1. In your own perspective, in which ways how the three major philosophies (Taoism, Confucius, and Legalism) influence China society? 2. Reflecting on what you have learned about ancient civilizations, how important is geography in shaping a civilization’s government, religious beliefs, and economy?
3. Based on your understandings of important ancient civilizations, why do you think religion was an important and influential element of every ancient society?

The second , larger puritan colony of massachusetts bay was conceived as a "city upon a hill". but it also struggled with internal turmoil like the salem witch trials and external conflicts like king philip's (metacom's) war.

The constant presence of diseases or infectious agents within a given geographic area or population group. it may also refer to the usual prevalence of a given disease with such area or group. it includes holoendemic and hyperendemic diseases. a holoendemic disease is one for which a high prevalent level of infection begins early in life and affects most of the child population, leading to a state of equilibrium such that the adult population shows evidence of the disease much less commonly than do children (malaria in many communities is a holoendemic disease). a hyperendemic disease is one that is constantly present at a high incidence and/or prevalence rate and affects all groups equally. so probably family history.