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The Revolutions of 1905 and 1917

In 1905, general discontent combined with the fact that Russia had been defeated by Japan in the Russo-Japanese war set off a revolution that forced the Tsar to create a parliament, or Duma, and implement certain reforms. However, the autocracy remained.

In 1917, the Russian army’s losses in the First World War and the mass suffering that was caused sparked two revolutions:

The bourgeois February Revolution of 1917 deposed Tsar Nicholas II and established a republic. The liberal and bourgeois provisional government promised reforms, but their sluggishness and decision to remain in the world war led to their downfall.

The Bolshevik October Revolution of 1917, organised by radical Marxists, or Bolsheviks, overthrew... Continue reading "The Revolutions of 1905 and 1917: Impact and Legacy" »

Norman Dynasties and Feudal Peace

What could people establish in several kingdoms? Norman dynasties (Vikings). Was there any agreement between lords to maintain peace? Yes, there was an agreement to maintain peace on the roads and limit the effects of wars between feudal lords.

Main Changes in Productivity

• New cultivation methods: such as triennial rotation.
• New farming tools: such as the mouldboard plough and the use of horses.
• The use of windmills and watermills, which made grinding grain easier.

Population Growth and Land

What was the reason for population growth? The increase in agricultural production meant an improvement in diet and health. How did they get land? Peasants resettled old abandoned land and cleared new land for farming.

Expansion

Analyzing Key Quotes from Arthur Miller's The Crucible

Abigail Williams: Passion, Pretense, and Revenge

"I look for John Proctor that took me from my sleep and put knowledge in my heart! I never knew what pretense Salem was, I never knew the lying lessons I was taught by all these Christian women and their covenanted men! And now you bid me tear the light out of my eyes? I will not, I cannot! You loved me, John Proctor, and whatever sin it is, you love me yet!"

Abigail Williams utters these words in an Act I conversation with John Proctor, revealing her past affair with him. For Proctor, their relationship belongs firmly to the past; while he may still be attracted to her, he is desperately trying to put the incident behind him. Abigail, on the... Continue reading "Key Quotes and Character Motivation in The Crucible" »

Basketball Basics

Basic Rules

• Players dribble, pass, and shoot a ball on a court.
• Two teams of five players compete.
• Points are scored by shooting the ball through the hoop.
• Baskets count two or three points, free throws count one point.
• Games have four quarters, typically 10 minutes each (12 in the NBA).
• Play starts with a jump ball at center court.
• Teams switch sides at halftime.
• Tie games go into overtime periods.

Court and Player Positions

• Each player has a designated position based on their height and skills.
• Teams typically have two guards, two forwards, and one center.
• The tallest player usually plays center, medium-height players play forward, and the shortest players play guard.

The Triple-Threat Position

This fundamental stance allows you to quickly... Continue reading "Basketball Basics: Rules, Techniques, and Positions" »

Volleyball Match Rules and Scoring

Basic Scoring Principles

• You score a point when the opponent team cannot return the volleyball over the net or prevent it from touching the court surface.
• You do not need to have possession of the ball to score.
• The first team to score 25 points by a margin of two points wins the set.
• The team that wins three out of five sets wins the volleyball match.
• There is no time limit for a volleyball match.

Match Structure and Setup

• There are two-minute breaks between each set; teams switch court sides after each break.
• Team captains flip a coin to determine which side will serve first.
• Each team has six players on the court, typically arranged in two rows of three players.

Volleyball Faults

A fault occurs when:

• The ball is held,

Web Design & Development

Common Terms

Web Design

Is the act or practice of determining how a website looks.

Web Development

Is the act or practice of determining how a website works.

Navigation

Is the act of using and finding things on a website.

CSS

(Cascading Style Sheets) is a simple language that decides how a web page looks.

Coding

Is the programming language that makes up a website.

Visibility

Is how easily people find a website using search engines, based on how many other websites link to it.

Usability

Is how easy it is for a person to use a website.

Content

Is the material on a web page, including text and graphics.

Appearance

Is how a web page looks.

Functionality

Is the ability of different elements of a website to work together.

Programming Languages

C

Is... Continue reading "Web Design & Development Glossary: Terms and Definitions" »

Ecosystem

Abiotic (physical, chemical), Biotic (population mateixa, community totes)

get food by: feeding, trophic relation shipsTrophic levels: 1) Producers 2)Consumers 3)Decomposers (bacteria, fungi)Organic materials: from living beings.
Photosynthesis: plants absorve inorganic matter(CO2, H2O, Sunlight) and produce organic matter (glucose, oxygen). Is produced in the clorophila (on cloroplasts). Nutritions: (1) autotrophs (photo and chemo), (2,3) heterotrophs (no photo)In a population relation of feeding: Cannibalism *mothers eat offspringChemoautotrophs: on acuatic volcanos 5km under sea,there were bacteria that do the chemosynthesi (because sunlight doesn't arrive): convert inorganic matter into organic through chemical substances (methane,

Government

• The pharaohs had viziers.

• Almost every pharaoh was a man.

• When a pharaoh died, his son or wife would sometimes become the next pharaoh.

• The pharaoh was the king and was considered a god.

• They had a dynasty, meaning there was a series of rulers from the same family.

• Menes was the first king to unite Upper and Lower Egypt.

Innovation

• Egypt prospered under effective pharaohs.

• The pharaohs used their enormous wealth and power to build pyramids.

• The pyramids represented the Egyptian belief that life is a passageway to the afterlife, an existence believed to follow death.

• The pyramids took many years to build.

• The first pyramid built was Khufu.

• The pyramids were built in the Old Kingdom.

Vulnerability

• The Hyksos came to live in Egypt and brought an end