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The Prussian artillery batteries had what percentage more of guns than the French?
30% more
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What was the typical range that Prussian guns could fire?
2–3 kilometres
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On what date did the Government of National Defence negotiate an armistice?
28 January 1871
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With whom did the French government negotiate?
the Prussians
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What consequence of war were Parisians suffering?
starving
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Which French minister traveled to Versailles to discuss peace?
Favre
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What was the date on which jFarve and Bismarck met?
24 January
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How many were killed by the Communards?
500 people
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Which religious official was also killed during the fighting?
Archbishop of Paris
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What type of buildings were especially targeted to be burned down?
government buildings
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What famous palace was also burned down?
Tuileries Palace
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What is the rough estimate of the number of people killed?
between 6,000 and 10,000
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At the start of the war, how many German troops were focused on the French frontier?
462,000
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How many French troops were available to stand again the Germans?
270,000
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What is the literal meaning of the Prussian word "Kreis?"
literally "circle"
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What did the French military numbers suffer from the most?
having lost 100,000 stragglers
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The events of the Franco-Prussian War had great influence on what?
military thinking
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Lessons garnered from the war included recognizing the need for what kind of system?
general staff system
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Who adopted the Prussian artillery tactics in 1914?
European armies
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What was the French 75 optimised to directly support?
advancing infantry
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Evidence from what war suggested the increased benefits of smokeless poweder rifles?
Russo-Japanese War
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A unified German Empire ended the balance of power in which congress?
Congress of Vienna
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At the end of the Napoleonic wars, Germany had established itself as what, in continental Europe?
the main power
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Who remained the dominant world power at this time?
Great Britain
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British involvement in European matters in the late 19th century was considered what?
very limited
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The Crown Prince's marriage to whom was considered the most prominent of German-British royal liasons?
the daughter of Queen Victoria
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A surge in hormone production triggers a number of physical changes during what stage of life?
Puberty
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Which gland secretes a surge of hormonal agents into the blood stream?
pituitary
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Which part of the body releases testosterone in males?
testes
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Which part of the body relesases estrogen in females?
ovaries
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An imbalance in sex hormones, tissue responsiveness, or obesity can cause what in boys?
gynecomastia
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What is the cultural purpose of adolescence?
preparation of children for adult roles
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What is the transitional period between childhood and adulthood viewed as?
adolescence
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Is adolescence a period of one transition or multiple transitions?
multiple transitions
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What transitions occur during puberty in addition to living circumstances?
education, training, employment and unemployment
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How do a person's heart and lungs change during puberty?
increase in both size and capacity
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Increased size and capacity of the heart and lungs result in what changes to the body?
increased strength and tolerance for exercise
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Which sex tends to develop larger hearts and lungs?
males
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Which sex tends to have more red blood cells than the other?
males
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Which body system are a person's lungs a major proponent of?
respiratory
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Is a person's brain fully developed by the time they reach puberty?
not
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The brain reaches what percentage of its adult size by the time a person is six years old?
90%
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The biggest changes in the brain during puberty occur in the parts of the cortex that process what kinds of information?
cognitive and emotional
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What parts of the brain continue to become more complex into the late teens?
creases
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The brain reaches 90% of its adult size by the time a person reaches what year of age?
six
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Which neuromodulator is involved in regulation of mood and behavior?
Serotonin
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Are the effects of serotonin limited to the limbic system?
not
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Serotonin is a neuromodulator that is involved in regulation of what?
mood and behavior
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Which system in the brain determines rewards and punishments, emotional experiences, and social information?
limbic
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Which two neurotransmitters cause adolescents to be more emotional and more responsive to rewards and stresses?
dopamine and serotonin
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Are adolescents or children more bound to concrete events?
children
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Deductive reasoning leads to the development of what type of thinking?
hypothetical
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What type of thinking provides the ability to plan ahead and makes adolescents more skilled debaters?
hypothetical
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Adolescents develop a more sophisticated understanding of what mathematical concept thanks to their increased hypothetical thinking abilties?
probability
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Are sexual actvity and risky behaviors more likely in boys that mature early or later?
early
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Increased aggresiveness and early sexual maturation in adolescent boys are due to a surge of what?
hormones
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Are early or late maturing boys generally taller and stronger than their friends?
