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The continental divide passes through which of the following states?
North Dakota
Kansas
Nevada
Colorado
Which of the following was a major reason the population of the English colonies in North America grew more rapidly than the population of the French colonies in North America ?
Unlike British ships, French ships carrying settlers had to avoid English warships blockading the coast of France.
Land for Settlers was scarcer in the French Colonies than in the English colonies.
Unlike the French Crown, the English Crown allowed religious dissenters to leave the homeland for North America.
The discovery of gold in the English colonies attracted settlers from several western European nations.
Which of the following was the most significant contribution of the Articles of Confederation government to the growth of the United States?
Providing an effective method for the taxation of the states by the national government
Passing the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 which established the procedure for territories to become states
Establishing the precedent that later allowed Thomas Jefferson to acquire the Louisiana Territory
Developing a system of tariffs that enabled the national government to meet its expenses by taxing imports
The principal source of opposition to the ratification of the Constitution during the years 1787-1788 came from a fear that ratification would
lead to a large national debt
weaken the power of the states
put an end to majority rule among United States citizens
be the first step in the establishment of a monarchy
Which of the following statements is true about barrier islands such Jekyll, Tybee, and St. Simons along the coast of Georgia?
They are wildlife sanctuaries
They are hubs of the fishing industry
They protect the mainland from storms and Erosion
They are untouched by development and industry
The United States Supreme Court decision in the case of Marbury v. Madison was significant because it established the
right of the supreme court to original jurisdiction in federal cases
power of the Supreme Court to invalidate an act of Congress
number of united states supreme court justices
Principle that presidents have the authority to expand United States territory by purchasing land.
Which of the following best describes the Monroe Doctrine, promulgated by President Monroe in 1823 ?
A publication from the first continental congress that outlined Federalist principles
The first plan for self-government adopted in the English colonies
A document intended to end European colonization in the Western Hemisphere
one of the first documents to oppose slavery in the united states
Which of the following best describes a significant feature of the Waltham-Lowell system?
Textile mill owners hired entire families, including children over 7 years old, to work in the mills
Young women from neighboring farms were hired to work in the textile mills to earn money until they married.
Textile mill owners paid the cost of passage for factory workers from Europe to the united states to guarantee a supply of labor
Textile mills printed their own script, or currency, with which workers were paid for use in stores established by the owners.
Harriet Tubman made which of the following contributions to the abolitionist movement?
Writing Uncle Tom's Cabin, a novel chronicling the abuses of slavery
Editing The Liberator, an abolitionist newspaper
Leading a slave rebellion in Virginia in 1831
Acting as a conductor on the Underground Railroad.
Which of the following best describes a consequence of including the principle of popular sovereignty in the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854?
It reopened the issue of slavery in the area closed to slavery north of the 36 degree 30' line of the Missouri Compromise.
It gave New Orleans the best Chance of becoming the eastern terminus of the first transcontinental railroad
it eliminated the possibility of extending slavery west of the Mississippi river
It resulted in a repeal of the Fugitive Slave Act, thereby angering proslavery southerners and increasing the chances of secession
Which of the following was a major concern for cotton farmers in Georgia around the time of the First World War?
Bimetallism
Boll weevil infestations
Volatility in the stock market
Rising transportation costs
Which of the following Native American tribes was forced off its land by the Indian Removal Act of 1830 and resettled in the Indian Territory?
Iroquois
Cherokee
Pueblo
Sioux
In the early years of European exploration and settlement of North America, the Native American population changed in which of the following ways?
it grew, largely as a result of the spread of European crops.
it decreased, largely as a result of European military attacks
It decreased, largely as a result of changes in the climate.
It decreased, largely as a result of the spread of infectious diseases from Europeans.
The United States Constitution permits both of the federal and state governments to borrow money. Which of the following types of power best describes this arrangement?
