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Important factor in JFKm1960 election victory over Nixon |
JFK better at debates |
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Three basic questions of economics |
What to produce, for whom to produce, how to produce |
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Plate tectonics |
Plates that get pushed under one another create volcanoes |
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What power is reserved only for the states? |
Ratify proposed amendments to the Constitution |
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The principle of popular sovereignty |
Central feature of the Kansas Nebraska Act |
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French and Indian War, Revolutionary War, War of 1812 |
French&Indian War, Revolutionary War, War of 1812 |
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Concepts of cooperative learning |
Team rewards, individual accountability, equal opportunities |
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Global warming |
Carbon dioxide and methane |
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Acid rain |
Sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide |
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Ozone depletion |
Chlorofluorocarbons and sunlight |
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Aurora borealis |
Solar flares and magnetism |
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Example of monopolistic competition |
The film industry |
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Religions founded in India |
Hinduism,Buddhism, Jainism, sikhism |
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Focus of Mayan cities |
Ceremonial centers |
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Resources that are readily abundant |
Free goods |
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In a monopoly |
The firm is equal to an industry |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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What are civil liberties? |
Fundamental individual rights given to all citizens by law |
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The inductive discovery approach is one of two ways to teach what |
generalisations and facts in social science |
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Why did the framers of the Constitution designed the system of checks and balances? |
To maintain parity of power between branches of government |
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What topics fall within the scope of the study of political science? |
Structure of government, political institutions, politics |
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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 |
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For what length of term for federal judges appointed? |
Life |
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The major responsibilities of the Federal Reserve Board is to |
Implement monetary policy |
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Another way to define GDP is as the market value of |
All final goods and services produced in an economy in a given year |
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Which of the following founders was one of the authors of the Federalist Papers and wrote the Bill of Rights ? |
James Madison |
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Ethnography is the |
Systematic description of a human society |
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What are examples of social issues |
Weather birth control is taught in schools, whether evolution is taught in schools, how to balance a checkbook |
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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 |
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The Bill of Rights did what |
Established a viable two party political system |
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What is considered the first important movement of black artists and writers? |
Harlem Renaissance |
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What was the result of the 18th amendment? |
Prohibition heightened criminal activity |
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What happened to the citrus industry in Florida since WWII |
It continues to decline |
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McCarthyism in the 1950s was an attempt to reveal what? |
Communist infiltration in the United States government |
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Franklin D Roosevelt is associated with what? |
The New Deal |
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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 |
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What New Deal programs was designed to reduce unemployment |
The Public Works Administration, the works project administration |
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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 |
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Which European country colonized the largest amount of land in Africa? |
Belgium |
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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 |
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Government by the money is |
Democracy |
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Which of the following represents monetary policy here if you increase the supply of money |
The purchase of bonds by the Federal Reserve Bank |
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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 |
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Which is not a method used to encourage expansion during a recession |
Increased taxation |
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The. Early in the development of human cultures, before the use of metals, it's called the |
Stone Age |
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What is considered the three pillars of Western culture |
Roman law, Greek philosophy, Catholic and Protestant Christianity |
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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 |
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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 |
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What best describes the Vietnam War |
Falling the negotiation of Paris Peace Accords North Vietnam invaded South Vietnam and captured Saigon |
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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 |
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The primary American objection to the Stamp Act was that |
It has not been approved by the colonists through their representative |
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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 |
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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 |
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Who was not considered a participant in the Protestant Reformation? |
Rene Descartes |
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What are the four basic economic activities of capitalism? |
Production, distribution, manufacturing |
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One of the chief crops in Central America is |
Bananas |
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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 |
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An atlas is an example of a |
Reference map |
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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 |
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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 |
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Countries influenced by conflicts related to multilingualism |
Nigeria,Quebec, Cyprus |
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Components of human systems in geography |
War, immigration, movement from the northeast to the southeast |
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True or False the constitution provides for political parties |
false |
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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 |
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Amendment 1 |
States that Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion |
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Reaganomics is associated with |
The trickle down theory |
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Major difference between a state government and federal government |
State government have more responsibility for public education than the federal government |
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What are primaries used for? |
Determine presidential candidate |
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Who decides the rules of the primaries? |
The national committed of each party |
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The civilization known for its massive pyramids of the sun and moon was the |
Teoihuacan |
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First nation to declare war in World War 1 |
Austria-Hungary |
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Who led a slave revolt that eventually established an independent Haiti |
Toussaint L'Ouverture |
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Earliest structure built |
The pyramids in Egypt |
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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 |
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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. |
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Who was from the Renaissance era |
William Shakespeare, Geoffrey Chaucer, Giovanni Boccaccio |
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Which of the following would be considered the key influence on the development of the nation state? |
Peace of Westphalia |
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Which of the following do historians generally consider the earliest cause of World War 2? |
The Treaty of Versailles |
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On what date was Florida first admitted to the United States? |
March 3rd 1845 |
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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 |
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Which of the following saw their roles change most in the period between 600 and1450? |
Islamic women |
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The vedic religions evolve into which of the following religion? |
Hinduism |
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In colonial Massachusetts governor Thomas Hutchinson attempted to force the sale of taxi in Boston in 1973, Bostonians reacted with the |
Boston Tea Party |
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Why did apartheid in South Africa and during the 1990? |
South Africans leaders decided the policy was harming the economy and international reputation |
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Which religion had its greatest impact on China? |
Buddhism |
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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 |
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When did the young United States decide to form a militia |
After Great Britain retaliated for the Tea Party |
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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 |
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The Truman Doctrine was issued in response to the threat of |
Communist expansion in Greece and Turkey |
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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 |
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What were significant parts of the Industrial Revolution? |
Steam engine, Bessemer process, spinning jenny |
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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 |
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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 |
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The War on Poverty was an attempt by |
President Johnson to end hunger and economic despair in America |
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Which scholar is best associated with human development |
jean Piaget |
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Characteristics of human population |
Death, marriage and divorce, migration |
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Cultural anthropologist systematically compare similar cultures what is this process called |
Ethnology |
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Which of the following is most closely associated with social psychologist |
Qualitative research |
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The term multi cultural diversity generally does not include |
Class |
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On psychology perception is |
The process of attaining awareness or understanding of sensory information |
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Deviant behavior is a term used by sociologists to describe behaviors which the dominant group defines as |
Violating basic norms |
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What is included in the field of social science |
Political science, history, sociology |
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A person who believed in manifest destiny in the 18 hundreds would most likely want to |
Acquire more land and power |
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The top official in the Department of Justice is |
Attorney general |
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President Franklin D Roosevelt's program of relief designed and the Great Depression were called |
The New Deal |
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The American system of government checks and balances |
Regulate the amount of control each branch of government wields |