Additional Notes (Prelim) Flashcards

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This is a system of knowledge of the natural world gained through the scientific method.

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Science

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This is the practical application of what we know about nature.

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Technology

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It is a group of people with common territory, interaction, norm, culture, etc.

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Society

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This defines as a precursor to the unfolding of or existence of something

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Antecedent

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This is considered to be the origin of civilization.

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Mesopotamia

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This is the modern day Iraq and Kuwait.

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Mesopotamia

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This is the land “firsts”

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Ancient Sumer

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In this civilization, there was a shift from conceptualization to actualization.

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Sumerian Civilization

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This is a writing system used to keep records.

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Cuneiform

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This is the first true city and a symbol of power.

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Uruk City

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This is the mountain of God and was dedicated to the Moon God Nanna.

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Great Ziggurat of Ur

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This was used for general transportation, navigating through water, and transportation of goods.

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Sailboat

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This, along with the axle, became the most important around 4500 BC.

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Wheel

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14
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What is the longest used invention human history?

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the wheel

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This civilization is founded by Amorites.

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Babylonian Civilization

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This civilization is had great builders, engineers, and architects.

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Babylonian Civilization

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This had no concrete evidence of its existence but it was built by King Nebuchadnezzar for his wife.

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Hanging Gardens of Babylon

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Who was the king who built the hanging gardens of Babylon?

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Nebuchadnezzar

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19
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What was the religion of the people in Babylon?

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Polytheism

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This is the pre-columbian civilization. It tis the independent civilization.

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Mesoamerica

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This was the most advanced pre-columbian civilization.

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Mayan Civilization

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22
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This was the largest empire inure-columbian civilization.

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Inca Civilization

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23
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These were knotted ropes to keep records.

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Quipu

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24
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This was a Sun God.

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Inti

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This was the most sophisticated civilization. It had warrior nomads and mandatory education.
Aztec Civilization
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This is an agricultural land built to support farming.
Chinampa
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These were used as tombs of pharaohs and queens.
The pyramids
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This is a writing system but it was more like art than text.
Hieroglyphics
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He was the father of Indian mathematics.
Aryabhata
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This is a place value system and approximation of pi and trigonometry.
Aryabhatiya
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He is an Indian mathematician responsible for defining the properties of zero both as a placeholder and decimal digit.
Brahmagupata
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He is an Indian mathematician and astronomer who laid groundwork for mathematical analysis.
Madhava
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This is an ancient Indian system of medicine that focus on natural healing.
Ayurveda
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He was the father of optics.
Hassan Ibn al-Haytham
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He was the father of chemistry.
Jabir Ibn Hayyan
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He was the father of medicine.
Hippocrates
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These are bound books covered with wax, which was then replaced with animal skin.
Codex
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This was iron technology.
Metallurgy
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What was the first printed book?
The Bible
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This allowed spreading knowledge to be a more efficient process.
Typography
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He created magnification of 270 and discovered tiny single-celled creatures in pond water.
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
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This was the first locomotive to pull heavy loads for long distance.
George Stephenson's rocket
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In what field did the first paradigm shift occur?
Cosmology
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This is the scientific study of celestial objects and phenomena that originate outside the Earth's atmosphere.
Astronomy
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This is the study of the universe and its components, how it formed, how it was evolved and what is its future,
Cosmology
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Darwin founded evolution where?
Galapagos Islands
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This is the driving force of instinct.
Libido
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He is an islamic scholar best known for his works on light and vision.
Ibn al-Haytham
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This is used as a domestic fuel for cooking and heating.
Charcoal
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This is the most familiar art form among Filipinos.
Wood Carving
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This is tattoo in Bontoc.
Fatek
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He created an improved internal combustion engine in 1876.
Nicolas Otto
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What was the first car?
Benz
54
This was introduced by brothers Auguste and Louis Lumiere at the Grand Cafe in Paris
The Movies
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Who introduced the movies?
Auguste and Louis Lumiere
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He pioneered a celluloid film with holes punched in the side to show the film frame by frame.
George Eastman
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He is a German physicist who developed the first x-ray image.
Wilhelm Rontgen
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He discovered radioactivity while trying to find out more about x-rays.
Henri Becquerel
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She is a Polish chemist and physicist best remembered for her research in radioactivity.
Marie Curie
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He was the first to prove radio waves existed.
Heinrich Hertz
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He was the first person to set up the world's first radio stations to transmit and receive morse code.
Gugliemo Marconi
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He founded the Baird Television Company Limited.
John Logie Baird
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This uses short an long elements (dots and dashes) to transmit information.
Morse Code
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Where were the earliest rockets used in?
China
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This was invented, making computers smaller and more powerful.
Electronic silicon chip
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This brand combined the World Wide Web with the mobile telephone.
Blackberry
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What does DNA stand for?
Deoxyribonucleic acid