Wrong On Practice Test 8

Front 1

Who attempted to assassinate Pres. Reagan?

Back 1

Hinkley

Front 2

What document in U.S. history stated that the "Union shall be perpetual"?

Back 2

Articles of Confederation

Front 3

Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic writing has been preserved on what three things?

Back 3

1. pottery

2. papyrus

3. stone

Front 4

What type of drama was done in order to highlight problems in society?

Back 4

Thesis play

Front 5

What battle in the Revolutionary War was fought in June 1775 at Breed's Hill?

Back 5

The Battle of Bunker Hill

Front 6

What suggests that through reallocation, improvements to at least one participant's well-being can be made without reducing the well-being of any other participant?

Back 6

Pareto Efficieny

Front 7

What separates the UK from mainland Europe?

Back 7

The English Channel, the North Sea and the Strait of Dover

Front 8

What was the first state admitted into the U.S.?

Back 8

Delaware

Front 9

What did factories in New England need to be close to during the early 1800s?

Back 9

They used rivers as power, they needed to be located near rivers.

Front 10

Who was greatly in favor of providing stricter enforcement regarding the return of fugitive slaves to their "rightful" owners in the South, and strongly criticized abolitionist practices of sheltering and aiding escaped slaves in 1850?

Back 10

Daniel Webster

Front 11

What African country was never a European colony: Somalia, Ethopia, Sudan or Eritrea?

Back 11

Eritrea

Front 12

Striking out a sentence from a bill and then passing it is called what?

Back 12

Line Veto

Front 13

What Supreme Court decision affirmed that Congressional districts must be drawn approximate each other in terms of population?

Back 13

Wesberry v. Sanders (1964)

Front 14

Where is Canada's National Parliament?

Back 14

Ottawa

Front 15

What countries border the Red Sea?

Back 15

Egypt, Yemen, Saudi Arabia and Sudan

Front 16

How were most books published before movable type was invented?

Back 16

They were copied by hand

Front 17

What made Sir Walter Raleigh's settlement finally successful on the 4th time?

Back 17

He realized that a successful colony needed women.

Front 18

The Taiping Rebellion was an indirect result of which of the following trade relations?

Back 18

United Kingdom exporting opium to China- they wanted to maintain the significant revenue it earned by illegally importing Indian-grown opium into China.

Front 19

What Presidential election was the first to be run according to the procedure enumerated in the 12th Amendment of the Constitution?

Back 19

Election of 1804

Front 20

The Soviet policy of open discussion is known as what?

Back 20

Glasnost

Front 21

What is a meeting where all available adults show up to vote and voice their opinions on an issue?

Back 21

Town Hall Meeting

Front 22

What crisis arose because of Egypt's reaction to a broken promise of money by Western nations?

Back 22

Suez Crisis- when the money never came from western nations the Egyptian president closed down access of the Suez Canal for the nations to use.

Front 23

What architectural influence is in Persian, Arabic, Turkish, and Central Asian influences of Islamic

Back 23

The Minaret

Front 24

In which document is "the separation of church and state argued"?

Back 24

Notes on the State of Virginia

Front 25

What are three basic types of economies?

Back 25

1. Commercial- produce goods and services in competitive markets

2. Planned- controlled by a central government, like a communist regime

3. Subsistence- survival economy mostly in developing nations

Front 26

In 1868, the Treaty of Fort Laramie guaranteed ownership of the Black Hills to which of the following Native-American nations?

Back 26

Lakota

Front 27

Vatican City is an example of what type of political state?

Back 27

An enclave

Front 28

If a landmass has the temperature of 32 degrees F for more than two continual years, it is said to be what?

Back 28

Permafrost

Front 29

What nations met together in the Tehran conference?

Back 29

This occurred during WWII and was a meeting between U.S., Soviet Union and Great Britain to decide who to take out Germany.

Front 30

The first English baby born in the New World was born on Roanoke Island. What was her name?

Back 30

Virginia Dare

Front 31

What separates England from Scotland?

Back 31

Hadrian's Wall- built in 200 c.e. by the Roman's

Front 32

What was not advocated for by the Federalist Papers?

Back 32

A Bill of Rights

Front 33

In geographical terms, what is a "ped"?

Back 33

A developed country

Front 34

What are developing countries referred to as?

Back 34

Pings

Front 35

If your marginal revenue equals your marginal costs what does this mean for your business?

Back 35

You are maximizing profits

Front 36

What leader of the Persian forces was the first to try to conquer the Greeks?

Back 36

Darius 1

Front 37

What occurs when the market does not take into account the impact of an economic activity on outsiders?

Back 37

Externality

Front 38

What is a condition in which the sufferer becomes anxious in environments that are unfamiliar or where he or she perceives that they have little control. This can include public places, crowds, or wide-open spaces.

Back 38

Agoraphboia

Front 39

Ceremonies done by Native Americans which are primarily used as social gatherings are known as what?

Back 39

Powwow

Front 40

In 1775, Patrick Henry argued for a right which is controversial in modern America, what is it?

Back 40

Right to bear arms

Front 41

What was the main purpose of the Articles of Association created by the First Continental Congress?

Back 41

To implement a trade boycott with Great Britain.