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1
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___________run from pole to pole.

A

Meridians

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_____ run in and east- west direction.

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Parallels

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Enrolled 250,000 young men 18-24 from families on relief to go to camps where they worked on flood control, soil conservation, forest projects under direction of the war dept.

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Civilian conservation corps

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4
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Scrutinizes one or more characters that are presented.

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Character analysis

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5
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Weather is the interaction of the following factors

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  1. Temperature
  2. Pressure
  3. Humidity
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The force of attraction or repulsion between objects that results from the positive and negative ionic charges of objects

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Magnetism

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7
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When a verb ends in “ing” and is used as the subject of a sentence.

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Gerund

Hitting is an unacceptable behavior

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_________is something that makes work easier.

Science

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Machine

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9
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_______ ________ have few or no moving parts an can change the size and direction of a force.
(Science)

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Simple machine

Screw hammer wedge

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______ ________ have two or more of (2) working together to facilitate work
( science )

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Complex machine

Wheelbarrow can opener bike

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11
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This act granted 160 acres of govt land free of charge to any person who would farm it for at least 5 years

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Homestead act

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12
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The study of the economy at the world regional state and local levels.
Inflation, unemployment

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Macroeconomics

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13
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A change that does not change what the substances is made of

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Physical change

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14
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These are materials that no not allow electric current to flow through it.

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Insulators

Wood plastic and rubber

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15
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Who is America named for?

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Florentine merchant

America Vespucci

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16
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Deals with specific issues related to the decision making process at the household, firm or industry levels

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Microeconomics

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17
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The purpose of this type of essay is to present a point and provide evidence- factual or anecdotal and to support it

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Argumentative

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18
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The basic unit of life

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Cell

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19
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Te number 0 raised to any power always yields the value of what?
What is this property ?

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O

Powers of zero

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20
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One wave length (when describing light) is the distance between what?

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Crest and crest or trough and trough

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21
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These seven major events attempted to liberate the holy land from infidels between 1096-1300 and massacres thousands of Jews and Muslims

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The crusades

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22
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A Ring of coral that forms an island

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Atoll

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23
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A chain of islands

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Archipelago

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24
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Which era were there more govt regulation reform of corrupt pol practices concern for problems of workers?

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Progressive era

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25
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Parts of he cell::: manufacture proteins.

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Ribosomes

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26
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This property states that numbers can be grouped or regrouped in an operation in any matter without changing the answer.

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Associative property a + ( b+ c)= (a+ b) + c

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27
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The character or event that triggers then central conflict

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Inciting force

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28
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The ability to do work (science)

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Energy

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29
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The study if universal forces that include gravity, electricity, and magnetism

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Physical science

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30
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A story that has an element of magic often have a certain pattern and may present an ideal

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Fairly tale

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31
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Loudness or volume of a sound,

Caused by force used to create the sound

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Amplitude

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32
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This part of the cell releases energy to cell through chemical reactions

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Mitochondria

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33
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What are rational numbers?

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Finite decimals repeating decimals mixed numbers and whole numbers

34
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Atoms with the same number of protons and electrons but different number of neutrons

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Isotopes

35
Q

The suppression of the whiskey rebellion was the first what?

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Successful exercise of federal authority

36
Q

What 7 states made up the original confederacy?

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Sc, al, ga, fl, miss, la and tx

37
Q

In what period did humans domesticate plants, moving away from having to follow their game? 10000-7000bce

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Mesolithic or middle stone age

38
Q

Living things are classified into seven categories name the 7

A 
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
 genus
Species

King Phil came over for good spagetti

39
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This part of the cell packages the proteins and transports them through the cell

A

Golgi apparatus

40
Q

Which treaty ended this Mexican-American war?

A

Treaty of Guadeloupe-hidalgo

41
Q

Parts of the cell: stores food water and minerals

A

Vacuoles

42
Q

The Amt of matter something contains

A

Mass

43
Q

Exaggerated stories about real people places and things

A

Legends

44
Q

What is an economic system in which large estates granted by the king to Nobles strove to self sufficiency?

A

Manonalism

45
Q

Quebec to Philadelphia was established by the French as their first territory in North America what was it called??

A

New France

46
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This type of essay may recount an incident or series of incidents and almost always autobiographical a call in order to make a point maybe informal; less insistent

A

Narrative

47
Q

Who wrote the Divine comedy

A

Dante Alighieri

48
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This document established the principle of limited English monarchy in 1215

A

The magma carta libertatum

49
Q

The energy necessary to chat transfer or convert potential energy into kinetic energy is called what?

A

Activation energy

50
Q

Part of cell that controls center of a cell contains DNA

A

Nucleus

51
Q

Language that appeals to the five sense and to the imagination of the reader

A

Imagery

52
Q

A part of the planet is the site of sexual reproduction (it contains the stame, pistil, the stigma in the ovaries)

A

Flower

53
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The action of moving an object by pulling or pushing it?

A

Force

54
Q

A local or regional dialect expression?

A

Colloquialism

55
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The process of transferring heat or electricity through substance.

A

Conduction

56
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An object processing energy because of it’s ability to move has what kind of energy?

A

Kinetic

57
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The amount of space taken up by a object

A

Volume

58
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The energy that travels on high-speed in space in the form of light or through the Decay of radioactive elements

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Radiation

59
Q

A story that is realistic and has a moral that teaches a lesson

A

Parable

60
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The study of the meaning of language

A

Semantics

61
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What are the 112 basic kinds of matter called?

A

Elements

62
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Who gets credit for capitalism theory?

A

Adam smith
Free trade
Free enterprise
Law of supple and demand

63
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The study and measurement of sound vibrations within the earth

A

Seismology

64
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Anything that has mass and takes up space

A

Matter

65
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Which war was largely spurred by yellow journalism?

A

Spanish American war

66
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What is the smallest part of matter?

A

An aton

67
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What trick can you use to find out of a 3 digit number has 11 as a factor?

A

Sum of the first and third is equal to the middle
Ex: 583
5+3 = 8

68
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A whole number positive or negative includes zero

A

Integers

69
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Three characteristics used to describe sound

A

Pitch, amplitude and quality

70
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Who was the best-known preacher of the great awakening who talked about predestination?

A

Jonathan Edwards

71
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The amount it force of the current?

A

Voltage

72
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What are the fives stars of the writing process?

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  1. Pre writing
  2. Drafting
  3. Revision
  4. Editing
  5. Publishing
73
Q

Who shot Lincoln ?

Where what year

A

John Wilkes booth
Ford theater
1865

74
Q

Five layers of the atmosphere

A 
Exosphere 
Thermosphere 
Mesosphere 
Stratosphere
Troposphere
75
Q

What is the theory of supply and demand?

A

Prices vary based on balance between the availability of a product or service at a certain price supply and the desire of potential purchasers to pay demand

76
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What act imposed the first direct tax on the colonists?

A

Stamp act

77
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Where did the actual defeat of Napoleon occur and in what year?

A

Battle of Waterloo 1815

78
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How many cups in a pint?

A

2

79
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How many pints in a quart?

A

2

80
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What doctrine argued that the US must support free people’s who were resisting communist domination?

A

Truman doctrine

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