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WorksheetsMr Armenta7th Grade World History Final Study
Total questions: 147
Worksheet time: 1hrs 25mins
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1.
What is a caravel?
a)
A small, fast ship.
b)
A tool that helped sailors use the sun and stars to find their location.
c)
A tool that shows which direction is North.
d)
All of the above.
2.
What were early Portuguese explorers trying to find?
a)
a passage to India by land
b)
a way to the South Pole
c)
a new trade route to India by sea
d)
a new school in Portugal
3.
Who was Prince Henry the Navigator?
a)
a Portuguese prince
b)
He helped start European exploration and trade.
c)
He sent several explorers on expeditions to sail around the west coast of Africa in attempts to find a route to India.
d)
all of the above
4.
European explorers were sent to the New World for ______.
a)
gold, spices, and ships
b)
gold, land, and to convert native people to Christianity
c)
silver, pearls, and slaves
d)
slaves, navigators, and cartographers
5.
This Portuguese explorer's expedition was the first to circumnavigate the world. Who was he?
a)
Robert La Salle
b)
Bartholomeu Diaz
c)
Henry Hudson
d)
Ferdinand Magellan
6.
Slaves were brought to the New World from _________.
a)
Africa
b)
New Netherland
c)
Canada
d)
New Zealand
7.
Vasco da Gama's discovery of a route to India by sea proved to be
a)
very profitable.
b)
far too costly to be sailed on a regular basis.
c)
the only time time any Portuguese vessel sailed the route.
d)
much longer than the route to India by land.
8.
_____ went to his grave believing he had discovered a westward passage to Asia, when in fact he had actually discovered the Americas.
a)
Amerigo Vespucci
b)
John Cabot
c)
Christopher Columbus
d)
Alfonso de Albuquerque
9.
What was the name for the journey of slaves from Africa to America?
a)
the Voyage of Sorrow.
b)
the Bering Crossing.
c)
the African-America run.
d)
the Middle Passage.
10.
How did Portugal FIRST get around to Asia?
a)
They walked
b)
Sailed the Mediterranean Sea
c)
They flew
d)
Sailed around the tip of Africa
11.
Who was the explorer that FIRST sailed around Africa in order to make it to Asia by water?
a)
Francisco Pizarro
b)
Christopher Columbus
c)
Henry Hudson
d)
Vasco de Gama
12.
Many slaves did not _________________ the Middle Passage.
a)
go to
b)
want to leave
c)
Survive
13.
Slaves were brought to North America through the ____________ _______.
a)
Slave Ship
b)
Northwest Passage
c)
Triangular Trade
14.
What ocean was crossed on the Triangular trade routes?
a)
The Caribbean
b)
The Indian
c)
The Atlantic
d)
The Pacific
15.
Who discovered gravity?
a)
Newton
b)
Kepler
c)
Galileo
d)
Copernicus
16.
Who painted "The Hand of God"
a)
Michelangelo
b)
Leonardo da Vinci
c)
Botticelli
d)
Machiavelli
17.
What was Leonardo da Vinci known as?
a)
"a monk"
b)
"a vassal"
c)
"a politician"
d)
"Renaissance Man"
18.
Who painted the Mona Lisa?
a)
Medici
b)
Botticelli
c)
Leonardo da Vinci
d)
Michelangelo
19.
Who invented the printing press?
a)
Johannes Gutenburg
b)
Botticelli
c)
Leonardo da Vinci
d)
Michelangelo
20.
What is the artistic technique that is used to show depth and distance on a flat surface?
a)
realism
b)
perspective
c)
idealism
d)
distancism
21.
Who wrote the book "The Prince"?
a)
Michelangelo
b)
Leonardo da Vinci
c)
Machiavelli
d)
Kepler
22.
Who painted the Medici family?
a)
Michelangelo
b)
Botticelli
c)
Leonardo da Vinci
d)
Machiavelli
23.
What is the definition of anatomy?
a)
the study of the human body
b)
the phobia of blood
c)
the study of ants' structure
d)
the phobia of ants
24.
Who of the following is not an astronomer?
a)
Newton
b)
Galileo
c)
Kepler
d)
Machiavelli
25.
What was Copernicus' gift to science?
a)
he discovered gravity
b)
he studied anatomy
c)
he was the first to discover that the planets travel around the sun
d)
he studied plants
26.
