Social Studies

Question 0

Which of the following was a major cause of the american revolutionary war?

Answer 0

Taxation without representation

Question 1

In the early years of european exploration and settlement of north america the native american population changed in which way?

Answer 1

It decreased largely as a result of the spread of infectious diseases from europeans.

Question 2

A major difference between the federalist and the anti-federalist during the debate over adopting the constitution was that the federalists

Answer 2

Advocated the creation of a strong national government while the anti federalists feared it would lead to tyranny.

Question 3

The decision by george washington to leave the presidensy of the united states after two terms is significant for which of the following reasons?

Answer 3

It disproved the criticism of the united states constitution that the president would become a new monarch.

Question 4

What was the purpose of the expedition thomas jefferson selected meriwether lewis and william clark to lead?

Answer 4

To find a water route to the pacific ocean.

Question 5

What was a consequencw of including the principle of popular sovereignty in the kansas nebraska act of 1854?

Answer 5

It relpened the issue of slavery in the area closed to slavery north of the 36’ 30’ line of the Missouri Compromise.

Question 6

What produced revolutionary improvements in transportation and manufacturing productivity in the middle of the nineteenth century?

Answer 6

Steam engines utilizing coal to heat water.

Question 7

President woodrow wilson argued in 1917 that the united states needed to enter the first world war in order to.

Answer 7

Make the world safe for democracy.

Question 8

President franklin d roosevelts new deal attempted to combat the economic problems of the great depression primarily by

Answer 8

Providing funding for public works projects.

Question 9

The truman doctirne sought to do what in response to the perceived threat of communism?

Answer 9

Contain the spread of communism beyond the already existing soviet sphere

Question 10

What legal doctrine was overturned in the supreme courts brown v. Board of education of topeka decision in 1954?

Answer 10

Seperate but equal laws.

Question 11

Which civil rights activists is most closely associated with the montgomery bus boycott?

Answer 11

Martin luther king jr.

Question 12

Which president said- the governement is not the solution to our problem. Government is the problem.

Answer 12

Ronald Reagan

Question 13

The framers of the constitution adopted a federal system because it…

Answer 13

Provided for a balance of power between central and state governments.

Question 14

The first ten amendments to the united states constitution were passed simultaneously in 1791 because

Answer 14

The first congress decided that guarantees of individual liberties needed to be added to the constitution- the bill of rights.

Question 15

What is requiered for an individual to cast a ballot in a federal election in the united states?

Answer 15

Voter registration

Question 16

A person with low political efficacy would be likely to engage in…

Answer 16

Choosing not to vote in a presidential election.

Question 17

What contemporary political ideologies most strongly supports government protection of individual freedoms?

Answer 17

Liberalism.

Question 18

What is a populations rate of natural increase determined by?

Answer 18

The difference between the crude birth rate and the crude death rate.

Question 19

What is a primary cause of soil depletion in deforested rain forest environments.

Answer 19

The introduction of cash crop agriculture

Question 20

Which region is closely associated with the islamic region.

Answer 20

Middle east

Question 21

Which geographical events contributed to the formation of the great lakes?

Answer 21

Movement of glaciers

Question 22

Communities of Hasidic Jews living in New York City and Mennonities living in rural ohio are both examples of

Answer 22

Subcultures.

Question 23

Which society were democratic practices such as the use of general assemblies in which all citizen could participate first introduced

Answer 23

Ancient athens

Question 24

In 1911 american archrologist hiram bingham discovered machu picchu in the peruvian andes mountains this site was built by which civilization?

Answer 24

Inca

Question 25

Christophet columbus first voyage to thr americad led him to a place he namef san salvador. San salvador is located in

Answer 25

Bahama islands

Question 26

In 1517 martin luther posted a list of 95 theses on the doors of the cathedral in wittenberg, germany. His action led directly to what major episodes in european history?

Answer 26

The reformation

Question 27

What is a central component of capitalism or a free market economy?

Answer 27

Incentives created through the profit motive to encourage innovarion and invention

Question 28

What organizatiom is responsible for controllimg the supply of money and credit available to the united states economy

Answer 28

Federal Reserve Bank

Question 29

Developing countries are generally characterized by

Answer 29

A higher proportion of their populations working in agriculture.