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AP World: Chapter 19 Flashcards

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9617530749Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castilemonarchs of Christian kingdoms; their marriage created the kingdom of Spain; initiated exploration of the New World.0
9617530750Hispaniolafirst island in Caribbean settled by Spaniards; first settled by Columbus on his second voyage.1
9617530751encomiendagrant of Indian laborers made to Spanish conquerors and settlers in Latin America; basis for earliest forms of coerced labor in Spanish colonies.2
9617530752encomenderothe holder of a grant of Indians who were required to pay tribute or provide labor; responsible for their integration into the church.3
9617530753Bartolomé de las CasasDominican friar who supported peaceful conversion of Native American population, opposed forced labor, and advocated Indian rights.4
9617530754Hernán Cortésled expedition to Mexico in 1519; defeated Aztec empire and established Spanish colonial rule.5
9617530755Moctezuma IIlast independent Aztec ruler; killed during Cortés's conquest.6
9617530756Mexico Citycapital of New Spain; built on ruins of Tenochtitlan.7
9617530757New SpainSpanish colonial possessions in Mesoamerica in territories once part of Aztec imperial system.8
9617530758Francisco Vácquez de Coronadoled Spanish expedition into the southwestern United States in search of gold.9
9617530759Pedro de ValdiviaSpanish conqueror of Araucanian Indians of Chile; established city of Santiago in 1541.10
9617530760mitaforced labor system replacing Indian slaves and encomienda workers; used to mobilize labor for mines and other projects.11
9617530761Potosílargest New World silver mine; located in Bolivia.12
9617530762Huancavelicagreatest mercury deposit in South America; used in American silver production.13
9617530763haciendasrural agricultural and herding estates; produced goods for consumers in America; basis for wealth and power of the local aristocracy.14
9617530764consuladomerchant guild of Seville with a virtual monopoly over goods shipped to Spanish America; handled much of the silver shipped in return.15
9617530765galleonslarge, heavily armed ships used to carry silver from New World colonies to Spain; basis of convoy system used for transportation of bullion.16
9617530766Treaty of Tordesillasconcluded in 1494 between Castile and Portugal; clarified spheres of influence and rights of possession; in the New World, Brazil went to Portugal and the rest to Spain.17
9617530767letradosuniversity-trained lawyers from Spain; basic personnel of the Spanish colonial bureaucratic system.18
9617530768Recopilaciónbody of laws collected in 1681 for Spanish New World possessions; bases of law in the Indies.19
9617530769Council of the IndiesSpanish government body that issued all laws and advised king on all issues dealing with the New World colonies.20
9617530770viceroyaltiesmajor divisions of Spanish New World colonies headed by direct representatives of the king; one based in Lima, the other in Mexico City.21
9617530771viceroyssenior government officials in Spanish America; ruled as direct representatives of the king over the principal administrative units or viceroyalties.22
9617530772audienciaroyal courts of appeals established in Spanish New World colonies; staffed by professional magistrates who made and applied laws.23
9617530773Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz17th-century author, poet, and musician of New Spain; gave up secular concerns to concentrate on spiritual matters.24
9617530774Pedro Alvares CabralPortuguese leader of an expedition to India; landed in Brazil in 1500.25
9617530775captainciesareas along the Brazilian coast granted to Portuguese nobles for colonial development.26
9617530776Paulistasbackwoodsmen from São Paulo, Brazil; penetrated Brazilian interior in search of precious metals during the 17th century.27
9617530777Minas GeraisBrazilian region where gold was discovered in 1695; a gold rush followed.28
9617530778Rio de JaneiroBrazilian port used for mines of Minas Gerais; became capital in 1763.29
9617530779sociedad de castasSpanish American social system based on racial origins; Europeans on top, mixed races in the middle, Indians and African slaves at the bottom.30
9617530780peninsularesSpanish-born residents of the New World.31
9617530781Creolespeople of European ancestry born in Spanish New World colonies; dominated local economies; ranked socially below peninsulares.32
9617530782amigos del paísclubs and associations dedicated to reform in Spanish colonies; flourished during the 18th century; called for material improvement rather than political reform.33
9617530783War of the Spanish Succession(1702-1713); wide-ranging war fought between European nations; resulted in the installation of Philip of Anjou as king of Spain.34
9617530784Charles IIISpanish monarch (1759-1788); instituted fiscal, administrative, and military reforms in Spain and its empire.35
9617530785José de GalvezSpanish Minister of the Indies and chief architect of colonial reform; moved to eliminate creoles from the upper colonial bureaucracy; created intendants for local government.36
9617530786Marquis of PombalPrime Minister of Portugal (1755-1776); strengthened royal authority in Brazil, expelled the Jesuits, enacted fiscal reforms, and established monopoly companies to stimulate the colonial economy.37
9617530787Comunero Revolta popular revolt against Spanish rule in New Granada in 1781; suppressed as a result of government concessions and divisions among rebels.38
9617530788Tupac Amaru IIMestizo leader of Indian revolt in Peru; supported by many in the lower social classes; revolt failed because of Creole fears of real social revolution.39

