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| 5342956516 | embellish | to make beautiful by ornamenting; to decorate |  | 0 |
| 5342956517 | florid | describing flowery or elaborate speech |  | 1 |
| 5342959156 | opulent | exhibiting a display of great wealth |  | 2 |
| 5342959157 | ornate | elaborately decorated |  | 3 |
| 5342961727 | ostentatious | describing a showy or pretentious display |  | 4 |
| 5342961728 | poignant | profoundly moving; touching |  | 5 |
| 3646097261 | Absurdity | could never happen but does Ex. you'll never die I will one day become the queen of the world | 0 | |
| 3646130060 | Allegory | a literary work in which characters, objects, or actions represent abstractions Ex. The book The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (the lion is God and the whiney kid is Judas) The book Animal farm | 1 | |
| 3646134877 | Ambiguity | the multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage Ex.- Wearing red pajamas, I rode the horse Each of us saw her duck | 2 | |
| 3646141599 | Burlesque | a form of low comedy that mocks a broad topic in a vulgar way Ex.- Alexander Pope's "The Rape of Lock", striptease or stage entertainment | 3 | |
| 3646148124 | Caricature | drawing, imitation, or description that ridiculously exaggerates peculiarities or defects |  | 4 |
| 3884682100 | diatribe | an abusive, condemnatory speech Ex.- "For Hamlet and the trifling of his favor,/Hold it a fashion and a toy in blood,/A violet in the youth of primy nature,/ Forward, not permanent, sweet, not lasting." Anton Chekov's Cherry Orchard | 5 | |
| 3884690384 | double entendre | a statement that has two meanings, one of which is dirty or vulgar Ex.-James Bond character Pussy Galore in Goldfinger "Tis no less [a good day], I tell you; for the bawdy hand of the dial is now upon the prick of noon"- Romeo and Juliet | 6 | |
| 3884701363 | ethos | the appeal of a text to the credibility and character of the speaker, writer, or narrator Ex.- "Doctors all over the world recommend this type of treatment." TV commercials with people wearing white coats makes them look more credible | 7 | |
| 3884712364 | Horatian satire | named after the poet Horace and is characterized by good-nature, tolerant sense of humor about human folly. It tells the truth with a simile | 8 | |
| 3884737680 | hyperbole | a figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor Ex.- "I've told you a million times" "I have a ton of homework" | 9 | |
| 3886399647 | incongruity | out of place or absurd in relation to setting Ex.- a clown at a funeral |  | 10 |
| 3886423275 | innuendo | a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a derogatory sense) Ex.- That's what she said |  | 11 |
| 3886430227 | invective | abusive or venomous language used to express balm or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will Ex.- You are meaningless |  | 12 |
| 3886437790 | inversion | the reversal of the normal order of words Ex.-the soldier strong, worlds between | 13 | |
| 3886443227 | irony | incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs Ex.- A closed sign on an always open store |  | 14 |
| 3886454223 | Juvenalian staire | after the Roman satirist Juvenal; formal satire in which the speaker attacks vice and error with contempt and indignation Juvenalian satire in its realism and its harshness is in string contrast to Horatian satire Ex.- not humorous | 15 | |
| 3886487246 | juxtaposition | place two or more things together in order to suggest an (ironic) link between them or emphasize a contrast Ex.- Beauty and ugly Right and wrong | 16 | |
| 3886496144 | logos | an appeal based on logic or reason Ex.- Inductive and deductive reasoning |  | 17 |
| 3886499036 | metaphor | comparison of two unlike things using the verb "to be" and not using like or as in a simile Ex.- She drowned in her sorrows You are the light of my life | 18 | |
