Praxis
Peru
Where is Machu Picchu?
Himalayas
In what mountain range can Mount Everest be found?
The Battle of Yorktown
What was the final battle of the revolutionary war?
The Treaty of Ghent
What battle ended the war of 1812?
The south
⦁ What is an example of perceptual location?
Longitude and latitude
What is absolute location?
Incas
Who invented terrace farming?
Romans
Who invented structures such as arches and roads?
Greece
Where did the idea of democracy come from?
Accepted the generalship of the continental army
“Letter to Marsha Washington” was a letter George Washington wrote to explain that he…?
Job equality
What did women protest for in the 1960’s and the 1970’s?
Midwest
What is the breadbasket of America?
The south
Who had more military experience in the war?
Brought the south back into the union
What happened during the reconstruction era?
VA had slaves and New York did not
What is the difference between the VA colony and the New York colony?
Sons of Liberty
Which of these was a secret that protested rights during the time leading up to the American Revolution?
Stamp Act
⦁ Which act was the first passed by Britain on the 13 colonies?
The French
⦁ Which group of people worked well with Native Americans?
⦁ Which of the following was NOT a new England colony?
Maryland
⦁ Which TWO of the following were NOT new England colonies?
Maine and Vermont
⦁ New York is a ……… colony?
Middle (mid-Atlantic)
⦁ Which colony was known as new Sweden?
Delaware
Proclamation of 1763
⦁ Which of the following made it illegal for early settlers to move past the Appalachian Mountains?
⦁ Which TWO of the following people started the first political parties?
Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton
⦁ Which was something the whig party did NOT support?
Having majority parties
⦁ Manifest destiny promoted what?
Westward expansion
When did WW1 begin in America?
1917
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.
⦁What does increasing interest rates do to inflation?
Avoids it/ decreases it
Government regulation
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a market economy?
Which of the following lists the four factors of production?
Land, labor, capital, entrepreneurship
Where did the kingdom of Kush live?
Egypt
⦁ 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
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
⦁ Where do the strongest monsoons tend to occur?
Bangladesh
1 euro is how many U.S dollars?
$1.18
Sputnik is a satellite from which country?
Soviet Union
Where are the Atlas Mountains?
Africa
⦁ Which oceans does the Panama Canal connect?
Pacific and Atlantic
Which of the following is NOT included in the 1st amendment?
Freedom of Control
⦁ Which of the following describes the 2nd amendment?
Right to bear arms
Which of the following describes the 5th amendment?
No self-incrimination
Which of the following describes the 6th amendment?
Speedy trial
⦁ Which of the following describes the 15th amendment?
People of all races can vote
Which of the following describes the 19th amendment?
Women can vote
To protect from invaders Why was the Great Wall of China built?
To protect from invaders
⦁ Which state did most German immigrants come to?
Pennsylvania
⦁ 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
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?
Greece and Turkey
⦁ Which TWO specific countries were helped by the Truman Doctrine?