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1
What prompted the formation of the League of Nations?
To promote international peace and security after WWI
Countries that joined the EU needed to coordinate resources
Multinational companies needed oversight.
Allies and Axis powers needed to negotiate peace after WWII
2
Social scientist living among people being studied is
quantitative research
case study
participant observation
experimentation
3
A country deciding how many goods and services to produce and how to distribute them is
macroeconomics
opportunity costs
technical efficiency
scarcity
4
A person that believed in Manifest Destiny would want to
respect the rights of others
rule foreign countries
acquire more land and power
preserve the environment
5
The Marshall Plan
gave Western Europe billions to rebuild after WWII
ended cold war
gave Britain control of Palestine after WWI
ended conflict in Korea
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What is the best way to describe the GNP?
total national production
total goods and services
greater national production
government natural production
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Purposes of government
Ensure national security
Ensure Social Order
Provide public service
Adjust Economy
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ends a filibuster
adjournment
intervention by the speaker of the house
a presidential override
cloture
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Monroe Doctrine
not concerned with other countries government
only concerned with Western Hemisphere governments
claimed Western hemisphere as only zone of influence
would not tolerate any European colonization in new world
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Periodization is used
in geography to study time zones
in political science to study elections
to track economic trends
to place a historical event in a chronological context
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Article 1 of the Constitution creates
the judicial branch
the presidency
unicameral legislature
bicameral legislature
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Germany's invasion of which country prompted the British to declare war on Germany in 1914?
Sudetenland
Austria
the Rhineland
Belgium
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Civil liberties discussions
women's pay, gay marriage
public's right to know vs. national security
affirmative action
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What form of government ruled Russia prior to Revolution of 1917?
oligarchy
democracy
theocracy
autocracy
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Africa before Europe's Age of Exploration
Ghana was central to trans Saharan trade in gold and salt
was isolated from other countries with little contact
Christianity spread through Africa
had a wealth of writing used to identify events pre 1500
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oligopoly is
black market
great for consumers
a market where industry is dominated by a few sellers
government led by a small group of individuals who rule
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Which involve the interaction between the buyer,seller, and price?
recession and recovery
microeconomics and macroeconomics
supply and demand
expansionary fiscal policy and contractionary fiscal policy
18
The Constitution and crimes
6th trial by jury with counsel
4th no search and seizure
5th no same crime twice
8th cruel and unusual punishment
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What is true of the equator?
it is the prime meridian
it is equidistant from the poles
it is a relative location
it is perpendicular to lines of latitude
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A demand deposit at a commercial bank is
an asset to bank and liability to depositor
a liability to both depositor and bank
asset to depositor and liability to bank
neither asset nor liability
21
Renaissance humanism was a threat to the church because
Few humanist could read or participate in religious services
Most humanists were athiests
Humanists were starting their own religions
Humanists viewed life in the present not the afterlife
22
The Truman Doctrine was in response to the threat of
Communist North Korea invasion of South Korea
Communist threat to South Vietnam
communist expansion in Greece and Turkey
Red Army in Central Europe
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reversed separate but equal
Morgan v. Virginia
Schenck v. US
Brown V. Board of Education of Topeka
Plessy v. Ferguson
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During the enlightenment Rococo and Neoclassicism can be classified as
philosophies
examples of the Republic of Letters
styles of art
music styles
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What was an outcome of the industrial revolution?
a focus on craftsmanship
the birth of the advertising industry
decrease in consumption of material goods
increase in agrarian living.
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Political Parties
Democrats and Whigs
Federalists and democratic republicans
Democrats and Republicans
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Why did Ben Franklin draw the join or die cartoon?
Males hesitated to join the militia
Franklin wanted the colonies to reunite with Great Britain
England disapproved of the Albany Plan of Union
France did not support American independence from England
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What is the OUT of Africa model?
a theory for the origin of humans
describes how Africans were captured for the slave trade
artifact believed to be earliest cuneiform of Mesopotamia
map of trade routes from Europe to Africa prior to 1500
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multidisciplinary study of how social and environmental change occurs
spatial interaction
cultural diffusion
political ecology
environmental determinism
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Which characterizes paleolithic people?
They were highly nomadic
Used simple tools made of iron and wood
Did not know how to create fire for warmth or cooking
They were agrarian and grew crops
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What would have been logical outcome of the Americanization movement of late 18 and early 1900
Immigrants learned what it meant to be American.
Companies refused to hire non US citizens.
Women gained right to vote
US became increasingly isolationist
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Students using the inquiry method to learn high school geography might
answer extended thinking questions about global warming
do a project to inform community how to save water
use scientific method to see how erosion affects beaches
play a jeopardy game to review terms
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1st amendment restrictions
published falsehoods
dangerous speech
animal sacrifice
polygamy
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Who is most likely to have been a bonus marcher during Hoover's administration?
