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| 14683030888 | pedantic | An adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish. | 0 | |
| 14683030889 | cynical | believing that people act only out of selfish motives | 1 | |
| 14683030890 | caustic | biting in wit | 2 | |
| 14683030891 | derisive | ridiculing, mocking | 3 | |
| 14683030892 | arrogant | overbearing; proud; haughty | 4 | |
| 14683030893 | complacent | self-satisfied | 5 | |
| 14683030894 | frivolous | Lacking in seriousness or importance | 6 | |
| 14683030895 | surreptitious | (adj.) stealthy, secret, intended to escape observation; made or accomplished by fraud | 7 | |
| 14683030896 | belligerent | (adj.) given to fighting, warlike; combative, aggressive; (n.) one at war, one engaged in war | 8 | |
| 14683030897 | callow | (adj.) without experience; immature, not fully developed; lacking sophistication and poise; without feathers | 9 | |
| 14683030898 | bittersweet | adj. tinged with a feeling of sadness | 10 | |
| 14683030899 | allusive | characterized by indirect references | 11 | |
| 14683030900 | euphoric | (adj.) - elated, overjoyed | 12 | |
| 14683030901 | impious | wicked; profane | 13 | |
| 14683030902 | patronizing | treating in a condescending manner | 14 | |
| 14683030903 | inflammatory | (adj.) causing excitement or anger; leading to violence or disorder | 15 | |
| 14683030904 | laconic | brief and to the point | 16 | |
| 14683030905 | sardonic | grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic | 17 | |
| 14683030906 | sultry adj | hot and humid | 18 | |
| 14683030907 | audacious | (adj.) bold, adventurous, recklessly daring | 19 | |
| 14683030908 | petulant | Irritable or short-tempered | 20 | |
| 14683030909 | mystical | Having a spiritual meaning or reality that is neither apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; the visible sign of the hidden reality of salvation. | 21 | |
| 14683030910 | Elgiac | Expressing sorrow or lamentation | 22 | |
| 14683030911 | lofty | (adj.) very high; noble | 23 | |
| 14683030912 | zealous | enthusiastic | 24 | |
| 14683030913 | benevolent | kindly, charitable | 25 |
Transitions for AP Spanish Flashcards
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| 14536173959 | Seguramente | Surely |  | 0 |
| 14536173960 | Al principio | At first |  | 1 |
| 14536173961 | Por un lado | On the one hand |  | 2 |
| 14536173962 | Por otra lado | On the other hand |  | 3 |
| 14536173963 | En fin | In a nutshell |  | 4 |
| 14536173964 | Por empezar | To begin with |  | 5 |
| 14536173965 | Por último | Lastly |  | 6 |
| 14536173966 | Para continuar | To continue |  | 7 |
| 14536173967 | En primer lugar | In the first place |  | 8 |
| 14536173968 | Además | in addition, furthermore |  | 9 |
| 14536173969 | Como resultado | As a result |  | 10 |
| 14536173970 | Por eso | that's why; therefore |  | 11 |
| 14536173971 | Por lo tanto | Therefore |  | 12 |
| 14536173972 | A causa de | Because of |  | 13 |
| 14536173973 | Es decir | That is to say |  | 14 |
| 14536173974 | En otras palabras | In other words |  | 15 |
| 14536173975 | Sin embargo | However |  | 16 |
| 14536173976 | Por lo general | Generally |  | 17 |
| 14536173977 | A pesar de | In spite of |  | 18 |
| 14536173978 | Aunque | although, even though |  | 19 |
| 14536173979 | A menos que | Unless |  | 20 |
| 14536173980 | En definitiva | In short |  | 21 |
| 14536173981 | En seguida | At once |  | 22 |
| 14536173982 | Hace falta | It's necessary |  | 23 |
| 14536173983 | Cuanto más | The more |  | 24 |
| 14536173984 | Tener en cuenta | Take into account, keep in mind |  | 25 |
| 14536173985 | Mediante | By means of |  | 26 |
| 14536173986 | Como dije antes | As I said before |  | 27 |
| 14536173987 | De hecho | In fact |  | 28 |
| 14536173988 | Además de | In addition to |  | 29 |
| 14536173989 | Mientras tanto | Meanwhile |  | 30 |
| 14536173990 | Por fin | Finally |  | 31 |
| 14536173991 | Hay que | It is necessary to |  | 32 |
| 14536173992 | Para mí | For me |  | 33 |
| 14536173993 | Lo más importante | The most important thing |  | 34 |
| 14536173994 | A mi juicio | In my opinion |  | 35 |
Unit 3 AP Gov Flashcards
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| 9220118272 | horse-race journalism | campaign coverage that emphasizes the relative standings of the candidates in the polls rather than the issues they discuss | 0 | |
