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Primary Source Documents - Answer- original documents such as papers, eyewitness accounts, letters, diaries, artifacts, and photos. Necessary to construct an accurate portrayal of history. Many primary documents available through the Library of Congress. Prehistoric period - Answer- the period before humans invented writing and kept written records. Mesopotamia and Egypt - Answer- The first civilizations are recorded in ________. 3000-6000 BC - Answer- Invented wheel, plow, windmill, so...

Which of the following does NOT promote "good" or "positive" hunting? - Answer- Banning the right to carry any trophies on planes. What are the 4 main periods of Western influence on the Sub-Saharan Africa? - Answer- Which of the following countries was NOT a participant in the Scramble for Africa? - Answer- Netherlands The desert and semidesert constitute the largest vegetative region in sub-Saharan Africa. - Answer- False About one third of Africa's surface consists of outcro...

Sacred text The book of holy or sacred writings of a community of faith. The Quran for Islam, the Bible for Christianity and the Torah for Judaism. Monotheism Belief in one god (Judaism, Christianity, Islam) Islamic Divisions Sunni and Shiite (over succession to Muhammad) Civil Service Exam In Imperial China starting in the Han dynasty, it was an exam based on Confucian teachings that was used to select people for various government service jobs in the nationwide administrative bureaucrac...

ka' abaka' aba - correct answer Arabic "cube"A small cubical building in the mecca, the islamic worlds symbolic center. Ulesco World Heritage site - correct answer A place that is listed by the wesco as one of special cultural or physical significance Sudanic style - correct answer ? Vernacular Architecture - correct answer Catgory of architecture based on localized needs and constructed materials and reflecting local traditions: tends to devalue overtime to reflect envitonmen...

ARC 308 Test 2 Questions with All Correct Answers What does the author suggest is the best way to achieve the most vivid and powerful experience possible? (29). How can this be applied specifically to architecture? - Answer- -It's by involving all the senses -Fire creates intense feeling of reality -Islamic Gardens and Turkish garden How is life in the Japanese village described by the author reliant on the seasons? How does this tie in to thermal qualities? (32) - Answer- Customs ca...

Landscape Architecture 1201- Midterm - Max Conrad 2023 updated to passIslam: Quadrangular Layout - correct answer 4 rivers of paradise Islam gardens were designed by what - correct answer There image of heaven that was told to Muhammad from Alla Islamic garden is called - correct answer A paradise garden Islam garden characteristics: - correct answer Walls, plants that had heavenly connotations, privacy Islamic territory weather - correct answer Dark desert, hot, arid, first to use i...

What are the 4 themes we study in ancient Landscape architecture and man's relationship with nature? Answer 1) Landscape revered 2) Landscape exploited 3) Landscape sequestered 4) Landscape Designed Landscape Revered Answer - symbolism: active - landscape as gods; *animism* - tree worship - landscape as representation of gods - landscape as representation of ideology What was the first object to be worshipped? Answer Stone What are some examples of landscape as representation of...

HST 1100 Exam 2 - Questions and Answers St. Augustine Early Christian leader who writes the book City of God that instructs how Christians are to be City of God Augustine's book about the fall of the Roman Empire St. Jerome Translated the Bible into Latin Vulgate Latin translation of the Bible St. Peter First pope Goths and Visigoths The Germanic tribes that took over the Roman Empire when it fell, Visigoths were just a branch of the Germanic tribes that took over the empire. Attila the Hun 40...

AFST 235 exam 2 guyo questions with answers 100% complete In what areas did the Kingdom of Mali develop most during the fourteenth century under King Mansa Musa. - Answer ️️ -Islamic learning, trade and architecture The West Africa Squadron was responsible for what during the ending of Trans-Atlantic slave trade. - Answer ️️ -seizing ships involved in slave trade to abolishing of the trans-Atlantic slave trade while patrolling the west coast of Africa Identify the name of West Afr...

AP World History Modern Study Guide Made by: Rma Polce for use at Simple Studies From Simple Studies, & @simplestudiesinc on Instagram Big Pictures of Each Major Time Period: - Rise and growth of civilizations - Religious developments and spread - Technological advancements - The decline of small states, local religions, and old technology - State Building - Chinese golden age - Islamic Empire golden age - Feudalism - Trading and Crusad...