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| 13626828850 | enigmatic | (adj.) puzzling, perplexing, inexplicable, not easily understood | 0 | |
| 13626828851 | nostalgic | having a longing for things past | 1 | |
| 13626828852 | ephemeral | lasting a very short time | 2 | |
| 13626828853 | condescending | having or showing a feeling of patronizing superiority | 3 | |
| 13626828854 | anthology | A collection of various writings, such as songs, stories, or poems | 4 | |
| 13626828855 | cynic | one who deeply distrusts human nature; one who believes humans are motivated only by selfishness | 5 | |
| 13626828856 | Heuristic | a simple thinking strategy that often allows us to make judgments and solve problems efficiently; usually speedier but also more error-prone than algorithms | 6 | |
| 13626828857 | Mannerism | a habitual gesture or way of speaking or behaving; an idiosyncrasy. | 7 | |
| 13626828858 | formative | serving to form something, especially having a profound and lasting influence on a person's development. | 8 | |
| 13626828859 | preemptive | adjective: done before someone else can do it Just as Martha was about to take the only cookie left on the table, Noah preemptively swiped it. | 9 | |
| 13626828860 | temperament | a person's characteristic emotional reactivity and intensity | 10 | |
| 13626828861 | bleak | depressing, discouraging, harsh, cold, barren, raw | 11 | |
| 13626828862 | elusive | difficult to find, catch, or achieve | 12 | |
| 13626828863 | ad hoc | for this specific purpose; improvised; with respect to this | 13 | |
| 13626828864 | transgression | A violation of a law, command, or duty | 14 | |
| 13626828865 | pathogenic | Causing or able to cause disease | 15 | |
| 13626828866 | concede | admit that something is true or valid after first denying or resisting it | 16 | |
| 13626828867 | antithetical | directly opposed or contrasted; mutually incompatible | 17 | |
| 13626828868 | loping | run or move with a long bounding stride | 18 | |
| 13626828869 | constituent | being part of a whole | 19 | |
| 13626828870 | couchant | (of an animal) lying with the body resting on the legs and the head raised | 20 | |
| 13626828871 | lasstitude | (n.) weariness of body or mind, lack of energy | 21 | |
| 13626828872 | aloofness | a disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner | 22 | |
| 13626828873 | pragmatic | dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical rather than theoretical considerations | 23 | |
| 13626828874 | morose | having a gloomy or sullen manner; not friendly or sociable | 24 | |
| 13626828875 | indignation | anger or annoyance provoked by what is perceived as unfair treatment | 25 | |
| 13626828876 | eminent | (adj.) famous, outstanding, distinguished; projecting | 26 | |
| 13626828877 | sumptuous | splendid and expensive-looking | 27 | |
| 13626828878 | ad hominem | a fallacy that attacks the person rather than dealing with the real issue in dispute | 28 | |
| 13626828879 | disposed | inclined or willing | 29 | |
| 13626828880 | want | an item that we desire but that is not essential to survival | 30 |
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medical transcription and coding Flashcards
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| 10368030826 | Medical Transcriptionist | a health informatics specialist who records physicians' oral notes for patient records | 0 | |
| 10368030827 | Registered Medical Transcriptionist (RMT) | certification that indicates that an individual has the essential skills and knowledge to work as a medical transcriptionist | 1 | |
| 10368031849 | Certified Medical Transcriptionist (CMT) | a certification that indicates that an individual has expert knowledge in medical transcription | 2 | |
| 10368032619 | Certified Coding Specialist - Physician Based (CCS-P) | given to an individual to demonstrate knowledge of medical coding, specializing in physician-based settings | 3 | |
| 10368033823 | Certified Coding Specialist (CCS) | given to an individual to demonstrate knowledge of techniques for medical coding, specializing in hospital practice settings | 4 |
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AP Literature Terminology 12 Dec. Flashcards
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| 8294479681 | Caesura | A natural pause or break in a line of poetry, usually near the middle of the line. | 0 | |