Concurrent powers
implied powers
Expressed powers
Reserved powers
Which of the following novels had the greatest impact on the abolitionist movement?
Native Son
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Huckleberry Finn
Gone with the wind
What legal doctrine was overturned in the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka decision in 1954?
Universal Schooling
"Separate but equal" laws
prayers in school
Sanctity of the flag
Which of the following individuals was the governor of Georgia who ended the poll tax and extended voting rights to 18-year-olds?
Lester Maddox
Ivan Allen
William Hartsfield
Ellis Arnall
"Communists have infiltrated into the school system. We know that teachers in Harvard are avowed Communists. They are spreading Communism in every way they can."
Which political figure came to prominence espousing the sentiments similar to those expressed in this quote?
Adlai Stevenson
Harry Truman
Joseph McCarthy
Dwight Eisenhower
President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal attempted to combat the economic problems of the Great Depression primarily by
reducing government regulations of business
providing funding for public-works projects
lowering tariffs to encourage imports
imposing wage and price controls to stop inflation
Which of the following best describes a major challenge that President Lyndon B. Johnson faced in 1968 as he completed his full term as president?
He struggled to make the federal budget support both the Vietnam War and the "War on Poverty".
He faced congress that was controlled by the Republican Party
the majority of the country felt that the nation was falling behind in the space race.
his health insurance proposal for elderly Americans was stalled in congress with little chance of passage
"The short-run effects should be very favorable to the United States. Unquestionably, the United States will emerge from this confrontation with increased prestige worldwide. The Soviet action should demonstrate once again the offensive nature of Soviet motivations more clearly than anything we could say. It should also demonstrate that the Soviets are not prepared to risk a decisive military showdown with the US over issues involving the extension of Soviet power."
This passage was most likely written in the aftermath of which of the following conflicts?
Cuban missile crisis
Vietnam war
Invasion of Afghanistan
Korean War
Click on your choices.
Which of the following are roles of the governor of Georgia?
Select ALL that apply.
Signing bills into law
commanding the state patrol
Declaring laws unconstitutional
Recommending the state budget
In 1961, Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes became the first African Americans to
integrate into the University of Georgia
refuse to ride in the back of a city bus
join the sibley commission and speak out against School segregation
Challenge Lester Maddox for segregating his privately owned restaurant
W.E.B. Du Bois' "The Souls of Black Folk" (1903) contained
strong support for Marcus Garvey's Back-to-Africa movement
a criticism of Booker T. Washington's approach to expanding the opportunities of African Americans.
an alternative to the plan for advancing the civil rights movement advocated by the Niagara Movement
a defense of the United States Supreme Court's decision in Plessy v. Ferguson
Which of the following was a major obstacle that had to be overcome before the Panama Canal could be successfully completed?
Several endangered species of plants and animals had to be moved away from the canal zone.
The Panamanian public had to be convinced the canal would benefit their country.
Doctors had to develop ways to combat malaria.
The united states government had to revoke the Monroe Doctrine
Which of the following civil rights activists is most closely associated with the Montgomery bus boycott?
Ella Baker
Angela Davis
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Malcolm X
which of the following were effects of the GI bill on the united states following the second world war?
The growth of suburbia
Higher levels of education
Decreased wages for the working class
Decreased racial segregation
Which of the following are accomplishments that were a result of the Progressive Movement?
(Select all that apply)
Attainment of voting rights for black males
Implementation of laissez-faire economic policies
Regulation of the food and drug industries
Development of better sanitation in urban areas
Which of the following US presidents was a Georgia native?
Lyndon Johnson
Richard Nixon
Gerald ford
jimmy carter
Which of the following policies were pursued by President Ronald Reagan during his presidency?
(Select all that apply)
Easing the tensions with the Soviet Union
Increasing regulation of business
Increasing funding of social welfare programs
Lowering taxes to stimulate the economy
In which of the following regions of the United States is a farmer most likely to need irrigation to grow crops?
