Key terms & definitions

A description of the equipment and procedures used to carry out an investigation.

A deliberate choice a writer makes to communicate meaning, such as a word, image, repeated phrase, speaking voice or arrangement of ideas.

A choice a writer makes to communicate meaning, such as imagery, repetition, sentence construction, tone or the organisation of information.

A particular technique used to research an issue, carry out action or assess its effects, such as an interview, petition or questionnaire.

Using more than one research method to build a fuller, more detailed understanding of social life and its underlying processes.

A foreign resident of Athens who did not possess Athenian citizenship.

A resident foreigner living in Athens, who could serve as a paid rower or be called up in an emergency levy.

Cunning intelligence or resourcefulness, used to solve problems through planning, deception and adaptable judgement.

A figure of speech in which something is referred to through a closely associated object or idea; “tongue” can stand for language.

A sculptured rectangular panel between the triglyphs in a Doric temple’s decorative band.

An individual panel in a Doric frieze, alternating with triglyphs and sometimes carved with a scene.

The patterned arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables in verse.

The SI unit of speed, meaning the number of metres travelled each second.

The SI unit of speed, meaning the number of metres travelled in one second.

A system of measurement based mainly on powers of ten, including millimetres, centimetres, metres, grams, kilograms, millilitres and litres.

A measurement system in which related units are linked by powers of ten, such as millimetres, centimetres and metres.

The London police force established by Robert Peel in 1829, under the direct responsibility of the Home Secretary.

Loving kindness: an attitude of goodwill that wishes happiness for oneself and all other beings, without expecting a reward.

A meditation practice that develops loving kindness, gradually extending goodwill from oneself to others and ultimately all beings.

The cultivation of loving-kindness, usually through meditation.

A Sufi order associated with Rumi, particularly known for its whirling ceremony.

The people who ruled from Tenochtitlan at the centre of the empire commonly called the Aztec Empire.

A parchment scroll containing passages of the Shema, placed inside a case and fixed to a doorpost in a Jewish home.

The Montgomery Improvement Association, formed on 5 December 1955 to coordinate the bus boycott, with Martin Luther King as president.

Belief in the resurrection and the Day of Judgement, when all humans will be raised and judged by Allah.

The belief that polluted or foul-smelling air causes disease.

The belief that disease was caused by poisonous, foul-smelling air from rotting material.

A millionth of a unit, equal to $10^{-6}$ of that unit.

A microscopic organism. Some microorganisms cause disease, but many do not.

The search for the particular microorganisms responsible for particular diseases.