In these excerpts, roosevelt states "this nation has placed its destiny” and lincoln states "shall not perish from earth.” with these phrases, both presidents are stressing the importance of achieving victory no matter what the cost. ending the war as quickly as possible. preserving freedom far into the future. making tough sacrifices for one’s nation.

The system of checks and balances was designed for what purpose? fear of strong state power to keep power out of one branch to appease the southern states to allow the judicial branch to have equal power

Match the description to the term. 1. ancient people of the british isles normans 2. possible location of oldest known writing emigrate 3. a variety of a language celts 4. the study of word forms indus valley 5. to leave one's country morphology 6. invaded england in a. d. 1066 dialect

10 points per question and brainlist 1. name four of the ruling dynasties of china. describe at least three contributions to society from each dynasty. 2. why did the qin ruler zheng burn chinese literature and philosophy books? how did the han dynasty establish a strong and effective government? why did people rebel against the sui rule? 3. what new technologies were invented during the tang dynasty and fully developed in the song dynasty that would eventually have a great impact on the world? explain why this technology had such an impact. 4. who were the invaders that seized control and took over the song dynasty? 5. how was china's history affected by its policies of isolation from the outside world during the ming dynasty?