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1.  Now that you've taken the midterm exam, how might you have prepared better?  (5 words or less)

1.  Now that you've taken the midterm exam, how might you have prepared better?  (5 words or less)

5.  Why do you think it took the [[world]] so long before revolutions started occurring?

5.  Why do you think it took the [[world]] so long before revolutions started occurring?

:One reason why it took the world so long for revolutions to occur was just because people didn’t know that they were possible.  Just like the European philosophers and the concept of “zero”, how could you discover or use something that you didn’t know existed?  (Olivia)

:One reason why it took the world so long for revolutions to occur was just because people didn’t know that they were possible.  Just like the European philosophers and the concept of “[[zero]]”, how could you discover or use something that you didn’t know existed?  (Olivia)

:In Roman times, the emperor would probably have pretty harsh taxes, and the people would be upset with it.  But the tax collectors would take more than what the actual tax was.  This made the people angrier at the collector than the emperor.  There wouldn’t be much cause of an uproar for just one or two tax collectors, but when you have a [[Monarchy]], there’s only one guy to go to.  (Jonathan R.)

:In Roman times, the emperor would probably have pretty harsh taxes, and the people would be upset with it.  But the tax collectors would take more than what the actual tax was.  This made the people angrier at the collector than the emperor.  There wouldn’t be much cause of an uproar for just one or two tax collectors, but when you have a [[Monarchy]], there’s only one guy to go to.  (Jonathan R.)