Half of electricity - ANS-square root
13th Amendment (1865) - ANS-Abolition of slavery w/o compensation for slave-owners
thirteenth Ammendment - ANS-formally abolished slavery, prohibits involuntary servitude.
14th Amendment - ANS-Declares that all individuals born inside the U.S. Are residents and are
assured identical protection of the laws
15th Amendment (1870) - ANS-U.S. Can't prevent a person from voting because of race, shade,
or creed
twenty fourth Amendment - ANS-Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (1964) removed the poll
tax as a prerequisite to vote in countrywide elections.
Ad hominem - ANS-a fallacy that attacks the person instead of managing the real issue in
dispute
adage - ANS-a familiar proverb or wise pronouncing
Adam Smith - ANS-Scottish economist who wrote the Wealth of Nations a precursor to
fashionable Capitalism. Followers Malthus and Ricardo
Age of Exploration - ANS-Time duration for the duration of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries
while Europeans searched for new sources of wealth and for less difficult trade routes to China
and India. Resulted within the discovery of North and South America by using the Europeans.
Alexander Hamilton - ANS-1789-1795; First Secretary of the Treasury. He encouraged creation
of a national financial institution, assumption of state debts via the federal authorities, and a tariff
system to repay the countrywide debt.
Allele - ANS-An opportunity form of a gene.
Allusion - ANS-A connection with some other paintings of literature, character, or occasion
Alluvial simple - ANS-a place of fertile soil deposited by river floodwaters
Anaphase - ANS-Phase of mitosis wherein the chromosomes separate and pass to contrary
ends of the cellular
Appositive - ANS-A word or phrase that renames a nearby noun or pronoun.
Area of a circle - ANS-A=πr²
Aristotle - ANS-A Greek Philosopher, taught Alexander the Great, commenced a well-known
faculty, studied with Plato. Influenced poetry.
Articles of Confederation - ANS-1st Constitution of the U.S. 1781-1788 (weaknesses-no
government, no judicial, no electricity to tax, no power to modify exchange)
ASA Theorem - ANS-If two angles and the included facet of 1 triangle are equal to two angles
and the protected aspect of another triangle then the triangles are congruent
Asoka - ANS-Third ruler of the Mauryan Empire in India (r. 270-232 B.C.E.). He converted to
Buddhism and broadcast his precepts on inscribed stones and pillars, the earliest surviving
Indian writing.
Asoka - ANS-Third ruler of the Mauryan Empire in India (r. 270-232 B.C.E.). He transformed to
Buddhism and broadcast his precepts on inscribed stones and pillars, the earliest surviving
Indian writing.
, Associative Property - ANS-Changing the grouping of numbers will NOT change the price. For
example: (7 + four) + eight = 7 + (4 + eight) also works with multiplication
Auto de Fe (Act of Faith) - ANS-Act of faith, used in Spanish Inquisition
Battle of Hastings - ANS-(1066 CE) The Norman invasion of England; this changed into the
biggest battle.
Bay of Pigs Invasion - ANS-failed invasion of Cuba in 1961 whilst a pressure of 1,2 hundred
Cuban exiles, subsidized through the USA, landed on the Bay of Pigs.
Big Stick Diplomacy - ANS-Diplomatic coverage developed by T.R where the "big stick"
symbolizes his electricity and readiness to use army force if vital. It is a manner of intimidating
countries without truely harming them and was the basis of U.S. Imperialistic overseas
coverage.
Black Moses - ANS-Harriet Tubman
Buffalo Soldiers - ANS-Nickname for African-American squaddies who fought within the wars in
opposition to Native Americans living at the Great Plains at some point of the 1870s
Caesar Augustus - ANS-The fantastic-nephew and followed son of Julius Caesar who emerged
as sole ruler of the Roman state on the stop of an extended duration of civil warfare (r. 31
B.C.E.-14 C.E.).
Calcite - ANS-CaCO3 mineral
Cenozoic Era - ANS-era that began approximately sixty six million years ago, known as the
"Age of Mammals"
Cesar Chavez - ANS-1927-1993. Farm employee, exertions chief, and civil-rights activist who
helped form the National Farm Workers Association, later the United Farm Workers.
Charlemagne - ANS-800 AD topped by way of the Pope as the pinnacle of the Holy Roman
Empire, which prolonged from northern Spain to western Germany and northern Italy. His
palace turned into at Aachen in imperative Europe
Charles-Louis Montesquieu - ANS-A Frenchman and member of the nobility who built on
Locke's thoughts and promoted separation of powers.
Children's Crusade - ANS-short-lived failed crusade in 1212 via younger people from europe
who marched at the holy land to regain it for christianity
Chinese Civil War - ANS-War among communist Mao Zse Tong and nationalist Chaing-Kai
Shek. The communists took over and pressured the nationalists to retreat to Taiwan
Circumference of a circle - ANS-2πr
Cleopatra - ANS-closing pharaoh of Egypt; had relationships with Julius Caesar and Marc
Antony; Octavian's enemy
Cold War Causes - ANS-Between the US and the Soviet Union,
(political and low-priced) length after the Second World War marked through contention and
tension among the 2 nuclear superpowers, the United States and the communist government of
the Soviet Union. The Cold War ended when the Soviet government collapsed in 1991.
Comma splice - ANS- sentences joined incorrectly with only a comma
Communative Property - ANS-Number order can be changed without changing the answer
(a+b=b+a)
Complementary counting - ANS-Each item represents 1:1 ratio
Compromise of 1850 - ANS-(1) California admitted as unfastened nation, (2) territorial status
and popular sovereignty of Utah and New Mexico, (3) decision of Texas-New Mexico obstacles,
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