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Hellenic And Hellenistic Periods

 Please answer these questions in paragraph form using my included article, and outside sources. Please paraphrase instead of quotation marks. Please make it about 800 words long.   
What are the “Hellenic” and “Hellenistic periods”?
a) Explain the characteristic features and importance of Hellenistic Period in the history
of science and technology.
b) How did educational institutes evolve in the Hellenistic era? What was an important
difference between Hellenic and Hellenistic educational institutes? 

 Automata

 Please answer these questions in paragraph form using my included article, and outside sources. Please paraphrase instead of quotation marks. Please make it about 800 words long.    

A line of developments connects the experimental automata to industrial automata and programmable machines.
a) Describe major developments in history of automata in the 17th and 18th centuries.
b) Describe the connection between automata and textile industry.

c) Describe developments in automata which led to programmable machines using punch
cards

The Art And Science Of Navigation From The 15th To The 18th Century

 Please answer these questions in paragraph form using my included article, and outside sources. Please paraphrase instead of quotation marks. Please make it about 800 words long.     

McClellan in his article “Plows, Stirrups, Guns, and Plagues” and Gregory in “Technology and
the Natural Sciences” discuss the developments in sailing ships and navigation from the 15th to
the 17th centuries.
a) Describe the main developments in nautical science (everything related to navigation, spherical
geometry, cartography….) and technology (everything related to ship building, marine
instrumentation, etc.) from the 1450s to the 1550.
b) Explain the political, social, and economic results of this nautical revolution. 

United States History

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PRICE IS NON NEGOTIABLE

 Textbook: Chapter 1, 2, 3, 4 (for assignment and reference) 

• Minimum of 1 scholarly source (in addition to the textbook)

Option 1: Exploration and Effects on Native Americans

• Explain what motivated the European world powers to explore the Americas.
• Describe the economic effects of exploration based on the Colombian exchange.
• Analyze the effects of exploration on Native Americans.
• Based on research, analyze if Europeans might be held accountable for transmitting Old World diseases to people in the Western Hemisphere.

Option 2: Slavery vs. Indentured Servitude

• Explain how and why slavery developed in the American colonies.
• Describe in what ways the practice of slavery was different between each colonial region in British North America.
• Analyze the differences between slaves and indentured servants.

Option 3: Women in Colonial America

• Pick two colonies (New England, Middle, or Southern colonies) and explain how women’s roles differ in the two colonies of your choice.
• Describe what legal rights women held during the colonial period.
• Analyze how Native women’s lives were different from colonial women’s lives.

Requirements

• 1-inch margins
• Double spaced
• 12-point Times New Roman font
• Title page
• References page (minimum of 1 scholarly source)
• No abstract is required
• In-text citations that correspond with your end references

History

Read Chapters 27 & 28 and the “National Organization for Women, ‘Statement of Purpose’ (1966)”, :

• According to the authors of the document what justifications have been used to prevent women from enjoying equal opportunities and freedom of choice?
• What accounts for the disparity in earning power of women compared to men?
• What areas of the professions are most glaringly dominated by men?
• What is Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and why is it important to women?
• What specific recommendations does NOW present that will enable women to enjoy true equality of opportunity and responsibility in society, without conflict with their responsibilities as mothers and homemakers?
• What do the authors mean by calling for a new image of women?

Read Chapters 29 & 30 and “Bill Clinton on Free Trade and Financial Deregulation (1993-2000)”, :

• According to Clinton, what will be the benefits of NAFTA and the projected dismantling of trade barriers?
• What contradictions are apparent in his argument for embracing the global economy?
• What is the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act designed to do?
• Who advocated deregulating the derivatives market, and what do these entities represent?
• In the longer run, did NAFTA along with the deregulation of financial markets produce the benefits that Clinton envisioned? Why or why not?