AP World Period 5 Flashcards

Students can use this set of flash cards to review vocabulary terms for Period 5.

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9675397798abolitionist movementAn international movement that between approximately 1780 and 1890 succeeded in condemning slavery as morally repugnant and abolishing it in much of the world; the movement was especially prominent in Britain and the United States.0
9675397799creolesNative-born elites in the Spanish colonies.1
9675397800Declaration of the Rights of Man and CitizenDocument drawn up by the French National Assembly in 1789 that proclaimed the equal rights of all men; the declaration ideologically launched the French Revolution.2
9675397801Declaration of the Rights of WomanShort work written by the French feminist Olympe de Gouges in 1791 that was modeled on the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen and that made the argument that the equality proclaimed by the French revolutionaries must also include women.3
9675397802Estates GeneralFrench representative assembly called into session by Louis XVI to address pressing problems and out of which the French Revolution emerged; the three estates were the clergy, the nobility, and the commoners.4
9675397803FreetownWest African settlement in what is now Sierra Leone at which British naval commanders freed Africans they rescued from illegal slave ships.5
9675397804French RevolutionMassive dislocation of French society (1789-1815) that overthrew the monarchy, destroyed most of the French aristocracy, and launched radical reforms of society that were lost again, though only in part, under Napoleon's imperial rule and after the restoration of the monarchy.6
9675397805gens de couleur libresLiterally, "free people of color"; term used to describe freed slaves and people of mixed racial background in Saint Domingue on the eve of the Haitian Revolution.7
9675397806HaitiName that revolutionaries gave to the former French colony of Saint Domingue; the term means "mountainous" or "rugged" in the Taino language.8
9675397807Haitian RevolutionThe only fully successful slave rebellion in world history; the uprising in the French Caribbean colony of Saint Domingue (later renamed Haiti) was sparked by the French Revolution and led to the establishment of an independent state after a long and bloody war (1791-1804).9
9675397808Hidalgo-Morelos rebellionSocially radical peasant insurrection that began in Mexico in 1810 and that was led by the priests Miguel Hidalgo and José Morelos.10
9675397809Latin American revolutionsSeries of risings in the Spanish colonies of Latin America (1810-1826) that established the independence of new states from Spanish rule but that for the most part retained the privileges of the elites despite efforts at more radical social rebellion by the lower classes.11
9675397810Louverture, ToussaintFirst leader of the Haitian Revolution, a former slave (1743-1803) who wrote the first constitution of Haiti and served as the first governor of the newly independent state.12
9675397811maternal feminismMovement that claimed that women have value in society not because of an abstract notion of equality but because women have a distinctive and vital role as mothers; proponents argued that women have the right to intervene in civil and political life because of their duty to watch over the future of their children.13
9675397812Napoleon BonaparteFrench head of state from 1799 until his abdication in 1814 (and again briefly in 1815); Napoleon preserved much of the French Revolution under an autocratic system and was responsible for the spread of revolutionary ideals through his conquest of much of Europe.14
9675397813nationalismThe focusing of citizens' loyalty on the notion that they are part of a "nation" with a unique culture, territory, and destiny; first became a prominent element of political culture in the nineteenth century.15
9675397814North American RevolutionSuccessful rebellion conducted by the colonists of parts of North America (not Canada) against British rule (1775-1787); a conservative revolution whose success assured property rights but established republican government in place of monarchy.16
9675397815petit blancsThe "little" (or poor) white population of Saint Domingue, which played a significant role in the Haitian Revolution.17
9675397816Seneca Falls ConferenceThe first organized women's rights conference, which took place at Seneca Falls, New York, in 1848.18
9675397817Stanton, Elizabeth CadyLeading figure of the early women's rights movement in the United States (1815-1902).19
9675397818The TerrorTerm used to describe the revolutionary violence in France in 1793-1794, when radicals under the leadership of Maximilien Robespierre executed tens of thousands of people deemed enemies of the revolution.20
9675397819Third EstateIn prerevolutionary France, the term used for the 98 percent of the population that was neither clerical nor noble, and for their representatives at the Estates General; in 1789, the Third Estate declared itself a National Assembly and launched the French Revolution.21
9675397820Tupac AmaruThe last Inca emperor; in the 1780s, a Native American rebellion against Spanish control of Peru took place in his name.22
9675397821bourgeoisieTerm that Karl Marx used to describe the owners of industrial capital; originally meant "townspeople."23
