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Peru

Where is Machu Picchu?

2

Himalayas

In what mountain range can Mount Everest be found?

3

The Battle of Yorktown

What was the final battle of the revolutionary war?

4

The Treaty of Ghent

What battle ended the war of 1812?

5

The south

⦁ What is an example of perceptual location?

6

Longitude and latitude

What is absolute location?

7

Incas

Who invented terrace farming?

8

Romans

Who invented structures such as arches and roads?

9

Greece

Where did the idea of democracy come from?

10

Accepted the generalship of the continental army

“Letter to Marsha Washington” was a letter George Washington wrote to explain that he…?

11

Job equality

What did women protest for in the 1960’s and the 1970’s?

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Midwest

What is the breadbasket of America?

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The south

Who had more military experience in the war?

14

Brought the south back into the union

What happened during the reconstruction era?

15

VA had slaves and New York did not

What is the difference between the VA colony and the New York colony?

16

Sons of Liberty

Which of these was a secret that protested rights during the time leading up to the American Revolution?

17

Stamp Act

⦁ Which act was the first passed by Britain on the 13 colonies?

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The French

⦁ Which group of people worked well with Native Americans?

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⦁ Which of the following was NOT a new England colony?

Maryland

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⦁ Which TWO of the following were NOT new England colonies?

Maine and Vermont

21

⦁ New York is a ……… colony?

Middle (mid-Atlantic)

22

⦁ Which colony was known as new Sweden?

Delaware

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Proclamation of 1763

⦁ Which of the following made it illegal for early settlers to move past the Appalachian Mountains?

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⦁ Which TWO of the following people started the first political parties?

Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton

25

⦁ Which was something the whig party did NOT support?

Having majority parties

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⦁ Manifest destiny promoted what?

Westward expansion

27

When did WW1 begin in America?

1917

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Which of the following was the goal of the Truman Doctrine?

Hold back communism through containment and give assistance to groups committed to fighting communism.

29

⦁What does increasing interest rates do to inflation?

Avoids it/ decreases it

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Government regulation

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a market economy?

31

Which of the following lists the four factors of production?

Land, labor, capital, entrepreneurship

32

Where did the kingdom of Kush live?

Egypt

33

⦁ Put the following wars/events in order:

⦁ French/Indian
⦁ Revolutionary
⦁ War of 1812
⦁ Mexican American
⦁ American civil war
⦁ Spanish American
⦁ WWI
⦁ New Deal
⦁ WWII
⦁ Cold War

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Which TWO of the following are requirements to be president of the United States?

35 years old and a resident of the US for 14 years

35

⦁ Where do the strongest monsoons tend to occur?

Bangladesh

36

1 euro is how many U.S dollars?

$1.18

37

Sputnik is a satellite from which country?

Soviet Union

38

Where are the Atlas Mountains?

Africa

39

⦁ Which oceans does the Panama Canal connect?

Pacific and Atlantic

40

Which of the following is NOT included in the 1st amendment?

Freedom of Control

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⦁ Which of the following describes the 2nd amendment?

Right to bear arms

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Which of the following describes the 5th amendment?

No self-incrimination

43

Which of the following describes the 6th amendment?

Speedy trial

44

⦁ Which of the following describes the 15th amendment?

People of all races can vote

45

Which of the following describes the 19th amendment?

Women can vote

46

To protect from invaders Why was the Great Wall of China built?

To protect from invaders

47

⦁ Which state did most German immigrants come to?

Pennsylvania

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⦁ Which compromise solved the issue of how to account for slaves in the population for representation in the House of Representatives and for taxation of states by national government?

3/5ths compromise

49

Dred Scott was not a free man after having lived in a free territory and no African American was a citizen of the United States. Slaves have no legal right to sue for their freedom.

⦁ What was the ruling of the Dred Scott case?

50

Greece and Turkey

⦁ Which TWO specific countries were helped by the Truman Doctrine?