Other Stuff Flashcards
a thought experiment proposing how the second law of Thermodynamics could be broken
Maxwell’s Demon
Supreme Court Case: African Americans could not be Americans, Chief Justice Robert Taney
Dred Scott vs. Sandford
Supreme Court Case: separate but equal, John Marshall Harlan the only opposer
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Supreme Court Case: defendants must be given legal counsel (reversed the convictions of nine young black men for allegedly raping two white women on a freight train near Scottsboro, Alabama)
Powell vs. Alabama
Supreme Court Case: could not enforce racially restrictive housing, Chief Justice Fred Vinson, an African-American family purchased a house in St. Louis that was subject to a restrictive covenant preventing “people of the Negro or Mongolian Race” from occupying the property.
Shelley vs. Kraemer
Supreme Court Case: Separate is not equal
Brown vs. BOE
Supreme Court Case: Freedom Riders, desegregated transportation
Bailey vs. Patterson
Supreme Court Case: hotels could be desegregated
Heart of Atlanta Motel vs. US
Supreme Court Case: States could not ban interracial marriage
Loving vs. Virginia
Supreme Court Case: upheld affirmative action
Regents of the University of California vs. Bakke
Supreme Court Case: affirmative action to increase diversity is legal
Grutter vs. Bollinger, Fisher vs. University of Texas
DNA appears as this, before being condensed into chromosomes during mitosis.
Chromatin
Within the nucleus are this, which contain ribosomal RNA.
nucleoli
In these organisms, the nucleus is surrounded by a selectively-permeable nuclear envelope.
eukaryotes
coordinate protein synthesis, or translation, read the messenger RNA copy of the DNA and assemble the appropriate amino acids into protein chains.
Ribosomes
site of respiration and oxidative phosphorylation, processes that produce energy for the cell in the form of ATP. The inner membrane of this organelle forms folds called cristae, which are suspended in a fluid called the matrix.
Mitochondria
tube-like membranes within the nucleus envelope, parts are rough because of ribosomes, proteins undergo modifications and folding in this organelle.
Endoplasmic Reticulum
“post office of the cell”, protein gets stored, labelled, and packaged
Golgi Apparatus
break down proteins and other stuff with digestive enzymes
Lysosomes
contain grana, which are stacks of single membrane structures called thylakoids on which the reactions of photosynthesis occur.
Chloroplasts
mainly in plants, storage bin for food
Vacuoles
Little hair of cellular organisms that let them move
Cilia
Tail of cellular organisms that let them move
Flagella
Amendment for freedom of religion, speech, the press, assembly, and petition
First Amendment
Amendment for “no capital crime except when charges by grand jury; no double jeopardy; no witness against self”
Fifth Amendment
Amendment for “Right to speedy trial, info about accusation, help from court with lawyer”
Sixth Amendment
Amendment that prohibits slavery
13th Amendment
Amendment for “no denying the vote because of race or color, or because he/she was slave”
15th Amendment
Amendment banning alcohol
18th Amendment
Amendment that gave women right to vote
19th Amendment
Amendment that repealed the amendment that banned alcohol
21st Amendment
Amendment that limits presidents to two terms
22nd Amendment
Amendment that lowered voting age to 18
26th Amendment
Religious text of Confucius sayings, ren and li
The Analects
Jewish bible that’s not considered “canon”, includes Judith and Tobit
Apocrypha
Religious text of Zoroastrianism, talks about Ahura Mazda vs. Angra Mainyu
Avesta
“song of God”, poem found in Ramayana where Krishnu tells Arjuna why he has to fight
Bhagavad-Gita
philosophical text behind Taoism, written by Lao Tzu, restraint and passiveness, order of the universe
Tao Te Ching
a report of the words or actions of a Muslim religious figure, most frequently the prophet Muhammad.
Hadith
religious text published by Joseph Smith, inscribed on gold plates, Lamanites and Nephites
Book of Mormon
sacred scripture of Islam, divided into chapters called suras
Koran
codification of Jewish oral law, Mishnah (the laws themselves), and the Gemara (scholarly commentary on the Mishnah)
Talmud
set of commentaries that accompany the Vedas
Upanishads
hymnbook on Indra (god of thunder), Varuna (cosmic order), and Agni (fire)
Vedas
The basis for ancient Chinese philosophy and religion, yin and yang
Yijing
Attila the Hun was defeated at …
Catalaunian Fields
Goths, led by Fritigern, defeated Roman emperor ??? at Adrianople
Valens
Which group led by Alaric sacked Rome
Visigoths
Which group occupied Carthage
Vandals
Haiti’s capital
Port-au-prince
Ecuador’s capital
Quito
Bolivia’s capitals
La Paz and Sucre
largest Antarctic ice shelf
Ross Ice Shelf
longest river in Canada
Mackenzie River
this river forms border between Texas and Mexico
Rio Grande
longest river in Asia, third longest in the world
Yangtze (Changjiang)
China’s second longest river
Yellow River
river sacred in Hinduism, flows to the world’s largest delta
Ganges River
chief river in Pakistan
Indus River
longest river in France
Loire River
second longest river in France, flows through Paris
Seine River
principal river of the Iberian Peninsula
Tagus River
Italy’s longest river
Po River
Ireland’s longest river
Shannon River
river that flows through London
Thames
world’s longest river
Nile