9675397822British Royal SocietyAssociation of scientists established in England in 1660 that was dedicated to the promotion of "useful knowledge."24
9675397823caudilloA military strongman who seized control of a government in nineteenth-century Latin America.25
9675397824Crimean WarMajor international conflict (1854-1856) in which British and French forces defeated Russia; the defeat prompted reforms within Russia.26
9675397825dependent developmentTerm used to describe Latin America's economic growth in the nineteenth century, which was largely financed by foreign capital and dependent on European and North American prosperity and decisions.27
9675397826Díaz, PorfirioMexican dictator from 1876 to 1911 who was eventually overthrown in a long and bloody revolution.28
9675397827The DumaThe elected representative assembly grudgingly created in Russia by Tsar Nicholas II in response to the 1905 revolution.29
9675397828Indian cotton textilesFor much of the eighteenth century, well-made and inexpensive cotton textiles from India flooded Western markets; the competition stimulated the British textile industry to industrialize, which led to the eventual destruction of the Indian textile market both in Europe and in India.30
9675397829Labour PartyBritish working-class political party established in the 1890s and dedicated to reforms and a peaceful transition to socialism, in time providing a viable alternative to the revolutionary emphasis of Marxism.31
9675397830Latin American export boomLarge-scale increase in Latin American exports (mostly raw materials and foodstuffs) to industrializing countries in the second half of the nineteenth century, made possible by major improvements in shipping; the boom mostly benefited the upper and middle classes.32
9675397831LeninPen name of Russian Bolshevik Vladimir Ulyanov (1870-1924), who was the main leader of the Russian Revolution of 1917.33
9675397832Marx, KarlThe most influential proponent of socialism, Marx (1818-1883) was a German expatriate in England who advocated working-class revolution as the key to creating an ideal communist future.34
9675397833Mexican RevolutionLong and bloody war (1911-1920) in which Mexican reformers from the middle class joined with workers and peasants to overthrow the dictator Porfirio Díaz and create a new, much more democratic political order.35
9675397834Model TThe first automobile affordable enough for a mass market; produced by American industrialist Henry Ford.36
9675397835Owens, RobertSocialist thinker and wealthy mill owner (1771-1858) who created an ideal industrial community at New Lanark, Scotland.37
9675397836Peter the GreatTsar of Russia (r. 1689-1725) who attempted a massive reform of Russian society in an effort to catch up with the states of Western Europe.38
9675397837PopulismLate-nineteenth-century American political movement that denounced corporate interests of all kinds.39
9675397838progressivismAmerican political movement in the period around 1900 that advocated reform measures to correct the ills of industrialization.40
9675397839proletariatTerm that Karl Marx used to describe the industrial working class; originally used in ancient Rome to describe the poorest part of the urban population.41
9675397840Russian Revolution of 1905Spontaneous rebellion that erupted in Russia after the country's defeat at the hands of Japan in 1905; the revolution was suppressed, but it forced the government to make substantial reforms.42
9675397841steam engineMechanical device in which the steam from heated water builds up pressure to drive a piston, rather than relying on human or animal muscle power; the introduction of the steam engine allowed a hitherto unimagined increase in productivity and made the Industrial Revolution possible.43
9675397842Abd al-Hamid IIOttoman sultan (r. 1876-1909) who accepted a reform constitution but then quickly suppressed it, ruling as a reactionary autocrat for the rest of his long reign.44
9675397843Boxer RebellionRising of Chinese militia organizations in 1900 in which large numbers of Europeans and Chinese Christians were killed.45
9675397844China, 1911The collapse of China's imperial order, officially at the hands of organized revolutionaries but for the most part under the weight of the troubles that had overwhelmed the government for the previous half-century.46
9675397845daimyoFeudal lords of Japan who retained substantial autonomy under the Tokugawa shogunate and only lost their social preeminence in the Meiji restoration.47
9675397846Hong XiuquanChinese religious leader (1814-1864) who sparked the Taiping Uprising and won millions to his unique form of Christianity, according to which he himself was the younger brother of Jesus, sent to establish a "heavenly kingdom of great peace" on earth.48
9675397847informal empireTerm commonly used to describe areas that were dominated by Western powers in the nineteenth century but that retained their own governments and a measure of independence, e.g., Latin America and China.49
9675397848Meiji restorationThe overthrow of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan in 1868, restoring power at long last to the emperor Meiji.50
9675397849Perry, MatthewU.S. navy commodore who in 1853 presented the ultimatum that led Japan to open itself to more normal relations with the outside world.51
9675397850Opium WarsTwo wars fought between Western powers and China (1839-1842 and 1856-1858) after China tried to restrict the importation of foreign goods, especially opium; China lost both wars and was forced to make major concessions.52