What did Galileo specialize in?
a)
anatomy
b)
astronomy
c)
painting
d)
writing
27.
Who painted "The Last Supper"?
a)
Machiavelli
b)
Botticelli
c)
Kepler
d)
Leonardo da Vinci
28.
What did Kepler specialize in?
a)
astronomy
b)
anatomy
c)
sculpting
d)
drawing
29.
Who is an Italian writer who wrote a book describing how leaders should rule?
a)
Machiavelli
b)
Michelangelo
c)
Leonardo da Vinci
d)
Kepler
30.
The Reformation began in _______.
a)
Italy
b)
Germany
c)
France
d)
England
31.
Which king broke away from the Catholic church because he wanted a divorce?
a)
Henry VI
b)
George I
c)
Charles I
d)
Henry VIII
32.
Who passed the Act of Suprmeacy to make themselves head of their own church
a)
Martin Luther
b)
John Calvin
c)
Ulrich Zwingli
d)
Henry VIII
33.
What are the complaints called that Martin Luther wrote against Indulgences?
a)
The 90 Thesis
b)
The 95 Theories
c)
The 95 Arguements
d)
The 95 Theses
34.
What was the Protestant Reformation?
a)
an attempt to overthrow the Pope and replace him with a Frenchman.
b)
an attempt to reform practices by the Catholic church considered corrupt.
c)
a call for Christian Europe to reclaim the Holy Land from the Arabs.
35.
What invention helped to spread the information of the Reformation?
a)
The Globe
b)
The Mona Lisa
c)
The Paint Brush
d)
The Printing Press
36.
Who taught predestination
a)
John Calvin
b)
Martin Luther
c)
Zwingli
d)
Erasmus
37.
Who was Martin Luther?
a)
A German monk who wanted to replace the Pope.
b)
The patriarch of the Eastern Othodoz church, he wanted to split from the Catholic Church.
c)
A German monk who wrote the 95 Theses.
38.
What were the criticisms of the Catholic Church?
a)
that Church officials were trying to make money, especially the sale of indulgences and the veneration of relics.
b)
The pope had moved to Avignon, France and was living on a luxurious estate.
c)
That Church officials were leaving the cities to escape the plague.
39.
This was the Church practice of selling forgiveness for sin
a)
Usury
b)
Tithe
c)
Sin Tax
d)
Indulgences
40.
Martin Luther's Ninety-Five Theses were a call for
a)
revolt against German princes.
b)
reforming the Catholic Church.
c)
greater papal authority.
d)
spreading Christianity.
41.
This reformation leader believed in a hard work ethic and Predestination.
a)
John Calvin
b)
Martin Luther
c)
Henry VIII
d)
Queen Elizabeth
42.
Henry VIII left the Catholic Church because ...
a)
He wanted to be baptised
b)
He did not like the Pope
c)
His father was Catholic
d)
He wanted to Divorce his wife
43.
After the break with Rome who did Henry VIII make head of the Church of England
a)
His son
b)
The Archbishop
c)
Himself
d)
Various Nobles
44.
Gutenberg invented the __________ that increased literacy rates and helped spread the ideas of the reformation
a)
Bible
b)
Telescope
c)
Mass media
d)
Printing Press
45.
This group was established to spread Catholicism around the world
a)
Huguenots
b)
Lutherans
c)
Jesuits
d)
Monks
46.
According to John Calvin, who were the Elect?
a)
God’s chosen people who were predestine to go to Heaven
b)
Those souls that were predestine to spend eternity in Hell
c)
Those souls that were predestine to be trapped in Purgatory
d)
Those souls that destine to die from disease or warfare.
47.
what year the Protestant Reformation symbolically began
a)
1517
b)
1520
c)
1529
d)
1532
48.
Why did King Henry VIII want to leave the Catholic Church?
a)
Henry had a problem with Catholic sacraments.
b)
He wished to divorce his first wife for not producing him a male heir, and therefore left the Catholic Church because it prohibits ending one’s marriage.
c)
He had an issue with the Philosophy of Christ.
d)
He did not like being considered part of the reprobate class.
49.
Which one does not relate to the others?
a)
Montesquieu
b)
Smith
c)
Rousseau
d)
Hobbes
50.
