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1475250043	Republic of Ireland	Dublin	1
1475250044	Northern Ireland	Belfast	2
1475250045	Scotland	Edinburgh	3
1475250046	England	London	4
1475250047	Wales	Cardiff	5
1475250048	Netherlands	Amsterdam	6
1475250049	Belgium	Brussels	7
1475250050	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	8
1475250051	Iceland	Reykjavik	9
1475250052	Norway	Oslo	10
1475250053	Sweden	Stockholm	11
1475250054	Finland	Helsinki	12
1475250055	Denmark	Copenhagen	13
1475250056	Portugal	Lisbon	14
1475250057	Spain	Madrid	15
1475250058	Andorra	Andorra la Vella	16
1475250059	France	Paris	17
1475250060	Monaco	Monaco	18
1475250061	Italy	Rome	19
1475250062	Vatican City (State)	Vatican City	20
1475250063	San Marino (state)	San Marino	21
1475250064	Malta	Valetta	22
1475250065	Estonia	Tallinn	23
1475250066	Latvia	Riga	24
1475250067	Lithuania	Vilnius	25
1475250068	Belarus	Minsk	26
1475250069	Ukraine	Kiev	27
1475250070	Russia	Moscow	28
1475250071	Moldova	Chisinau	29
1475250072	Slovenia	Ljubljana	30
1475250073	Croatia	Zagreb	31
1475250074	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Sarajevo	32
1475250075	Serbia	Belgrade	33
1475250076	Montenegro	Podgorica	34
1475250077	Albania	Tirana	35
1475250078	Macedonia	Skopje	36
1475250079	Greece	Athens	37
1475250080	Romania	Bucharest	38
1475250081	Bulgaria	Sofia	39
1475250082	Cyprus	Nicosia	40
1475250083	Kosovo	Pristina	41
1475250084	Austria	Vienna	42
1475250085	Czech Republic	Prague	43
1475250086	Germany	Berlin	44
1475250087	Liechtenstein	Vaduz	45
1475250088	Poland	Warsaw	46
1475250089	Switzerland	Bern	47
1475250090	Hungary	Budapest	48
1475250091	Slovakia	Bratislava	49

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Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man Words Flashcards

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151020322	Adulterator	One who makes impure by adding improper or inferior ingredients; polluter	1
151020323	Alembic	An apparatus consisting of two vessels connected by a tube used for distilling liquid	2
151020324	Aversion	A fixed, intense dislike; repugnance	3
151020325	Badinage	Light, playful banter	4
151020326	Chicanery	Deception by trickery or sophistry; a trick	5
151020327	Denouement	The final resolution or clarification of a dramatic or narrative plot	6
151020328	Efficacious	Producing or capable of producing a desired effect	7
151020329	Elocutionary	Characterized by an emphasis with gesture, vocal production, and delivery in public speaking	8
151020330	Epoch	A particular period of history	9
151020331	Exigent	Requiring immediate action or remedy; demanding	10
151020332	Garish	Marred by strident color or excessive ornamentation; gaudy; loud and flashy	11
151020333	Impetuous	Characterized by sudden and forceful energy or emotion; impulsive and passionate	12
151020334	Jade	a broken-down or useless horse; a nag; a women regarded as shrewish	13
151020335	Listless	Lacking effort or disinclined to exert effort; lethargic	14
151020336	Moribund	Approaching death; about to die	15
151020337	Stoical	Seemingly indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive	16
151020338	Stolid	Having or revealing little emotion or sensibility	17
151020339	Supererogatory	Performed or observed beyond the required or expected degree; superfluous; unnecessary	18
151020340	Unpedantic	Characterized by an openness, a concern for observing matters that are important	19
151020341	Vogue	The prevailing fashion, practice, or style; popular acceptance or favor; popularity	20

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Judiciary - Courts, terms, opinions, etc. Flashcards

Definitions of the US Court systems and types of cases, and their corresponding courts. Types of opinions a court can give.