9675397851Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905Ending in a Japanese victory, this war established Japan as a formidable military competitor in East Asia and precipitated the Russian Revolution of 1905.53
9675397852samuraiArmed retainers of the Japanese feudal lords, famed for their martial skills and loyalty; in the Tokugawa shogunate, the samurai gradually became an administrative elite, but they did not lose their special privileges until the Meiji restoration.54
9675397853self-strengthening movementChina's program of internal reform in the 1860s and 1870s, based on vigorous application of Confucian principles and limited borrowing from the West.55
9675397854Selim IIIOttoman sultan (r. 1789-1807) who attempted significant reforms of his empire, including the implementation of new military and administrative structures.56
9675397855"sick man of Europe, the"Western Europe's unkind nickname for the Ottoman Empire in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a name based on the sultans' inability to prevent Western takeover of many regions and to deal with internal problems; it fails to recognize serious reform efforts in the Ottoman state during this period.57
9675397856Social DarwinismAn application of the concept of "survival of the fittest" to human history in the nineteenth century. (NOT from Darwin - its from Herbert Spencer).58
9675397857Taiping UprisingMassive Chinese rebellion that devastated much of the country between 1850 and 1864; it was based on the millenarian teachings of Hong Xiuquan.59
9675397858Tanzimat reformsImportant reform measures undertaken in the Ottoman Empire beginning in 1839; the term "Tanzimat" means "reorgani-zation."60
9675397859Tokugawa shogunateRulers of Japan from 1600 to 1868.61
9675397860Unequal treatiesSeries of nineteenth-century treaties in which China made major concessions to Western powers.62
9675397861Young OttomansGroup of would-be reformers in the mid-nineteenth-century Ottoman Empire that included lower-level officials, military officers, and writers; they urged the extension of Westernizing reforms to the political system.63
9675397862Young TurksMovement of Turkish military and civilian elites that developed ca. 1900, eventually bringing down the Ottoman Empire.64
9675397863Africanization of ChristianityProcess that occurred in non-Muslim Africa, where millions who were converted to Christianity sought to maintain older traditions alongside new Christian ideas; many converts continued using protective charms and medicines and consulting local medicine men, and many continued to believe in their old gods and spirits.65
9675397864apartheidAfrikaans term literally meaning "aparthood"; the system that developed in South Africa of strictly limiting the social and political integration of whites and blacks.66
9675397865Blyden, EdwardProminent West African scholar and political leader (1832-1912) who argued that each civilization, including that of Africa, has its own unique contribution to make to the world.67
9675397866cash-crop agricultureAgricultural production, often on a large scale, of crops for sale in the market, rather than for consumption by the farmers themselves.68
9675397867colonial racismA pattern of European racism in their Asian and African colonies that created a great racial divide between Europeans and the natives, and limited native access to education and the civil service, based especially on pseudo-scientific notions of naturally superior and inferior races.69
9675397868colonial tribalismA European tendency, especially in African colonies, to identify and sometimes invent distinct "tribes" that had often not existed before, reinforcing European notions that African societies were primitive.70
9675397869Congo Free State/Leopold IIWas the king of Belgium from 1865 to 1909; his rule as private owner of the Congo Free State during much of that time is typically held up as the worst abuse of Europe's second wave of colonization, resulting as it did in millions of deaths.71
9675397870cultivation systemSystem of forced labor used in the Netherlands East Indies in the nineteenth century; peasants were required to cultivate at least 20 percent of their land in cash crops, such as sugar or coffee, for sale at low and fixed prices to government contractors, who then earned enormous profits from further sale of the crops.72
9675397871Indian Rebellion, 1857-1858Massive uprising of much of India against British rule; also called the Indian Mutiny or the Sepoy Mutiny from the fact that the rebellion first broke out among Indian troops in British employ.73
9675397872scramble for AfricaName used for the process of the European countries' partition of the continent of Africa between themselves in the period 1875-1900.74
9675397873Vivekananda, SwamiLeading religious figure of nineteenth-century India (1863-1902); advocate of a revived Hinduism and its mission to reach out to the spiritually impoverished West.75
9675397874Western-educated eliteThe main beneficiaries in Asian and African lands colonized by Western powers; schooled in the imperial power's language and practices, they moved into their country's professional classes but ultimately led anticolonial movements as they grew discouraged by their inability to win equal status to the colonizers.76

