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26 Cards in this Set
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what is the study of the science of weather called?
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Meteorology
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in baseball what does rbi refer to?
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Runs Batted In
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williamWells Brown wrote Clotella; and harriet Beecher Stowe wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin who wrote The legend of sleepy hollow?
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Washington irving
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whose 1951 autobiography was entitled his eyes are on the sparrow?
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Ehtel Waters
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The worlds largest coffee exporter
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Brazil
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Expand the abbrevation NYSE
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New York Stock Exchange
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Whereas Richard wright wrote Native Son, Ralph Ellison wrote Invisible Man, and Margaret Walker wrote Jobilee, Who wrote The autobiography of miss jane Pittman ?
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Ernest gaines
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Barbara Jordan represented what state in the US house of Representatives
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Texas
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Which slide did Rober E Lee Fight for during the American civil war?
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Confederacy
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Name the president of the confederacy, or confederate States of America?
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Jefferson Davis
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With what institution were the Jubilee Singers connected?
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Fisk University
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in what artistic area did louis Armstrong excel
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Music
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In what city would one find the well known Harlem?
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New York City, NY
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Walter "sweetness" Payton who excelled at football was an alumnus of what mississippi college?
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Jackson state university
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Mir Space station was owned by what nation?
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Russia
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What famous document contains the words: "Fourscore and seven years ago, our forefathers brought forth upon this continent..."?
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Gettysbury address
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Give the location of Nassau
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Bahamas
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Expand the abbreviation NAFTA
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north atlantic free trade organization
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If in the middle 19th century walt whitman authored Leaves of Grass, Herman melville authored Moby Dick, and Mark Twain authored The adventures of huckleberry Finn, who authored a christmas carol?
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Charles Dickens
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Expand the abbreviation ACLU?
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American civil liberties union
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In what city is the bayou classic football game played?
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New orleans
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In american government circle, what is IRS
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Internal Revenue Services
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George C Wallace a segregationist , in the 1960s was governor of what state?
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Alabama
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In what counrty was the naval ship USS Cole Bombed on October 12, 2000?
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Yemen
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We wear the Mask is a poem by whom?
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Paul Laurence DUnbar
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aborigines is the name given to the native people of what place
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Australia
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