditions. He suggested that the government take action and clean up the cities. Once the government stepped in the general public health improved dramatically. Certain intellectuals, such as chemist Louis Pasteur created the germ theory that said that diseases were spread through living organisms that they could control. New improved medical techniques...
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...Revolution “The Moneylender and His Wife,” Quentin Metsys (1514) AP European History J.F. Walters (2010) 1 Commercial Revolution: Essential Questions 1. How did developments in the late Middle Ages impact the Commercial Revolution? 2. What contribution did Luca Pacioli make to the Commercial Revolution? 3. What was the nature of banking in the Commercial Revolution? 4. What was a joint-stock company? 5. What was the Domestic System” in England? 6. What was the Price Revolution and what were its results? 7. What were the principles of mercantilism and what impact did it have on economics and politics? 8. In what ways did the Commercial Revolution sow the seeds of capitalism? 9. What was “Tulip Mania” in the Netherlands? AP European History • The Commercial Revolution • J.F. Walters & G.W.Whitton 2 The Commercial Revolution Journal 12/A: What important economic changes in the early modern centuries does the term “Commercial Revolution” signify? ––Palmer Chapter 12 • pp. 106-114–– Directions; Using sentences or detailed bulleted notes, identify & explain the evidence Palmer uses to support the thesis listed above. AP European History • The Commercial Revolution • J.F. Walters & G.W.Whitton 3 Background to the Commercial Revolution • Commercial Revolution basics ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ • change from a town-centered (medieval manorial) to a nation-centered (early modern European) economic system in spite of name, the economic change of the...
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...requirements include: 40 credits (4 years) English; 30 credits (3 years) Mathematics; 30 credits (3 years) Science; 30 credits (3 years) Social Science; 20 credits (2 years) of Language other than English; 10 credits (1 year) Visual and Performing Arts; 40 credits (4 years) Religion;20 credits (2 years) Physical Education/ Health and/or Sports Affiliation; 5 credits (1 semester) Speech Communication; 15 credits (1.5 years) of elective credit (may include core courses).Advanced Placement courses are offered in American Government; Art History; Biology; Calculus AB; Calculus BC; Chemistry; Economics; English Language; English Literature; Environmental Science; European History; Physics; Spanish; Statistics; Studio Art; United States History; World History. AP courses have prerequisites that students must meet in order to be enrolled. There is no limit of how many AP courses a student may enroll. In 2010-2011 462 students enrolled in AP courses; 462 students sat for 884 exams. Of the 884 exams taken, 583 received scores of 3,4 or 5. Honors courses are offered in most subject areas, specifically: Algebra 2/Trigonometry; Anatomy and Physiology; Asian Studies; English; French; Latin; Pre-Calculus. GRADING AND RANKING The Academy assigns letter grades using a 4.0 system. Letter grades are assigned as follows: A = 90-100%; B = 80-89%; C = 70-79%; D =60-69%. Advanced Placement and Honor courses are weighted by one point. All credit classes are included in computing grade...
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...June 14, 2013 History 201 Part One: Early Settlers of the American Colonies Early settlers of the American colonies came to the future United States for a variety of reasons. Settlers set off to the new world and left their families, friends, and homes to start new lives. Under those circumstances, why would they still go? Religious oppression. Both the Protestant and Catholic churches were fighting for power in England. When Britain was under catholic powers, the protestant people were persecuted, and fled to the new world in hopes of being able to worship in their own ways freely. Another reason was economic struggle in Europe. Due to economic struggle, people were losing their jobs and became destitute. When the opportunity to come to the New World arose, many of the struggling people saw it as a way to start over and make their fortune in hope to alleviate the suffering in Europe. Beginning as early as thirty thousand years ago, during the Pre-Columbian Era, Americans came from Asia over a land bridge formed at the Bering Strait during the Ice Age. The new immigrants were gatherers and hunters, known as Native Americans, who reached a population perhaps as many as 100 million spread across Central and South America by the time the Europeans “discovered” the New World. Native Americans development of agriculture provoked new innovations and cultures that would influence America forever ("Study Notes - Free AP Notes," n.d.). During the Middle Ages, Europeans were ignorant...
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...graduated a year and a half ago from Dublin High School and am currently in my second year of community college. This is my second online course at DVC. I took introduction to administrative justice online over the summer and really enjoyed the experience. My academic strengths are in math and history because I have a really good memory. My weaknesses include chemistry and biology because the subject matters don't seem to interest me as much. My goals are to take as many math classes as I can to gain and understating of how the works functions in relation to all of the concepts I will learn. I have always loved history especially through high school. I took AP European History and AP US History and have really gained an understanding of what it takes to succeed in a college level class. In AP US History I gained a wide background as to what I need to look for when reading the text and how to filter out what is necessary and relevant. I feel like I have an above average understand on how to interpret information because I have taken two college level history courses already. I am taking this particular class because I need to fill in some units for my transfer at the end of this year and history is one of my favorite subjects. As of now, I have no questions regarding the course. I have looked over the syllabus and have ‘perused’ the Survival Manual. I feel like the most important thing about staying on top of online classes in general is time management and not procrastinating. ...