Early
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What is one reason a late maturing boy may be less confident when comparing himself to others?
poor body image
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How is wisdom defined?
capacity for insight and judgment that is developed through experience
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Wisdom increases between age fourteen and what?
twenty-five
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Is wisdom the same thing as intelligence?
not
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Do adolescents perform significantly better on IQ tests than other age groups?
not
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What word is defined as the capacity for insight and judgement that is developed through experience?
Wisdom
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How is adolescence defined biologically?
the physical transition marked by the onset of puberty and the termination of physical growth
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How is adolescence defined cognitively?
changes in the ability to think abstractly and multi-dimensionally
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Changes to sex organs, height, weight, and muscle mass are examples of which type of change?
biological
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Increases in knowledge and the ability to think abstractly are examples of which kind of change?
Cognitive
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Who founded the University of California, Berkeley's Institude of Human Development?
Jean Macfarlane
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What year was the University of California, Berkeley's Instutute of Human Development founded?
1927
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What was the Univerity of California, Berkeley's Institute of Human Development formerly called?
Institute of Child Welfare
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What year was the Oakland Growth Study initiated?
1931
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What year did data for the Oakland Growth Study stop being collected?
1981
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What is a male's major landmark of puberty?
first ejaculation
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At what average age does a male's first ejaculation occur?
13
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What is a female's major landmark of puberty?
menstruation
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Besides heredity, what other factors contribute to when menustration begins?
diet and lifestyle
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Do girls who are malnourished start menustrating earlier or later than those with high-fat diets?
later
[ "Adolescence\n\nThe major landmark of puberty for males is the first ejaculation, which occurs, on average, at age 13. For females, it is menarche, the onset of menstruation, which occurs, on average, between ages 12 and 13. The age of menarche is influenced by heredity, but a girl's diet and lifestyle contribute a...
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How can the ideal self be described in terms of the adolescent?
who the adolescent wishes to be
[ "Adolescence\n\nAdolescents can conceptualize multiple \"possible selves\" that they could become and long-term possibilities and consequences of their choices. Exploring these possibilities may result in abrupt changes in self-presentation as the adolescent chooses or rejects qualities and behaviors, trying to gui...
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How can the feared self be described in terms of the adolescent?
who the adolescent does not want to be
[ "Adolescence\n\nAdolescents can conceptualize multiple \"possible selves\" that they could become and long-term possibilities and consequences of their choices. Exploring these possibilities may result in abrupt changes in self-presentation as the adolescent chooses or rejects qualities and behaviors, trying to gui...
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Do adolescents demonstrate intended behavior moving towards the ideal or feared self?
ideal
[ "Adolescence\n\nAdolescents can conceptualize multiple \"possible selves\" that they could become and long-term possibilities and consequences of their choices. Exploring these possibilities may result in abrupt changes in self-presentation as the adolescent chooses or rejects qualities and behaviors, trying to gui...
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What term is the beginning of menstruation given?
Menarche
[ "Adolescence\n\nIn females, changes in the primary sex characteristics involve growth of the uterus, vagina, and other aspects of the reproductive system. Menarche, the beginning of menstruation, is a relatively late development which follows a long series of hormonal changes. Generally, a girl is not fully fertile...
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How many years does regular ovulation follow menarche?
two years
[ "Adolescence\n\nIn females, changes in the primary sex characteristics involve growth of the uterus, vagina, and other aspects of the reproductive system. Menarche, the beginning of menstruation, is a relatively late development which follows a long series of hormonal changes. Generally, a girl is not fully fertile...
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Do males or females appear physically mature before they are capable of reproduction?
females
[ "Adolescence\n\nIn females, changes in the primary sex characteristics involve growth of the uterus, vagina, and other aspects of the reproductive system. Menarche, the beginning of menstruation, is a relatively late development which follows a long series of hormonal changes. Generally, a girl is not fully fertile...
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What are two areas of the reproductive system that experience growth in females during puberty?
uterus, vagina
[ "Adolescence\n\nIn females, changes in the primary sex characteristics involve growth of the uterus, vagina, and other aspects of the reproductive system. Menarche, the beginning of menstruation, is a relatively late development which follows a long series of hormonal changes. Generally, a girl is not fully fertile...
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What activity often results in a boy's first ejaculation?
masturbation
[ "Adolescence\n\nPrimary sex characteristics are those directly related to the sex organs. In males, the first stages of puberty involve growth of the testes and scrotum, followed by growth of the penis. At the time that the penis develops, the seminal vesicles, the prostate, and the bulbourethral gland also enlarge...
