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Which two empires lead to the start of the Age of Exploration? - Mongol Empire ( ) and Ottoman Empire (cut off all European trade routes to Asia, resulting in searches for new routes to Asia) What are three examples of luxury goods becoming more expensive today? - -Gas -Food -Clothing How do you think the Astrolabe aided the Age of Exploration? - It aided the Age of Exploration by helping the explorers use the stars to position themselves. How do you think the Compass aided the Age of E...

Astronomy Final: Test Questions and Canvas Notes Guaranteed Success Grade A+ Update According to Wien's Law, a star cooler than the Sun would appear: Red T/F: Radio waves, visible light, and X-rays are all types of electromagnetic radiation. True A wave's velocity is the product of the: Frequency times the wavelength of the wave Which of these is the same for all forms of electromagnetic radiation in a vacuum? Photon energy If you are standing at the Earth's North Pole, which stars...

PHSC 121 Final Exam Questions And Answers 4 points of the scientific method - Answer -observation, testing, assumption, hypothesis Our solar system consists of ______ and has ___ major planets - Answer -the Sun and all the objects that orbit the Sun / 8 Why isn't Pluto considered a planet? - Answer -It does not dominate its orbit Light from the Sun takes ___ to reach Earth - Answer -8 minutess The Kuiper Belt is located __________________ - Answer -beyond the orbit of Neptune ...

GEOG 220 NOTES THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT -PLACE SPACE AND IDENTITY (CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY) COMPLETE 2023 STUDY REVIEW SOLUTION GEOG 220 The human environment: Place, Space, and Identity The evolution of human geography: Part 1 THE BEGGININGS Geography definition: - An interest in knowing where we are - An interest describing the characteristic of our world - A knowledge of who/what lies beyond our world...

LUOA - U.S. History Exam Questions and Answers Latest 2024/2025 Graded | Liberty University. Archeology - The scientific study of material evidence of the past. Cahokia - A Native American city that boasted a population of 20,000 before the 1490's. Cactus Hill - One of the oldest archaeological sites in North America. Bering Strait Thesis - The most popular view is that the ice age lowered teh water level enough so that a land bridge appeared in teh Bering Strait. Pacific Ocean Thesis - S...

LUOA - U.S. History Exam Questions and Answers Latest 2024/2025 Graded A+ - Liberty University. Archeology - The scientific study of material evidence of the past. Cahokia - A Native American city that boasted a population of 20,000 before the 1490's. Cactus Hill - One of the oldest archaeological sites in North America. Bering Strait Thesis - The most popular view is that the ice age lowered teh water level enough so that a land bridge appeared in teh Bering Strait. Pacific Ocean Thesis ...

Medieval ReligionChristianity: dominated every factor, synchrotism- superstition existing alongside Medieval view of the universePlatonist: two realms= heaven and earth Aristotle & Ptolemy: geocentric= earth is the center of the universe Great chain of being: heirchachle order to God Medieval universe: Platonisttwo realms= heaven and earth Medieval universe: Aristotle & Ptolemygeocentric= earth is the center of the universe Medival universe: Great chain of beingheirchachle order to God= ...

Astronomy 101 Final Test Questions and Answers All Correct The ancient Greeks identified 7 objects that change their location night-to-night relative to the background, "fixed" stars of the celestial sphere. They dubbed these objects the "wanderers". Which one of the "wanderers" wanders the most (i.e., changes its position the most from one night to the next) relative to the fixed stars of the celestial sphere? - Answer-The moon (has the fastest apparent motion in the sky, changing its l...

Grade 7, Abeka History, Chapter 6 Review Already Passed JAVAN Japheth's son who was the ancestor of the Greeks MINOANS the people who built the earliest civilization in the vicinity of Greece MYCENAEANS the people who flourished on the mainland of Greece between 1600 and 1200 B.C. DORIANS Invaders from the north who helped to bring about a dark age in Greece which started about 1200 B.C. HOMER The blind poet who greatly influenced Greek culture and portrayed the gods as glorified human bein...

Actium (31 BC) correct answers Battle: The fleet of Octavian defeated the combined forces of Cleopatra and Mark Antony at this battle near modern-day Preveza in the Ambracian Gulf of Greece. Marcus Agrippa commanded Octavian's fleet, which consisted of small, nimble Liburnian ships. Antony's fleet consisted of massive Quinqueremes, which were less mobile. Following his victory in the battle, Octavian titled himself Princeps, and later Augustus. To some, Actium signals the end of the Roman Repu...