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774641353	Civil Law	Disputes over things like contracts, property, custody of kids, or an issue of liability deal with this. The government is only involved if it happens to be the party being sued.	1
774641354	Criminal Law	Deals with serious crimes that harm individuals or society. A suspect is arrested and must be indicted.	2
774641355	Federal District Court	This court has original jurisdiction.	3
774641356	Federal Circuit Court of Appeals	This court hears cases on appeal from the District Courts.	4
774641357	the Supreme Court	This court hears appeals of cases dealing with constitutional questions from the Circuit courts and, in rare instances, original suits between states.	5
774651201	Judicial Activism	Term referring to to the actions of a court that frequently strikes down or alters the acts of the executive and/or legislative branches.	6
774651202	Judicial Restraint	Term referring to the actions of a court that demonstrates an unwillingness to break with precedent or to overturn legislative and executive branches.	7
774651203	Judicial Review	The power of the Supreme Court to declare laws and executive actions unconstitutional.	8
774651204	Unanimous Opinion	When all justices agree - this opinion carries the most force in future legal cases and when legislature drafts new laws. Example: Ruling in Brown v. Board	9
774651205	Majority Opinion	Occurs when the justices split and one side has the most votes. This side decides the ruling of the case.	10
774651206	Concurring Opinions	Sometimes, justices may vote with the majority but take issue with its legal reasoning.	11
774651207	Dissenting Opinion	Those justices in the minority on an opinion can write this, which questions the reasoning of the winning side. Though these dissents have no immediate significance, if the ideological composition of the court changes, they can sometimes become the legal foundation for future majority opinion.	12

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Executive Branch Flashcards

The President of the United States heads the Executive Branch. The Executive Branch is described in Article 2 of the Constitution.

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728009867	Executive Branch	Found in Article 2 of the Constitution	1
728009868	Electoral College	Not a school; these electors technically vote for President of the U.S.	2
728009869	Total number of electors	538	3
728009870	Total number of eletors to win	270	4
728009871	Qualifications	"Natural Born" citizen; 35 years old; resident for last 14 years	5
728009872	Term	4 years	6
728009873	22nd Amendment	Limits Presidents to 2 terms since 1951	7
728009874	25th Amendment	order of succession: Vice President; Speaker of House; President Pro Tempore; Cabinet in order departments were created	8
728009875	Main officers	President and Vice President	9
728009876	White House	President lives and works here in Washington, D.C.	10
728009877	Cabinet	Advisors of the President	11
728009878	veto	Latin for "I forbid"; when President rejects a bill passed by Congress	12
728009879	President of the Senate	Vice President of the U.S.; only votes to break a tie	13
728009880	Main duty of Executive Branch	to carry out or enforce our nation's laws--this means to put laws into action	14
728009881	Commander in Chief	The Constitution make the President the head of the nation's armed forces.	15
728009882	Chief Executive	The President enforces U.S. laws, creates policies, hires and fires officials within the executive branch, and appoints Federal judges. The Senate must approve many appointments, including Cabinet secretaries and Supreme Court Justices.	16
728009883	Chief Diplomat	The President can make treaties with other countries(although the Senate must approve them.) The President, working with the Secretary of State, shapes policies for dealing with other nations.	17
728009884	State of the Union	The yearly speech Presidents are required to give on the state of the nation.	18
728009885	Special Session of Congress	The President has the power to call the one or both houses of Congress to a special meeting.	19
728009886	pardon	The President has the power to legally forgive a person for a Federal crime and to free them from all punishment.	20
728009887	appointment	The act of choosing and placing someone in a job; a job for which a person is chosen.	21
728009888	Chief of State	The President is the living symbol of the U.S. and presides over ceremonial duties.	22
728009889	Party Chief	The President is the head of their political party.	23