| 9220127407 | Media consolidation | Creates similar network news coverage | 1 | |
| 9220134627 | Mass Media | The primary source of information about candidates | 2 | |
| 9220144375 | Investigative Journalism | using of detective like reporting methods to unearth scandal | 3 | |
| 9220154385 | Broadcast Media | Primary source of news and information for most Americans | 4 | |
| 9220156063 | Narrowcasting | Media programming aimed at a particular audience | 5 | |
| 9220159354 | Sound bites | Short clips of a political speech lasting 15 seconds or less | 6 | |
| 9220165580 | Critical Elections | Happen due to party reallignment | 7 | |
| 9220169735 | single-member districts | Creates a domination of the legislature by two political parties | 8 | |
| 9220190729 | Realigning Elections | Happen due to clear party differences and long last voter shifts one one party to another. | 9 | |
| 9220197683 | Dealignment | People are detached from political parties | 10 | |
| 9220206066 | Ticket splitting | Voting for candidates from one party and and candidates from another party | 11 | |
| 9220214259 | Divided Government | When control of the executive branch and the legislative branch is split between two parties | 12 | |
| 9220253785 | Political Parties | Seek to gain control of government | 13 | |
| 9220260615 | Linkage Institutions | Mass Media, Elections, Political Parties, Interest Groups | 14 | |
| 9220268840 | Coalition | a set of individuals or groups supporting a political party | 15 | |
| 9220275466 | Third Parties | Common in America, but rarely win elections. Help bring new voters and ideas forward. | 16 | |
| 9220282505 | amicus curiae briefs | used by interest groups to lobby courts | 17 | |
| 9220292732 | iron triangles | networks of congressional committees, bureaucratic agencies, and interest groups that strongly influence the policy process | 18 | |
| 9220302622 | Interest Groups | Distribute incumbent voting records, file amicus curiae briefs, support legislation, and donate to PACs. Seek to influence policy | 19 | |
| 9220317268 | Free Rider Problem | People benefit from the work of interest groups without being members or making contributions | 20 | |
| 9220327542 | PACs | Used by interest groups to raise money for electioneering | 21 | |
| 9220335359 | Class Action Lawsuits | enable a group of similarly situated plaintiffs to combine similar grievances into a single suit | 22 |
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AP Test Flashcards
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| 12786423478 | Boss Tweed | The leader of the Democratic Tammany Hall, New York political machine | 0 | |
| 12786429359 | AFL | A labor union formed in 1886 by Samuel Gompers It fought against labor forces and debated work conditions for skilled workers. Utilized Strikes. | 1 | |
| 12786495927 | When was the Philippines gained? | 1898 | 2 | |
| 12786503501 | Sharecropping | a tenant farmer who gives a part of each crop as rent, unfair to worker | 3 | |
| 12786520555 | Panics of | 1873 and 1893 | 4 | |
| 12786531629 | Political Reform | people's choice (Roosevelt), gov't ownership of telephones and graphs | 5 | |
| 12786552961 | People's (Populist) Party | An agrarian-populist political party in the United States, drew support from angry farmers | 6 | |
| 12786569410 | Free Silver | Coinage of silver, instead of gold, 1896 | 7 | |
| 12786569411 | William Jennings Bryan | Cross of Gold Speech, Wizard of Oz | 8 | |
| 12786587865 | New immigration | Immigrants from Southern and Eastern European countries and Asia arriving in the late 1800s | 9 | |
| 12786598596 | urban neighborhoods | ethnic groups of immigrants (Chinatown) | 10 | |
| 12786608951 | Nativism | The fear or hatred of immigrants | 11 | |
| 12786623892 | political machine | a strong party organization that can control political appointments and deliver votes | 12 | |
| 12786628936 | Comstock Lode | In 1859, A great amount of gold and silver was discovered in Nevada | 13 | |
| 12786633521 | Sand Creek Massacre | an attack on a village of sleeping Cheyenne Indians, the death of more than 200 tribal members, 1859 | 14 | |
| 12786645280 | Entertainment | Baseball, wrestling, vaudville shows | 15 | |
