World History Questions

The Oseberg Ship was in use for several years before 834 when it was finally used as a grave ship for two important women.

The Oseberg Ship was excavated in the summer of 1904 in the Slagen Valley in Vestfold, by archaeologist Gabriel Gustafson. The ship lay in a grave mound, which had a diameter of 44 meters, on property belonging to the farm Lille Oseberg.

SPICE (Simulation Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis) was introduced in May 1972 by the University of Berkeley, California.

Gaul

Phoenicians competed with Minoans for control of trading over Mediterranean region. Minoans were the society lived for 500 years in 2000 - 1500 BC. Whereas Phoenicians were the civilization lived across mediterranean region.

Jamestown

The New Jersey Plan was one option as to how the United States would be governed.

The Plan called for each state to have one vote in Congress instead of the number of votes being based on population. Hence, it is called as a small state plan also.

It was introduced to the Constitutional Convention by William Paterson. So, it is also called as the Paterson plan.

Stokely Carmichael, a civil rights leader, used the term 'Black Power' to promote solidarity among African-Americans.

John Muir encouraged the establishment of various parks in the United States' National Park System, including the Yosemite and Sequoia National Parks.