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| Current Events: Important Events: Occupy Wall Street |
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| The main issues were social and economic inequality, greed, corruption and perceived influence of corporations on government. (Financial sector) The protesters were forced out of Zuccotti Park on November 15, 2011. After several unsuccessful attempts to re-occupy the original location, protesters turned their focus to occupying banks, corporate headquarters, board meetings, foreclosed homes, and college and university campuses. |
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| Current Events: Important Events: Detroit |
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| The state governor declared a financial emergency in March 2013, appointing an emergency manager. On July 18, 2013, Detroit filed the largest municipal bankruptcy case in U.S. history.[19] It was declared bankrupt by Judge Steven W. Rhodes of the Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan on December 3, who cited its $18.5 billion debt and declared that negotiations with its thousands of creditors were unfeasible |
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| Current Events: Places: Ferguson, Missouri |
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| On Saturday, August 9, 2014, an unarmed 18-year-old male, Michael Brown, was fatally shot by Darren Wilson, a Ferguson police officer.[11][12] The incident sparked protests and acts of vandalism in Ferguson as well as worldwide calls for an investigation into the incident |
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| Current Events: People: Prime Minister Canada |
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| Current Events: People: US President |
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| Current Events: People: US Ambassador Libya 2012 |
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| Chris Stevens, killed in Benghazi attack |
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| Current Events: People: Nelson Mandela |
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| Died December 2013. Served as South Africa President. Served 27 years in prison, love of humanity, won Nobel Peace Prize |
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| Current Events: People: Pope Francis |
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| pope of the Catholic Church, in which capacity he is Bishop of Rome and absolute Sovereign of the Vatican City State, took over in 2013 |
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| Current Events: People: Osama bin Laden |
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| On May 2, 2011, bin Laden was shot and killed inside a private residential compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan |
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| Current Events: People: Diane Nyad |
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| an American author, journalist, motivational speaker, and long-distance swimmer. She gained national attention in 1975 when she swam around Manhattan (28 mi) and in 1979 when she swam from North Bimini, The Bahamas, to Juno Beach, Florida (102 mi). In 2013, on her fifth attempt and at age 64, she became the first person confirmed to swim from Cuba to Florida without the aid of a shark cage. |
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| Current Events: People: Private Bradley Manning |
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| Army private convicted of leaking hundreds of thousands of classified documents to the website WikiLeaks, was sentenced to 35 years in a military prison |
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| Current Events: People: George Zimmerman |
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| an American known for fatally shooting Trayvon Martin on February 26, 2012, in Sanford, Florida. On July 13, 2013, his trial for second-degree murder and manslaughter ended in acquittal |
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| Current Events: People: Jacob Lew |
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| 76th and current United States Secretary of the Treasury |
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| Because of its high mortality rate, it is also listed as a select agent, World Health Organization Risk Group 4 Pathogen |
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| World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) that is concerned with international public health |
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Economic Systems:
Socialistic Countries |
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Government owns major corporations. Denmark
Finland
Netherlands
Canada
Sweden
Norway
Ireland
New Zealand
Belgium |
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| Economic Systems: Communistic Countries |
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| a system of government where all the property is public and the government owns and controls the manufacturing and transportation industries. China, Cuba, Laos, Vietnam. |
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| Economic Systems: Capitalistic Countries |
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| All industry is privately owned. USA, Japan, Israel |
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| Economic Systems: Marxism |
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| the political, economic, and social theories of Karl Marx including the belief that the struggle between social classes is a major force in history and that there should eventually be a society in which there are no classes |
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| Economic Factors: Monopoly |
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| exists when a specific person or enterprise is the only supplier of a particular commodity (then the company can raise the price) |
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| Economic Terms: Raw Materials |
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| basic material used in the production of goods, finished products or intermediate materials that are themselves feedstock for finished products |
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| Economic Systems: Feudalism |
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| Medieval Europe: it was a system for structuring society around relationships derived from the holding of land in exchange for service or labour |
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| Economic Systems: Nationalization |
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| the process of taking a private industry or private assets into public ownership by a national government or state |
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Indicators of bust include banks extending less credit
from lower domestic consumption activities and resulting unemployment
from fewer investments made
from less demand for imports causing companies in developing countries to have trouble paying their loans |