| 12786657454 | Wounded Knee Massacre | The 1890 massacre of Sioux Indians to suppress the Ghost Dance, killed 300. | 16 | |
| 12786667719 | Dawes Act | NAs got 160 acres of land, forced to go to school, assimilate | 17 | |
| 12786684977 | Social Darwinism | survival of the fittest, justified wealth | 18 | |
| 12786692646 | Gospel of Wealth | (1889) Andrew Carnegie wealthy share their riches with poor | 19 | |
| 12786704380 | philanthropy | charity; a desire or effort to promote goodness | 20 | |
| 12786707868 | Social Gospel | A movement in the late 1800s / early 1900s which emphasized charity and social responsibility as a means of salvation | 21 | |
| 12786721922 | Election of 1896 | Repub Gold, Demo Silver | 22 | |
| 12786731385 | Plessy v. Ferguson | 1896, "Seperate but Equal" | 23 | |
| 12786741071 | Ida B. Wells | Wrote about lynchings and violance to blacks | 24 | |
| 12786746695 | Booker T. Washington | Tuskegee Institute in 1881. His book "Up from Slavery." vocational training for AAs | 25 | |
| 12786765570 | Subsides | Financial support from the government | 26 | |
| 12786768588 | Monopoly | A market in which there are many buyers but only one seller | 27 | |
| 12786775124 | Farmer Alliances | Colored Farmer's Alliance, Southern Farmer's Alliance | 28 | |
| 12786790926 | Temperance Movement | An organized campaign to eliminate alcohol consumption | 29 | |
| 12786811068 | Triangle Shirtwaist Fire | March 1911 fire in a factory that killed women and children | 30 | |
| 12786823754 | 1908 | women had shorter working hours | 31 | |
| 12786838815 | Salvation Army | 1880, sought to provide food, shelter, and employment to the poor | 32 |
Electricity and Magnetism Flashcards
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| 16305510685 | Alternating Current | An electric current that reverses direction in a circuit at regular intervals. |  | 0 |
| 16305510686 | Ampere | This is the SI (metric) unit of current |  | 1 |
| 16305510687 | Circuit | This is a completed path for transfer of electricity. |  | 2 |
| 16305510688 | Conductor | This is a material that allows heat/electricity to transfer |  | 3 |
| 16305510689 | Current | This is the rate of flow of electricity. |  | 4 |
| 16305510690 | Direct Current | An electric current flowing in one direction only. |  | 5 |
| 16305510691 | Electric Field | This exists in the space surrounding a charged particle and exerts a force on other charged particles |  | 6 |
| 16305510692 | Electrical Charge | This is a net gain or loss of electrons. |  | 7 |
| 16305510693 | Electricity | This is a flow of electrons that creates a charge, one of the main forms of energy. |  | 8 |
| 16305510694 | Electromagnetic | This is a strong, short-lived magnet created by a looped electrical current. |  | 9 |
| 16305510695 | Generator | This is a machine that will convert mechanical, nuclear, or chemical energy into electrical energy |  | 10 |
| 16305510696 | Induction | The acquisition of electric charge without contact between charged and/or uncharged substances. |  | 11 |
| 16305510697 | Magnetic Domain | This is an area of aligned magnetic atoms. Many of these together make up a magnet. |  | 12 |
| 16305510698 | Magnetic Field | This is the area in which objects will interact with a magnet. |  | 13 |
| 16305510699 | Magnetism | A force of attraction/repulsion due to the spin of electrons |  | 14 |
| 16305510700 | Motor | This is a machine that converts electrical energy into mechanical energy. |  | 15 |
| 16305510701 | Ohm | This is a unit of electrical resistance |  | 16 |
| 16305510702 | Ohm's Law | This is the relationship between voltage, resistance and current. V=IR | | 17 |
| 16305510703 | Open Circuit | A potential path for the flow of electricity with at least one gap in the path that prevents this flow. The gap is usually the result of an open switch. |  | 18 |
| 16305510704 | Parallel Circuit | A circuit with several current paths, whose total current equals the sum of the currents in its branches |  | 19 |
| 16305510705 | Closed Circuit | A complete circuit through which electricity flows |  | 20 |
| 16305510706 | Permanent Magnet | A piece of magnetic material that retains its magnetic properties after it is removed from a magnetic field. |  | 21 |
