Hoover Dam<span>, once known as Boulder Dam, is a concrete arch-gravity dam </span>in<span> the Black Canyon ....</span>Construction<span> of a rail line joining Las Vegas and the dam site began </span>in<span> September </span>1930<span>. .... Falling objects were the most common cause of death on the dam site; the highscalers' work thus </span>helped<span>ensure</span><span> worker safety</span>
For almost 30 centuries—from its unification around 3100 B.C. to its conquest by Alexander the Great in 332 B.C.—ancient Egypt was the preeminent civilization in the Mediterranean world. From the great pyramids of the Old Kingdom through the military conquests of the New Kingdom, Egypt’s majesty has long entranced archaeologists and historians and created a vibrant field of study all its own: Egyptology. The main sources of information about ancient Egypt are the many monuments, objects and artifacts that have been recovered from archaeological sites, covered with hieroglyphs that have only recently been deciphered. The picture that emerges is of a culture with few equals in the beauty of its art, the accomplishment of its architecture or the richness of its religious traditions.
Predynastic Period (c. 5000-3100 B.C.)
Few written records or artifacts have been found from the Predynastic Period, which encompassed at least 2,000 years of gradual development of the Egyptian civilization.
Neolithic (late Stone Age) communities in northeastern Africa exchanged hunting for agriculture and made early advances that paved the way for the later development of Egyptian arts and crafts, technology, politics and religion (including a great reverence for the dead and possibly a belief in life after death).
Around 3400 B.C., two separate kingdoms were established near the Fertile Crescent, an area home to some of the world’s oldest civilizations: the Red Land to the north, based in the Nile River Delta and extending along the Nile perhaps to Atfih; and the White Land in the south, stretching from Atfih to Gebel es-Silsila. A southern king, Scorpion, made the first attempts to conquer the northern kingdom around 3200 B.C. A century later, King Menes would subdue the north and unify the country, becoming the first king of the first dynasty.
In the Archaic Period, as in all other periods, most ancient Egyptians were farmers living in small villages, and agriculture (largely wheat and barley) formed the economic base of the Egyptian state. The annual flooding of the great Nile River provided the necessary irrigation and fertilization each year; farmers sowed the wheat after the flooding receded and harvested it before the season of high temperatures and drought returned.
<span>1. What did the protest at Alcatraz Island in the late 1960s accomplish?
D. It brought awareness to the unfair treatment of American Indians.
2.Promoting gender equality in employment is one of the goals of
D. the National Organization for Women.
3. One of the leaders of the American Indian Movement was
C.Russell Means.
4. What did Title IX provide funding for? Check all that apply.
women’s sports programs
women’s education programs
5.What did <u>Native American activists</u> hope Alcatraz Island would become?
A.a cultural center and university
<em /><em>Note that I changed the statement to "Native American activists" rather than "AIM." The American Indian Movement was not directly involved in the occupation of Alcatraz. Native Americans in California from the San Francisco Bay area were the ones who were seeking that Alcatraz be redeveloped as a school and museum for Native Americans, and they pursued the protest/occupation at Alcatraz.</em>
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Truman is claiming that if the United States does not help Greece and Turkey, they will eventually fall to communism.
This excerpt is from a speech given by Truman after World War II and is the basis of the Truman Doctrine. After World War II, the US was worried about the Soviet Union and the system of communism spreading all over Europe. If communism spread, it would increase the Soviet Union's power, making them the world's largest superpower.
The US did not want this to happen, as they feared that if one country fell to communism, nearby countries would fall as well. This is known as the domino theory. To prevent this from happening, the US ends up giving $400 million to Greece and Turkey in order to stabilize their economy.