This was an 18th century philosophical movement of intellectuals, aiming to apply reason to all endeavors.
a)
Reformation
b)
Renaissance
c)
Enlightenment
d)
Scientific Revolution
51.
Enlightenment thinker who believed in natural rights (Life, liberty, property):
a)
Montesquieu
b)
Voltaire
c)
Locke
d)
Rousseau
52.
Which European nation colonized India?
a)
France
b)
Russia
c)
England
d)
United States
53.
The area of the Congo was colonized by:
a)
France
b)
Belgium
c)
the Netherlands
d)
United States
54.
Which territory did the United States NOT gain direct control of after the Spanish-American War?
a)
Puerto Rico
b)
Cuba
c)
Philippines
d)
Guam
55.
Which resource in India was most valuable to the British?
a)
Coffee
b)
Tea
c)
Opium
d)
Cotton
56.
What is "Big Stick Diplomacy"?
a)
To negotiate for peace but have a strong military
b)
To arm the military with lots of powerful and new technological weapons
c)
The reversal of the Monroe Doctrine
d)
Communism's motto
57.
What was the Boxer Rebellion?
a)
A strike led by workers in a boxing/packaging factory
b)
An uprising in China against the influence of Japan and America on their culture
c)
A Japanese trade ship
d)
The idea that boxer athletes deserved the same rights as other athletes
58.
Which of the following was NOT a territory gained by the U.S. during the Age of Imperialism?
a)
Philippines
b)
Puerto Rico
c)
Guam
d)
Dominican Republic
59.
What is Imperialism?
a)
The belief that you are an emperor
b)
The desire and action of a nation to acquire colonies
c)
The system of government where a king or queen rules
d)
The act of letting colonies gain independence
60.
What was the event that caused the U.S. to declare war on Spain?
a)
Spain invading the United States from Mexico
b)
Spain's control of the Panama Canal
c)
Spain's treatment of its colonies
d)
The explosion of the U.S.S. Maine
61.
Which president greatly expanded the powers the president has and is the reason the presidency is so powerful today?
a)
Teddy Roosevelt
b)
William McKinley
c)
William Taft
d)
Benjamin Harrison
62.
What was an area where a foreign nation controlled economic development?
a)
sphere of influence
b)
Pan-Americanism
c)
protectorate
d)
dollar diplomacy
63.
Areas where the imperial power protected local rulers who had to accept advice from imp. power.
a)
Dollar Diplomacy
b)
protectorate
c)
sphere of influence
d)
Yellow Journalsim
64.
What is the type of sensational reporting where writers exaggerated or even invented stories?
a)
muckraking
b)
yellow journalism
c)
journalism
d)
reporting
65.
What was Roosevelt's policy called?
a)
dollar diplomacy
b)
Speak softly, carry a big stick policy
c)
sphere of influence
d)
Pan-Americanism
66.
In which country did the Industrial Revolution begin?
a)
The United States
b)
England
c)
France
d)
Germany
67.
What had to occur before the Industrial Revolution could take place?
a)
The Economic Revolution
b)
The Glorious Revolution
c)
The Agricultural Revolution
d)
The French Revolution
68.
Which 2 natural resources were the backbone of the Industrial Revolution?
a)
wood and peat
b)
oil and natural gas
c)
coal and iron
d)
cotton and tobacco
69.
Which innovation allowed factories to be built anywhere?
a)
flying shuttle
b)
spinning jenny
c)
cotton gin
d)
steam engine
70.
Why did "cottage industry" come to an end?
a)
Too many people moved to the city.
b)
It was replaced by the factory system.
c)
The need for textiles decreased.
d)
Women who worked in cottage industries went on strike.
71.
What is the movement of people from rural to urban areas called?
a)
ruralization
b)
colonization
c)
inflation
d)
urbanization
72.
The system in which the government owns and controls the means of production, such as mines and factories, is called?
a)
fascism
b)
socialism
c)
capitalism
d)
mercantilism
73.
Which of the following was NOT associated with early factory working conditions?
a)
Low wages
b)
Safe working conditions
c)
Dangerous working conditions
d)
Widespread pollution
74.
