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Wissenschaft und Technologie AP Flashcards

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13177011301ethischethical0
13177011302das Experiment, -ethe experiment1
13177011303forschen, forschteto research2
13177011304die Forschungthe research3
13177011305der Fortschritt, -eprogress4
13177011306die Gentechnikgenetic engineering5
13177011307genetisch verändertgenetically modified6
13177011308das Gerät, ethe device, equipment7
13177011309gewährento allow, grant8
13177011310heilento cure9
13177011311das Heilmittel, -the cure10
13177011312her.stellento produce, manufacture11
13177011313der Herzinfarkt, ethe heart attack12
13177011314heutigpresent-day13
13177011315die Informationsgesellschaftthe information society14
13177011316kabelloswireless15
13177011317klonento clone16
13177011318kurzfristigin the short term17
13177011319das Labor, sthe laboratory18
13177011320langfristigin the long term19
13177011321machbarfeasible, doable20
13177011322medizinischmedical21
13177011323menschlichhuman (adjective)22
13177011324die Methode, -nthe method, technique23
13177011325missbrauchento abuse24
13177011326der Physikethe Physicist25
13177011327der Informatikerthe computer scientist26
13177011328die Gesellschaftthe society27
13177011331die Behandlungthe treatment28
13177011332tiergerechthumane (treatment of animals)29
13177011334moralischmoral30
13177011335die Chirurgie, -nsurgery31
13177011336die Erbkrankheitthe hereditary disease32
13177011337die Krankheitthe sickness33
13177011338der Krebsthe cancer34
13177011339die Organverpflanzungthe organ transplant35
13177011340der Schlaganfall, die Schlaganfällethe stroke36
13177011341der Spenderthe donor37
13177011342die Stammzellenvorschungthe stell cell research38
13177011343heilbarcurable39
13177011344entwickelnto develop/design40
13177011345der Planetthe planet41
13177011346die Rakete, -nthe rocket42
13177011347der Weltraumspace43
13177011348die Raumfahrtspace travel44
13177011349der Satellitthe satellite45
13177011350die Auswirkung, -enthe impact, effect46
13177011351die Expertenthe experts47
13177011352sammelnto collect48
13177011353die Strahlung, -enthe radiation49
13177011354der Meinungsstreitthe controversy50
13177011355die Willensfreiheitthe free will51
13177011357die Tierversuchethe animal testing52
13177011358Pro und Kontrapro and con53
13177011359die Vorteile und Nachteileadvantages and disadvantages54
13177011360die Versicherungthe insurance55
13177011361das Gesundheitswesenthe health care56
13177011362an.steckento infect57

AP Economics - Section 13 Flashcards

Factor Markets

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8154805108physical capitaloften referred to simply as "capital"—consists of manufactured productive resources such as equipment, buildings, tools, and machines0
8154805109human capitalimprovement in labor created by education and knowledge that is embodied in the workforce1
8154805110derived demanddemand for a factor; results from (that is, it is derived from) the demand for the output produced2
8154805111factor distribution of incomedivision of total income among land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurship3
8154805112marginal revenue productadditional revenue generated by employing one more unit of that factor4
8154805113marginal revenue product curveshows how the marginal revenue product of that factor depends on the quantity of the factor employed5
8154805114rental rateof either land or capital; is the cost, explicit or implicit, of using a unit of that asset for a given period of time6
8154805115equilibrium marginal revenue productis the additional revenue generated by the last unit of that factor employed in the factor market as a whole7
8154805116economic rentpayment to a factor of production in excess of the minimum payment necessary to employ that factor8
8154805117marginal productivity theory of income distributionevery factor of production is paid the equilibrium marginal revenue product9
8154805118time allocationhow many hours to spend on different activities10
8154805119leisuretime available for purposes other than earning money to buy marketed goods11
8154805120individual labor supply curveshows the quantity of labor supplied by an individual depends on that individual's wage rate12
8154805121marginal factor costthe additional cost of employing an additional unit of a factor of production13
8154805122monopsonistsingle buyer in a factor market14
8154805123monopsonymarket in which there is a monopsonist15
8154805124cost-minimization ruleemploy factors so that the marginal product per dollar spent on each factor is the same16
8154805125compensating differentialswage differences across jobs that reflect the fact that some jobs are less pleasant or more dangerous than others17
8154805126unionsorganizations of workers that try to raise wages and improve working conditions for their members by bargaining collectively18
8154805127efficiency-wage modelsome employers pay an above-equilibrium wage as an incentive for better performance and loyalty19