AP Biology Chapter 4 Flashcards

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7509468660Hydroxyl Group-is polar due to electronegative oxygen. -forms hydrogen bonds with water, helping dissolve compounds such as sugars. -compound name: alcohol (specific name usually ends in -ol)0
7509468661Carbonyl Group-sugars with ketone groups are called ketoses; those with aldehydes are called aldoses. -compound name: ketone (carbonyl group is within a carbon skeleton) or aldehyde (carbonyl group is at the end of a carbon skeleton)1
7509468662Carboxyl Group-acts as an acid (can donate H+) because the covalent bond between oxygen and hydrogen is so polar. -compound name: carboxylic acid, or organic acid2
7509468663Amino Group-acts as a base; can pick up an H+ from the surrounding solution (water, in living organisms) -compound name: amine3
7509468664Sulfhydryl Group-two--SH groups can react, forming a "cross-link" that helps stabilize protein structure. -hair protein cross-links maintain the straightness or curliness of hair; in hair salons, permanent treatments break cross-links, then re-form them while the hair is in the desired shape. -compound name: thiol4
7509468665Phosphate Group-contributes negative charge (1 - when positioned inside a chain of phosphates; 2 - when at the end) -when attached, confers on a molecule the ability to react with water, releasing energy. -compound name: organic phosphate5
7509468666Methyl Group-affects the expression of genes when on DNA or on proteins bound to DNA. -affects the shape and function of male and female sex hormones. -compound name: methylated compound6
7509468667Hydrocarbons-molecules with H and C -not in most living things -a component of macromolecules (such as lipids) -nonpolar -release large amounts of energy when involved in reactions7
7509468668Isomers-compounds with the same molecular formula but different structures and proteins8
7509468669Types of Isomers-structural -cis-trans -enantiomers9
7509468670Structural Isomers-isomers that have different covalent arrangements of their atoms... aka same structure different arrangement10
7509468671Cis-Trans Isomers-isomers that have the same covalent bonds but differ in spatial arrangements... aka same formula, different positioning around a double bond11
7509468672Enantiomers-same formula, mirror image positioning around a central carbon -biological systems tend to use only one of any two of this form -all cells use D-sugars, and L-amino acids12
7509468673Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP)-the potential to react with water, a reaction that releases energy to be used by the cell13
7509468674Functional Groups-the components of organic molecules that are most commonly involved in chemical reactions14