Who designed the first efficient steam engine?
a)
James Hargreaves
b)
John Kay
c)
Richard Arkwright
d)
James Watt
75.
Which of the following would NOT be associated with mass production?
a)
Interchangeable parts
b)
division of labor
c)
unique, hand made goods
d)
assembly line
76.
Which of the following groups would most likely benefit from the socialist ideas of Karl Marx?
a)
Entrepreneurs
b)
Factory Workers
c)
Large Business Corporations
d)
Factory Managers
77.
When one country controls the government and economy of another nation
a)
militarism
b)
imperialism
c)
alliances
d)
nationalism
78.
Pride in one's own country (often leading to a desire for self-rule)
a)
imperialism
b)
militarism
c)
nationalism
d)
alliances
79.
An agreement between nations to support each other if they are attacked.
a)
militarism
b)
nationalism
c)
militarism
d)
alliances
80.
A fascination with the military and the glory of war.
a)
militarism
b)
alliances
c)
imperialism
d)
nationalism
81.
What was the "spark" that ignited the "Powder Keg" of Europe and started WWI?
a)
The sinking of the USS Maine
b)
The use of animal grease on the ammunition
c)
The assassination of the Archduke of Austria-Hungary
d)
The bombing of Pearl-Harbor
82.
What is the name of the alliance during WWI that included Austria-Hungary, Germany, the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria?
a)
The Central Powers
b)
The Allied Powers
c)
The Axis Powers
d)
The Entente Powers
83.
What is the name of the alliance during WWI that included Great Britain, France, Russia and later the United States?
a)
The Central Powers
b)
The Axis Powers
c)
The Allied Powers
d)
The Western Front
84.
Which of the following was not a new weapon/technology during WWI?
a)
airplanes
b)
machine guns
c)
atomic bomb
d)
poison gas
85.
Which of the following was not a new weapon/technology during WWI?
a)
bayonette
b)
submarine
c)
tank
d)
long range artillery
86.
Which weapon was used to launch torpedoes from under the water?
a)
long range artillery
b)
submarine
c)
depth charge
d)
machine gun
87.
Under Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks, the Russian government adopted
a)
Propaganda
b)
Reparations
c)
Communism
d)
Palmer Raids
88.
The Committee on Public Information produced posters and pamphlets of _______ to rally citizen support for the American war effort
a)
Strike
b)
Communism
c)
Red Scare
d)
Propaganda
89.
A fearful reaction that the United States was threatened by a Communist revolution
a)
Palmer Raids
b)
The Great Migration
c)
Red Scare
d)
Reparations
90.
An organization set up after the war to settle international conflicts
a)
Fourteen Points
b)
League of Nations
c)
Treaty of Versailles
d)
Palmer Raids
91.
The movement of African Americans from the south to the northern cities between 1910-1920
a)
The Great Migration
b)
Palmer Raids
c)
Fourteen Points
d)
Red Scare
92.
The 1919 treaty that ended WW1
a)
Reparations
b)
Woodrow Wilson
c)
Reparations
d)
Treaty of Versailles
93.
Money that a defeated nation pays for the destruction it caused in other countries
a)
Red Scare
b)
Propaganda
c)
Reparations
d)
Epidemic
94.
Why did the U.S. sell war bonds during the war?
a)
To control wages and prices
b)
To raise money for the war
c)
To rally support for the war
d)
To conserve scarce resources
95.
The Treaty of Versailles required which nation to pay $33 billion in war reparations/
a)
Serbia
b)
Austria
c)
Germany
d)
Bulgaria
96.
Violating the Treaty of Versailles, hitler invaded the demilitarized?
a)
sudetenland
b)
rhineland
c)
czechoslovakia
d)
austria
97.
Benito Mussolini
a)
Germany
b)
Italy
c)
United States
d)
Soviet Union
98.
Hitler's Final Solution
a)
exterminate all Jews- Genocide
b)
make them useful citizens of Germany
c)
place them in ghettos to live
d)
experiment on Jews and others
99.
Adolf Hitler
a)
Germany
b)
Italy
c)
United States
d)
Soviet Union
100.
Winston Churchill
a)
Germany
b)
Italy
c)
United States
d)
Great Britain
101.
Government in which the leaders have complete control. People don't have a say in the government.
a)
democracy
b)
totalitarianism
c)
theocracy
d)
oligarchy
102.
