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Tong AP World Toyama
definitions of 12 words
| Word | Definition | Historical Significance |
|---|---|---|
| Complexity | Something difficult and intricate to interpret into known knowledge. | Incomprehensible knowledge brings intelligence to solve the issue. This brought development within the science and math areas. During circa 100 BC mechanisms were created in order to help with astronomy related questions. |
| Ice Age | A past period of time in which the world was geologically covered in an episode of glaciers. | Within a prehistoric climate period, known as the Younger Dryas, a 1,000 year-long ice age a culture change occurred due to the migration of the Clovis, a race of the prehistoric people. |
| Goldilocks Principle | A statement claiming that something must fall in particular requirements to meet a certain standard. | Brings reasoning onto why the Earth is able to function in a way where we can live because of its location and various specifcs that make it able for us to be here. |
| Gaia | Goddess of the Earth, the theory that the world is a living being. | Only indigenousness and ancient civilizations believed Earth was a living being, treating everything with respect, as if it were something to worship and treat with dignity. The western society never thought this and saw the Earth as something to own. |
| Agrarian revolution | A period of time where men no longer hunted for food due to the discovery of farming. | In 5000 B.C inhabitants near Mexico discovered farming. This realization better provided the needs of their people and lead to the development of villages. This then lead to complex societies and cultures evolving within the region. |
| Entropy | The limited amount of thermal energy avaliable to convert to mechanisms that conduct productivity. | Within the Roman Empire in 330 AD, the capital was moved and the western portion quickly began to experience entropy and decay. This lead to the sacking of Rome by the barbarian tribes due to being unprotected by the Roman legions. |
| Emergence | A way where multiple simple interactions create complicated systems/patterns. | The start of the first civilizations brought forth the beginning of history and the end of prehistory. Due to these ancient societies writing systems, organized religion, higly developed art forms and monumental architecture, and much more were created. |
| Integration | The process of mixing things into one another, combining different groups to become one whole. | This brings much controversy and a rise of new perspective and way of life. For example, the combination of Daoism,Confucianism, and Buddhism during 618 AD supporting the Tang Dynasty. |
| Paradox | A conclusion that is not based off of known facts and is utterly bewilderment and contradictory. | A paradox of Zeno from the ancient Greek society was the dichotomy. It pondered the thought of how motion can never start, claiming that motion cannot exist due to it needing to reach certain points to get to its destination. |
| Theory | An idea of a statement based on reasonable intelligent facts to explain an unknown principal not yet justified. | In ancient China, a theory was formulated upon the idea of acupuncture based on the flow of patterns of energy movement composed of Qi throughout the body. It stated that there are patterns of energy flow within the body that are essential for health. |
| Evolution | The process of development throughout the age of time, how something gradually alters with time. | Around six to seven million years ago, Hominidae were the first human beings. However they looked more like a family member of the monkey and through time have evolved to become human beings. |
| Regime | A government that enforces strictly upon it's belief and way of running it's organized system. | During 200 BC the Han Dynasty was created and had strict enforcement that made it powerful in all aspects. |
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