| 8294485848 | Epistrophe | Repetition of the same word or group of words at the ends of successive clauses | 1 | |
| 8294496740 | Anapestic | A foot in poetry with two unstressed syllables followed by one stressed syllable. | 2 | |
| 8294501959 | Dactylic | A stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables | 3 | |
| 8294508093 | Spondaic | Two stressed syllables | 4 | |
| 8294511985 | Conceit | A fanciful, particularly clever extended metaphor | 5 | |
| 8294516744 | Terza Rima | a verse form with a rhyme scheme: aba bcb cdc, etc. | 6 | |
| 8294562543 | Heroic Couplet | A pair of rhymed, iambic pentameter lines. | 7 | |
| 8294566789 | Lamb | Young sheep | 8 | |
| 8294570212 | Sestina | A poem of thirty-nine lines and written in iambic pentameter. | 9 | |
| 8294573516 | Villanelle | A 19 line form using only two rhymes and repeating two of the lines according to a set pattern | 10 | |
| 8294577239 | Free Verse | Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme | 11 |
ap world history Flashcards
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| 9953371184 | unit 2 | tech and environmental transformations 600 b.c.e-600c.e | 0 | |
| 9953371185 | Classical Period | more centralized bigger populations law codes organized religion there was over extension there was migration war remains | 1 | |
| 9953371186 | euro and Mediterranean | city building = aqueducts intensive agriculture water wheels small poxs bubonic plague - black plague environmental impact like: - deforestation -desertification -soil erosion -suited rivers | 2 | |
| 9953371187 | Middle East | city building= small pox and black hit them intensive agriculture environmental impact qanants and water wheels | 3 | |
| 9953371188 | Africa | city building = environmental impact Bantu migration intensive agriculture | 4 | |
| 9953371189 | east and central Asia | city building = environmental impact intensive agriculture small poxs Black plague | 5 | |
| 9953371190 | south and southeast Asia and Oceania | city building = environmental impact intensive agriculture small poxs Black plague Polynesian cont to migrate | 6 | |
| 9953371191 | America's | city building environmental impact intensive agriculture hillside retracing floating islands | 7 | |
| 9953371192 | humans and the environment | -America isolated from afro-eurasia -Bantu migration= pre600bce to 600ce - Polynesian voyages increase across the Pacific - Asiatic people and German tribes migrate from east to west 1ce to 1000ce -eurasia a lot of migration -city building and construction skills = monuments, water management, expand farming -environmental damage soil erosion, silting of rivers, deforestation -disease and new foods spread fast - epidemic disease | 8 | |
| 9953371193 | development and interaction of cultures | -vedism and judism undergo reform -major beliefs hindu, Buddha, Confucianism, daosim, and Christianity - missionary activity and trade spread religion -syncretism is the mixing and blending of religion -mandarin, Latin , Sanskrit influential Lang -literature produced - woodblock printing and paper in 200ce -distinct architect -philosophy emerged =grecoroman= groundwork for scientific maritime transport: lateen sails, kinks and shows, animals domesticated : - yokes, saddles, stirrups | 9 | |
| 9966984705 | euro and the Mediterranean | hellenistic philosophy Christianity greek drama Greek and Latin classical lang languages architecture domes columns wheeled vehicles | 10 | |
| 9966984706 | middle east | Judaism forms Zoroastrianism Christianity architecture Babylon garden and library of Alexandra this and lateen sails wheeled vehicles | 11 | |
| 9966984707 | Africa | ancestor veneration dhow and lateen sails saddles and pack animals camels | 12 | |
| 9966984708 | east and central Asia | ancestor veneration Confucianism and neo Confucianism daosim Buddha mandarin classical lang paper woodblock printing architecture great wall of China grid layout of cities pagoda wheeled vehicles horse collar and stirrups Chinese junk | 13 | |
| 9966984709 | south and southeast Asia and Oceania | hindu emerge Buddha Indian depicts Sanskrit classical lang Arabic numerals pi zero wheeled vehicles show and lateen sails | 14 | |
| 9966984710 | America's | polytheism human sacrifice ancestor veneration quipu architecture pyramids Mayan hieroglyphs and calender saddles | 15 | |