New England
Southeast
Pacific Northwest
Southwest
Why did General William T. Sherman attack the infrastructure, such as roads, buildings, and railroad tracks, between Atlanta and Savannah during the Civil War?
To retaliate for lives lost in the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
To force Georgia troops to return home defend Georgia
To shorten the war by preventing civilians from supporting the war effort
To decrease the mobility of the Union forces in Georgia
Which of the following mountain ranges provides a natural barrier that separates the continents of Europe and Asia?
The Alps
The Andes
The pyrenees
The Urals
Which of the following was a major effect of the Spanish conquest of Mesoamerica?
The decimation of native populations exposed to European diseases
The formation of alliances of Native Peoples to resist the Spanish invaders
The revival of Maya culture
The expulsion of Catholic missionaries
Which of the following countries, because its location made it unusually well-placed to control trade during the Renaissance, rose to prominence in the 1700s?
Great Britain
France
Italy
Portugal
Which of the following countries make up the region of the Andean West in South America?
Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay
Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
Colombia, Guyana, Venezuela
Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua
what was the major purpose of the north American free trade agreement (NAFTA) ?
To protect labor unions in the united states, Canada, and Mexico
To increase energy production in the united states, canada, and Mexico
To reduce tariffs and other trade barriers among the united states, Canada, and Mexico
To increase trade between North America and the European Union
Which of the following individuals was imprisoned for many years for opposing apartheid and was elected president of South Africa in 1994?
Malcolm X
Nelson Mandela
Jackson manner
MLK
Which of the following was a major consequence of the treaties that ended the First World War?
The dismantling of empires in central, eastern, and southeastern Europe led to the creation of numerous unstable states.
It just ended
The Vedas and the Upanishads are associated with which of the following religious traditions?
islam
Hinduism
Judaism
Daoism
At the end of the twentieth century, which of the following regions had the highest rate of deforestation when calculated as a percentage of the total area of rain forest in the region?
Central Asia
South America
Southeast Asia
Eastern Europe
Which of the following rivers is NOT in Asia
Yangtze
Mekong
Euphrates
Nile
Toussaint Louverture led a revolution against the French to gain the independence of which country?
Bolivia
Cuba
Haiti
Mexico
Which of the following has been a contributing factor in ethnic conflict and political unrest in sub-Saharan Africa during the last 50 years?
it was war time
They wanted to fight
Just because
Colonial borders superimposed over a cultural mosaic
All of the following were characteristic of the interaction between China and Great Britain in the 1800s EXCEPT
china used military means to resist the important of opium
China agreed to grant treaty ports to Great Britain
Great Britain colonized large areas of southern and central China
Great Britain joined with other Western Powers to crush the Boxer Rebellion
All of the following are aspects of disagreement in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict EXCEPT
territorial borders
water rights
religious claims to land
state control of the economy
Which of the following best describes the first group of European colonists to settle in Australia?
Dutch merchants who established harbors and trading posts
landowners and aristocrats from Spain who settles on the eastern coast
Prisoners from Great Britain who were forced into manual labor
immigrants from France who established farms and businesses
Which of the following took place after the government of Cuba nationalized property and assets held by United States citizens and corporations within its borders?
The Cuban unemployment rate increased dramatically
The United States government placed an embargo on trade with Cuba.
Cuba reduced its economic dependence on the exportation of sugar
The Cuban government instituted a series of wide-ranging economic reforms.
The political system of modern Japan is best described as
An Autocracy
An oligarchy
A Democracy
A confederation
Which of the following best describes the main goal of Pan-Africanism?
To end support for the African National Congress
To support trade between the countries of Africa
To unify African people throughout the world
To build military alliances with Western powers
Federalism is best defined as a system of government in which
power is divided between national and subnational governments
power is centralized in a national government that can devolve certain authority and responsibility to subnational government
a group of sovereign governments shares a supranational judicial institution
citizens determine national policy by voting directly in national referenda
Which of the following is a true statement about a pure parliamentary system of government?
