Herman Mellville Flashcards
Sometimes decorated what ancient two handled pottery vessel comes from the Greek for carried on both sides
Amphora 🏺
Aaaaam 4 uh
The name of this Latin currency may have evolved into the dollar sign
Peso
Overlaying the P and the S
This was the name of the first English child born in America
Virginia dare
The province containing Johannesburg now known as gauteng wqs created as a result of elections in this country
Gow tang
South Africa
What type of medieval catapult typically used counterbalances and Slings to hurl objects
Trebuchet
Tre bhu shay
Referring to a successful businessman what word comes from the Japanese for great lord
Tycoon
In 2015 scientists detected gravitational waves in space a century after they were first predicted by whom
Einstein
Moving clockwise on a timepiece which number is 270 degrees away from the 12
9
A form of endoscopy what diagnostic procedure uses a minimally invasive fiber optic tube to look inside the Abdomen
Laparoscopy
Lap uh roscopy
In contrast to the artwork he’s most associated with who created chicagos flamingo a massive red stabile
Stu Beal
Calder
NASA states that due to this a cloud near the center of the Milky Way tastes similar to
ethyl formate
Raspberry
By September 1949 operation vittles had airlifted more than 1 mil tons of supplies to this city
Berlin
Negotiated from 1814-15 this assembly organizes Europe after the overthrow of. Napoleon
Congress of Vienna
While working as a surgeon he created a character based on his former medical professor dr Joseph bell
Arthur Conan Doyle
Eulogized in 68 as one of the few persons not born to die who is known as the First Lady of courage
Helen Keller
