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Tong AP World Dailey
Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Complexity | def: characterize something with many parts in intricate arrangement. significance:supplies attention mostly in the natural sciences but also in the sciences dealing with human interaction |
| Gaia | definition: Greek goddess personifying the Earth, the Greek version of "Mother Nature," or the Earth Mother. significance: They believed that the earth was like a living organism and instead of thinking they owned the earth they thought they were using |
| Agrarian Revolution | definition: the transition from hunting and gathering to settled agriculture in prehistory. significance: Man no longer hunted for food, grew it and raised live stock. shortage possibility decreased worldwide |
| Entropy | definition:thermodynamic quantity in a system's thermal energy for conversion into mechanical work, also a degree of disorder in a system significance:Based on the thermodynamic laws entropy, the universe is constantly becoming much more disordered. |
| Emergence | defintion:the process of coming into being or becoming important. Significance:Ancient Egypt, Ancient China, and Mesoamerican was marked by agricultural, development of writing systems, organized religion, and progress of science and technology. |
| Integration | definition:the intermixing of people or groups previously segregated Significance: Communities all around the world are integrated, with many different nationalities and beliefs. |
| Paradox | definition: statement or concept that contains conflicting ideas, which in fact contradicts itself. Significance: The meaning of existence with the ultimate end of a person,is a knowledge that a spiritual god can define and the ones who are will die. |
| Theory | definition: An idea of a statement based on practical facts to explain an unknown principal not yet justified. Significance: Society works by coming up with ideas to unknown queries and testing logical ideas towards new intelligence and technology. |
| Evolution | definition:process by which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms Significance:the only theory connecting the similarities and differences of all the species on Earth and is supported by much |
| Regime | definition:a mode or system of rule or government significance:They are crucial to function in international relations, so they can influence world politics and moniter activity in other countries. They also serve as a root for international laws. |
| Ice Age | definition: is a geological period of long-term decrease in temperature of the Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the expansion of continental ice sheets, polar ice sheets and glaciers. significance: hunters become farmers after the Ice Age |
| Goldilocks Principle | definition: something must fall within certain margins, as opposed to reaching extremes. significance: Allows for reasoning onto why the Earth is able to function the why it is and also brings expectations to others who are admired |
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