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Reapportionment Flashcards

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222784332	1. Census	*every 10 years (1990, 2000, 2010) -1990 problems with head count, errors	1
222784333	2. re-calculate ratio	1787: 1/30,000 NOW: 435/new pop (310 mil)	2
222784334	3. re-apportion the 435 seats	however much population your state has determines how many seats	3
222784335	4. states	redraw maps (Ohio is down to 16 districts)	4
222784336	order	census bureau #1-2 -> congress #3 -> state legislatures #4	5
222784337	how long does it take...why is it 1992-2002, etc	it takes about 2 years for the whole process $$$$, thousands of employees	6
222784338	WHY?!	1. Law (I,2,3) - constitution mandates it 2."one man, one vote" *makes representation in various roles in government equal and fair	7
222784339	why is it hard to get an accurate count?	*door to door head count what about... people living abroad, homeless, migrating to different states, multiple houses, etc	8

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Congress Flashcards

The congress.

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21997621	congress	the legislature of the united states	21997621
21997622	congress	meets for two year terms	21997622
21997623	congress	111th will meet January 6, 2009	21997623
21997624	bicameral	two houses	21997624
21997625	house	representation based on population	21997625
21997626	house	2 year terms	21997626
21997627	house	435 members	21997627
21997628	house	at least 25 years old	21997628
21997629	house	citizen for at least 7 years	21997629
21997630	senate	equal representation for each state	21997630
21997631	senate	100 members	21997631
21997632	senate	2 for each state	21997632
21997633	senate	6 year terms	21997633
21997634	senate	at least 30 years old	21997634
21997635	senate	citizen for at least 9 years	21997635
21997636	districts	a region of the state represented by the state legislature	21997636
21997637	districts	tries to lean toward one political party	21997637
21997638	apportionment	the process of assigning the number of members of congress that each state may elect following a census	21997638
21997639	redistrict	to adjust the borders of districts	21997639
21997640	redistrict	add or remove districts	21997640
21997641	gerrymander	creating voting districts to the advantage of the party drawing the lines	21997641
21997642	term	two year meeting	21997642
21997643	session	what a term consists of	21997643
21997644	term	consists of two one year sessions	21997644
21997645	session	one year meeting	21997645
21997646	representative	jim moran	21997646
21997647	senator	jim webb	21997647
21997648	senator	mark warner	21997648
21997649	one third	how many senators elected every two years	21997649

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Chapter #10: Elections and Voting Behavior - Key Terms Flashcards

Chapter #10: Elections and Voting Behavior - Key Terms
Taken from the 14th Edition of Government in America: People, Politics and Policy

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733089580	Legitimacy	A characterization of elections by political scientists meaning that they are almost universally accepted as a fair and free method of selecting political leaders. When legitimacy is high, as in the United States, even the losers accept the results peacefully.	1
733089581	Referendum	A state-level method of direct legislation that gives voters a chance to approve or disapprove proposed legislation or a proposed constitutional amendment.	2
733089582	Initiative Petition	A process permitted in some states whereby voters may put proposed changes in the state constitution to a vote if sufficient signatures are obtained on petitions calling for such a referendum.	3
733089583	Suffrage	The legal right to vote, extended to African Americans by the Fifteenth Amendment, to women by the Nineteenth Amendment, and to people over the age of 18 by the Twenty-sixth Amendment.	4
733089584	Political Efficacy	The belief that one's political participation really matters - that one's vote can actually make a difference	5
733089585	Civic Duty	The belief that in order to support democratic government, a citizen should always vote.	6
733089586	Voter Registration	A system adopted by the states that requires voters to register well in advance of Election Day. A few states permit Election Day registration.	7
733089587	Motor Voter Act	Passed in 1993, this act went into effect for the 1996 election. It requires states to permit people to register to vote at the same time they apply for their driver's license.	8
733089588	Mandate Theory of Elections	The idea that the winning candidate has a mandate from the people to carry out his or her platforms and politics. Politicians like the theory better than political scientists do.	9
733089589	Policy Voting	Electoral choices that are made on the basis of the voters' policy preferences and on the basis of where the candidates stand on policy issues.	10
733089590	Electoral College	A unique American institution, created by the Constitution, providing for the selection of the president by electors chosen by the state parties. Although the electoral college vote usually reflects a popular majority, the winner-take-all rule gives clout to big states.	11
733089591	Retrospective Voting	A theory of voting in which voters essentially ask this simple question: "What have you done for me lately?"	12

