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Dioramas - answer -a replica of a scene, typically a three-dimensional full size or miniature model. living history museum - answer -a type of museum which recreates historical settings to simulate a past time period, providing visitors with an experiential interpretation of history (people dress, talk, and do things as they did long ago) Spanish Village in Barcelona - answer -Essentially a large, full scale diorama of the diversity of buildings of Spain from traditional eras. People can efficiently inspect 49,000 square meters of historical buildings and tilt at old slides with Don Quixote. Heritage Park - answer -In Calgary, stop for photos and eat 19th century ice cream with traditionally dressed people. Millenium Park - answer -in Kaifeng offers hundreds of acres of life in the Northern Song Dynasty (A northern song dynasty). american frontierland - answer -The land or territory that forms the furthest extent of a country's settled or inhabited regions. Home to cowboys, pioneers, salons. (also themed park at disney) Plymouth Patuxent - answer -In Massachusetts, is a controversial colonial village where visitors explore the early pilgrimage. However it has been criticised for not being a bicultural museum, doesn't pay enough attention to indigenous people who were innately displaced and given smallpox by the pilgrims. Paleo Diet - answer -avoid processed food. The idea we should eat no processed food like out ancestors 10000 years ago when life expectancy was only 35 years. roman thermopolium - answer -Fast food for ancient romans. Sort of a snack bar and hot food were served. Ulster people - answer -It is Ireland. The Ulster American Folk Park tells the story of Ulster people's emigration to North America in the 18th and 19th centuries. However there is a problem with the 'American Folk Park' is that it is in Ireland. Irish people who moved to US from boarding crowded ships to sleeping in log cabins. Dysentery - answer -Dysentery is an infection of the intestines that causes diarrhoea containing blood or mucus. Great Emu War - answer -in 1932, Australia declared war on emus. Western Australian farmers had been facing hard times with their crops following the Great Depression, and their difficulties increased tenfold with the arrival of some 20,000 emus migrating inland during their breeding season. The birds had been protected as a native species until 1922, but now that they were classified as "vermin," all bets were off. Renaissance Fairs - answer -a fair that celebrate the renaissance period of history. Bruce Coville's 1986 novel Operation Sherlock - answer -In Bruce Coville's 1986 novel Operation Sherlock, six teenagers have no history teacher—their parents are rogue scientists developing the first AI on an otherwise uninhabited island. videogames as a way of revisiting history - answer -The Oregon Trail | Seven Cities of Gold | Sid Meier's Pirates! | Call of Duty Ghost of Tsushima | Age of Empires | Assassin's Creed | Railroad Tycoon what critisism did the Oregon trail game face? - answer -the game has also been criticized for celebrating imperialism, for discounting the cost of environmental destruction, and for ignoring the perspective of the indigenous peoples whose lands were being trampled—it was, in a sense, the Oregon Trail of Tears.
what is a column (literature) - answer -A column is a recurring piece or article in a newspaper, magazine or other publication, where a writer expresses their own opinion in few columns allotted to them by the newspaper organisation. Presentism - answer -focusing too much on the 20th and 21st centuries—and against sifting selectively though the past to find support for their current social agendas. President of the American Historical Association warned about this. list actresses who played princess diana - answer -Kristen Stewart. Jeanna De Waal Emma Corrin Elizabeth Debicki Bonnie Soper Naomi Watts list actors who played nelson mandella - answer -Dennis Haysbert, Danny Glover and Sidney Poitier have also taken turns at playing Mandela. Morgan Freeman. list actors who played lincoln - answer -benjamin walker. Daniel Day lewis Brennen Harper. Bill Oberst Jr. Raymond Massey. Fritz Klein. Michael Krebs. Frank Mc Glynn Sr. Sam Waterston Robert V Barron. Billy Campbell. Tom Amandes. why is hamilton controversial - answer -While Hamilton's casting of black actors as white historical political leaders may seem to empower them, it actually forces Black actors to play-act as their own oppressors, exalting the very history that undermined them, and that it may even make modern Americans feel better about people often assumed to be heroes who actually owned slave s—such as George Washington. colour-blind casting (give examples as well) - answer -Colour-blind-casting does not take race or ethnicity into account. Examples are white actresses Scarlett Johansson and Emma Stone playing characters of Asian descent. 'The Mountaintop' (play) Controversy - answer -In a sort of inverse of the situation around Hamilton, the director of a play (The Mountaintop) about the Black civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. triggered a controversy in 2015 when he cast a white actor in the title role, hoping to explore issues of identity and authenticity, especially in light of King's own words about not judging people by their skin colour. The original author of the play objected, calling it a disrespectful distortion of history and of her intentions. which American president was wheelchair bound due to polio? - answer -President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) was almost never photographed using a wheelchair, despite being paralysed from the waist down by polio. Journalists of the era honoured his wishes; so did the
