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18 Cards in this Set
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What is bias through selection and omission?
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When the author controls the facts or leaves out where they got the information.
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What is bias through placement?
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Where you place something, if it is near the front people will think it is more important and if it is near the back people are more likely to not pay much attention to it.
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What is bias through word choice and tone?
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The type of words or the tone that you use will determine how the readers or the people listening to you will feel about the subject.
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What is bias by headline?
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How you word the headlines in an article will determine how the reader will feel about the subject.
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What is bias by photos, captions and camera angles?
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The way you portray someone/something in a photo. You can make them look different ways just by the way the camera is angled and what types of captions are on the photo.
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What is bias through use of names and titles?
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How you name people in an article can make then seem like they have less or more control.
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What is bias through statistics and crowd counts?
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How you state the statistics or crowd counts from an event. You can make it either seem like there was a lot of people there or you can make it seem like there was barely anybody at the event.
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What is bias through source control?
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How the source of the article/etc. controls the article. The source can change up the article before it is published to make it seem either better or worse.
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How are greenhouse gases warming the Earth?
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Melting the ice caps, causing sea levels to rise, making the temperature rise so it's warmer, places like Greenland that have snow will melt and floods will increase majorly.
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6 types of Geography
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-Economic
-Physical -Population -Religion -Climate -Medical |
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Regions of North America
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-Inter Mountain Region
-Arctic -Canadian Shield -The Western Cordillera -Interior Plains -Appalachian Region -Coastal Plains -St. Lawrence Lowland/Great Lakes |
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How does climate change affect Canada?
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-Droughts will increase
-Cities near the coast will flood with the rising sea levels -Cold temperatures in places like Nunavut will rise causing the snow to melt. |
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What is the vegetation and topography from the Appalachian region?
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-Vast forests
-Mountain ranges -Farming -Trees -Rivers for transportation -Old mountains, some like rolling hills |
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What was life like in 17th century Britain?
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Rich life was good and they flourished, poor life was terrible and there was a lot of disease, filthy, over populated and terrible.
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How did 17th century French society differ as compared to the English?
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In France the church controlled everything, there was a different social pyramid, one improved faster than the other, and more slums.
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Why were the people of the third estate upset?
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They did all the work but never got enough money to live healthy and the rich got money instead.
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What characteristics did women need to be deemed a witch?
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-Hung by themselves
-Outcasts/misfits -Knowledgeable with medicinal herbs -Loners -Smart |
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Who were the Puritans and what were their beliefs? How did these beliefs cause problems for society in Britain?
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-Puritans were Calvinists
-Everything was pure and boring -They didn't like the big church -They were very cruel -They executed anybody who didn't have the same beliefs as them |