| 9966984711 | state building expansion conflict | monarchies conquest rare democracy cities = important for admin law codes formalized central authority | 16 | |
| 9966984712 | euro and Mediterranean | Phoenicia 800 to 200 bc greece 1100 to 300 bc Alexander the great hellenistic empire Roman republic and empire 800bc to 476ce | 17 | |
| 9966984713 | ME | darius the great 500 bc to 600 .ca | 18 | |
| 9966984714 | africa | Ghana 300ce | 19 | |
| 9966984715 | e and central Asia | qin China Han China | 20 | |
| 9966984716 | s and we Asia | mauryan 300-100bc and Gupta300-500ce empire | 21 | |
| 9966984717 | American | teotihuacan 100bce-750ce the Maya 250-900 niche 200-700ce | 22 | |
| 9966984718 | 23 |
Strayer AP World History Chapter 15 Flashcards
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| 8603159456 | What was the one major advantage that allowed the small Portuguese fleet to dominate the Indian Ocean militarily? a. They had large amounts of gold. b. They could speak the languages of the cultures they encountered. c. Their onboard cannon could defeat other ships and coastal forts. d. They intermarried with local leaders' families. | c | 0 | |
| 8603159457 | Which of the following is NOT a reason for the Portuguese Empire's steep decline in the Indian Ocean by 1600? a. It was overextended. b. Certain powers, such the Mughals and Japanese, resisted Portuguese control. c. They were heavily outnumbered in their outposts. d. The Spanish ousted the Portuguese from Asian waters. | d | 1 | |
| 8603159458 | What strategic significance did the Philippines hold for Spain? a. Christianity was already established on the islands. b. They were close to China, but not ruled by China. c. They could be used to launch attacks on Portuguese forts. d. They were close to Australia. | b | 2 | |
| 8603159459 | What was one main difference between the Spanish colonization of the Philippines and the Portuguese strongholds the Indian Ocean Basin? a. The Spanish converted Filipinos to Christianity; the Portuguese often blended into the local populations. b. The Spanish only established coastal outposts; the Portuguese conquered inland areas. c. The Portuguese killed large amounts of natives; the Spanish did not use violence to enforce their rule. d. The Portuguese were only interested in spreading Christianity; the Spanish were only interested in getting rich. | a | 3 | |
| 8603159460 | What was one main difference between the establishment of the British East India Company in Mughal India versus the establishment of the Dutch East India Company in Indonesia? a. The British learned the local languages; the Dutch did not. b. The British used treaties with local Mughal rulers; the Dutch violently conquered and killed many Indonesians. c. The British encouraged intermarriage with elite local women; the Dutch took local women as sex slaves. d. The British had to send 50 percent of their profits back to the government in London; the Dutch only had to send a small percentage of money back to their government. | b | 4 | |
| 8603159461 | What was the attitude of Japanese shoguns toward Christian Europeans in Japan in the early seventeenth century? a. They welcomed Europeans for their technological knowledge. b. They welcomed Europeans as teachers of Christianity, and converted. c. They violently expelled all but a few Europeans. d. They were opposed to Europeans, but knew they were powerless to keep Europeans out of Japan. | c | 5 | |
| 8603159462 | Which of the following statements best describes the relationship of the new European trading networks in the Indian Ocean to other Asian commercial networks? a. Europeans became just one small group among a vast number of thriving Asian commercial networks. b. Europeans destroyed and took over almost all other Asian commercial networks. c. Europeans gained access to commercial markets only where the local population converted to Christianity. d. Europeans ended up gaining little for their efforts, eventually leaving Asia empty-handed. | a | 6 | |
| 8603159463 | Which of the following was NOT a factor in the emergence of silver as the currency of global trade in the sixteenth century? a. Skyrocketing Chinese demand for silver as a means for paying taxes. b. The proximity of the Spanish Philippines to China. c. The lack of any silver mines in Asia. d. The discover of vast silver mines in Bolivia. | c | 7 | |