Ap World History Chapter 34 Flashcards

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13530915164the term "lost generation" was coined by?Gertrude Stein0
13530915165the writer whose "Decline of the West" proposed that European society had entered the final stage of its existence was?Oswald Spengler1
13530915166in Karl Barth's "Epistle to the ROmans", he?attacked liberal christian theology that embraced the idea of progress2
13530915167The author of All Quiet on the Western Front was?Erich Maria Remarques3
13530915168Who wrote, "Man's historical experience has been one of steady failure, and there are no grounds for supposing it will be ever anything else"?Niokolai Berdiaev4
13530915169in the years after World War I, the idea of progress?came under attack, especially science and technology.5
13530915170in Jose Ortega y Gaset's "Revolt of the Masses", he points out that?the masses were destined to destroy the highest achievements of Western Society6
13530915171John Maynard Keynes?the most influential economist of the 20th century- fundamental cause of depression was not excessive supply, but inadequate demand7
13530915172the notion that space and time are relative to the person measuring them was first articulated in?Einstein's theory of special relativity8
13530915173in a purely scientific sense, the uncertainty principle proposes that?it is impossible to specify simultaneously the position and velocity of a subatomic particle9
13530915174Discoveries in physics added to the anxiety of the 1920s and 1930s because?it carried broader philosophical ramifications-called into question established notions of truth/violated law of cause and effect10
13530915175the father of psychoanalysis was?Sigmund Freud11
13530915176According to Freud, the root of neurotic behavior was?sexual drives and fantasies12
13530915177the spread of photographyheightened the aversion to visual realism- painters began to think of canvas not as a reproduction of reality, but as an end in itself13
13530915178which of the following groups was not one of the new artistic movements of the 20th century?was: expressionists, cubists, abstractionists, dadaists, surrealists14
13530915179the painter who was influenced by the "primitive" art of Tahiti was?Paul Gauguin15
13530915180the deliberate violation of perspective by Japanese artists influenced?European artists to take similar liberties with realism16
13530915181which of the following was not an accurate match between artist/ artistic influence?Picasso-African art forms, Gauguin-Tahiti, Ludwig Mies von der Rohe-modern architecture17
13530915182one of the biggest results of the artistic experimentation of the 1920s and 1930s was that?all artists were acknowledged to have a right to their own reality, and accepted standards of "good/bad" art disappeared18
13530915183the work of Walter Gropius?featured simplicity of shape/extensive use of glass and always embodied that form must follow function19
13530915184the term Bauhaus is associated with?an institution that brought together architects, designers, and painters from several countries20
13530915185a troubling economic problem in the 1920s was the depressed state of agriculture caused by?a troubling economic problem in the 1920s was the depressed state of agriculture caused by?21
13530915186by 1929, the price of a bushel of wheat was?at its lowest level in 400 years22
13530915187on Black Thursday, 24 October 1929?a wave of panic selling on the New York Stock Exchange caused stock prices to plummet23
13530915188at the lowest point of the Great Depression, what percentage of US banks were out of business44%24
13530915189During the Great Depression, most nations?experienced some economic difficulties- especially the ones who relied on imports from the US25
13530915190in response to the Great Depression, economist John Maynard Keynes?urged governments to play an active role and stimulate the economy by increasing the money supply26
13530915191which of the following was not one of the chief actions of Roosevelt's New Deal?was: legislation to prevent the collapse of banking system, provide jobs, give workers their rights to organize/bargain, guarantee minimum wages, provide social security at an old age27
13530915192the Russian Civil War that broke out after the revolution was between?Bolsheviks and Whites (Red and whites)28
13530915193War Communism?a policy of hasty and unplanned nationalization that the new Russian rulers embarked on- annulled private property, assumed control of banks, etc.29
13530915194Lenin's New Economic Policy of 1921?temporarily restored the market economy and some private enterprise to Russia30
13530915195This individual believed in a philosophy of promoting communism primarily in the Soviet Union rather than trying to export the revolution to other nations?Stalin31
13530915196the First Five-Year Plan?replaced the NEP with a plan for rapid economic development- aims were to transform the USSR from a predominantly agricultural country to a leading industrial power32
13530915197the term fascism was first used by?Benito Mussolini33
13530915198The leader of the fascist movement in Germany was?...34
13530915199the 1935, Nuremberg Lawsdeprived German Jews of their citizenship and prohibited marriage between Jews and other Germans35
13530915200the official goal of the Nazi regime toward Jews in the period before World War II was?emigration36
13530915201the Kristallnacht was?the "night of broken glass"-the Nazi's arranged for the destruction of Jewish stores, synagogues, etc37

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