| 16305510707 | Resistance | This is a measure of an object's ability to transmit electricity. |  | 22 |
| 16305510708 | Resistor | This is the part of an electrical circuit that resists the flow of electrical current. |  | 23 |
| 16305510709 | Series Circuit | A circuit in which current passes through each device, one after another. |  | 24 |
| 16305510710 | Switch | This is a device used to change the flow of electricity through a circuit.d |  | 25 |
| 16305510711 | Temporary Magnetic | An item in which magnetic domains can be aligned and a magnetic field induced for a short period of time |  | 26 |
| 16305510712 | Transformer | This is an electrical device that changes the voltage of electricity through the use of two sets of coils |  | 27 |
| 16305510713 | Voltage | This is the potential energy per unit charge. |  | 28 |
Chapter 18 Ap World Civilization Flashcards
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| 12372391034 | Ivan III (The Great) | Also known as Ivan the Great; prince of Duchy of Moscow; claimed descent from Rurik; responsible for freeing Russia from Mongols after 1462; took title of tsar or Caesar - equivalent of emperor. | 0 | |
| 12372427456 | Third Rome | Russian claim to be successor state to Roman and Byzantine empires; based in part on continuity of Orthodox church in Russia following fall of Constantinople in 1453. | 1 | |
| 12372453706 | Ivan IV (the Terrible) | Also known as Ivan the Terrible; confirmed power of tsarist autocracy by attacking authority of boyars (aristocrats); continued policy of Russian expansion; established contacts with western European commerce and culture. | 2 | |
| 12372562444 | Time of Troubles | followed death of Ivan IV without heir early in 17th century; boyars attempted to use vacuum of power to reestablish their authority; ended with selection of Michael Romanov as tsar in 1613. | 3 | |
| 12372582744 | Romonov Dynasty | Dynasty elected in 1613 at end of Time Of Troubles; Ruled Russia until 1917 | 4 | |
| 12372643382 | Alexis Romanov | Second Romanov tsar (1645-1676); abolished assemblies of nobles; gained new powers over Russian Orthodox church. | 5 | |
| 12372703498 | Old Believers | Russians who refused to accept the ecclesiastical reforms of Alexis Romanov (17th century); many exiled to Siberia or southern Russia, where they became part of Russian colonization. | 6 | |
| 12372717351 | Peter I (the Great) | Also known as Peter the Great; son of Alexis Romanov; ruled from 1689 to 1725; continued growth of absolutism and conquest; included more definite interest in changing selected aspects of economy and culture through imitation of western European models. | 7 | |
| 12372728887 | St. Petersburg | capital city and major port that Peter the Great established in 1703 | 8 | |
| 12372746155 | Catherine the Great | German-born Russian tsarina in the 18th century; ruled after assassination of her husband; gave appearance of enlightened rule; accepted Western cultural influence; maintained nobility as service aristocracy by granting them new power over peasantry. | 9 | |
| 12372759214 | Partition of Poland | Division of Polish territory among Russia, Prussia, and Austria in 1772, 1793, and 1795; eliminated Poland as independent state; part of expansion of Russian influence in eastern Europe. | 10 | |
| 12372780355 | Pugachev Rebellion | During 1770's in reign of Catherine the Great; led by cossack Emelian Pugachev, who claimed to be legitimate tsar; eventually crushed; typical of peasant unrest during the 18th century and thereafter | 11 | |
| 12372792947 | Westernization | An adoption of the social, political, or economic institutions of Western—especially European or American—countries. | 12 |
Waves Physical Science Flashcards
S8P4. Students will explore the wave nature of sound and electromagnetic radiation.
a. Identify the characteristics of electromagnetic and mechanical waves.
b. Describe how the behavior of light waves is manipulated causing reflection, refraction
diffraction, and absorption.
c. Explain how the human eye sees objects and colors in terms of wavelengths.
d. Describe how the behavior of waves is affected by medium (such as air, water, solids).
e. Relate the properties of sound to everyday experiences.
f. Diagram the parts of the wave and explain how the parts are affected by changes in
amplitude and pitch.