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...| Unification of Germany | | | | HISTORY | | | Unification of Germany Introduction Economic success, political failure, and diplomatic tension marked the idea of a unified Germany in the period after the Napoleonic Wars. It was not clear around which power, Austria or Prussia, Germany could achieve national unification (Merriman 2010). Prussian merchants, with the support of the Prussian crown, established the customs and trade union known as the Zollverein in 1834 (AP Central - German Unification 2013). The Zollverein freed trade between most of the German states, with the exception of Austria. The upper class were wary of any change that might threaten the status quo and feared the strong nationalist feeling unleashed by the revolution, the expansion of which might lead to, they reasoned, the proclamation of the equality of all citizens (Merriman 2010). Industrialists and merchants thus brought liberal politics into German nationalism. During the Revolution of 1848, liberals met in the Frankfurt Assembly and drafted a constitution modeled on the ideals of the French Revolution of 1789 (AP Central - German Unification 2013). The assembly offered to share power under a constitutional monarchy and offered the crown of a unified Germany to Frederick William IV of Prussia. The Revolution of 1848 brought some liberal reforms to Prussia, such as the ability of the parliament to obstruct certain forms of taxation. However, the Prussian leadership, which...
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...NEWS AGENCIES AND PROFESSIONAL MEDIA ORGANISATIONS SUBMITTED BY SHAMNA MOHAMMED ALI I SEM MCJ NEWS AGENCIES News agencies are organisation of journalist established in different zones of the world to provide news reports to organisation in news trade. According to UNESCO, it is an undertaking of which prime objective is to gather news and news materials expressing facts and to distribute this to a group of news enterprises .The basic function of a news agencies is to survey news and inform the current affairs to its subscribers .News agencies play the role of wholesale supplier of news and reduce the cost of gathering news. As it deals with news coverage, it combines spot coverage with interpretation of the important political and economic events. News agency plays a crucial role in framing public opinion on important national and international affairs. News agencies work as a mediator between the media and the public. The media depend on material supplied by the news agencies mainly put of economic necessity. In order to have a wide coverage the newspaper has to maintain a costly network of staff reporters, correspondents, and bureaus on a world wide scale. For a majority of the news media the news agencies are a major source of news supply. Its subscribers include the daily and local...
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...When I was younger I was always asked the question "what do you want to be when you grow up?" Whenever I was asked that question I was always stumped. What DID I want to do for the rest of my life? I wanted to finish middle school, start high school, and go to college. Like it was as simple as that. At the time I did not know what I wanted to study in college. I mean I was only in middle school at the time and everyone expected every little detail in my life to be planned out already. I would always reply with the dull answer of "I don't know." The more I was asked, the more I pondered it. What did I love to do? I loved to read visiting the library every day during lunch to get a couple of new books to read. I was always creative loving to...
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...Student name: ________________________________ Student ID _______________________ York University Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies School of Administrative Studies AP/ADMS 4250 Marketing Strategy, Fall 2013 Instructor: A. Rusetski, Ph.D. EXAM 1: Case AP/ADMS 4250 Marketing Strategy Exam 1 Page 1 of 7 FIAT RETURNS TO CANADA1 A.RUSETSKI, PH.D F IGURE 1: A 2011 FIAT 500 On March 18, 2011 two hundred strange looking tiny cars lined up on the streets around the Quebec Business Centre. FIAT, a major European car manufacturer, was celebrating its return to Canada after 28 years of absence. This comeback became possible thanks to a partnership with one of the Detroit Big Three car manufacturers – Chrysler. From Montreal, columns of FIAT 500 cars paraded to designated Chrysler dealerships where FIAT opened its “FIAT Studios”. A number of important and at times sad developments led to this celebratory moment. Once a powerful player in the North American market, in early 2000s Chrysler Corporation was struggling with declining demand and decreasing market share. In 1998 the company “merged” with German Daimler Benz to form DaimlerChrysler AG. In fact, the German automotive giant took ownership of Chrysler, but after nine years the new owner acknowledged that the “marriage” was not successful and it could not improve Chrysler’s financial ...
