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Stalin to Fascism Review Sheet Vocabulary: Amritsar Massacre an incident in 1919 in which British troops fired on an unarmed crowd of Indians performing acts of civil disobedience Balfour Declaration statement issued by the British government in 1917 supporting the establishment of a homeland for the Jews in Palestine civil disobedience illegal nonviolent refusal to obey unjust laws collective large farm owned and operated by peasants as a large group command economy economic system in…

During the nineteenth century Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey was a very prominent anti-slavery and human rights leader. Frederick was a prominent abolitionist during the 1800’s and led anti-slavery acts, whenever he was a child he was abused by many slave owners and eventually once stood up for himself and won, eventually he escaped slavery and helped many more slaves escape as well. Douglass was born into slavery in Maryland on February 18, 1818 and was one of the few slaves who were…

Once a single lie starts, they just keep coming and coming, and then you face the consequences. Stanford Wong, Flunks Big Time, by Lisa Yee is a novel that takes place in Rancho Rosetta, California. Stanford flunked English and is being tutored by his arch enemy, Millicent Min. In the process, he is trying to impress Millicent’s best friend, Emily Ebers, without letting her find out that he is being tutored by Millicent. In the end of the story, Emily, Millicent, and Stanford learn that bravery…

Rorschach acknowledges that many artifacts have changed hands in distressing ways over time (Rocca, 2013). Rorschach believes that recently acquired artifacts should be “handled with the utmost seriousness.” However, older artifacts such as the Rosetta Stone have been in their current museums too long to be reclaimed. Furthermore, Anderson contends that political figures are exploiting the topic of art repatriation whereas archaeologists, art historians, scientists and museum officials have the…

countries. This victory also ended the nearly one hundred years of civil war in the power struggle for governance over Rome. According to the Philae Victory Stele a large royal proclamation stone with writings in three languages upon it, much like the Rosetta stone, within a month after the victory at Actium Octavian became the last Pharaoh of Egypt. He would be the last of a line of Pharaohs that had span an era of over three thousand years. Within one year of his victory at Actium, Octavian…

pioneers of the solid body electric guitar, which made the sound of rock and roll possible. (Wikipedia, Les Paul). The role of Queen is given to Janis Joplin, Stevie Nicks and most notably, Tina Turner. The Godmother of rock and roll is Sister Rosetta Tharpe. These musicians have made notable contributions to this music genre and have attained worldwide fame and success. (Wikipedia - Honorific nicknames of popular…

It’s important to know spectacular locations that are autism friendly when traveling. Today I am sharing 10 top world museums you should visit when traveling with autism. NYC Natural History An interesting museum that incorporates a room that catalogues its own history called the Research Library’s Memorabilia Collection. Not only will you see dinosaurs, Chinese robes and rare books but you will see everything in between at the NYC Natural History museum. Learn interesting tidbits about the…

Language of North American Indigenous Representational Art Introduction In 1987, James Keyser proposes that “some ledger drawings done after 1870 … obtain the original artists’ interpretations … The result is a series of drawings that serve as a ‘Rosetta Stone’, (Keyser 1987, 43).” He follows this description with the possibilities of the usages, and its impact of the inclusion of ethnographic sources as the visual/ verbal record. Though these resources, researchers and archaeologist have as…

‘I have a dream’ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vDWWy4CMhE http://www.archives.gov/press/exhibits/dream-speech.pdf ‘I have a dream’ is a very inspirational speech from Martin Luther King, Jr., which speaks of his dream where black and white people are equal. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s dream is now becoming a reality greatly thanks to his own works, but unfortunately Martin passed away and was not able to see his dream come to pass. Martin’s speech is inspirational because it shows how one person…

In fact if it weren’t for Napoleon and his troops finding the Rosetta stone in 1799, reading ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics may have never been a possibility. It wasn’t even until 1822 that ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics was able to be deciphered. After that it took almost another fifty years to learn to read those…