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| Economic Systems: Foreign Exchange Rate |
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| the rate one currency will be exchanged for another |
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| Economic Systems: Deficit |
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| an excess of expenditure or liabilities over income or assets in a given period |
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| Economic Systems: Investment |
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| putting money into an asset with the expectation of capital appreciation, dividends, and/or interest earnings |
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| Economic Systems: Net Profit |
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| the difference between the purchase price and the costs of bringing to market |
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| Economic Systems: Capital Gains |
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| a profit that results from a disposition of a capital asset, such as stock, bond or real estate, where the amount realized on the disposition exceeds the purchase price. The gain is the difference between a higher selling price and a lower purchase price |
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| Economic Systems: Sales Tax |
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| a tax paid to a governing body for the sales of certain goods and services. Usually laws allow (or require) the seller to collect funds for the tax from the consumer at the point of purchase |
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| Economic Systems: Money Slang Terms |
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| often derive from the appearance and features of banknotes or coins, their values, historical associations or the units of currency concerned. Within a single language community some of the slang terms vary across social, ethnic, economic, and geographic strata, but others have become the dominant way of referring to the currency and are regarded as mainstream, acceptable language (e.g., "buck" for a dollar |
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| is used by employers to determine the amount of tax withholding to deduct from employees' wages |
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| Economic Systems: Guarantee |
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| A formal pledge to pay another person's debt or to perform another person's obligation in the case of default |
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| Economic Systems: Simple Interest |
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| Calculated only on the principal amount, or on that portion of the principal amount that remains. |
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| US Geography: Locations and Names: Alamo |
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| located in the Rio Grade Valley what is nicknamed the "Land of Two Summers," is a town known as "The Refuge to the Valley" in the irrigated area of southern Hidalgo County, Texas. This town was incorporated in 1924, and it was named for the abundance of Alamo Cottenwood trees that grew on the land that was owned by the Alamo Land and Sugar Company |
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| US Geography: Locations and Names: Leper Colony |
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| Although leprosy, or Hansen's Disease, was never an epidemic in The United States, cases of leprosy have been reported in Louisiana as early as the 18th century. The first leprosarium in the United States existed in Carville, Louisiana from 1894-1999 and Baton Rouge, Louisiana is the home of the only institution in the United States that is exclusively devoted to leprosy consulting, research, and training |
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| US Geography: Locations and Names: Alaska Islands |
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| Approximately 2,670 named islands help to make this the largest state in the United States |
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| US Geography: Locations and Names: Louisiana Purchase |
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| was the acquisition by the United States of America in 1803 of 828,000 square miles of France's claim to the territory of Louisiana. The U.S. paid a total sum of 15 million dollars (around 4 cents per acre) |
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| US Geography: Locations and Names: Delmarva Peninsula |
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| a large peninsula on the East Coast of the United States, occupied by most of Delaware and portions of Maryland and Virginia. The peninsula is 170 miles (274 km) long. In width, it ranges from 70 miles (113 km) near its center, to 12 miles (19 km) at the isthmus on its northern edge, to less near its southern tip. It is bordered by the Chesapeake Bay on the west, the Delaware River, Delaware Bay, and the Atlantic Ocean on the east, and the Elk River and its isthmus on the north. |
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| US Geography: Rivers Seas and Oceans: Snake River |
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| a major river of the greater Pacific Northwest in the US. At 1,078 miles long, it is the largest tributary of the Columbia River, the largest North American river that empties into the Pacific Ocean. Rising in western Wyoming, the river flows through the Snake River Plain then rugged Hells Canyon and the rolling Palouse Hills to reach its mouth at the Tri-Cities of the state of Washington. Its drainage basin encompasses parts of 6 US states. The average discharge is over 54,000 cubic feet per sec. |
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| US Geography: Rivers Seas and Oceans: Lake Champlain |
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| is a natural freshwater lake in North America, located mainly within the borders of the United States (states of Vermont and New York) but partially situated across the Canada-United States border in the Canadian province of Quebec |
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| US Geography: Rivers Seas and Oceans: Rio Grande |
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| a river that flows from south central Colorado in the United States to the Gulf of Mexico. Along the way it forms part of the Mexico–United States border. 4th or 5th longest river in North America |
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| US Geography: States: New Jersey Capital |
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| US Geography: States: Settled by Dutch |
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| New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, Maryland, Deleware |
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| US Geography: States: Former Independent Countries |
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| Florida, Texas, California |