describe the discovery of the terracotta warriors - answer -Accidental discovery of a few farmers when building a well. Emperor Qin Shi Huang Di was discovered in the chamber in the centre of the army Sutton Hoo - answer -The discovery in 1939 changed our understanding of that era. Provides one of the richest sources of archaeological evidence for the Anglo-Saxon period of England's history Rosetta Stone - answer -a huge stone slab inscribed with hieroglyphics, Greek, and a later form of Egyptian that allowed historians to understand Egyptian writing. Dead Sea Scrolls - answer -Dead Sea Scrolls, ancient, mostly Hebrew, manuscripts (of leather, papyrus, and copper) first found in 1947 on the north-western shore of the Dead Sea. Study of the scrolls has enabled scholars to push back the date of a stabilized Hebrew Bible to no later than 70 CE, to help reconstruct the history of Palestine from the 4th century BCE to 135 CE, and to cast new light on the emergence of Christianity and of rabbinic Judaism and on the relationship between early Christian and Jewish religious traditions. Borobudur - answer -Located on the island of Java, the magnificent Borobudur temple is the world's biggest Buddhist monument. Built in the 9th century during the reign of the Syailendra dynasty, the temple's design in Gupta architecture reflects India's influence on the region, yet there are enough indigenous scenes and elements incorporated to make Borobudur uniquely Indonesian. how does destroying a society's history impact it? - answer -By destroying societies history, their would be a loss in culture and many traditions. What would happen in our own world if information-tracking resources like Wikipedia and TikTok suddenly vanished? - answer -Lots of information would be lost and many important facts and information would be lost. Also, people would no longer have access to these platforms making it harder for them to learn because you loose a form of instant communication. Is it possible for us to prepare for events we can't predict? - answer -We can never predict the future (at least no yet) but we care prepare for unpredictability by having the agility to always improve and positioning ourselves to make quick, intelligent pivots when the time comes. Knowledge is power and we can prepare for general things. What is Vladimir Putin trying to rebuild? - answer -the soviet union describe the archaeological discovery of 'Lucy' - answer -AL 288-1, commonly known as Lucy, is a collection of several hundred pieces of fossilized bone representing 40 percent of a female of the hominin species Australopithecus afarensis. describe 'Sue' the archaeological discovery - answer -Sue is the nickname given to FMNH PR 2081, which is one of the largest, most extensive, and best preserved Tyrannosaurus rex specimens ever found, at over 90 percent recovered by bulk. It was discovered on August 12, 1990, by American explorer and fossil collector Sue Hendrickson, and was named after her. The fossil was auctioned in October 1997 for US$8.3 million, the highest amount ever paid for a dinosaur fossil. Sue is now a permanent feature at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, Illinois.
Found as a result of a flat tyre when looking for Edmontosaurus bones Machu Picchu - answer -Machu Picchu is a historical place in Peru and is an Incan citadel set high in the Andes Mountains in Per
where is Petra? - answer -Jordan what did constantine and mussolini fight for? - answer -to put the Roman empire back together what is the painting of judith beheading holofernes? - answer -tells the biblical story of judith who saved her people by seducing and beheading the assyrian general holofernes. The painting follows the trope 'female rage' What is the painting labelled Invasion of ukraine? - answer -it is a painting by a 10 year old girl named andres valencia and portrayed the german bombing of a small town What murder took place in the opening episodes of startrek? - answer -In the opening episodes of Star Trek: Picard, two characters need to solve a murder in an apartment—but someone has scrubbed the floors, replaced the windows, and wiped all the alpaca spit from the walls. (The only eyewitness also exploded.) Undeterred, they resort to an alien device that can project a blurry hologram of the recent past. What does criminal forensics demand? - answer -According to leading figures in the field, criminal forensics demands more than just swabbing for DNA and testing flecks of blood; it requires imagination. What is the CSI effect? - answer -This is the belief by jurors (and the general public) that there are always scientific tests for evidence gathered by forensic scientists. It also is an increase in the general knowledge of procedures and processes that criminalists do in gathering evidence which can be a good thing. who tried to return to their old lifestyle? - answer -the British luddites who drew a decapitated Josef Stalin head on a woman's head - answer -Vitaly komarm and Alexander melamid (two soviet artists in exile) What is the difference between mennoties and amish people? - answer -Mennonites and Amish people live outside the modern world. Although the two are similar, unlike the Amish, Mennonites are not prohibited from using motorized vehicles. In addition, Mennonites are also allowed to use electricity and telephones in their homes. When it comes to their beliefs, the Amish and Mennonite faiths are very similar. The differences lie mainly in the outward practice of those beliefs. Who were the British Luddites? - answer -The original Luddites were British weavers and textile workers who objected to the increased use of mechanized looms and knitting frames. Most were trained artisans who had spent years learning their craft, and they feared that unskilled machine operators were robbing them of their livelihood. Excavation definition - answer -making a hole or channel by digging carbon dating: a method for determining the age of an object containing organic material by using the properties of radiocarbon, a radioactive isotope of carbon - answer -method for determining the age of an object containing organic material by using the proprties of radiocarbon, a radioactive isotope. Dendrochronology - answer -the scientific discipline concerned with dating and interpreting past events, particularly paleoclimates and climatic trends, based on the analysis of tree rings Burning of the Library of Alexandria - answer -Over 100 scholars lived at the Museum full time to perform research, write, lecture or translate and copy documents. The library was so large it actually had another branch or "daughter" library at the Temple of Serapis. The Library, or part of its collection, was accidentally burned by Julius Caesar during his civil war in 48 BC, but it is unclear how much was actually destroyed and it seems to have either survived or been rebuilt
describe Gao Xiaosong | You Who Sat Next to Me - answer -This song is a sentimental message from a man to the long-lost crush who sat next to him at school. The lyrics are nostalgic, and touch on the man's heartfelt wishes for the woman's happiness. describe Jerry Bock & Sheldon Harnick | Sunrise, Sunset - answer -This song is performed at the wedding of Tzeitel, Tevye and Golde's eldest daughter. The two parents sing about how they can't believe their daughter and her groom have grown up, while Hodel and Perchik sing about whether there may be a wedding in the nearby future for them. What is the musical genre Zilizopendwa and where is it popular? - answer -Magic Mushrooms - Them Mushrooms' Embe Dodo is also a nostalgic musical genre-Zilizopendwa (those which were loved)—with enduring popularity in Kenya and Tanzania. It has even inspired academic research on its implications for East African dev