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1314359717	electric force	The attraction or repulsion between electric charges.	1
1314359718	electric field	The region around a charged object where the object's electric force interacts with other charged objects.	2
1314359719	static electricity	A buildup of charges on an object.	3
1314359720	conservation of charge	The law that states that charges are neither created nor destroyed but only transferred from one material to another.	4
1314359721	friction	A method of charging an object by rubbing it against another object; the force that one object exerts on another when the two rub against each other.	5
1314359722	conduction	A method of charging an object by allowing electrons to flow by direct contact from one object to another object.	6
1314359723	induction	A method of charging an object by means of the electric field of another object; the objects have no direct contact.	7
1314359724	static discharge	The loss of static electricity as electric charges transfer from one object to another.	8
1314359725	electric current	The continuous flow of electric charges through a material.	9
1314359726	conductor	A material through which charges can easily flow.	10
1314359727	insulator	A material through which charges cannot easily flow.	11
1314359728	voltage	The difference in electrical potential energy between two places in a circuit.	12
1314359729	voltage source	A device that creates an electrical potential energy difference in an electric circuit; batteries and generators are voltage sources.	13
1314359730	resistance	The measurement of how difficult it is for charges to flow through a material.	14
1314359731	chemical energy	The energy stored in chemical compounds.	15
1314359732	chemical reaction	A process in which substances change into new substances with different properties.	16
1314359733	electrochemical cell	A device that transforms chemical energy into electrical energy.	17
1314359734	electrode	A metal part of an electrochemical cell, which gains or loses electrons.	18
1314359735	electrolyte	A liquid or paste that conducts electric current.	19
1314359736	terminal	A convenient attachment point used to connect a cell or battery to a circuit.	20
1314359737	battery	A combination of two or more electrochemical cells in series.	21
1314359738	wet cell	An electrochemical cell in which the electrolyte is a liquid.	22
1314359739	dry cell	An electrochemical cell in which the electrolyte is a paste.	23
1314359740	Ohm's law	The law that states that resistance is equal to voltage divided by current.	24
1314359741	series circuit	An electric circuit with a single path.	25
1314359742	ammeter	A device used to measure current in a circuit.	26
1314359743	parallel circuit	An electric circuit with multiple paths.	27
1314359744	voltmeter	A device used to measure voltage, or electrical potential energy difference.	28
1314359745	power	The rate at which one form of energy is transformed into another; the unit of power is the watt.	29
1314359746	short circuit	A connection that allows current to take an unintended path.	30
1314359747	grounded	Allowing charges to flow directly from the circuit into Earth in the event of a short circuit.	31
1314359748	fuse	A safety device with a thin metal strip that will melt if too much current passes through a circuit.	32
1314359749	circuit breaker	A reusable safety switch that breaks the circuit when the current becomes too high.	33