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| US Geography: US States Locations: Oregon |
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| is a state in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. It is bordered on its west by the Pacific Ocean, north by Washington, south by California, east by Idaho, and southeast by Nevada. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary, the Snake River largely its eastern. |
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| US Geography: US States Locations: Louisiana |
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| is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Louisiana is the 31st most extensive and the 25th most populous of the 50 United States. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. |
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| US Geography: US States Locations: Missouri |
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| The geography is highly varied. The northern part of the state lies in dissected till plains while the southern part lies in the Ozark Mountains (a dissected plateau), with the Missouri River dividing the two. The state lies at the intersection of the three greatest rivers of North America, with the confluence of the MS. and Missouri Rivers near St. Louis, and the confluence of the Ohio River with the MS. north of the Bootheel. Starting points for the Pony Express, Santa Fe Trail, and Oregon Trail. |
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| US History: American Colonization: Rhode Island |
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| The first of the original Thirteen Colonies to declare independence from British rule, declaring itself independent on May 4, 1776, two months before any other colony. The state was also the last of the thirteen original colonies to ratify the United States Constitution. |
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| US History: Civil War: Surrender |
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| Appomattox Court house. Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Grant on April 9, 1865. |
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| US History: Civil War: Lincoln Assassination |
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| on Good Friday, April 14, 1865, while attending the play, Our American Cousin, at Ford's Theatre as the American Civil War was drawing to a close, shot by John Wilkes Booth |
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| US History: People and Quotes: Dred Scott |
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| an enslaved African American man in the United States who unsuccessfully sued for his freedom and that of his wife and their two daughters |
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| US History: People and Quotes: Ronald Reagan |
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Definition
| "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" "I want you to know also I will not make age an issue of this campaign. I am not going to exploit for political purposes my opponent's youth and inexperience.”(To Mondale at a debate) "There you go again." (to Carter in a debate)"If you're explaining, you're losing.""A recession is when your neighbor loses his job. A depression is when you lose yours. And recovery is when Jimmy Carter loses his.""I hope you're all Republicans." (to surgeons after his assassination attempt) |
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| US History: People and Quotes: Thomas Jefferson |
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| “On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock.” |
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| US History: People and Quotes: Neil Armstrong |
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| "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." |
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| US History: People and Quotes: Alexander Graham Bell |
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“Mr. Watson — Come here — I want to see you.
[First intelligible words spoken over the telephone]” |
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| US History: People and Quotes: John Wiles Booth |
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| "Sic semper tyranus." (Thus always to tyrants). Spoken after he killed President Lincoln. |
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| US History: People and Quotes: Patrick Henry |
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| "Give me liberty or give me death!" Referring to the Revolutionary War. |
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| US History: People and Quotes: Thomas Edison |
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| Genius is one per cent inspiration, ninety-nine per cent perspiration. |
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| US History: People and Quotes: Joseph Hazelwood |
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| Captain of Exxon Valdez during 1989 oil spill. |
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| US History: Terms: NASA Rover 2003 |
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Definition
| Robots named Spirit and Opportunity found evidence of salt water on Mars. |
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| US History: Terms: Hurricane Katrina |
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| 2005 Category 5 hurricane which hit the city of New Orleans. The storm, combined with the failure of levees surrounding Lake Pontchartrain, led to widespread flooding. |
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| US History: Terms: Tuskegee Institute |
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| private, historically black university located in Tuskegee, Alabama, USA; established by Booker T. Washington. Founded 1881. |
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| US History: Terms: Shakers |
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| The United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing. Religious sect founded in the 18th century in England, having branched off from the Quakers. They were known as "Shaking Quakers" because of their ecstatic behavior during worship. In 1747 women assumed leadership, including Jane Wardley and Mother Ann Lee. Settled in New York. Known for their celibate and communal lifestyle, pacifism, and equality of the sexes. |
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| U.S. Law: Executive Branch: U.S. Cabinet |
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| Officers appointed by the President to advise him/her. They are in the Presidential line of succession, starting with the Secretary of State (#4, behind the vice President, Speaker of the House, and President of the Senate.) |
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| U.S. Law: Legislative Branch: Steps of a Bill |
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| 1. Representatives write bills. Sponsored by a representative, introduced to the House. The bill goes to committee, who then reports to the House. Then the bill is debated and voted on. It is then sent to the Senate, who votes on the bill. If approved, it is sent to the President to be signed into law. |