| 3886507954 | mock heroic | of or pertaining to a form of satire in which trivial subjects, characters, and events are treated in the ceremonious manner and with the elevated language and elaborate devices characteristic of the heroic style Ex.- In Shrek, Shrek becomes the hero and makes the lovely princess, Fiona, fall in love with him. Ironically, we find out later that Fiona is an ogre at heart herself |  | 19 |
| 3886597036 | oxymoron | conjoining contradictory terms (as in 'deafening silence') Ex.- living dead Hell's Angels | 20 | |
| 3886606359 | parable | a simple story that illustrates a moral or religious lesson Ex.- The Good Samaritan Noah's Arch | 21 | |
| 3886630649 | paranomasia | a form of pun in which words similar in sound, but with different meaning, are used for humorous or rhetorical effect. This is not a slip of the tongue, but is an intentional use Ex.-Not I, believe me. You have dancing shoes with nimble soles; I have a soul of.." |  | 22 |
| 3886651724 | parody | an artistic work that imitates the style of another work for comedic effect Ex.- I Saw You Scream Last Friday the 13th on Elm Street |  | 23 |
| 3886741783 | pathos | the quality in a work that promotes the reader to feel pity Ex.- sad lil pups |  | 24 |
| 3886749776 | pun | a humorous play on words Ex.- What do you call a sleep waking nun? A Roaming Catholic |  | 25 |
| 3886751654 | reversal | presented in opposite or reverse order as expected Ex.- a son taking care of his mother someone dropping out an election | 26 | |
| 3886786860 | satire | language or writing that exposes follies or abuses by holding them up to ridicule Ex.- Weekend Update from SNL The Daily Show | 27 | |
| 3886792661 | simile | a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, as in Ex.- "she is like a rose" "She' as pretty as a peach" | 28 | |
| 3886802332 | slapstick | a boisterous comedy that chases and collisions and practical jokes Ex.- someone slipping on a banana peel |  | 29 |
| 3886808908 | travesty | copy or example of something that completely misrepresents the true nature of the real thing; comical; parody or imitation; treatment aimed at making something appear ridiculous: Ex- travesty vs. justice | 30 | |
| 3886831539 | understatement | the opposite of exaggeration. It is a technique for developing irony and/or humor where one writes or says less than intended Ex.- "Its a bit cold today" when its -5 degrees out "Deserts are hot and dry" | 31 | |
| 3886847117 | zeugma | the use of a word to modify or govern two or more words when it is appropriate to only one of them or is appropriate to each but in a different way, as in to Ex. wage war and peace or on his fishing trip he caught three trout and a cold | 32 |
| 3372287216 | Rise of Islam | 622CE | 0 | |
| 3372287217 | Mongol empire/Pax Mongolia | 1200-1368CE | 1 | |
| 3372287218 | Crusades | 1095-1300CE | 2 | |
| 3372287219 | Neoconfucianism | 900CE | 3 | |
| 3372287220 | Black Death in Europe | 1350CE | 4 | |
| 3372287221 | Fall of the Western Roman Empire | 476CE | 5 | |
| 3372287222 | Constantine converts to Christianity/ Rome's Capitol moves to Constantinople | 320CE | 6 | |
| 3372287223 | Trans-Saharan trade/ intro of the camel | 300CE | 7 | |
| 3372287224 | Christianity | 30CE | 8 | |
| 3372287225 | Silk Road trade | 100BCE | 9 | |
| 3372287226 | Buddhism | 500BCE | 10 | |
| 3372287227 | Confucianism | 500BCE | 11 | |
| 3372287228 | Indian Ocean Trade | 600BCE | 12 | |
| 3372287229 | Zoroastrianism | 1200BCE | 13 | |
| 3372287230 | Hinduism | 2000BCE | 14 | |
| 3372287231 | Judaism | 2000BCE | 15 | |
| 3372287232 | Neolithic Revolution | 8000BCE | 16 | |
| 3693871625 | Ottoman Empire | 1300-1920CE | 17 | |
| 3693871626 | Zheng He's voyages | 1405-1433CE | 18 | |
| 3693871627 | Columbus' voyage of discovery, start of columbian exchange | 1492CE | 19 | |
| 3693871628 | Trans-Atlantic slave trade | 1500-1850CE | 20 | |
| 3693871629 | Protestant reformation | 1520CE | 21 | |
| 3693871630 | Closed country edict of Japan | 1635CE | 22 | |
| 3693871631 | Peter the Great's reforms | 1700CE | 23 | |
| 4037364650 | Industrial revolt starts in Great Britain | 1750 | 24 | |