| 8603159464 | What impact did the discovery of the world's largest silver mine at Potosi have on the native (mostly) Incan population there? a. They grew suddenly rich. b. They were forced to work in deadly, hellish conditions. c. They had been so decimated by disease that they barely noticed the new mine. d. Realizing how valuable silver was to Europeans, they began digging for their own mines throughout the Andes. | b | 8 | |
| 8603159465 | How did the discovery of the vast silver mines in South America affect Spain's position in Europe? a. It allowed Spain to pursue political and military goals far beyond what they could afford previously. b. It vastly enriched all the citizens of Spain. c. It did nothing for Spain because most of the silver went straight to China. d. Most of the silver was stolen by pirates as it was shipped across the Caribbean and Atlantic. | a | 9 | |
| 8603159466 | How did the discovery of silver mines in Japan impact Japanese fortunes? a. The ruling shogunate isolated Japan even more, fearing that greedy Europeans would conquer and enslave Japanese for their silver as in the Andes. b. The ruling shogunate used the silver to buy a large military and luxury goods for the elites, but did nothing to help commoners. c. The ruling shogunate wisely invested wealth from the mines to create a sustainable market-based economy and ecology. d. The ruling shogunate disintegrated into civil war and anarchy as factions fought over control of the silver mines. | c | 10 | |
| 8603159467 | In what way did the Chinese response to the global silver economy differ from the Japanese response? a. The Chinese economy became diversified; the Japanese did not. b. Chinese merchants began exporting goods to other lands; Japan did not. c. Inflation destroyed the Chinese economy; but aided the Japanese economy. d. Economic changes resulted in ecological devastation in China, but not in Japan. | d | 11 | |
| 8603159468 | All the following powers got the vast majority of their furs from North America, EXCEPT a. Britain. b. France. c. Russia. d. Holland. | c | 12 | |
| 8603159469 | What was the main way through which Europeans acquired furs in North America? a. Trade with Native Americans b. Hunting by European fur traders c. Trapping d. Raising furry animals | a | 13 | |
| 8603159470 | In what way did the fur trade benefit Native Americans? a. It helped their population grow. b. It protected them against enslavement and genocide, initially. c. It improved their diet. d. It unified disparate tribes. | b | 14 | |
| 8603159471 | In what way did the fur trade harm Native Americans? a. It reduced their meat supply. b. It led to overpopulation. c. Because of contact with Europeans, it eventually led to warfare, disease, and alcoholism. d. It forced large populations of Native Americans to move far away. | c | 15 | |
| 8603159472 | How did African slavery in the New World differ fundamentally from past instances of slavery in world history? a. Black Africans had never before been enslaved. b. Slavery previously was only practiced in the Middle East. c. Slavery in the Americas was clearly associated with race and with plantation economies. d. Slaves were usually not transported long distances. | c | 16 | |
| 8603159473 | Which of the following is NOT a reason that black Africans were ideal as slaves from the European point of view? a. Their immune systems could handle both tropical and European diseases. b. They came from a largely agricultural society. c. West Africa was relatively close to Brazil and the Caribbean by sea. d. Europeans could easily venture into the African interior to capture them. | d | 17 | |
| 8603159474 | What was the social status of those Africans who were captured by other Africans to be sold to Europeans? a. They were society's elites. b. They were the outcasts and foreigners, often prisoners of war, within local villages. c. They were unruly local young men. d. It varied; people were simply picked at random to be slaves. | b | 18 | |
| 8603159475 | What best describes the long-term impact of the slave trade on West Africa? a. Increasing political unification b. Technological breakthroughs c. Economic stagnation and political disruption d. Introduction of new crops from the Americas | c | 19 |
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