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| U.S. Law: Legislative Branch: Filibuster |
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| parliamentary procedure where debate is extended to block the bill. |
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U.S. Law: U.S. Constitution:
Amendment 1 |
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| Freedom of Religion, Press, Speech, Assembly, Petition |
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U.S. Law: U.S. Constitution:
Amendment 2 |
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U.S. Law: U.S. Constitution:
Amendment 3 |
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| Right to not have to quarter Soldiers and seizures |
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U.S. Law: U.S. Constitution:
Amendment 4 |
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| Right to be free from un-reasonable searches and seizures |
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U.S. Law: U.S. Constitution:
Amendment 5 |
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| Right to grand jury indictment, no double jeopardy, freedom from self-incrimination, due process of law |
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U.S. Law: U.S. Constitution:
Amendment 6 |
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| Right to be in-formed of charges be present when wit-nesses speak in court, to call defense witnesses, to have a lawyer |
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U.S. Law: U.S. Constitution:
Amendment 8 |
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| Freedom from Excess Bail or Fines, Cruel and Unusual Punishment |
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U.S. Law: U.S. Constitution:
Amendment 13 |
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| Abolition of slavery Outlawed |
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U.S. Law: U.S. Constitution:
Amendment 14 |
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| Right to be free from discrimination in states to have due process of law, to have equal protection of the law |
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U.S. Law: U.S. Constitution:
Amendment 15 |
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U.S. Law: U.S. Constitution:
Amendment 19 |
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| U.S. Law: U.S. Constitution: Article 5 |
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| The process whereby the Constitution may be altered. |
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| U.S. Law: U.S. Constitution: Last State to Ratify |
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| U.S. Law: Terms: Bill of Sale |
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| Legal document made by a 'seller' to a purchaser, reporting that on a specific date, at a specific locality, and for a particular sum of money or other "value received", the seller sold to the purchaser a specific item of personal, or parcel of real, property of which he had lawful possession. |
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| an act of giving money or gift giving that alters the behavior of the recipient |
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| U.S. Law: Terms: Extradition |
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| official process whereby one country transfers a suspected or convicted criminal to another country |
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| U.S. Law: Terms: Enumerated Powers |
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| Found in Article 1 Section 8 of The Constitution. Congress may exercise the powers that the Constitution grants it, subject to explicit restrictions in the Bill of Rights and other protections in the Constitution |
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| U.S. Law: Terms: Kleptomania |
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| Inability to refrain from stealing |
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| Stealing. The unauthorized taking and removal of the Personal Property of another by an individual who intends to permanently deprive the owner of it; a crime against the right of possession. |
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| U.S. Law: Terms: Primaries |
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| An election that narrows the field of candidates before the final election. |
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| U.S. Law: Terms: Pro Bono |
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| Legal work done without charging the client. |
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| U.S. Law: Terms: Due Process |
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| legal requirement that the state must respect all of the legal rights that are owed to a person |
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| U.S. Law: Terms: Search Warrant |
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| a court order issued by a magistrate, judge or Supreme Court official that authorizes law enforcement officers to conduct a search of a person, location, or vehicle for evidence of a crime and to confiscate evidence if it is found |
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| a wrongful act or an infringement of a right (other than under contract) leading to civil legal liability. |
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| World Geography: Animals: Great Tortoises |
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| Contrary to popular belief, tortoises are in fact turtles rather than part of a separate group. Like most turtles, tortoises are shielded from predators by a shell. The top part of the shell is the carapace, the underside is the plastron, and the two are connected by the bridge. The carapace is fused to both the vertebrae and ribcage, and turtles are unique among vertebrates in that the pectoral and pelvic girdles are inside, rather than outside, the ribcage. Tortoises can vary in size from a few centimeters to two meters. They are usually diurnal animals with tendencies to be crepuscular depending on the ambient temperatures. They are generally reclusive animals.They have lived up to 150 years. |
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| World Geography: Continents: Australia |
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| A country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area. |
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| World Geography: Continents: Antarctica |
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| Earth's southernmost continent, containing the geographic South Pole. It is situated in the Antarctic region of the Southern Hemisphere, almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle, and is surrounded by the Southern Ocean. The fifth-largest continent in area. For comparison, Antarctica is nearly twice the size of Australia. |