| 4037364651 | American Revolution/ start of Atlantic revolution | 1776 | 25 | |
| 4037364652 | End of Trans-Atlantic slave trade | 1807 | 26 | |
| 4037364653 | Opium wars begin | 1839 | 27 | |
| 4037364654 | Meiji Restoration begins | 1868 | 28 | |
| 4037364655 | Berlin conference (imperialism in Africa) | 1885 | 29 | |
| 4037364656 | Abolition of slavery in Brazil (last nation to abolish in Atlantic system) | 1888 | 30 | |
| 4144506855 | World War 1 | 1914-1918 | 31 | |
| 4144506856 | Stock market crash/start of global depression | 1929 | 32 | |
| 4144506857 | World War 2 | 1939-1945 | 33 | |
| 4144506858 | Cold War | 1945-1991 | 34 | |
| 4144506859 | Independence and partition of India (start of decolonization) | 1947 | 35 | |
| 4144506860 | Decolonization | 1950-1970 | 36 | |
| 4144506861 | China becomes communist | 1949 | 37 |
| 5233410182 | Epidemiological transition | distinctive causes of death in each stage of the demographic transition | 0 | |
| 5233410183 | pronatalism | Policies the provide incentives for women to have children, typically in countries where population is declining | 1 | |
| 5233410184 | Antinatalism | Policies that encourage couples to limit the number of children they have | 2 | |
| 5233410185 | neomalthusians | believe population growth to be a problem and provide the foundation for many antinatalist population policies | 3 | |
| 5233410186 | Population agglomeration | a process involving the clustering or concentrating of people | 4 | |
| 5236387815 | cornucopians | Individuals that believe that with increasing opportunities for innovation | 5 | |
| 5236387816 | demographic transistion | The process of change in a society's population from a condition of high crude birth and death rates, low rate of natural increase, and a higher total population | 6 |
| 2915478172 | Abstraction | An abstraction uses a broad term that paints different pictures in each person's mind: "Shes beautiful," instead of telling us what the artists sees, leaving the appearance ambiguous. | 0 | |
| 2915492545 | Allegory | A story illustrating an ideal or a moral principle in which objects take on symbolic meanings. Example Wall-E - An allegory to save the Earth. | 1 | |
| 2915511382 | Alliteration | Used for poetic affect, a repetition of the initial sounds of several words in a group. Example, Good as gold; the first and last word start with the same consonant. | 2 | |
| 2915535254 | Allusion | A reference in one literary work to a character or theme found in another literary work. "He was a real Romeo with the ladies." Romeo was a character in Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet, and was very romantic in expressing his love for Juliet. | 3 | |
| 2915548212 | Ambiguity | A statement which can contain two or more meanings. A good life depends on a liver - Liver may be an organ or simply a living person | 4 | |
| 2915570255 | Anachronism | Is derived from a Greek word anachronus which means "against time". Therefore is an error of chronology or timeline in a literary piece. The 1998 movie Titanic employs anachronism when the central character, Jack, mentions his activity of ice-fishing on Wissota, a lake near Chippewa Falls, in Wisconsin, U.S.A. The lake is manmade and was created about 5 years after the Titanic tragedy took place. | 5 | |
| 2915591900 | Analogy | A comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification. I feel like a fish out of water. This implies that you are not comfortable in your surroundings. | 6 | |
| 2915611050 | Anaphora | A rhetorical device that consist on repeating a sequence of words at the beginning of neighboring clauses, thereby leading them emphasis. " I have a dream" speech | 7 | |
| 2915626267 | Anecdote | A very short tale told by a character in a literary work. High school students go around the classroom telling their favorite memories from elementary school. | 8 | |
| 2915636119 | Antagonist | A person of force which opposes the protagonist in a literary work. The manager in heart of darkness. | 9 |
