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63 Cards in this Set
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GIS |
Global Information System (maps) |
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GPS |
Global Positioning System (location + time) |
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Who wrote the Declaration of Independence |
Thomas Jefferson (Ben Franklin and John Adams too) |
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Articles of Confederation (1777) |
Unicameral Congress. One state = one vote. Inadequate. |
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Unicameral |
One legislature |
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Who wrote the US Constitution |
Maddison |
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Confederate government |
Weak central and strong state |
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Federal Government |
Sovereignty divided between central and state (US, Brazil, India) |
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Unitary Government |
Centralized authority in which power is concentrated (France, Japan) |
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Authoritarian Government |
Power in one, or a few. Little legislative or judicial bodies (China, Nazi Germany, SSR) |
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Parliamentary Government |
Combined legislative and executive branches. Prime ministers and cabinet members selected within the legislative body. (Great Britain) |
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The Constitution is made of |
Preamble 7 Articles 27 Amendments |
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Result of the Treaty of Paris 1783 |
Recognized US as an independent nation |
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Declaration of Independence focused on |
Equality is a human right |
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Article 1 of the Constitution |
Legislature |
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Social studies focuses on |
Casual relationships |
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First New Deal |
Federal Emergency Relief Act Banking Act Civilian Cons Corp |
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Monroe Doctrine |
No further colonization of US, North and South America |
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2nd amendment |
Bear arm |
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1st amendment |
Religion, speech and press |
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3rd amendment |
No soldiers in the house |
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4th amendment |
Search and seizure |
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5th amendment |
I plead the fifth! |
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6th amendment |
Speedy trial |
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7th amendment |
Jury |
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Article 2 |
Executive |
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Article 3 |
Judicial |
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Timelines |
Present events in chronological order |
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Charts |
Compare and contrast or summarize casual relationships |
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Graphs |
Illustrate relationships between variables |
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Oldest human bones found in |
Africa |
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These people contributed almanacs of meteorological and astronomical information, calenders and domestication of plants and animals |
Indigenous native Americans |
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Extensive trade routes developed in |
Asia and access Europe |
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Area where the first civilization used tools, created the guest alphabet, and mathematics |
Middle East |
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Democracy was first established in |
Greece |
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The 3 prehistoric periods |
Paleolithic, Mesolithic, & Neolithic |
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Cuneiform |
Earliest form of writing developed in Mesopotamia |
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Polis |
Greece city-state controlled by oligarchs |
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Oligarchs |
Small combined groups of rulers |
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What reforms did Augustus (Octavian) introduce to Greece? |
New coinage, new tax collection, fire and police protection, and land for settlers |
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3 major branches of Christianity |
Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, and Protestantism |
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The Sharia, or code if law, outlines 5 pillars of faith for Muslims. What are they? |
1. There is one God and Mohammed is his prophet 2. Pray 5 times a day 3. Perform charitable acts 4. Fast sun up to sun down during Ramadan 5. Go to Mecca |
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The Koran |
Contains 114 suras, verses, of Mohammed's teachings |
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The Shiites believe |
That are Mohammed's true successors |
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Mayan people's lived in what 3 cities |
Yucatan, Guatemala and eastern Honduras |
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Aztecs lived in |
Mexico |
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Inca lived in |
South America |
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Anasazi developed |
Irrigation, Adobe architecture, cloth and baskets |
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The Hohokam built |
Stone and timber houses |
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Treaty of aix-la-chapelle |
The Byzantine emperor recognized Charlemagne's (Charles the Great) authority in the West, achieving the purpose of the Holy Roman Empire |
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Treaty of Verdun |
Charlemagne's grandson, Louis the German, becomes Holy Roman Emperor |
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Who lead the Normans to conquer England (1066)? |
William the Conqueror |
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William the Conqueror replaced Anglo-Saxon nobility with |
Feudalism |
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Domeday Book |
A survey of all property done by William the Conqueror |
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Feudalism |
Vassals bound to their Lord. Serfs bound to the land. |
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Magna Carta |
Signed 1215. Established a limited English Democracy in England |
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Thomas Aquinas believe two orders of truths |
Low Level: reason could demonstrate God High Level: God is mysterious and must be accepted on faith |
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The Black death arrived in Europe in |
1347 |
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Treaty of Westphalia |
Ended the 30 years war. Changed the boundaries of Europe |
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Which amendment abolished slavery |
13th |
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Prohibition of alcohol amendment |
18th |
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Women right to vote amendment |
19th |
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Defines legal age amendment |
26th |
