Indigenous Peoples and Ancient Art: Venezuela, Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Greece

Indigenous Peoples of Venezuela

Caribs of the Coast

The Caribs of the coast, from the Paria Peninsula (Sucre) to Borburata (Carabobo), were divided into three groups:

  1. Caracas
  2. Cumanagotos
  3. Palenques or Guarinos

Housing: A mixture of clay and straw, adobe (stilts).

Diet: Corn, fish.

Clothing:

  • Men wore a “cap barro”.
  • Married women: an apron of straw and cotton.
  • Unmarried women: naked.

Religion: Polytheistic, with various gods.

Timote-Cuicas

The Timote-Cuicas were descendants of the Chibchas in the Venezuelan Andes.

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Ancient Egypt: Art, Architecture, and Culture

Egypt: An Oasis of Culture

Egypt is an immense oasis along the Nile valley, located between two deserts, cultivated only in a strip about 10 miles wide. It is divided into two parts: the Delta (Fayum or Lower Egypt) and the Valley (Upper Egypt). Egypt has created a culture dependent on the river, and ideological predispositions developed specific art forms. The river provides fertile desert land. That constant struggle predisposes men to a way of thinking about life as a perpetual special restart.

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Earth Science Fundamentals: Crust, Plates, and Geologic Time

Earth’s Composition and Processes

Chapter 1 & 2: Earth’s Structure and Time

  1. Continental vs. Oceanic Crust

    How does continental crust differ from oceanic crust? All of the above (thicker, light color, less dense).

  2. The Lithosphere

    The rigid, brittle layer of the Earth that is broken into drifting plates is the: Lithosphere.

  3. Uniformitarianism

    That geologic processes have been consistent over time (“the present is the key to the past”) is the basis for the theory of: Uniformitarianism.

  4. Geologic Eras

    The

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Ceramics: Types, Materials, and Manufacturing Process

Ceramics: An Overview

Ceramics are artificial stone-like materials created through a manufacturing process using natural rock raw materials. The primary raw material is clay.

Raw Materials

  • Plastic: Clay
  • Non-plastic: Materials added to reduce plasticity, lower cooking temperature, and increase porosity.

Manufacturing Steps

  1. Conveying Systems
  2. Preparation of the paste
  3. Molding
  4. Drying
  5. Cooking

Types of Ceramics by Application

Bricks

  • Perforated
  • Hollow (single, double, Rasilla)
  • Solid

Tiles

  • Curve or Arabic (longitudinal and
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Key Concepts in Physics and Biology: Definitions

Key Concepts in Physics

Wave

Wave: A form of energy propagation from one point to another in space, which is not accompanied by a displacement of matter.

Frequency

Frequency: The number of oscillations of a particle per second. Its unit is the Hertz (Hz).

Wavelength

Wavelength: The distance between two peaks. Its unit is the meter (m).

Reflection

Reflection: The change of direction experienced by a ray of light striking the surface of a body.

Refraction

Refraction: The change of direction experienced by a

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Understanding Key Health and Environmental Factors

What is a Risk Factor?

Risk factors are those that provoke, facilitate, or predispose a person to contract a certain disease, by being exposed to certain causal agents. For example, smoking or working in a mine, where smoke and dust minerals can cause respiratory diseases.

Types of Abiotic Contaminants

  • Primary (identifiable): Particles, sulfur compounds, nitrogen compounds, inorganic carbon compounds, CO2 (hydrocarbons), and radioactive compounds.
  • Secondary: The way the atmosphere and physicochemical-
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