Social Definitions
Social
Physics
Rocks and Minerals
Paleontology
100
What is colonization?
The action or process of settling among and establishing control over the indigenous people of an area.
100
The ____ moved valued Chinese goods to Asia such as spices, silks, and tea, and returned with payments in gold and silver bars from _____ and the ______.
Silk Road; Europe; Middle East
100
Name 3 examples of scalar values
Temperature, Speed, Distance
100
What is the strongest rock/mineral?
Diamond
100
What group do sauropods and theropods belong to?
Saurischians
200
What is mercantilism?
Belief in the benefits of profitable trading; commercialism.
200
Three goals for Imperialism
God, Gold, Glory
200
Name 3 vector values
Force, velocity, displacement
200
Name 5 birthstones
Garnet, AMethyst, Aquamarine, Diamond, Emerald, Pearl, Ruby, Peridot, sapphire, opal, topaz, tanzanite
200
What was the diet of Spinosaurus?
Fish
300
What is imperialism?
Imperialism occurs when a strong country takes over a weaker country or region and dominates its economic, political, or cultural life.
300
Which Indigenous groups in Rwanda were involved?
Hutu (the majority ethnic group) & Tutsi (the Majority group)
300
When the velocity of an object and its acceleration are in ____ direction(s), the object speeds up
When the velocity of an object and its acceleration are in ____ direction(s), the objects slows down
Same; Opposite
300
What are the three different types of rock?
Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic
300
Name an ornithopod that has only been known by a hip bone
Deinocheirus
400
What is eurocentrism?
Focusing on European culture or history to the exclusion of a wider view of the world; implicitly regarding European culture as preeminent.
400
What years did the British Raj rule in India?
1858 to 1947
400
Formula for acceleration and unit
a=(vf-vi)/f
m/s2
400
Bismuth
400
This dinosaur is named after having teeth similar to a shark
Carcharodontosaurus
500
What is ethnocentrism?
Evaluation of other cultures according to preconceptions originating in the standards and customs of one's own culture.
500
Who was Romeo Dallaire?
Retired lieutenant-general, Senator, and celebrated humanitarian
Force Commander for the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda, where he witnessed the country descend into chaos and genocide, leading to the death of more than 800,000 Rwandans
500
Slope formula
m=(y2-y1)/(X2-X1)
500
Fluorite
500
This terror bird is in debate in which it is either a herbivore, carnivore, or both
Gastornis