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| World Geography: Countries: Peru |
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| a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the west by the Pacific Ocean. Peru is an extremely biodiverse country with habitats ranging from the arid plains of the Pacific coastal region in the west to the peaks of the Andes mountains vertically extending from the north to the southeast of the country to the tropical Amazon Basin rainforest in the east with the Amazon river. |
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| World Geography: Countries: Turkey |
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| is a contiguous transcontinental parliamentary republic, with its smaller part in Southeastern Europe and its larger part in Western Asia. Turkey is bordered by eight countries. |
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| World Geography: Countries: Brazil |
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| the largest country in both South America and the Latin American region. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population.[9] It is the largest Portuguese-speaking country in the world, and the only one in the Americas. |
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| World Geography: Countries: France |
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| The 42nd largest country in the world but the largest country in Western Europe and the European Union (EU), and the third-largest in Europe as a whole. |
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| World Geography: Countries: Canada |
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| a country in North America consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean. At 9.98 million square kilometres in total, Canada is the world's second-largest country by total area and the fourth-largest country by land area. Its common border with the United States is the world's longest land border shared by the same two countries. |
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| World Geography: Countries: Scandinavian Countries |
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| Denmark, Norway and Sweden |
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| World Geography: Locations and Names: Ancient Troy |
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| Ilium, Turkey. Now called Hisarlik. South of the southwest end of the Dardanelles/Hellespont |
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| World Geography: Locations and Names: Paris of the North |
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| Tromso (pronounced "Trumsa") in northern Norway. |
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| World Geography: Locations and Names: The Eternal City |
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| World Geography: Locations and Names: Emerald Isle |
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| Ireland. First given by William Drennan in his poem "When Erin first rose". |
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| World Geography: Locations and Names: The Holy City |
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| World Geography: Mountains and Ranges: Sierra Nevada |
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| Central California range. Includes Lake Tahoe and Yosemite National Park. |
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| World Geography: Mountains and Ranges: Andes |
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| South American range. Ancestral home of the Incans civilization. Chile, Argentina. |
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| World Geography: Mountains and Ranges: Sierra Madra Oriental |
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| Range in northeast Mexico. |
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| World Geography: Mountains and Ranges: Mont Blanc |
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| Highest mountain in the Alps. Peak is in Italy, but some of the mountain is in France. |
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| World Geography: Rivers Seas and Oceans: Nile River |
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| Major north-flowing river in northern Africa. Considered the longest river in the world at 4180 miles. Flows into the Mediterranean Sea. |
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| World Geography: Rivers Seas and Oceans: Amazon River |
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| River in South America. Largest river by volume, second largest river in the world at 4171 miles. |
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| World Geography: Rivers Seas and Oceans: Yangtze River |
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| Chinese river. Longest river in Asia and longest in the world. 3915 miles long. |
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| World Geography: Rivers Seas and Oceans: Mississippi River |
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| River within the United States. Longest river in North America, fourth largest in the world. |
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| World Geography: Rivers Seas and Oceans: Tiber River |
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| Third-longest river in Italy and the founding place of Rome. |
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| World Geography: Rivers Seas and Oceans: Caribbean Sea |
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Definition
| Sea in the Atlantic Ocean bounded by the Yucatan Peninsula, Central America, South American, and the Greater and Lesser Antilles. |
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| World Geography: Terms: Elevation |
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| World Geography: Terms: Lochs |
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| Irish or Scottish word for a lake or sea inlet. |
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| World Geography: Terms: Mercator Map |
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| cylindrical map projection presented by the Flemish geographer and cartographer Gerardus Mercator in 1569. It became the standard map projection for nautical purposes |
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| World History: Explorers: Christopher Columbus |
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| 1450-1506. Tried to reach India by sailing west from Europe. Took 4 trips, claiming the islands of the Caribbean for the Spanish crown. |
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| World History: Explorers: Francisco Coronado |
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| Spanish conquistador and explorer, who led a great expedition from Mexico to present-day Kansas through parts of southwestern United States between 1540 and 1542. Coronado had hoped to reach the mythical Seven Cities of Gold. His expedition discovered the Grand Canyon and the Colorado River. |
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| World History: Events: Colonized Vietnam |