Germany conquered all of the following lands EXCEPT:
a)
France
b)
Great Britain
c)
Czechoslovakia
d)
Poland
103.
All of the following were members of the Axis powers EXCEPT:
a)
Germany
b)
Italy
c)
Japan
d)
Soviet Union
104.
Germany used what type of strategy to quickly overwhelm their opponents?
a)
Sitzkrieg
b)
Total War
c)
Blitzkrieg
d)
Appeasement
105.
What caused the U.S. to enter World War II?
a)
Germany invading Poland
b)
Sinking of the Lusitania
c)
Attack on Pearl Harbor
d)
France being taken over
106.
All of the following are true about the Holocaust EXCEPT
a)
Many Jews were executed in the gas chambers at these camps
b)
Many experienced heavy weight loss and other serious health issues due to starvation
c)
The Germans cremated many bodies to try and hide the evidence
d)
The Germans only put Jews in these camps and no other ethnic groups
107.
Germany, Japan, and Italy formed an alliance known as the ...
a)
Allies
b)
Axis Powers
c)
Wartime Heros
d)
Nazis
108.
Great Britain, United States, and the Soviet Union formed an alliance known as the ...
a)
Axis Powers
b)
Nazi Party
c)
Allied Powers
d)
Rough Riders
109.
First, Hitler hurt the Jews economically by ordering Germans not to shop in stores owned by Jews. Then, his army made them leave their homes and live in crowded areas called ghettos. The Jews were forced to work as slaves. Finally, Jews were forced into _________________ or death camps where they were starved or murdered by breathing poison gas.
a)
concentration camps
b)
prisoner of war camps
c)
Aryan supremacy camps
d)
anti-Semitism camps
110.
The Allies thought about invading Japan, but they worried that too many soldiers would die. President Harry Truman made a very difficult decision to use new ____________ against Japan.
a)
kamikaze warfare
b)
United Nations
c)
atomic bombs
d)
air power
111.
The policy that the British and French carried out towards Germany in the 1930's that gave Germany what is wanted with the hope Germany would stop conquering other countries.
a)
partisan
b)
collaborator
c)
appeasement
d)
blitz
112.
Japan seized Manchuria and North China because:
a)
Chinese soldiers blew up a Japanese railway.
b)
Japan needed raw materials for its industries.
c)
Manchuria contained strategic military bases.
d)
Chiang Kai-shek would not surrender to Japanese forces.
113.
How did the end of World War I lead to World War II?
a)
The Treaty of Versailles was too harsh to Germany
b)
The German government was so weak that Hitler convinced the military to kill the German leaders
c)
World War I made Japan the lone superpower in the world and they used that power to conquer land
d)
The League of Nations was too aggressive thus leading to fascist governments in Italy and Germany
114.
Who overthrew China during the Cold War and created a Communist government there?
a)
Miguel Gorbachev
b)
Fidel Castro
c)
Mao Zedong
d)
Ho Chi Minh
115.
What was the Red Scare in American history?
a)
A time when Americans were scared that Communism had taken root here
b)
A time when Americans refused to wear read
c)
A time when Americans were concerned that Nazism had taken root here
d)
A time when the sun was red for days on end
116.
Which of the following is not true about the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)?
a)
HUAC investigated the government
b)
HUAC believed Communist had infiltrated Hollywood
c)
Future President Richard Nixon was a member of the HUAC
d)
The HUAC was a very fair and just government organization
117.
Which Parallel line split the country of Korea in half?
a)
38th
b)
19th
c)
45th
d)
21st
118.
Which of the following is not true about the Bay of Pigs Invasion?
a)
The US trained Cubans to overthrow Castro
b)
It failed and was an embarrassment for JFK
c)
It resulted in JFK creating an embargo of Cuba
d)
It was a success and allowed the US to stop Communism in Cuba
119.
Which side of Vietnam and Korea was originally set up to be a Communist country?
a)
North
b)
South
120.
Who was the Communist leader of Vietnam that invaded South Vietnam?
a)
Ho Chi Minh
b)
Mao Zedong
c)
Fidel Castro
d)
Bernie Sanders
121.
