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Important factor in JFKm1960 election victory over Nixon

JFK better at debates

Three basic questions of economics

What to produce, for whom to produce, how to produce

Plate tectonics

Plates that get pushed under one another create volcanoes

What power is reserved only for the states?

Ratify proposed amendments to the Constitution

The principle of popular sovereignty

Central feature of the Kansas Nebraska Act

French and Indian War, Revolutionary War, War of 1812

French&Indian War, Revolutionary War, War of 1812

Concepts of cooperative learning

Team rewards, individual accountability, equal opportunities

Global warming

Carbon dioxide and methane

Acid rain

Sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide

Ozone depletion

Chlorofluorocarbons and sunlight

Aurora borealis

Solar flares and magnetism

Example of monopolistic competition

The film industry

Religions founded in India

Hinduism,Buddhism, Jainism, sikhism

Focus of Mayan cities

Ceremonial centers

Resources that are readily abundant

Free goods

In a monopoly

The firm is equal to an industry

The main factor that separated the two political parties the federalists and the Republicans during the first two decades under the US constitution was whether they

Favored the French Revolution or opposed it

The underlying issue that led to the outbreak of war between the US and Japan in 1941

Japanese aid to the Germans in their war against Britain

Beliefs of the founders that led them to view the political parties as dangerous to stable government

Party for instruments by which is small and narrow interest could impose its will on society, party so hard only a general understanding of where the candidates stand, Parties stifled independent thought and behavior

What is the Silk road?

Will Silk Road was a trade route that existed for the purpose of trading in so in many other commodities, the Silk Road followeda single route allowing for much more security and larger trading post, anything else people along the Silk Road correlates with the movement of religion and development of languages

What are civil liberties?

Fundamental individual rights given to all citizens by law

The inductive discovery approach is one of two ways to teach what

generalisations and facts in social science

Why did the framers of the Constitution designed the system of checks and balances?

To maintain parity of power between branches of government

What topics fall within the scope of the study of political science?

Structure of government, political institutions, politics

What are the requirements to be President of the US?

Over 35 years old, natural born US citizen, US resident for at least 14 years

For what length of term for federal judges appointed?

Life

The major responsibilities of the Federal Reserve Board is to

Implement monetary policy

Another way to define GDP is as the market value of

All final goods and services produced in an economy in a given year

Which of the following founders was one of the authors of the Federalist Papers and wrote the Bill of Rights ?

James Madison

Ethnography is the

Systematic description of a human society

What are examples of social issues

Weather birth control is taught in schools, whether evolution is taught in schools, how to balance a checkbook

Actions taken by the US in response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in August 1990 included all of the following

Un coordination, imposition of economic sanctions, protection of Saudi Arabia

The Bill of Rights did what

Established a viable two party political system

What is considered the first important movement of black artists and writers?

Harlem Renaissance

What was the result of the 18th amendment?

Prohibition heightened criminal activity

What happened to the citrus industry in Florida since WWII

It continues to decline

McCarthyism in the 1950s was an attempt to reveal what?

Communist infiltration in the United States government

Franklin D Roosevelt is associated with what?

The New Deal

In 1492 Christopher Columbus voyage took nearly 40 days to cross the Atlantic Ocean a trip that would take in modern ships less than one week this difference best reflects the geographic concept of

Distance decay

What New Deal programs was designed to reduce unemployment

The Public Works Administration, the works project administration

What did the ancient Egyptian and Mayans have in common?

Both built enormous pyramids, both were agricultural societies, both had an elaborate system of writing

Which European country colonized the largest amount of land in Africa?

Belgium

Which of the following best defines realism in the context of international relations?

Nation states are the basic governmental units and there is no authority above individual nations

Government by the money is

Democracy

Which of the following represents monetary policy here if you increase the supply of money

The purchase of bonds by the Federal Reserve Bank

If people start eating more fish and chicken to reduce their intake of cholesterol in the importation of Canadian fork is restricted due to steroid problem what will happen to meet prices in the US?

The prices of chicken, pork, fish, and beef will go up

Which is not a method used to encourage expansion during a recession

Increased taxation

The. Early in the development of human cultures, before the use of metals, it's called the

Stone Age

What is considered the three pillars of Western culture

Roman law, Greek philosophy, Catholic and Protestant Christianity

During the period of reconstruction most of the states of the former Confederacy in order to regain admission to the Union we required to

Ratified the 14th amendment

Which of the following regions was most heavily represented among immigrants to the United States during the years from 1865 to 1890

Northern and western Europe

What best describes the Vietnam War

Falling the negotiation of Paris Peace Accords North Vietnam invaded South Vietnam and captured Saigon

In the early years of self-government the United States implemented a national government based on the Articles of Confederation what were some of the key weaknesses

The inability to levy taxes, dressed truth, regulate interstate and foreign trade, the lack of powerful or infected chief executive or national court system, the rule that amendments must be approved by Unanimous Consent, the inability of the government to make the states in force legislation but they did not support

The primary American objection to the Stamp Act was that

It has not been approved by the colonists through their representative

What best describes shifting cultivation

Primarily a subsistance practice, it involves a farmer using a pot and then abandoning it for return it in later time

What was unique about the Hammurabi code

It was the earliest known example of a ruler pro claiming publicly to his people at an entire body of laws

Who was not considered a participant in the Protestant Reformation?

