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The colonial period lasted from what date to what date?
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1565-1776
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One of the three major countries involved in the settlement of the us was?
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Spain
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The earliest cities in the northeast sprang up along what topographical feature?
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Fall lines
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Us expansion to this territory occured when it was purchased from russia in 1867?
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Alaska
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The territory which doubled the size of the us in 1803 was?
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Lousiana
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The 1st planned city in the us was?
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Washington D.C
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One of the three major countries involved in the us settlement was?
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Britain
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One of the largest metropolitain areas in the us stretches from boston to
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washington dc
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The percentage of the american workforce engaged in agg is
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2%
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the 1st permanent english colony in north america was established in 1607 at
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Jamestown
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One of the major crops to be found on plantations in the south was
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cotton
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one on the three major countries involved in the settlement of the u.s was
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France
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Territory annexed by the us in 1898 was
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hawaii
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the country's interest in settleing of north america centered on wealth and power and locating the cities of gold
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spain
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the colonial group based its economy on primaraly farming
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new england, mid atlantic, and southern
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the country's interest in in settling of north america centered on fur trade
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France
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the colonial group which has its economy on small farms trade and fishing besides new england was the
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Mid atlantic
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one of the major crops to be found on plantaions in the south
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tabacco
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Manufacturing takes up what percent of the us economy
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20%
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the direction of territorial expantsion for the us was
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east-west
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the # of colonies established by the english along the atlantic coastal in what is now us was
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13
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The plantation system is associated whith which colonial group?
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Southern
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the greatest mover of goods in the us is by what transportation network
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inland boating
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a diverse pop is major characteristic associated with which of the colonial groups?
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new england, mid atlantic and southern
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the battle of alamo involved gov. troops from Mexico and rebels that were legal citizens of what country?
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us
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Type of economic change in which less emphasis is placed on heavy industry and more on service and high-tech buisnesses is known as
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post industriel economy
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The % of the world's exports provided by the us is
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10%
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The taxes placed on imports from another country are known as
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tariffs
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what % of the american workforce is engage in service industries?
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75%
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one of the states found in the southern colonies was
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south carolina
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the # of contigous states between Mexico and canada
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48
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one of the states found in the mid atlantic was
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pennsylvania
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one of the magor reasons hawaii was anexed by the us was that it served as a refuiling and supply stop for ships trading with
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asia
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the mexican general who led forves against the rebels at the alamo was
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Santa anna
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what is the # of metropolitan areas that can be found in the us?
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276
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the revolutionary war officially ended with the signing of the
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treaty of paris
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how many people can be found living in the largest metropolitain areas that can be found in the us.
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42 million
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the president to order the exploration of the louisiana territory was
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Jefferson
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when the territory of the gadsden purchase was acquired in 1853 this gave the us
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a southern railroad route to the pacific
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the colonial period in america ended with the
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declaration of independence
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in the territorial expansion of the us in 1819 florida was obtained from spain in exchange for the us giving up clains to
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texas
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which of the following crops was not a major plantaion crop?
a. wheat b.tabacco c. sugarcane d. cotton |
a wheat
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in the war with mexico the us claimed the boundry to be the
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rio grande
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the oregon territory was acquired by the us in 1846 from
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england
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the annual birthrate for the us is
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.5
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what % of the us pop can be found living in a metropolitin areas in the us
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80%
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the pop in the us is just over
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3 million
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the treaty that was removed trade restrictions between the us and its neighboring countries is known as
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nafta
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land vontrolled by an outside country is the definition for
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colony
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earning more from evports than it spends on imports is the definition for
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trade surplus
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policy/belief that the us had the right to expand its territory from the atlantic to pacific was known as
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manifest destiny
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converting old favtories for use in new industries is the definition for
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retooling
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over how many millions of miles roads can be found in the us
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3.9 million
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the first immigrants to north america came from
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asia
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the movement of people from one country into another is a definiton for
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immigration
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the ws mode of transportation that carries the least amount of good is
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airplanes
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most residential areas found on the outside of a city are known as
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suberbs
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