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Vocabulary for chapter 14
Holt; World History II, Modern Age/The Human Journey chapter 14: life in the industrial age
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History
10th Grade
11/25/2013

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Dynamo
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first electric generator
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Aerodynamics
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the scientific principles governing the movement of air around objects
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biological sciences
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such as biology and genetics, deal with living organisms.
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Physical sciences
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are concerned with the properties of nonliving matter and of energy
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evolution
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Belief that organisms develop through change over time
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genetics
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study of the ways in which inborn characteristics of plants and animals are inherited by their decendants
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pasteurization
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process of heating liquids to kill bacteria and prevent fermentation
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antisepsis
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Use of chemicals to kill disease-causing germs
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radioactivity
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process in which atoms of certain elements constantly break down and release energy
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quantum theory
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Max Plank's theory stating that energy can be released only in definite "packages," or quanta
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special theory of relativity
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Einstein's theory that no particle of matter can move faster than the speed of light and that motion can be measured only relative to a particular observer
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social sciences
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Branches of knowledge that scientifically study people as members of society, covering such areas as economics,political institutions, history, and relations among people
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social Darwinism
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theory developed by Herbert Spencer that applies Darwin's theories to the evolution of human societies
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psycoanalysis
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process of revealing and analyzing the unconcious
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psychiatry
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study and treatment of mental illness
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emigrations
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Movments of people away from their native lands
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bobbies
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nickname for London police
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suburbs
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Residential areas on the outskirts of a city
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romanticism
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Trend followed by many writers of the early 1800s whose work appealed to sentiment and imagination and dealt with the romance of life
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realism
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A method of dealing with the realities of everyday life and expressing a keen observation of social settings, caracteristic of literature and art in the mid-1800s.
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regionalism
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Form of realism that focuses on everyday life in particular places.
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naturalists
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Realists who took the approach one step further to show the ugly or unpleasent aspects of everyday life.
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impressionists
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group of painters who developed a type of realism by studying light and color to create vivid impressions of people and places.
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