English Language
Putting two separate or contrasting things to highlight their differences
What is juxtaposition?
Defined by the equation: total revenue - total costs, this value is often used to determine the wellbeing of a business.
What is profit?
Quantity of good and services that consumers are willing and able to purchase at a given price during a time period
What is Demand?
This is the longest wall in China
What is the Great Wall?
A piece of writing that expresses feelings and ideas through techinques such as imagery, rhythm etc.
What is a poem?
This financial method of employee motivation is characterised by additional perks or benefits offered by an employer in addition to financial remuneration.
What are fringe benefits?
People purchasing assets and wish to earn money if it appreciates in the future.
What is speculation?
Britain and France fought in this war which started during the 1300s and lasted for over a century.
What is the Hundred Year's War?
What is a leaflet?
This theorist proposed that employees have five levels of needs, the lowest being physiological needs and the highest being self-actualisation.
Who is Abraham Maslow?
A macroeconomic tool that compares the buying power and price level of different countries’ currencies using a common “basket of goods.”
What is PPP (purchasing power parity)?
Russia's imperial dynasty ruled for over 300 years until the Russian Revolution, when they were executed.
Who were the Romanovs?
The smallest unit of sound, that distinguishes one word from another in a word
What is a phoneme?
This term refers to how much sales can drop or how much costs can rise before a business stops making profit.
What is margin of safety?
Theorist that advocates for government intervention through fiscal policy to achieve full employment and stabilize the economy.
Who is John Maynard Keynes?
Coined by a British newspaper in 1906 to mock them, this term was adopted by militant campaigners for women's voting rights.
What are Suffragettes?
This term refers to when a speaker adjusts their speech to more closely resemble standard English, often speaking more formally, usually to gain acceptance with people of social higher status.
What is overt prestige?
This business organisation structure features relatively few or no levels of middle management between the executives and the frontline employees.
What is a flat organisational structure?
They include cash, marketable securities, and money market instruments.
What is liquid assets?
The invasion, conquest, and colonisation of most of Africa by seven Western European powers driven by the Second Industrial Revolution.
What was the scramble for Africa?