13492787	cell	basic unit of all forms of life	0
13492788	cell theory	idea that all living things are made of cells, cells are the basic units of structure and function in living things, and new cells come from existing cells	1
13492789	nucleus	contains the cell's genetic material (DNA) and controls the cell's activities	2
13492790	prokaryote	unicellular organism lacking a nucleus	3
13492791	eukaryote	organism whose cells contain nuclei	4
13492792	organelle	mini organs within eukaryotic cell	5
13492793	cytoplasm	material inside the cell membrane	6
13492794	nuclear envelope	layer of two membranes that surrounds the nucleus of a cell	7
13492795	chromatin	DNA tightly coiled around proteins	8
13492796	chromosome	containing the genetic information that is passed from one generation of cells to the next	9
13492797	nucleolus	creating RRNA for ribosomes	10
13492798	ribosome	assembles proteins	11
13492799	rough endoplasmic reticulum	synthesizes proteins for export from the cell, rough from attached ribosomes	12
13492800	Golgi apparatus	modifies, sorts, and packages proteins and other materials for storage or deport	13
13492801	lysosome	breaks down lipids, carbohydrates, and proteins into small molecules and breaks down old organelles	14
13492802	smooth endoplasmic reticulum	synthesizes proteins for export from the cell builds lipids	15
13492994	vacuole	storage in the plant cell	16
13492995	mitochondrian	converts the chemical energy stored in food into compounds that are more convenient for the cell to use	17
13492996	chloroplast	captures the energy from sunlight and converts it into chemical energy	18
13492997	cytoskeleton	maintain cell shape and cell movement	19
13492998	centriole	helps organize cell division in animal cell near the necleus	20
13494521	cell membrane	regulates what enters and leaves the cell and protection and support	21
13494522	Robert Hooke	used first microscope, discover cork cells in 1665	22
13494523	LM	live specimen, not detailed	23
13494524	SEM (EM)	veiws surface of cells (non-living)	24
13494525	TEM (EM)	veiws internal structure (non-living)	25
13494526	cell wall	supporting layer around the cell membrane	26
13494527	lipid bilayer	core of cell membrane double-layered sheet	27
13494528	cellulose	plant cell walls mostly made out of	28
13494529	concentration	mass of solute in a given volume of solution	29
13494530	diffusion	molecules tend to move from an area where they are more concentrated to an area where they are less concentrated	30
13494531	osmosis	diffusion of water through a selectively permeable membrane	31
13494532	equilibrium	when the concentration of a solute is the same throughout a solution	32
13494533	isotonic	when the concentration of two solutions is the same	33
13494534	hypertonic	the solution with the greater concentration of solutes	34
13494535	hypotonic	the solution with the lesser concentration of solutes	35
13494536	facilitated diffusion	movement of specific molecules across cell membrane through protein channels	36
13494537	protein channel job	pass through specific molecules that cannot pass through membrane	37
13494538	active transport	using energy to move materials across membrane	38
13494539	passive transport	no energy needed to move materials across membrane	39
13494540	ATP	extra energy bank or battery for the cell created by mitochondrian	40
13494541	endocytosis	type of active transport, takes material into the cell by infolding the cell membrane	41
13494542	phagocytosis	type of active transport, take in unwanted molecules, lysosomes kill them	42
13494543	exocytosis	type of active transport, moves large amounts of materials out of the cell by popping out vesicles	43
13494544	pinocytosis	takes in liquid from surroundings	44
13494545	unicellular	single-celled organism	45
13494546	cell specialization	the process in which cells develop in different ways to perform different tasks	46
13494547	tissue	group of similar cells that preform a function	47
13494548	organ	group of tissues that work together to perform related functions	48
13494549	organ system	group of organs that work together to preform a specific function	49
13494550	muscle, epithelial, nervous, connective	four main types of tissue	50
13494551	muscle	muscle, nervous and connective tissue are all in the human _______	51
13538077	cristae	folds of inner membrane of mitochondrian	52

111625706	Archipelago	a group of many islands	111625706
111625707	Atoll	an island consisting of a circular coral reef surrounding a lagoon	111625707
111625709	Badlands	an eroded and barren area in southwestern South Dakota and northwestern Nebraska	111625709
111625712	Bay	an indentation of a shoreline	111625712
111625714	Beach	an area of sand sloping down to the water	111625714
111625716	Butte	a hill that rises from the surrounding region	111625716
111625718	Canyon	a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall	111625718
111625720	Cape	a strip of land projecting into a body of water	111625720
111625722	Cave	an underground enclosure with access from the surface	111625722
111625724	Channel	a passage for water to flow through	111625724
111625726	Cliff	a steep high face of rock	111625726

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