AP Biology Meiosis - Live Flashcards

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9767839796crossing overProcess in which homologous chromosomes exchange portions of their chromatids during meiosis.0
9767839797geneA discrete unit of hereditary information consisting of a specific nucleotide sequence in DNA (or RNA, in some viruses). Codes for RNA, polypeptides, and proteins1
9767839798synapsisPairing of homologous chromosomes. homologous chromosomes loosely pair up -align gene by gene -get together with homologous pair2
9767839799X chromosomeThe sex chromosome found in both men and women. Females have two X chromosomes; males have one. An X chromosome from each parent produces a female child.3
9767839800Y chromosomeThe sex chromosome found only in males. When paired with an X chromosome from the mother, it produces a male child4
9767839801genetic recombinationthe regrouping of genes in an offspring that results in a genetic makeup that is different from that of the parents5
9767839802haploidA cell with only one copy of each chromosome.gamete -contains a single set of chromosomes -n6
9767839803diploidA cell with two copies of each chromosome.has two sets of chromosomes -human # is 46 -2n7
9767839804karyotypeMicrograph of the complete diploid set of chromosomes grouped together in pairs, arranged in order of decreasing size8
9767839805genomeconsists of all the DNA in a cell -holds specific genetic traits9
9767839806somatic cellhave two sets of chromosomes -go through mitosis -nonreproductive body cells10
9767839807gametehave half as many chromosomes as somatic cells -go through meiosis -reproductive cells11
9767839808homologous chromosome2 chromosomes in each pair -same length and shape -carry genes controlling the same inherited characters12
9767839809fertilizationthe union of gametes (sperm and egg)13
9767839810zygotefertilized egg -one set of chromosomes from each parent -diploid cell produces somatic cells by mitosis14
9767839811prophase Ioccupies more than 90% of the time required for meiosis -chromosomes condense -synapse and crossing over -tetrads and chiasmata15
9767839812meiosisthe production of gamete cells16
9767839814sister chromatidthe two chromosomes that make up a matched pair in a diploid cell17
9767839815sex chromosomea chromosome that determines whether on individual is a male or female18
9767839816autosomea chromosome not directly involved in determining the sex of an organism19
9767839817sexualthe fusion of gametes20
9767839818asexualnot involving the fusion of gametes.21
9767839820variationa change or difference in condition, amount, or level, typically with certain limits.22
9767839821random fertilizationsource of genetic variation caused by the unlimited number of possible sperm & egg combinations23

AP Psychology - Sensation and Perception Flashcards

Advanced Placement Psychology
Enterprise High School, Redding, CA
All terms from Myers Psychology for AP (BFW Worth, 2011)

