microeconomics
myth and imagination
history of astronomy
more micro
history of astronomy
100
mutual gains from voluntary trade require differences in this
opportunity costs
100
what are the foods of the gods
nector and ambrosia
100
the point that is directly overhead
what is the zenith point
100
the income received by a person providing labour services is called this
wages
100
Newton invented the reflecting telescopes to replace the refracting telescopes. The refracting telescopes used glass lenses and the Newtonian telescopes used this.
what is mirrors
200
what is the relationship between these two products if a rise in the price of product A causes the demand for product B to decrease
complements
200
who is agamemnon's father
atreus
200
if you were standing at the north pole, this star would be at the zenith point
what is polaris
200
this means raising the price to customers with inelastic demand
price discrimination
200
Newton concluded that the Earth and Moon orbit around this point
what is their centre of mass
300
ayce buffet restaurants charge a fixed fee for eating. with each plate that Tom eats, he experiences this kind of benefit
decreasing marginal benefits
300
stealing this woman caused the Trojan war
who is Helen
300
the line goes through the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, UK
what is the prime meridian
300
this is a group of suppliers agreeing to raise the price of their products
what is a cartel
300
In the 1660's, a group of rich affluent people in London because scientific advisors to the English monarchy. Robert Hooke was their curator of experiments. What was the group called?
Royal Society
400
this problem exists because excluding people from consuimg the product or service is too costly
what is the free-rider problem
400
after killing him, Achilleus dragged his corpse around on the back of the carriage
who is hektor
400
the name of this phase of the month
what is third quarter
400
this equals total revenue minus total costs
what is profits
400
Newton invented this type of math which helped him derive the equations that describe the motion of the planets
what is calculus
500
rents are determined by this
demand
500
zeus swallowed his pregnant wife, Metis, and after a raging headache, he 'gave birth' to this woman through his forehead
who is athena
500
Plato, Aristotle, and Hipparchus were believers of this model where the Earth was placed in the centre of the Solar System
what is the geocentric model
500
the English phrase "let the buyer beware" is often translated in to Latin as this
caveat emptor
500
This comet is named after the astronomer who concluded that it orbits elliptically around the sun and reappears every 76 years. We will see it next in 2062.
Halley's comet (Edward Halley)