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Biodiversity Cultural quizlet |
*diversity of plant and animal life ina particular habitat. |
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HIV/AIDS Interaction pg.903 |
*the virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) |
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Greenpeace Cultural quizlet |
*international organization that works for environmental conservation and the preservation of endangered species. |
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World Health Organization Interaction pg.896 |
*a united nations agency to coordinate international health activities and to help governments improve health services. |
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Rachel Carson, silent night |
*documented the environmental damage done by bbr and other pesticides, heightened public awareness at the start of the modern environmental movement. |
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Dresden Interaction pg.845 |
*German ferociously fire bombed by the Allies. |
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Rape of Nanjing Interaction pg.837 |
*6 week period, Japanese capture of the Republic of China *hundreds of thousands were murdered 20,000-80,000 were raped by soldiers. |
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Albert Einstein Cultural quizlet |
*German physicist who developed the theory of relativity, which states that time, space, and mass are relative to each other and not fixed. |
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Influenza Epidemic Interaction pg.908 |
*25% of the us population gets the flu kills people age 20-40 years old, social chrisis. *hospitals and morgues ran out of the room, business shut down, and economy comes to a screeching halt. |
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Mustard Gas Cultural pg.771 |
*poisonous gas invented by Germany to use in trench warfare. *killed an exposed person 4-5 weeks with unbearable pain and decaying organs. |
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No-Mans Land Interaction pg.770 |
*strip of land between trenches of opposing armies along the Western Front during WWF |
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Trench Warfare Interaction pg.769 |
*fighting with trenches, mines, and barbed wire. humble living conditions, great slaughter, no gains, and stalemate. |
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Total War Interaction quizlet |
*a state in which all of countries resources go towards the war effort involving Propoganda. |
