Art
What are the two modes used to analyze a work of art?
form and contextual analysis
Which mathematical law states that for all real numbers x y = y x?
Commutative Law of Multiplication
Who is John Dillinger?
a gangster
What is the test of an economic model?
how well it captures the aspects of reality that we are seeking to understand
What is the book that Giorgio Vasari penned?
The Lives of the Artists
What are examples of archival sources?
letters, documents, and art criticisms
What type of number is a ratio, or division of two integers?
Rational number
What important action did the U.S. take on April 6, 1917?
The U.S. entered World War I/the Great War.
define positive economics
Economic analysis that predicts what will happen under certain circumstances.
Which German scholar shifted to the study of stylish development from Vasari’s emphasis?
Johann Joachim Winckelmann
Who analyzed historical and contemporary art?
Pliny the Elder
Is m considered an even or odd number, for some integer k, where m is an integer and m = 2k?
even
What government agency did J. Edgar Hoover work for?
FBI
Which economic analysis focuses on cause-and-effect relationships?
positive economics
What is the oldest work of art?
cave paintings in the Chauvet cave
What is the name of the text written by Pliny the Elder?
Natural History
What type of equation is ax + b = 0?
linear equation
Which 1933 novel by Dashiell Hammett, made into a movie in 1934, featured a lot of drinking?
The Thin Man
Who is the creator of the concept of Pareto efficiency?
Vilfredo Pareto
The most well-known megalithic rock arrangement is found in ______
Stonehenge on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England
Who gathered biographies of Italian artists?
Giorgio Vasari
How many possible solutions does the equation below have? 2(x – 4) + 3 = 2x – 5
infinite
What were the Charleston and the Black Bottom?
dances
Define normative economics.
Economic analysis that tells what should be as opposed to what is.
Stonehenge consists of _____ and ______.
Sarsen (sandstone) and bluestone