African Americans under the leadership of WEB Dubois
AFL-CIO workers
individuals who wanted to repeal prohibition
impoverished WWI veterans
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Amendment that gives any power not stated in Constitution to the state
5th
3rd
9th
10th
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the effect of Engel v. Vitale on schools
segregated schools were outlawed
Principals cannot search school lockers without cause
Prayer is not allowed in schools
access to education for disabilities students
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A command economy
corporations compete and pay stockholder in dividends
Is based on tradition
central bank oversees stability and conducts monetary policy
emphasizes collective benefit over individual benefit
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Describes the foreign policy of the U.S. during the Cold War.
policy of non involvement in Latin America
US had few investments in Latin America at the time
US refused to support abusive regimes
intervened in other country's affairs to prevent communism
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What part of the Constitution addresses popular sovereignty?
Preamble
Amendments 1-5
Article 1
The Bill of Rights
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citizen responsibilities
vote in elections
serve in armed forces
taxes, support constitution
respect others rights
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The four main branches of geography are
systemic, topical, political, regional
human, systemic, physical, regional
topical, political, relative, absolute
physical, relative, political, absolute
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Federalism
individuals can participate
one party cannot seize power
local state national gov make policy
43
Which empires or kingdoms were part of the Islamic world?
Mesopotamia
Ghana
Phoenicians
Sumer
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Which Middle Age system gave craftspeople ability to pass on their skills to an apprentice?
inquisition
feudal
manorialism
guild
45
Which of the following occurred in the same time period?
Renaissance Reformation and Age of Exploration
Reformation and Age of Reason
Age of Exploration and Industrial Revolution
Renaissance and Middle Ages
46
Which was developed by the ancient Greeks?
democracy
cuneiform
Latin
hieroglyphics
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political party nominations
compromise on difficult issues
recruit and back candidates for office
staff offices and provide administrative support
discuss issues with public
48
Who serves as president of the senate?
majority leader
the senator with the greatest seniority
speaker of the house
vice president of the United States
49
In Plessy v. Ferguson the court held that
separate facilities were constitutional
separate facilities were unconstitutional
a literacy test is unconstitutional barrier to voting.
No slave could be a citizen of the US.
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Which event would interest Margaret Sanger?
18th amendment went into effect in 1920
California was first to adopt no fault divorce law in 1969
FDA approved the birth control pill in 1960
Bonus marchers protested in 1932
51
Soviet leader whose glasnost and perestroika encouraged Communism's fall in Eastern bloc
Brezhnev
Stalin
Gorbachev
Khrushchev
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A philosophe in the Age of Enlightenment would support
realistic pessimism that things would improve
elimination of rulers
critical thinking by the masses
religious dogma
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4 main political orientations
Conservative no regulation moral values tied to religion
liberal increase equality health justice education
Libertarian believes in defense and social, economic freedom
Moderate between lib and cons
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What was an effect of the slave trade on Africa?
Existing trade routes were strengthened
Contact with outside world increased as result of trading
Africa was viewed as less important in terms of colonization
Women took over male roles and polygamy increased
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a worker in an automobile factory in the 1930's may be a member of the following
SNCC
CCC
EEOC
CIO
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Voting process
public ballot
secret ballot
high tech voting machine
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The two components of a climate graph are
temperature highs and lows for a specific date
predicted rain and temperature for tomorrow.
amount of rain expected in tourist season.
amount of precipitation and temperature of an area
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The cradle of Western Civilization
Sumer
Greece
Egypt
Rome
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One of Hitler's first official acts as chancellor
established alliances with Italy and Czekoslovakia
Met with France and Britain to work out treaties.
built up army and weapons
created policies to ease the effects of the depression
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The purpose of the Truman Doctrine was to
prevent European meddling in South American affairs
expand Monroe Doctrine to include Eastern Asia
aid countries that were targets of communist expansion
aid the economic recovery of war torn Europe
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England and Europe formally recognized US independence in the 1783
Mayflower Compact
Treaty of Versailles
Constitution of the United States
Treaty of Paris
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What was the issue of the 30 years war?
nationalism
class warfare
religion
imperialism
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What is the purpose of the elastic clause in the Constitution?
It gives president the ability to act during times of war
grants congress implied powers to implement delegated powers
allows the Supreme Court to consider controversial cases
Describes fluid nature of checks and balances in 3 branches
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Paleolithic Mesolithic and Neolithic periods are part of which geological age?
Bronze
Stone
Iron
Copper
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Which term is related to autocracy?
despotism
democracy
theocracy
capitalism