Legislators who accept ministerial appointments must resign their seats
seats in parliament are apportioned strictly according to proportional representation
Government must be formed by a coalition of serving parties
The head of government must be a current member of the legislature.
In its purest form, a direct democracy exists when citizens do which of the following?
Participate without intermediaries in political decision making
Elect representatives to participate in political decision making
Directly elect a chief executive who writes all legislation
vote to approve or overturn laws passed by elected representatives
Which of the following political leaders ruled an autocracy?
Adolf Hitler
Dwight Eisenhower
Charles de Gaulle
Winston Churchill
Which of the following is true of a presidential system of government?
There is typically more party discipline than in a parliamentary system
The executives is the head of the government but not the head of the state
The executive is also a member of the legislature
The executive serves a fixed term of office.
Which of the following is the best example of a perfectly competitive product market?
A corn farmer who sells corn in the national commodity markets
A single firm that sells highly differentiated tennis shoes in the nations retail stores
A single company in competition with the united states postal services
A company that hires its laborers from a single labor union pool
Which of the following is a characteristic of socialism as an economic system?
The production and distribution of the nation's output are determined by central government planners.
The decisions about production and distribution of the nations output are made by individuals households and firms
Central planner impose production rules and regulations on privately owned businesses
central planners impose taxes on corporate profits and rents
Which of the following represents the opportunity cost of purchasing a used automobile for $6,000 ?
The difference between the $6,000 and the cost of a new car
The cost of paying for the necessary repairs to the car
The time it took to research and identify the appropriate used car
A vacation or other purposes for which the $6,000 could have been used
The unemployment rate is a measure of the percent of the
total population that is unemployed
adult population that is unemployed
labor force that is laid off from work
labor force that is unemployed
The fundamental economic problem stems from
High unemployment and inflation
scarce resources and unlimited wants
lack of economic growth
lack of competition and free markets
A market structure in which there is a single seller producing a product for which there are no close substitutes is known as
Perfect competition
Monopolistic competition
Monopoly
oligopoly
When compared with perfectly competitive firms in long-run equilibrium, a monopoly with an identical cost structure will charge a
higher price and produce lower output
higher price and produce higher output
lower price and produce higher output
lower price and produce lower output
Historically, India’s society has been organized into hierarchical groups known as
tribes
Castes
clans
denominations
which of the following has been a contributing factor in ethnic conflict and political unrest in sub-Saharan Africa during the last 50 years?
A higher-than-average rate of natural disasters
The Green Revolution
Colonial borders superimposed over a cultural mosaic
Rapid increase in literacy rates
In the early years of European exploration and settlement of North America, the Native American population changed in which of the following ways?
It grew, largely as a result of the spread of European crops.
It decreased, largely as a result of European military attacks.
It decreased, largely as a result of changes in the climate.
It decreased, largely as a result of the spread of infectious diseases from Europeans.
Former slaves who could not afford to buy land during Reconstruction often turned to which of the following?
Factory work
Sharecropping
Railroad building
Clerical work
W. E. B. Du Bois' The Souls of Black Folk (1903) contained
strong support for Marcus Garvey's Back-to-Africa movement
a criticism of Booker T. Washington's approach to expanding the opportunities of African Americans
an alternative to the plan for advancing the civil rights movement advocated by the Niagara Movement
a defense of the United States Supreme Court's decision in Plessy v. Ferguson
President Woodrow Wilson argued in 1917 that the United States needed to enter the First World War in order to
make the world safe for democracy
eliminate the communist threat in Europe
establish the United States as a dominant superpower
protect United States oil interests within the Ottoman Empire
Which of the following socioeconomic patterns predominated in both Europe and Japan during the period between 700 and 1300 C.E.?