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Definition
| Colonized by the French 1874-1954. Ho Chi Minh, a Communist, organized resistance to the French in 1941. French were defeated 1954 at Dien Bien Phu. The country was divided into North and South Vietnam until the Americans left in 1975. |
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| World History: Events: Sponsored Columbus |
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| Queen Isabella and Kind Ferdinand of Spain |
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| World History: Events: Bay of Pigs |
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Definition
| failed military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the CIA-sponsored paramilitary group in 1961 to overthrow the Communist Fidel Castro. |
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| World History: Leaders and Figures: Johann Gutenberg |
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| Inventor of the printing press |
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| World History: Leaders and Figures: Lord Horatio Nelson |
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Definition
| Defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, ending Napoleon's attempt to conquer England. Nelson was shot and killed during the battle. |
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| World History: Leaders and Figures: Mayas |
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Definition
| Mesoamerican civilization in Central America that developed writing. Achieved its greatest heights about 250-900 A.D. |
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| World History: Leaders and Figures: Aztecs |
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| a tribute empire based in Tenochtitlan, which extended its power throughout Mesoamerica in the late postclassic period. Originated in 1427 as a triple-alliance between the city-states Tenochtitlan, Texcoco and Tlacopan who allied to defeat the Tepanec state of Azcapotzalco, that had previously dominated the Basin of Mexico. Soon Texcoco and Tlacopan became junior partners in the alliance which was de facto led by the Mexica of Tenochtitlan. The empire extended its power by a combination of trade and military conquest. It controlled its client states primarily by installing friendly rulers in conquered cities. |
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| World History: Leaders and Figures: Incas |
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| The largest empire in pre-Columbian America. The administrative, political and military center of the empire was located in Cusco in modern-day Peru. |
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| World History: Leaders and Figures: Vladimir Ilnch (Lenin) |
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| a Russian communist revolutionary, politician and political theorist. He served as head of government of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic from 1917, and of the Soviet Union from 1922 until his death. Under his administration, the Russian Empire was replaced by the Soviet Union; all wealth including land, industry and business was nationalized. Based in Marxism, his political theories are known as Leninism |
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| World History: Leaders and Figures: Napoleon Bonaparte |
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| A French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the latter stages of the French Revolution and its associated wars in Europe. |
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| World History: Leaders and Figures: Joseph Stalin |
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The leader of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953.
He introduced the concept of "socialism in one country". Millions were imprisoned in labor camps. This led to the Soviet Famine. |
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| World History: Leaders and Figures: Fidel Castro |
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| A Cuban communist politician and revolutionary who served as Prime Minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976, and President from 1976 to 2008. |
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| World History: Leaders and Figures: Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi |
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| The preeminent leader of Indian independence movement in British-ruled India. Employing nonviolent civil disobedience, Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. |
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| World History: Places: Berlin Wall |
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A barrier constructed by the German Democratic Republic (1961)
Separated West Berlin from East Germany. The Wall served to prevent the massive emigration and defection that marked East Germany and the communist Eastern Bloc during the post-World War II period |
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| World History: Places: Mesopotamia |
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| from the Greek, meaning 'between two rivers’referred to the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers corresponding to today’s Iraq, mostly, but also parts of modern-day Iran, Syria and Turkey |
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| World History: Places Mir |
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| a space station that operated in low Earth orbit from 1986 to 2001, owned by the Soviet Union and later by Russia. Mir was the first modular space station and was assembled in orbit from 1986 to 1996. It had a greater mass than that of any previous spacecraft. |
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| World History: Terms: Longbow |
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| effective use by the English and Welsh during the Hundred Years' War |
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| World History: Terms: Machine Gun |
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| It would not be until the mid-19th century that successful machine-gun designs came into existence. The key characteristic of modern machine guns, their relatively high rate of fire and more importantly machine (automatic) loading, came with the Model 1862 Gatling gun, which was adopted by the United States Navy |
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| World History: Terms: Radar |
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| Radar was secretly developed by several nations before and during World War II. The term RADAR was coined in 1940 by the United States Navy as an acronym for RAdio Detection And Ranging |
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| World History: Terms: A.D./B.C. |
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| B.C. does stand for “before Christ.” A.D. actually stands for the Latin phrase anno domini, which means “in the year of our Lord |
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