N the biblical story of David and Goliath, David, the hero of the Israelites, defeats a fearsome giant.

Match the vocabulary word with its meaning.

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Answer:

1. The latest period of the Stone Age between 8000-5000 B.C - Neolithic.

The neolithic corresponds to the era when agriculture started. Agriculture might have started even earlier than the time period mentioned here, in Mesopotamia (modern day Iraq).

2. A type of government ruled by members of noble or wealthy families - Aristocratic.

Aristocracy comes from the Greek aristos 'excelent', and kratos 'rule'. Aristocracy means then, "rule of the excelent". The government structure is small, and only the smart and priviliged are supposed to rule. Plato supported aristocracy in his work "The Republic".

3. An economic system where colonies supply goods to the mother country - Mercantilism.

Mercantilism is an economic policy that aims at achieving positive trade balances. It dominated Europe from the 16th to 18th century, when European countries began to colonize regions in the Americas, Africa and Asia. The colonies could not trade among themselves, only with the mother country, for example, the American Colonies could only trade with Britain.

4. The act of staying in one place for a long time - Sedentary.

Societies became sedentary shortly after domesticating some vegetable and animal species, in other words, agriculture and anima husbandry. The excess production of food allowed civilization, the division of labor, and the development of cities.

5. Practice of attempting to foretell the future - Divination

Divination comes from the Latin divinare 'to foresee'. A Divination consists in foretelling the future thanks to divine inspiration.

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Established that slaves were property and that such property was protected by the _________ Constitution and thus, could not be

netineya [11]

Answer:

The case referred to in the question is Dred Scott v. Sandford.

Explanation:

Dred Scott was an eslaved man from Virginia who worked for a few years in Huntsville, Alabama. Years later he was taken by his owners to the Missouri territory.

Because the most of the Missouri territory was designated as "free", when his owners tried to take him back slave territory, Dred Scott sued them arguing that having set foot in free territory, he was now a freeman.

The Supreme Court ruled against him: it ruled that black people were not citizens and could not seek the protections and rights that the U.S. constitution granted to citizens.

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How did the textile Industry impact the industrial revolution?

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It improved systems like transportation, communication and banking.

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Which of the following women was involved with opposing the Equal Rights Amendment, working to ensure it was not ratified?

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1. Phyllis Schlafly is the woman who was involved with opposing the Equal Rights Amendment.

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Explanation:

2. During this time of political chaos, the Church provided order and security. concept of government changed. Loyalty to public government and written law had unified Roman society. Family ties and personal loyalty, rather than citizenship in a public state, held Germanic society together.

3. One of Charlemagne's main goals was to promote learning in his kingdom. He learned to read himself in a time where ruler's focused on the military. He provided education to all classes and founded many schools. Charlemagne's first goal was to promote learning.

4. But it survived the Frankish monarchy and remained the most respected title of a lay ruler in Europe until the Holy Roman Empire, as it was known from the mid-12th century, was abolished by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1806, a little more than 1,000 years after Charlemagne was crowned.

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