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...Nastasia Tamarkin 10 April 2016 AP Language Jazz Part B: Essay Outline I Introduction a b c Jazz is not something to be considered an annoyance of threat. Jazz is continued to be looked up upon and appreciated by many regions around the world, such as New Orleans, Louisiana. How could a genre of music that bonds both African American and European history be considered a threat, or not needed? I believe that Jazz music should continue to flourish and continue to represent different cultures through sound. II Body d II Jazz is an expression of feelings, emotions, and a story of history. Although this is true, some would argue that it is purely an act of random, irritating chords and sounds. e Jazz has been a cure and an uplifting medicine for Americans during the Great Depression. It has so much meaning and combines cultures from all over the world. It is one of the only aspects in world culture that almost any country can connect and relate to. There is Jazz music relating to African Americans, Europeans, Latinos, and even Cubans! f People will argue that Jazz is just something to keep people busy, and that it is hyped up for what is really is. In reality, Jazz is not understood enough, and not fully understood for what it really is trying to represent. Not many people listen to Jazz and know that is a combination of different customs and traditions. Conclusion a While people find Jazz music to serve as a threat, and to be annoying...
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...| | |California History Standard 7.6.7 | |The Bubonic Plague | |Web Quest | |Madera Unified School District EETT Grant Project | |California History Standard 7.6 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the civilizations of Medieval Europe. 7.6.7 Map the spread| |of the bubonic plague from Central Asia to China, the Middle East, and Europe and describe its impact on global population. | |Introduction | | ...
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...Revised January 2016 Subject to Change Advanced Placement Examination Credit In order to receive credit for your AP exam scores, please request an official score report to be sent electronically from the College Board. You can request a score report to be sent by contacting the College Board at 1.888.308.0013 or by visiting www.collegeboard.com. AP score reports are sent to OHIO throughout the year. For a complete list of course names and descriptions, please visit Ohio University’s online catalog and search under courses. The catalog can be found at: www.catalogs.ohio.edu AP SUBJECT SCORE OHIO UNIVERSITY EQUIVALENCY SEMESTER HOURS AP SUBJECT SCORE OHIO UNIVERSITY EQUIVALENCY SEMESTER HOURS Art History (13) (ARH) 3 AH 2110 4 Comp Government & Politics (58) (GPC) 3 POLS 2300 3 4 AH 2110, AH 2120 8 4 POLS 2300 3 5 AH 2110, AH 2120 8 5 POLS 2300 3 Art Studio: 2-D Design (15) (ASG)* 3 ART 1XXL 3 Computer Science A (31) (CSA) 3 CS 2400 4 4 ART 1XXL 3 4 CS 2400 4 5 ART 1XXL 3 5 CS 2400 4 Art Studio: 3-D Design (16) (ART3D)* 3 ART 1XXL 3 Computer Science AB (33) (CSAB) 3 CS 2400 4 4 ART 1XXL 3 4 CS 2400 4 5 ART 1XXL 3 5 CS 2400 4 Art Studio: Drawing (14) (ASD)* 3 ART 1XXL...
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...Sasha Cosenco HST 1150: World Civilization Since 1500 Annika A. Culver, Ph.D. May 15, 2011 History of White Potato The po·ta·to /pəˈtātō/ (1) an erect herb (solanum tuberosum) that has compound pinnate leaves, white, yellow, blue, or purple flowers, and green, yellowish, or purplish berries, is native to the highlands of Southern and Central America, and is widely cultivated especially in the temperature regions as a garden vegetable. (2) The edible starchy tuber that is an enlargement of an underground stem of this plant is called the Irish potato or white potato.1 The potato originated in the South American Andes, but its heartland of wild genetic diversity reaches from Venezuela, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, and Chile across the Pampa and Chaco regions of Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, and southern Brazil and northward into Central America, Mexico, and the southwestern United States.2 The greatest diversity in wild potato spices occurs in the Lake Titicaca region of Peru and Bolivia, where the potato probably was domesticated between 10,000 and 7,000 years ago.3 Exactly when such plants were first cultivated is uncertain: perhaps as early as 3000 B.C.E. and almost certainly before 2000 B.C.E.4 Sixteen-century Spanish explorers, who first observed the potato in Peru, Bolivia, Columbia, and Ecuador, compared the unfamiliar tuber food to truffles and adopted the Quechua name, papa.5 It first reached Spain probably around 1570.6 From there, the potato spread...
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...My high school years will forever be a part of who I am. The past four years have been a vital experience in helping me develop, learn, and explore who I am. Without my high school experience, I would not be the same person I am now. My high school gave me a fantastic learning environment. I was able to take challenging courses that interested me, like AP Psychology, AP European History and Honors English classes. The decision to take Honors English classes my junior and senior year were two of the best academic decisions I've made, as my teachers were great mentors and encouraged me to pursue my goals and interests. Taking these classes helped shape my study habits, writing skills, and my outlook on the world. My classes were engaging,...
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