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Battle of Gonzales First battle of the Texas Revolution; 10-2-1835 Battle at San Jacinto Last battle of Texas Revolution, won by the Texans; Stephen F Austin Established the first Anglo-American colony in Texas; believed issues could be solved within the Mexican Structure; Secretary of State of Texas 1830 Law Mexican official made it illegal for any more Americans to move into Texas Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca After attempting to go back to Cuba, he would land in Galveston, Texas and li...

Montesquieu Three branches of government with checks and balances Voltaire Importance of freedom of speech, religion, press Locke Two Treatises, people have natural rights and right to rebel Full Employment Allows for up to 4% unemployment Money Market Funds High rate of return, safe investment Certificates of Deposit High rate of return, safe, have to invest for set period of time Stocks Risky investment, but highest rate of return

A new high school student is being assessed. He reads a 500 word text. He misreads 35 words. At what level is he reading? a. Instructional level. b. Independent level. c. Unsatisfactory level. d. Merit level. A: Instructional level. In one minute, a student who reads with 95-100% accuracy is at an independent reading level. A student who reads with 90-95% accuracy is at an Instructional level. A student who reads with less than 90%accuracy is at a frustration level. According to the Assi...

Language acquisition the combination of innate ability, imitation of what is said and heard, and multiple environmental influences Language Acquisition Device (LAD) coined by Noam Chomsky, was the belief humans possess an "internal grammar" Imitation provides young learners with the opportunity to begin producing language by observing and replicating their caregiver's phrases and words decreases in effectiveness as language learning becomes more complex 6 Components of Any Given Langua...

Anthropologists The social scientist most likely to study the role of kinship relationships within a cultural group. The economy of colonial New England focused on manufacture and trade mainly because? Soil and climate conditions in New England were not conducive to year-round farming -The development of more accurate navigation instruments -The introduction of new foods and other goods to Europe The Discovery of new lands where people might see k a better life Reasons for the Age of Expl...

Mandate of Heaven In ancient China, this provided divine sanction for an emperor's right to rule. Establishing a code of conduct for emperors. Those who behaved immorally or exercised their power in a tyrannical manner lost their right to rule and could be removed through revolution. (competency 001) The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Document that officially ended the Mexican-American War () in 1848, establishing the Rio Grande as the southern border of Texas. (competency 017) Republican ...

Income Statement Produced once a month to ensure expense review and control Income Statement' Allows a company to determine how much money is coming in and how it's being spent Promissory Note Indicates a loan and debt financing to raise capital Convertible Securities Used to raise capital by way of equity financing Convertible Securities' Stock or bond, that can be converted to another type of security Convertible' Securities Another type of bond or stock Direct Stock Offerings Used ...

Define basic information technology concepts and essential applications. There are six basic concepts important to understanding IT. These concepts should be introduced to students beginning in the first grade and continuing through hs years. Binary brief representations of long strings of numbers used in computations ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) letters and punctuation signs combined with strings of binary numbers Hierarchy the order to understanding and usin...

An emphasis on using individual syllables A primary difference between English literacy skill development and Spanish literacy skill development is that Spanish literacy involves Culture maintanance To maintain the culture identity of ELL´s it is important to read english version stories, folk-tales, and other narratives from student´s home cultures to valitate and affirm those cultures. Canadian Language inmmersion programs Designed for both English speakers and English language learner...

Quantitative observations Observations that can be measured Number, length, mass, volume, etc Qualitative observations Observations that cannot be measured Color, shape, texture, etc Hypothesis A testable proposition that scientists can use as the basis for an investigation If it cannot be tested scientifically, then it is not a hypothesis Propose an explaination of observed natural phenomenon Mathematical biology Rooted in multifaceted mathematical models inspired by complex biological ...

Connie is attending a lecture by a well-known speaker. However, Connie is having trouble focusing on the lecture because she keeps thinking about an exam for which she must study. From the perspective of communication theory, which of the following best describes what Connie is experiencing? Noise Bill has accepted an engagement to speak at a local service organization. He searches the local newspaper's archives for articles about the organization in order to better understand its beliefs ...

How does Medicaid differ from Medicare medicaid is federally and state-funded What are the two leading causes of death in the US heart disease and cancer The greatest benefit of adopting an electronic medical record system is accessibility of information The migration of educated healthcare providers from rural areas to urban areas or from developing countries to developed countries is brain drain The WHO focuses on? economics, disease prevention, and proverty What is universal health car...

Connie is attending a lecture by a well-known speaker. However, Connie is having trouble focusing on the lecture because she keeps thinking about an exam for which she must study. From the perspective of communication theory, which of the following best describes what Connie is experiencing? Noise Bill has accepted an engagement to speak at a local service organization. He searches the local newspaper's archives for articles about the organization in order to better understand its beliefs ...

Photographs, illustrations, and diagrams in books are meant to represent real things. You, as the teacher, can try to take the 2-D, or flat image and imagine it to be 3-D, like it is in real life. You can make it more real by adding in details from other senses such as smell, touch, and so on. Which of the following would NOT be considered a good prompt when working with your students as they look at images in a text? A. What's first? Why? B. Read the caption. Now look at the picture. Des...

phonemic awareness development Awareness of sounds in a language Awareness of rhymes Awareness that sentences can be broken down into words, syllables, and sounds Ability to talk about, reflect upon, and manipulate sounds Understanding the relationship between written and spoken language Rhyming, segmenting sentences into words, blending syllables into words, delete/substitute syllables/sounds from words phonemes the smallest unit of speech that can be used to make one word different from...

1529 Spanish explorer Alonso Alvarez de Pineda maps Texas Coast 1528-34 Alvar Nunez Cabez de Vaca explores Texas for trade 1685 LaSalle established Ft. St. Louis @ Matagorda Bay, providing the basis of French claim to Texas territory 1688 The French colony is massacred 1689 The French continue to claim Texas but no longer physically occupies any part of the territory 1690 Alonso de Leon established Catholic missions throughout Texas 1762 The French give up their claims to Texas and cede ...

Intensity degrees of shading between black and white (expressive drawing effect) Cloisonne enameling technique where thin wire partitions (cloisons) are filled with enamel (art form from ancient Byzantium) Chiaroscuro using light (chiaro) and dark, or shade (use of shading) Hue dimension of color determined by wavelength of light (one of the main properties of color) Veduta Italian for "view" (landscape painting popular in 18th century Venice) Volute architectural element on an ionic ca...

Stages of Motor Learning Stage 1 Children progress from simple reflexes to basic movements such as sitting, crawling, creeping, standing, and walking. Stages of Motor Learning Stage 2 Children learn more complex motor patterns including running, climbing, jumping, balancing, catching, and throwing. Stages of Motor Learning Stage 3 During late childhood, children learn more specific movement skills. In addition, the basic motor patterns learned in Stage 2 become more fluid and automatic. ...

You and I/Me "Between You and I" is wrong, "You and I were meant to fly" is correct Less and Fewer Fewer is used when you can count the objects, less is used when you can't Who and Whom Whom is an objective pronoun (An objective pronoun acts as the object of a sentence—it receives the action of the verb. The objective pronouns are her, him, it, me, them, us, and you); it should be used to refer to the object of a sentence. If you're stuck, you can try this formula: if the pronoun ca...

Quantitative Analysis this is the study of society using numbers and statistics. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Pease treaty between the US and Mexico. The treaty called for the US to pay $15 million dollars, set the border at the Rio Grande and gave the US ownership of California, parts of New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming and Colorado. Over 90% of people in those areas chose to become US citizens. **Theory of Relativity** Einstein Cordova Rebellion an uprising around Nacogdoches wh...