Rene Descartes

What are the four basic economic activities of capitalism?

Production, distribution, manufacturing

One of the chief crops in Central America is

Bananas

Reasons for the fall of the Roman Empire

1. Decline in morals&values. 2.Public Health and environmental issues. 3.Political corruption and no clear process by which to choose a new emperor

An atlas is an example of a

Reference map

Production possibilities Frontier Curve model

Society is capable of producing only two goods. At a given point in time, a society has a fixed quantity of resources. All resources are used in their most productive manner

Productive or technical efficiency

Producing the types and quantity of goods and services that most satisfies its people. Using resources that are best suited. Using technology that minimizes cost

Countries influenced by conflicts related to multilingualism

Nigeria,Quebec, Cyprus

Components of human systems in geography

War, immigration, movement from the northeast to the southeast

True or False the constitution provides for political parties

false

Republic

The modern Democratic state in which the people do not take a direct role in legislating or governing but elect representative to express their views and wants

Amendment 1

States that Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion

Reaganomics is associated with

The trickle down theory

Major difference between a state government and federal government

State government have more responsibility for public education than the federal government

What are primaries used for?

Determine presidential candidate

Who decides the rules of the primaries?

The national committed of each party

The civilization known for its massive pyramids of the sun and moon was the

Teoihuacan

First nation to declare war in World War 1

Austria-Hungary

Who led a slave revolt that eventually established an independent Haiti

Toussaint L'Ouverture

Earliest structure built

The pyramids in Egypt

Put in chronological order: Han dynasty, the fall of the roman empire, the first Olympic Games

The first Olympic games, the fall of the Roman Empire the Han Dynasty

Results of the industrial revolution

Important developments in transportation, including the steam locomotive, steamship, automobile, airplane. Important developments in communication, including The Telegraph and Radio. Agricultural improvements that made possible the provision of food for larger non-agricultural population.

Who was from the Renaissance era

William Shakespeare, Geoffrey Chaucer, Giovanni Boccaccio

Which of the following would be considered the key influence on the development of the nation state?

Peace of Westphalia

Which of the following do historians generally consider the earliest cause of World War 2?

The Treaty of Versailles

On what date was Florida first admitted to the United States?

March 3rd 1845

The presidential succession act of 1947 establish the line of succession for the president of the United States. Who succeeds president of the president if the President and Vice President are killed at the same time?

Speaker of the House

Which of the following saw their roles change most in the period between 600 and1450?

Islamic women

The vedic religions evolve into which of the following religion?

Hinduism

In colonial Massachusetts governor Thomas Hutchinson attempted to force the sale of taxi in Boston in 1973, Bostonians reacted with the

Boston Tea Party

Why did apartheid in South Africa and during the 1990?

South Africans leaders decided the policy was harming the economy and international reputation

Which religion had its greatest impact on China?

Buddhism

If the federal government wants to influence state government in an area that the Constitution establishes as a responsibility of the state what action can it legally take?

The federal government can threaten to withhold money for project administered by the state unless the states comply

When did the young United States decide to form a militia

After Great Britain retaliated for the Tea Party

The 26th amendment was passed during the Vietnam era. What did it accomplish?

The amendment established age 18 is legal voting age throughout the United States

The Truman Doctrine was issued in response to the threat of

Communist expansion in Greece and Turkey

Ellis Island was the main entry facility for immigrants entering the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Which of the following statements is true about Ellis Island

12 million immigrants were inspected there

What were significant parts of the Industrial Revolution?

Steam engine, Bessemer process, spinning jenny

What best describes the agreement that ended the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis

The Soviet Union agreed to withdraw its missiles from Cuba and the United States agreed not to invade Cuba

The Watergate scandal led to Nixon's downfall primarily because

Of his role in directing to cover up of the break in in the Democratic National Committee offices

The War on Poverty was an attempt by

President Johnson to end hunger and economic despair in America

Which scholar is best associated with human development

jean Piaget

Characteristics of human population

Death, marriage and divorce, migration

Cultural anthropologist systematically compare similar cultures what is this process called

Ethnology

Which of the following is most closely associated with social psychologist

Qualitative research

The term multi cultural diversity generally does not include

Class

On psychology perception is

The process of attaining awareness or understanding of sensory information

Deviant behavior is a term used by sociologists to describe behaviors which the dominant group defines as

Violating basic norms

What is included in the field of social science

Political science, history, sociology

A person who believed in manifest destiny in the 18 hundreds would most likely want to

Acquire more land and power

The top official in the Department of Justice is

Attorney general

President Franklin D Roosevelt's program of relief designed and the Great Depression were called

The New Deal

The American system of government checks and balances

Regulate the amount of control each branch of government wields