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____ make up around 85 to 90% of all muslims
sunnis
___ consider themselves to be orthodox muslims
sunnis
You should use the ___ grip for serves
continental
The __ grip is good for volleys
continental
The ___ grip is used for backhads
continental
the continental is used for
vellyes, serves, and backhands
being too western reduces
power
being too eastern reduces
backspin
the most common forehand grip is the
semiwestern
what is the position of semiwestern
index knuckle at 4, heel of hand at 3
what is the position of continental
heel of hand at 1, index knuckle at 2
What grips is used for backhand, right hand
continental (heel of hand at 1, index knuckle at 2)
What is the position of the left hand in backhand
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An impeachment is a ____ _____ against a federal official
impeachment
The ____ impeaches officials
House of representatives
The ____ is the body that can convict an impeached official and remove them from office
senate
___ US presidents have been impeached
3
Impeached US presidents were
Bill Clinton, Andrew Johnson, and Donald Trump
Native americans arrived in North america in ____
15,000 BC
The first european settlement was established by ____
Viking Leif Erikson
When did Leif Erikson arrive in Americas
around 10,000 CE
What was the impact of Christopher Columbus?
To pave the way for centuries of exploration (and exploitation) of the Americas by Europe
When did Christopher Columbus first land in the Americas
1492
Where did Christopher Columbus first land
The Bahamas (most likely in San Salvador)
What was the purpose of the first Dutch settlement on the East coast of north America
Fur trade
How did Britain come to take over Dutch land on the East coast of North America
The Anglo-Dutch Wars
What are some Causes of WWII
Failure of the treaty of Versailles (too harsh), failure of the league of nations, rise of militarism/nationalism in Japan and Germany, the Great depression, failure of appeasment to Hitler, and German invasion of Poland
What was the german pretext for invasion of Poland
Staged attacks on German targets supposedly undertaken by Poland
What marked the start of WWII?
The invasion of Poland (september 1, 1939)
What was the name for the German offensive in Russia
Operation Barbarossa
When was the German invasion of Russia in WW2?
June 22, 1941
In the winter of 1941-1942 the Russian succeeded in
Rebuffing a German attack in Western Russia ultimately aimed at taking Moscow
Start date of the battle of Stalingrad
August 23, 1942
End date of the battle of Stalingrad
2 February, 1943
Start date of WW2
September 1, 1939
Textbook: Writing was invented around
3500 BCE
Textbook: The classical period ranges from __ to ___
1000 BCE -500 CE
WH Encyclopedia: What is Hellenic World
The period of ancient Greek history between 507 BCE (the first democracy in Athens) and 223 BCE (the death of Alexander the Great).
WH Encyclopedia: What is Hellenistic World?
The period between Alexander’s death and Rome’s conquest of Greece (223-31 BCE)
Close to half of the world speaks a language descended from
Proto-Indo European
What are the larges two language families by speaker population?
Indo-European and sino-tibetan
Textbook: There was a rapid rise in civilization in Greece between
800 and 600 BCE
Where did Aristotle study?
Plato’s school in Athens
Who tutored Alexander the Great?
Aristotle
What were to two leading City states to emerge in ancient Greece?
Athens and Sparta
A perceived lack of consistency in laws in Athens led to
Draco writing a series of laws around 621` BCE that were deemed too severe
The first known democracy emerged in
Athens
Plato studied under
Socrates
Called the father of Wester Philosophy
Socrates
What is the significance of 550 BC?
Herodotus began writing the Histories which many scholars consider the end of the Iron Age and start of the classical era
A common political form in the classical Mediterranean was
Aristocratic assembly
What was Sparta’s governance
Militaristic Aristocracy
What ended the Roman Republic?
The establishment of The Roman Empire by Augustus in 27 BCE
What was the Edict of Milan?
A proclamation establishing religious toleration for Christians within the roman empire (during Constantine’s rule)
In what order did the classical empires decline?
China, the Mediterranean, then in India
Japan by 2000 C had established
extensive agriculture
Where did the people of Japan come from
Mostly from migrations from the Korean peninsula over a 200,000 year span