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| 16306582334 | wave | a disturbance that transfers energy through matter or empty space |  | 0 |
| 16306582335 | transverse wave | a wave in which the particles vibrate is up and down motion to the direction of the disturbance |  | 1 |
| 16306582336 | longitudinal wave | a wave that the particles of the medium vibrate back and forth along the path that the waves move |  | 2 |
| 16306582337 | trough | lowest point (valley) of a wave |  | 3 |
| 16306582338 | crest | highest point (peak) of a wave | | 4 |
| 16306582339 | amplitude | for transverse waves: the distance between the resting point (or equilibrium) to the crest or trough | | 5 |
| 16306582340 | frequency | the number of crests or troughs that are made in a given time |  | 6 |
| 16306582341 | medium | any substance that a wave moves through; solid, liquid or gas |  | 7 |
| 16306582342 | mechanical wave | waves that transfer energy through matter |  | 8 |
| 16306582343 | wavelength | the distance from one wave crest to the very next crest. (This may also be measured from trough to trough.) | | 9 |
| 16306582344 | reflection | the bouncing back of a wave as it strikes a barrier |  | 10 |
| 16306582345 | diffraction | The bending of waves around a barrier or through opening |  | 11 |
| 16306582346 | sound wave | example of a longitudinal wave; mechanical |  | 12 |
| 16306582347 | amplitude | In a wave is the largest distance the part ice in a wave vibrate from their rest position | | 13 |
| 16306582348 | light | ___________is an electromagnetic wave. |  | 14 |
| 16306582349 | Refraction | The bending of a wave as it passes at an angle from one medium to another |  | 15 |
| 16306582350 | compression | The part of a longitudinal wave where the particles of the medium are close together. | 16 | |
| 16306582351 | rarefaction | a part in a longitudinal wave where the particles are spread apart | 17 | |
| 16306582352 | period | Amount of time it takes one wavelength to pass a point | 18 | |
| 16306582353 | Law of reflection | The angle of incidence is equal to the angle of reflection. | 19 | |
| 16306582354 | interference | The combination of two or more waves that results in a single wave | 20 | |
| 16306582355 | constructive interference | The interference that occurs when two waves combine to make a wave with a larger amplitude | 21 | |
| 16306582356 | destructive interference | The interference that occurs when two waves combine to make a wave with a smaller amplitude | 22 | |
| 16306582357 | resonance | The process by which an object is made to vibrate by absorbing energy at its natural frequencies | 23 | |
| 16306582358 | electromagnetic waves | transverse waves consisting of changing electric fields and changing magnetic fields | 24 | |
| 16306582359 | electromagnetic spectrum | The complete range of electromagnetic waves placed in order of increasing frequency | 25 | |
| 16306582360 | radio waves | Electromagnetic waves with the longest wavelengths and lowest frequencies. Size of a building | 26 | |
| 16306582361 | microwaves | 2nd on the electromagnetic spectrum. Used to heat food. | 27 | |
| 16306582362 | infrared waves | Third on the electromagnetic spectrum. can be seen with goggles | 28 | |
| 16306582363 | visible light | Electromagnetic radiation that can be seen with the unaided eye. ROYGBIV | 29 | |
| 16306582364 | ultraviolet rays | electromagnetic waves with wavelengths just shorter than those of visible light. size of a molecule | 30 | |
| 16306582365 | x-rays | Electromagnetic radiation having a very short wavelength; size of an atom. 2nd shortest wavelength and 2nd highest frequency. Can penetrate substances such as skin and muscle. | 31 | |
| 16306582366 | gamma rays | the highest frequency waves on the electromagnetic spectrum with the shortest wavelength and the greatest energy | 32 | |
| 16306582367 | The Doppler Effect | the change of frequency and pitch due to a moving wave source | 33 |
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