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6184401716sensationthe process by which our sensory receptors and nervous system receive and represent stimulus energies from our environment.0
6184401717perceptionthe process of organizing and interpreting sensory information, enabling us to recognize meaningful objects and events.1
6184401718bottom-up processinganalysis that begins with the sensory receptors and works up to the brain's integration of sensory information.2
6184401719top-down processinginformation processing guided by higher-level mental processes, as when we construct perceptions drawing on our experience and expectations.3
6184401720selective attentionthe focusing of conscious awareness on a particular stimulus.4
6184401721inattentional blindnessfailing to see visible objects when our attention is directed elsewhere.5
6184401722change blindnessfailing to notice changes in the environment.6
6184401723absolute thresholdthe minimum stimulation needed to detect a particular stimulus 50 percent of the time.7
6184401724signal detection theorya theory predicting how and when we detect the presence of a faint stimulus (signal) amid background stimulation (noise). Assumes there is no single absolute threshold and that detection depends partly on a person's experience, expectations, motivation, and alertness.8
6184401725difference thresholdthe minimum difference between two stimuli required for detection 50 percent of the time. Also called the just noticeable difference (jnd).9
6184401726Weber's lawthe principle that, to be perceived as different, two stimuli must differ by a constant percentage (rather than a constant amount).10
6184401727sensory adaptationdiminished sensitivity as a consequence of constant stimulation.11
6184401728transductionconversion of one form of energy into another. In sensation, the transforming of stimulus energies, such as sights, sounds, and smells, into neural impulses our brains can interpret.12
6184401729pupilthe adjustable opening in the center of the eye through which light enters.13
6184401730irisa ring of muscle tissue that forms the colored portion of the eye around the pupil and controls the size of the pupil opening.14
6184401731lensthe transparent structure behind the pupil that changes shape to help focus images on the retina.15
6184401732retinathe light-sensitive inner surface of the eye, containing the receptor rods and cones plus layers of neurons that begin the processing of visual information.16
6184401733rodsretinal receptors that detect black, white, and gray; necessary for peripheral and twilight vision, when cones don't respond.17
6184401734conesretinal receptor cells that are concentrated near the center of the retina and that function in daylight or in well-lit conditions. These detect fine detail and give rise to color sensations.18
6184401735optic nervethe nerve that carries neural impulses from the eye to the brain.19
6184401736blind spotthe point at which the optic nerve leaves the eye and no receptor cells are located there.20
6184401737foveathe central focal point in the retina, around which the eye's cones cluster.21
6184401738feature detectorsnerve cells in the brain that respond to specific features of the stimulus, such as shape, angle, or movement.22
6184401739parallel processingthe processing of many aspects of a problem simultaneously; the brain's natural mode of information processing for many functions, including vision. Contrasts with the step-by-step (serial) processing of most computers and of conscious problem solving.23
6184401740Young-Helmholtz trichromatic (three-color) theorythe theory that the retina contains three different color receptors—one most sensitive to red, one to green, one to blue—which, when stimulated in combination, can produce the perception of any color.24
6184401741opponent-process theorythe theory that opposing retinal processes (red-green, yellow-blue, white-black) enable color vision. For example, some cells are stimulated by green and inhibited by red; others are stimulated by red and inhibited by green.25
6184401742frequencythe number of complete wavelengths that pass a point in a given time (for example, per second).26
6184401743pitcha tone's experienced highness or lowness; depends on frequency.27
6184401744middle earthe chamber between the eardrum and cochlea containing three tiny bones (hammer, anvil, and stirrup) that concentrate the vibrations of the eardrum on the cochlea's oval window.28
6184401745cochleaa coiled, bony, fluid-filled tube in the inner ear through which sound waves trigger nerve impulses29
6184401746inner earthe innermost part of the ear, containing the cochlea, semicircular canals, and vestibular sacs.30
6184401747place theoryin hearing, the theory that links the pitch we hear with the place where the cochlea's membrane is stimulated.31
6184401748frequency theoryin hearing, the theory that the rate of nerve impulses traveling up the auditory nerve matches the frequency of a tone, thus enabling us to sense its pitch.32
6184401749kinesthesisthe system for sensing the position and movement of individual body parts.33
6184401750vestibular sensethe sense of body movement and position, including the sense of balance.34
6184401751gate-control theorythe theory that the spinal cord contains a neurological "gate" that blocks pain signals or allows them to pass on to the brain. The "gate" is opened by the activity of pain signals traveling up small nerve fibers and is closed by activity in larger fibers or by information coming from the brain.35
6184401752sensory interactionthe principle that one sense may influence another, as when the smell of food influences its taste.36
6184401753Gestaltan organized whole. These type of psychologists emphasized our tendency to integrate pieces of information into meaningful wholes37
6184401754figure-groundthe organization of the visual field into objects (the figures) that stand out from their surroundings (the ground).38
6184401755groupingthe perceptual tendency to organize stimuli into coherent groups.39
6184401756depth perceptionthe ability to see objects in three dimensions although the images that strike the retina are two-dimensional; allows us to judge distance.40
6184401757visual cliffa laboratory device for testing depth perception in infants and young animals.41
6184401758binocular cuesdepth cues, such as retinal disparity, that depend on the use of two eyes.42
6184401759retinal disparitya binocular cue for perceiving depth by comparing images from the retinas in the two eyes, the brain computes distance—the greater the disparity (difference) between the two images, the closer the object.43
6184401760monocular cuesdepth cues, such as interposition and linear perspective, available to either eye alone.44
6184401761phi phenomenonan illusion of movement created when two or more adjacent lights blink on and off in quick succession.45
6184401762perceptual constancyperceiving objects as unchanging (having consistent shapes, size, lightness, and color) even as illumination and retinal images change.46
6184401763color constancyperceiving familiar objects as having consistent color, even if changing illumination alters the wavelengths reflected by the object.47
6184401764perceptual adaptationin vision, the ability to adjust to an artificially displaced or even inverted visual field.48
6184401765perceptual seta mental predisposition to perceive one thing and not another.49
6184401766extrasensory perception (ESP)the controversial claim that perception can occur apart from sensory input; includes telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition.50
6184401767parapsychologythe study of paranormal phenomena, including ESP and psychokinesis.51