Urbanization
Feudalism
Capitalism
Guild system
Which of the following was a significant result of the European participation in the Crusades?
The strengthening of the Byzantine Empire
New products and knowledge brought back to Europe
The consolidation of papal control over European kings
The establishment of European dominance over Eurasian land and sea trade routes
Which of the following was a significant factor contributing to the French Revolution in the late 1700s?
Opposition of the revolutionaries to the political ideals of the American Revolution
The French monarchy's policy of isolating France from the rest of Europe
A sharp fall in the price of bread, a staple of the peasant diet
A large national debt caused in part by foreign adventures and the need to support a large army and navy
Which of the following was a major consequence of the treaties that ended the First World War?
The Romanov dynasty was overthrown in the first phase of the Russian Revolution, and the Bolsheviks took power in the second phase.
European powers applied the principle of national self-determination to their colonies.
The dismantling of empires in central, eastern, and southeastern Europe led to the creation of numerous unstable states.
Germany and Austria were admitted with nonvoting status to the League of Nations.
Which of the following was the most important contributing factor to the outbreak of the Iranian Revolution in 1979?
The desire to create a Westernized, secular state on the model of Turkey
The desire to restore Islamic fundamentalist theology as a political force
The desire to liberate Iran from the political and economic control of the Soviet Union
The desire to nationalize oil fields to economically support a military regime
Which of the following has most accelerated the spread of a global popular culture?
The creation of the United Nations
The growth of world religions
New communications technologies
Increased access to air travel
Which of the following works presents an argument that the legitimacy of a government is based on the consent of the governed?
Aristotle's Politics
V. I. Lenin's What Is to Be Done?
John Locke's The Second Treatise of Government
Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations
Which of the following best describes separation of powers?
Power is divided between the national government and the 50 states.
Power is distributed among three branches of government.
State governments receive their powers from the people.
The basic powers of government are gathered in a single agency.
The Bill of Rights was originally added to the United States Constitution explicitly to ensure protection from abuse of power by
the national government
state governments
individual citizens
religious institutions
In its purest form, a direct democracy exists when citizens do which of the following?
Participate without intermediaries in political decision making
Elect representatives to participate in political decision making
Directly elect a chief executive who writes all legislation
Vote to approve or overturn laws passed by elected representatives
Membership in which of the following supranational organizations is most likely to affect the sovereignty of member countries?
United Nations
Organization of American States
World Health Organization
European Union
Which of the following age-groups has had the lowest voter turnout in the most recent United States elections?
18-24
25-36
37-50
51 and older
"No United States president was elected as a third-party candidate in the twentieth century. Therefore, the third-party system has had no effect on American politics."
Which of the following is an accurate claim about third-party candidacies that disputes this statement?
Third-party candidates are usually members of ethnic minority groups.
Third-party candidates tend to reduce the total amount of media coverage in an election.
Third-party candidates often lead to voter confusion, reducing total voter turnout.
Third-party candidates sometimes force platform shifts in the dominant parties
Which of the following accurately describes the role of interest groups in the United States political system?
They raise money to provide public funding for elections.
Their membership generally includes a majority of potential beneficiaries of their efforts.
They utilize lobbyists to provide policy makers with information on bills and issues.
They hold national and state conventions to nominate candidates for political office.
Which of the following correctly lists the order for passing a bill into a law in the House of Representatives?
The bill is named, referred to the appropriate standing committee, scheduled for floor debate, and then voted on.
The bill is referred to the appropriate standing committee, named, voted on, and then signed by the president.
The bill is voted on, referred to the appropriate standing committee, sent to the Senate, and then scheduled for debate.
The bill is scheduled for floor debate, voted on, referred to the appropriate standing committee, and then named.
The media's impact on politics is primarily the ability to influence
who people vote for
which issues are perceived as important
citizens' views on political ideology
beliefs about political efficacy
Which of the following has most influenced where humans have settled throughout history?
