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checks and balances the Constitutional mechanisms that authorize each branch of government to share powers with the other branches and thereby check their activities civil rights the protections and privileges of personal liberty given to all U.S. citizens by the Constitution and Bill of Righ communism a political and economic system in which factors of production are collectively owned and directed by the state confederate of, or pertaining to, a group of states more or less ...

Box plot a way of graphically depicting groups of numerical data through their quartiles Consecutive one following the other, for example, 19 and 20 are consecutive numbers Data a collection of facts, such as numbers, words, measurements, observations or even just descriptions of things Dot plot a graphical display of data using dots Event a set of possible outcomes resulting from a particular experiment. For example, a possible event when a single six-sided die ...

Monarchy One person from a royal family is ruler Dictatorship Absolute power of one leader Oligarchy Governed by a smart upper class group Representative democracy people elect officials to represent their views Central Government Also known as Federal Government Legislative branch Branch of the federal government that makes laws Executive branch Branch of the federal government that carries out laws Judicial branch Branch of the federal g...

Abiogenesis Belief that livings things may develop from lifeless matter Acid A compound that In water produces hydrogen ions, usually tastes sour, a pH less than 7 Acid rain rain containing acids that form in the atmosphere when industrial gas emissions (especially sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides) combine with water Alloy Homogenous mixture composed of two or more metals Amoeba A type of Protozoan that has no permanent shape Amorphous having no definit...

sum the answer to an addition problem the difference the answer to a subtraction problem product the answer to a multiplication problem quotient the answer to a division problem divisor the number you divide by remainder the number that remains after subtraction words used in addtion word problems sum, total, all together words used in a subtraction word problem how much more, how much less, find the difference, and deduct words oft...

1 pound in ounces 16 ounces 1 gallon in quarts 4 quarts 1 quart in pints 2 pints 1 pint in cups 2.5 cups 1 pint in ounces 20 ounces 1 cup in ounces 8 ounces 1 liter in quarts 1 quart milliliter = of a liter 1/1000 of a gram milligram = of a gram 1/1000 of a gram meter in inches 39 inches millimeter of a meter 1/1000 kilometer of a meter 1000 meters kilometers in a mile 0.6 miles nationalism t...

"WOW! Mom rides a kayak at noon." How are the underlined words alike? They are palindromes Who was the author of Common Sense: Thomas Paine or Thomas Jefferson? Thomas Paine What is NOT a real shark: hammerhead, shovelhead, or tigerhead? tigerhead What is the force that slows down an object or stops its motion? friction Which is greater than 90 degrees: an acute angle or an obtuse angle? obtuse angle What continent lies East of Europe? (page 1) Asia ...

Philia love Sophia wisdom Herodotus (who said) love of exercising curiosity & intelligence Plato (who said) love of wisdom that could face the test & critical decision William James (who said) the collective name of questions that have not been answered by those who asked them Being anything that can be known General Definition of Philosophy the science of being in their ultimate cause, reason & principle with the aid of human reason alone ...

In the words of Thomas DeQuincey, "It is notorious that the memory strengthens as you lay burdens upon it." If, like most people, you have trouble recalling the names of those you have just met, try this: The next time you are introduced, plan to remember the names. Say to yourself, "I'll listen carefully; I'll repeat each person's name to be sure I've got it, and I will remember." You'll discover how effective this technique is and probably recall those names for the rest of yo...