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History of Science Final Exam
Final test in History of science class
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Not Applicable
05/01/2013

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"The Chemist's War"
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Another name for wwI for the use of chemical weapons.
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Second Battle of Ypres
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Marks the first time Chemical weapons were used in battle. Germany attacked with Chlorine Gas.
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Chlorine Gas
Definition
A chlorine based weapon that was the first widespread weapon used by Germany in the Second Battle of Ypres. Can cause death by Asphyxiation.
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Mustard Gas
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A chemical weapon that is used to harass and disable enemies through blistering their skin, irratating their eyes, and inducing vomiting. It also caused external and internal bleeding.
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Anthony Fokker
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The Dutch avaition pioneer and aircraft manufacturer who is known for designing the Fokker Triplane and the Fokker Dr. I, the triplane Manfred von Richthofen (red baron) used.
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Manfred von Richthofen
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Also known as the Red Baron, he was the top ace of WWI, officially credited with 80 air combat victories for Germany.
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Drones
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Remote Controlled fighters used in modern day warfare.
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"The physicist's war"
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The term used for WWII, as this was the war where the atomic bomb was first used.
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Fission
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The splitting of an atom.
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Leo Szilard
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He pictured the compound effects of what a nuclear chain reaction would look like and urged President Roosevelt to  design it before Germany does.
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Manhattan Project
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US's research and developement project that lead to the first atomic bomb.
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Enrico Fermi
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Was the first to propose the dangers of a nuclear chain reaction and helped Szilard and Einstein compose a letter to the president.
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J. Robert Oppenheimer
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Known as the father of the Atom bomb, he led the Manhattan Project in the United States.
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Enola Gay
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The first plane to drop the atomic bomb. It dropped Little boy on Hiroshima during WWII.
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Hydrogen Bomb
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A type of Thermonuclear weapon that relied on hydrogen fussion.
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Tsar Bomb
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The most powerful nuclear bomb ever successfully detonated.
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Nations with nuclear bombs
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1. USA 

2. United Kingdom

3. France

4. Israel

5. Pakistan

6. India

7.Russia

8. North Korea

9. China

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Wernher von Braun
Definition
The world's leading rocket scientist, known as the father of rocket science.
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Yuri Gagarin
Definition
The first human to venture into space.
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Alan Shepard
Definition
The first American to venture into space.
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