| 5316048971 | two paired arteries that serve the brain | internal carotid and vertebral | 0 | |
| 5316053145 | first artery that branches off ascending aorta | coronary artery | 1 | |
| 5316058413 | two arteries formed by division of brachiocephalic trunk | common carotid and subclavian | 2 | |
| 5316062450 | artery that auscultates to determine blood pressure or arm | brachial artery | 3 | |
| 5316064536 | artery that supplies 1/2 of small intestine | inferior mesenteric | 4 | |
| 5316069581 | major artery serving arm | brachial | 5 | |
| 5316072142 | artery supplies most of small intestine | superior mesenteric | 6 | |
| 5316074897 | 3 branches that supply liver spleen and stomach | celiac trunk | 7 | |
| 5316078843 | vein that drains blood from myocardium to coronary sinus | cardiac veins | 8 | |
| 5316080775 | vein that drains kidney | renal vein | 9 | |
| 5316085350 | 2 veins join together to form sup. vena cava | brachicephalic | 10 | |
| 5316090173 | lag. vein carries nutrient rich blood from digestive organs to liver or processing | hepatic portal | 11 | |
| 5316093089 | vein that drains lateral aspect of arm | cephalic | 12 | |
| 5316095254 | vein that drains ovaries/ testes | gonadal | 13 | |
| 5316098586 | vein that drains thorax and empties into sup. vena cava | axygos vein | 14 | |
| 5316100778 | vein that drains liver | hepatic vein | 15 | |
| 5316102852 | longest vein in body found in leg | great saphaneous vein | 16 |
| 5439760015 | Habit | Repetitive act an individual performs | 0 | |
| 5439765343 | Customs | Repetitive acts as a group | 1 | |
| 5439767250 | Folk culture | Traditionally practiced by small homogeneous groups in an isolated area | 2 | |
| 5439770362 | Popular culture | Most in MDC's heterogeneous society sharing habits, due to industry and more leisure time | 3 | |
| 5439775152 | Terroir | Affect the local environment has on foods | 4 | |
| 5439779081 | Taboo | Restricted behavior determined by social customs | 5 | |
| 5439803429 | Globalization | A process of interaction and integration among people | 6 | |
| 5439809001 | Cultural hearth | Civilizations that have cultural influence around the world | 7 |
| 5102430277 | Clavicle | Medial clue- sternal end (flat) Lateral- acromial end Distal- conoid tubercule | 0 | |
| 5102449156 | Scapula | Medial- Medial border (ridge) Lateral- acromion at top Posterior- spine in middle area R/L- acromion should face laterally anterior | 1 | |
| 5102488494 | Humerus | Medial- head of humerus, proximal, round and smooth posterior bumpy anterior Lateral- lateral epicondyle (distal end), lateral to olecranon fossa Anterior/Posterior- olecranon fossa (one indent in posterior, two in anterior) R/L- | 2 | |
| 5102526781 | Radius | Medial- radial tuberosity (proximal end) Lateral- Radial styloid process (distal, v shaped) Anterior/Posterior- head (much more plat on posterior) R/L | 3 | |
| 5102995814 | Ulna | Medial- Olecranon (sticks up, curves in on anterior) Lateral- head (distal Anterior/Posterior-- Olecranon R/L- ulnar styloid (right distal on right, left distal left) | 4 | |
| 5103020733 | Ilium, pubis, ischium | Medial- side without acetabulum Lateral- acetabulum (where femur inserts) Anterior/Posterior- posterior iliac spine (rough proximal R/L- iliac crest should face outward | 5 | |
| 5103057812 | Femur | Medial- fovea capitis (little notch on proximal anterior0 Lateral- lateral condyle (outward smooth area on posterior) Anterior/Posterior- patellar surface smooth distal end R/L- head | 6 | |
| 5103083093 | Tibia | Medial- more defined ridge medial condyle (proximal jut) Lateral- lateral condyle (proximal near curve in) Anterior/Posterior- articular surface of lateral condyle (curved indent posterior) R/L- medial malleolus (on distal end sticks inward | 7 | |
| 5103127628 | Fibula | Medial- head Lateral- lateral mellolus (distal end) Anterior/Posterior- head (has indent on posterior) R/L- lateral malleolus sticks outward anterior | 8 |
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