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What are primary sex characteristics?
those directly related to the sex organs
[ "Adolescence\n\nPrimary sex characteristics are those directly related to the sex organs. In males, the first stages of puberty involve growth of the testes and scrotum, followed by growth of the penis. At the time that the penis develops, the seminal vesicles, the prostate, and the bulbourethral gland also enlarge...
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What does the first stage of puberty involve for males?
growth of the testes and scrotum
[ "Adolescence\n\nPrimary sex characteristics are those directly related to the sex organs. In males, the first stages of puberty involve growth of the testes and scrotum, followed by growth of the penis. At the time that the penis develops, the seminal vesicles, the prostate, and the bulbourethral gland also enlarge...
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After growth of the testes and scrotum, while male body part experiences growth next?
penis
[ "Adolescence\n\nPrimary sex characteristics are those directly related to the sex organs. In males, the first stages of puberty involve growth of the testes and scrotum, followed by growth of the penis. At the time that the penis develops, the seminal vesicles, the prostate, and the bulbourethral gland also enlarge...
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Which male body parts enlarge and develop at the same time as the penis?
seminal vesicles, the prostate, and the bulbourethral gland
[ "Adolescence\n\nPrimary sex characteristics are those directly related to the sex organs. In males, the first stages of puberty involve growth of the testes and scrotum, followed by growth of the penis. At the time that the penis develops, the seminal vesicles, the prostate, and the bulbourethral gland also enlarge...
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At what stage do parents see their children as equals?
early adolescence
[ "Adolescence\n\nAdolescence marks a rapid change in one's role within a family. Young children tend to assert themselves forcefully, but are unable to demonstrate much influence over family decisions until early adolescence, when they are increasingly viewed by parents as equals. The adolescent faces the task of in...
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During what stage of development is there increased parent-child conflict and a less cohesive familial bond?
puberty
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During puberty and adolescence, do most children share the same or different attitudes and values as their parents?
same
[ "Adolescence\n\nAdolescence marks a rapid change in one's role within a family. Young children tend to assert themselves forcefully, but are unable to demonstrate much influence over family decisions until early adolescence, when they are increasingly viewed by parents as equals. The adolescent faces the task of in...
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Which part of the brain is involved in decision making and cognitive control?
prefrontal cortex
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Which area of the brain is important for controlling impulses and planning ahead?
dorsolateral prefrontal cortex
[ "Adolescence\n\nThe first areas of the brain to be pruned are those involving primary functions, such as motor and sensory areas. The areas of the brain involved in more complex processes lose matter later in development. These include the lateral and prefrontal cortices, among other regions. Some of the most devel...
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Which part of the brain is important for evaluating rewards and risks?
orbitofrontal cortex
[ "Adolescence\n\nThe first areas of the brain to be pruned are those involving primary functions, such as motor and sensory areas. The areas of the brain involved in more complex processes lose matter later in development. These include the lateral and prefrontal cortices, among other regions. Some of the most devel...
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Which are the first areas to be pruned during puberty?
those involving primary functions
[ "Adolescence\n\nThe first areas of the brain to be pruned are those involving primary functions, such as motor and sensory areas. The areas of the brain involved in more complex processes lose matter later in development. These include the lateral and prefrontal cortices, among other regions. Some of the most devel...
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Motor and sensory skills are examples of what kind of brain function?
primary
[ "Adolescence\n\nThe first areas of the brain to be pruned are those involving primary functions, such as motor and sensory areas. The areas of the brain involved in more complex processes lose matter later in development. These include the lateral and prefrontal cortices, among other regions. Some of the most devel...
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What is one area in which peer groups can have positive influences on an individual?
academic motivation and performance
[ "Adolescence\n\nCommunication within peer groups allows adolescents to explore their feelings and identity as well as develop and evaluate their social skills. Peer groups offer members the opportunity to develop social skills such as empathy, sharing, and leadership. Adolescents choose peer groups based on charact...
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What are some of the negative experiences that peer pressure can influence during adolescence?
experimentation with drugs, drinking, vandalism, and stealing
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At what age does succeptability to peer pressure peak?
14
[ "Adolescence\n\nCommunication within peer groups allows adolescents to explore their feelings and identity as well as develop and evaluate their social skills. Peer groups offer members the opportunity to develop social skills such as empathy, sharing, and leadership. Adolescents choose peer groups based on charact...