AP Macro Unit 1 Flashcards

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7456590655scarcitythe basic economic problem; it is a lack of needed or wanted resources relative to the demand for the resources.0
7456590657rational self-interestindividuals pursue actions that will enable them to achieve their greatest satisfaction1
7456590658opportunity costthe thing you give up when you make any choice- it is the NEXT best option2
7456590659marginal analysiscomparisons of costs and benefits of creating one additional unit- or doing something one more time3
7456590660ceteris paribusother-things equal assumption; assumes that all other variables except those under immediate consideration are held constant4
7456590661microeconomicslooks at specific economic units such as businesses and consumer behavior5
7456590662macroeconomicsStudy of economics at the national level, total output, unemployment, inflation6
7456590663positive economicsstates economics by facts,avoiding value judgements7
7456590664normative economicsincorporates value judgements8
7456590665utilitythe pleasure, happiness, or satisfaction obtained from consuming a good or service.9
7456590666factors of productionLand, Labor, Capital, and Entrepreneurship10
7456590667command economy (socialism, communism)system that relies on public ownership of resources and the use of central planning; government makes most economic decisions11
7456590668market economyprivate ownership of resources; markets and prices coordinate economic activity; government plays a role in the economy by providing rules, enforcing contracts, providing public goods12
7456590669specializationan individual, business, or nation chose to produce whatever provides the most utility13
7456590670consumer goodsgoods made for direct consumption14
7456590671trade-offsall possible options15
7456590672PPC shifterschange in resource availability, change in technology or productivity,16
7456590673production possibilities curvea model showing the trade-offs between two economic choices; illustrates the concept of opportunity cost17
7456590674Mixed EconomyMarket-based economic system with limited government involvement18
7456590676Interest rateThe % that a saver is paid OR the cost of borrowing19
7456590680Capital goodsCapital goods are things used to make other goods or services20

AP Government: Elections and Campaigns Flashcards

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5486373989Incumbentcurrently holding an office0
5486373990Coattailsthe alleged tendency of candidates to win more votes in an election because of the presence at the top of the ticket of a better-known candidate, such as the president1
5486373991Front-Loaded Campaigncampaigning heavily in the early primaries (usually if the candidate is relatively unknown)2
5486373992General Electiona national or state election3
5486373993Blanket PrimaryRegistered voters may vote for candidates from either party on the same primary ballot4
5486373994Runoff Primarya second primary election held when no candidate wins a majority of the votes in the first primary5
5486373995White Primarythe practice of keeping blacks from voting in the southern states' primaries through arbitrary use of registration requirements and intimidation6
5486373996Federal Election Campaign Act (1974)A law passed for reforming campaign finance that created the FEC, provided public financing for primaries and general elections, limited presidential campaign spending, required disclosure, and attempted to limit contributions.7
5486373997Federal Election Commission (FEC)A commission created by the 1974 amendments to the Federal Election Campaign Act to administer election reform laws. It consists of six commissioners appointed by president and confirmed by the Senate. Its duties include overseeing disclosure of campaign finance information and public funding of presidential elections, and enforcing contribution limits.8
5486373998Hard MoneyPolitical contributions given to a party, candidate, or interest group that are limited in amount and fully disclosed.9
5486373999Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (2002)Banned soft money contributions to national political parties from corporations and unions; independent expenditures by corporations, labor unions, trade associations, and nonprofit organizations are sharply restricted.10
5486374000527'screated to influence the nomination, election, appointment or defeat of candidates for public office - permitted to accept contributions in any amount from any source. No Limits. Tax-exempted11
5486374001Split Ticket VotingCasting votes for candidates of one's own party and for candidates of opposing parties, e.g., voting for a Republican presidential candidate and a Democratic congressional candidate.12
5486374002Straight Ticket VotingVoting for candidates all of the same party on the same ballot-creates the coattail effect13
5486374003Super TuesdayDay when several states hold their presidential primaries (usually the second Tuesday in March)14
5486374004Bush v. Gore (2000)The court ruled that manual recounts of presidential ballots in the Nov. 2000 election could not proceed because inconsistent evaluation standards in different counties violated the equal protection clause, 14th Amendment. In effect, the ruling meant Bush would win the election.15
5486374005McConnell v. FEC (2003)Upheld the constitutionality of most of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002, but exempted non-profits that didn't coordinate with campaigns16

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8040965899compact stateapproximately equidistant from the center of the country0
8040976933elongated stateat least twice as long as they are wide1
8040988293fragmented statein pieces that are not attached to each other2
8292537961perforated statean entire state completely inside of its borders3
8292545222prorupted statehas a protrusion expanding out from its main base4

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