Temperate climate
Access to water
Availability of game to hunt
Natural barriers for protection
Which of the following has been a primary cause of soil depletion in deforested rain forest environments?
The overuse of harmful pesticides
The introduction of cash-crop agriculture
Contamination by industrial waste
The use of chemical fertilizers
Which of the following is an example of cultural diffusion?
The integration of Irish immigrants into the dominant culture of the United States
The intermarriage of immigrants of different ethnic and racial groups in Great Britain
The passage of gunpowder from China to Europe
The enforcement of an English-only environment in government-run schools for Native Americans
An equatorial rain forest is associated with which of the following climatic conditions?
Cold, dry winters and warm, moist summers
Hot and wet conditions year-round
Mild winters and hot, sultry summers
Cold, snowy winters and hot, dry summers
Which of the following is a subsistence crop?
corn
coffee
rubber
cocoa
Singapore has become one of the outstanding centers of manufacturing, finance, and trade along the Pacific Rim. This is due in part to which of the following geographic advantages?
Relative location
Absolute location
Topography
Mineral resources
Which TWO of the following are characteristics of the Southeast region of the United States?
Hot, humid summers
Lack of arable land
A relatively low cost of living
Domination of politics by the Democratic Party
Which of the following states had the highest rate of population growth between 1980 and 2010 ?
Arizona
Kansas
New York
Ohio
Many geographers have concluded that developing countries will continue to experience population growth despite a declining birth rate for which of the following reasons?
Increased urbanization
Migration from developed nations
A young age profile
increased demand for labor
A group of people sharing common elements of culture and history is defined as a
state
country
A nation
polity
Which of the following statements describes the absolute location of a place?
City Hall is located at 23 S. Main Street.
Pittsburgh is located 305 miles west of Philadelphia.
Houston is located southeast of Austin.
Seattle is located at 47°N, 122°W.
The fundamental economic problem stems from
high unemployment and inflation
scarce resources and unlimited wants
lack of economic growth
lack of competition and free markets
Maintaining a low-inflation economic environment is a macroeconomic goal intended to achieve
economic growth
price stability
full employment
income security
Which of the following is an example of a progressive tax?
A tax that imposes a higher percentage rate of taxation on persons with lower incomes
A tax that imposes a higher percentage rate of taxation on persons with higher incomes
A tax that imposes the same percentage rate of taxation on everyone, regardless of income
A tax imposed on luxury goods rather than on necessities
In which of the following phases of the business cycle does the economy experience decreasing unemployment rates and increasing consumer spending?
depression
recession
recovery
contraction
An increase in which of the following is most likely to lead to long-run economic growth?
Productivity
Personal taxes
Consumer spending
Interest rates
Which of the following is NOT an example of a factor of production?
capital
demand
labor
land
When creating a monthly personal budget, which TWO of the following are considered fixed expenses?
Heat
Rent
Groceries
Car payment
Which of the following is a characteristic of socialism as an economic system?
The production and distribution of the nation's output are determined by central government planners.
The decisions about production and distribution of the nation's output are made by individual households and firms.
Central planners impose production rules and regulations on privately owned businesses.
Central planners impose taxes on corporate profits and rents.
If the international value of the United States dollar weakens in the foreign exchange markets, which of the following will occur?
United States exports will increase.
United States imports will increase.
The supply of the dollar will increase.
The United States trade deficits will increase.
In a period of inflation, which of the following combinations of monetary policy actions would the Federal Reserve most likely undertake?
Discount Rate Open-market Operations
Decrease Buy bonds
Decrease Sell bonds
Increase Buy bonds
Increase Sell bonds
Which of the following is NOT likely to be given as a justification for establishing protective tariffs on imports?
Allowing infant industries time to develop within their own countries
Providing the widest possible variety of goods and services within the home country
Guaranteeing that sufficient supplies of essential materials are available in times of crisis
Preserving high-paying jobs within the home country