France was deep in debt because
a)
money spent on the American Revolution
b)
the queen's lavish spending
c)
the 1st and 2nd estates did not pay taxes
d)
all of the above
122.
The idea that reason should guide society rather than tradition helped cause the revolution and came from
a)
the Declaration of Independence
b)
the Scientific Revolution
c)
the Enlightenment
d)
all of the above
123.
Most of the people of France belonged to the
a)
1st Estate
b)
2nd Estate
c)
3rd Estate
d)
4th Estate
124.
When the other estates refused to change voting rules the 3rd Estate
a)
met separately
b)
Created the National Assembly
c)
took the Tennis Court Oath
d)
all of the above
125.
When the people of Paris heard that the military was going to stop the revolution their response was to
a)
leave the city
b)
storm the Bastille
c)
force the King to come to Paris
d)
none of the above
126.
The National Assembly set down the ideas of the Revolution in
a)
the Declaration of Independence
b)
the Declaration of the Rights of Man
c)
the US Constitution
d)
The Edict of Nantes
127.
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and The Citizen proclaimed:
a)
Equal rights for all men, but no political rights for women
b)
an end to the monarchy
c)
equal rights for all citizens and political rights for women
d)
an end to police force
128.
French King who was executed during the Revolution
a)
Napoleon
b)
Louis XVI
c)
Klemens von Metternich
d)
Maximillien Robespierre
129.
During the Reign of Terror, who was safe from the Guillotine?
a)
no none
b)
the nobility
c)
known revolutionaries
d)
only Maximillien Robespierre
130.
The radicals who took over the revolution were led by
a)
Louis XVI
b)
Robespierre
c)
Rousseau
d)
Marquis de Lafayette
131.
How did the Enlightenment and the American Revolution influence the French Revolution?
a)
the people of France overthrew their absolute monarchy
b)
absolute monarchy was strengthened
c)
support for absolute monarchy increased
d)
France was divided into three estates
132.
What is the significance of the Tennis Court Oath?
a)
it led to a new constitution for France
b)
it started the French Revolution
c)
it was the beginning of the Reign of Terror
d)
it marked the beginning of the rule of Napoleon
133.
The Second Estate was composed of
a)
Church leaders
b)
Peasants
c)
Nobility
d)
none of the above
134.
Which of the following would be a member of the 1st Estate?
a)
A poor dirt farmer
b)
A village priest
c)
A prince
d)
A rich lawyer
135.
What was Mahatma Gandhi's plan of civil disobedience?
a)
won freedom with violence
b)
ignore all problems
c)
violent acts
d)
people should refuse to obey a law they felt was unfai
136.
What country was Nelson Mandela from?
a)
Africa
b)
India
c)
South Africa
d)
Mali
137.
What group did Nelson Mandela join in 1944?
a)
Congress of the People
b)
Pan African Congress
c)
African National Congress
d)
Fight for freedom
138.
What was "apartheid" ?
a)
Nelson Mandela's middle name
b)
An african country
c)
a fatal disease
d)
Racial segregation
139.
The study of how society allocates scarce resources.
a)
Microeconomics
b)
Macroeconomics
c)
Scarcity
d)
Economics
140.
The imbalance between limited productive resources and unlimited human wants.
a)
Capital
b)
Scarcity
c)
Labor
d)
Production Possibilities
141.
Opportunity cost is...
a)
The reality of scarce resources implied that individuals, firms, and governments are constantly faced with difficult choices that involve benefits and costs.
b)
The value of the sacrifice made to pursue a course of action.
c)
The next unit, or increment, of an action
d)
The additional benefit received from the consumption of the next unit of a good or service.
142.
Also called "factors of production," there are commonly grouped into the four categories: land, labor, physical capital, and entrepreneurial ability.
a)
Product
b)
Resources
c)
Utility
d)
Marginal
143.
What is the most common economic system today?
a)
Traditional
b)
Command
c)
Mixed
d)
Market
144.
Which economic system would be the worst for competition between producers?
a)
command
b)
market
c)
Traditional
145.
Which economic system is found in simple agricultural societies?
a)
traditional
b)
market
c)
Command
146.
The international community did not agree with South Africa's treatment of blacks during the apartheid period.
a)
True
b)
False
147.
Taxes placed on imported goods are:
a)
quotas
b)
tariffs
c)
embargoes
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