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Geiger Chapter 9 Vocabulary
Chapter 9 Vocabulary
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9th Grade
01/24/2013

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Thomas Edison
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Made the first electric light bulb.
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Robert Koch
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The German doctor that identified the bacteria that caused tuberculosis.
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Florence Nightingale
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As an army nurse during the Crimean War, she insisted on better hygiene in field hosptial.
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Bessemer Process
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Operation that produces steel by purifying iron ore.
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Victor Hugo
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Wrote the novel Les Miserables.
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William Morton
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Introduced anesthesia to relieve pain during surgery.
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Joseph Lister
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The English surgeon that insisted that surgeons was their hands before operating.
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Ludwig Van Beethoven
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Composer who utilized a broad range of instruments in the modern orchestra.
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Gottieb Daimler
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Used gasoline powered engine to power first automobile.
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Racism
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Belief that one racial group is superior to another.
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Social Gospel
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Movement that urged Christians to social service.
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Interchangeable Parts
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Identical components that can be used in place on another.
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Louis Pasteur
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Developed a vaccine for rabies.
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Social Darwinism
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Ideas that applied the theory of survival of the fittest to war and economic competition.
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Women's Suffrage
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Votes for women.
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Corporation
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Business owned by many investors who buy shares of stock.
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Atomic Theory
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John Dalton's theory that showed how different kinds of atoms combine to make all chemical substances.
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