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MD 2002 Pac 7 Flashcards

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MD 2002 Pac 7

This round is brought to you by the letter G. This American composer created works including Porgy and Bess and Rhapsody in Blue.

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George Gershwin

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MD 2002 Pac 7

This round is brought to you by the letter G. The Joad family drives to California searching for work in this Steinbeck novel.

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The Grapes of Wrath

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MD 2002 Pac 7

This round is brought to you by the letter G. 650 miles off the Pacific coast ; these islands are owned by Ecuador.

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Galapagos Islands

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MD 2002 Pac 7

This round is brought to you by the letter G. Initiated by Gorbachev in the late 1980s ; this was the public policy of Soviet openness.

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Glasnost

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MD 2002 Pac 7

This round is brought to you by the letter G. This meow-ing creature is the pet snail of Spongebob Squarepants.

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Gary

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MD 2002 Pac 7

This round is brought to you by the letter G. This man was the 18th President of the United States.

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Ulysses S. Grant

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MD 2002 Pac 7

This round is brought to you by the letter G. Swelling of the aqueous humor causes vision impairment in this leading cause of blindness in the US.

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Glaucoma

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MD 2002 Pac 7

This round is brought to you by the letter G. This Jamaican-born activist is best remembered for his back to Africa movement.

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Marcus Garvey

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MD 2002 Pac 7

  1. Bryan thinks Treasure Planet will be a great movie. - Hidden in this truth is the name of a former Maryland football coach who won or shared six national championships while at Alabama.
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Bear Bryant

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MD 2002 Pac 7

  1. HIATUS ; HIBACHI ; HIBISCUS-Which of these is a type of flowering shrub or tree?
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HIBISCUS

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MD 2002 Pac 7

  1. Aaron Burr ; John C. Calhoun ; John Adams - place these VP’s first to last in the order of their election.
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Adams ; Burr ; Calhoun (3 ;1 ;2)

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MD 2002 Pac 7

  1. (two part question) The same year ; 1222 ; saw this Mongol warlord make his first appearance in Europe when he invaded Russia ; and saw the Council of Oxford decree that April 23 be a day dedicated to this patron saint of England.
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Genghis Khan and St. George

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MD 2002 Pac 7

  1. Ruth Benedict ; Franz Boas ; Margaret Mead - Which of these anthropologists wrote Coming of Age in Samoa?
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Margaret Mead (3)

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MD 2002 Pac 7

  1. . …[Jim] would steal his children – children that belonged to a man… a man that hadn’t ever done me no harm. This quote is by the title character of what Mark Twain novel that deals with a trip down the Mississippi River?
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (accept Huck Finn)

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MD 2002 Pac 7

  1. The kid with the yo-yo damaged the car. - This statement contains the name of the Jedi Master who lived his final years hiding on the swamp planet of Dagobah.
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Yoda

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MD 2002 Pac 7

  1. HARRIDAN ; HARROW ; HART-Which of these is a farm implement used to break up plowed soil?
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HARROW

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MD 2002 Pac 7

  1. Chester Arthur ; Calvin Coolidge ; Millard Fillmore - place these VP’s first to last in order of their election.
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Fillmore ; Arthur ; Coolidge (3 ;1 ;2)

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MD 2002 Pac 7

  1. (two part question) The same day ; March 27 ; saw this man replace Nicolay Bulganin as Soviet premier in 1958 ; and in 1912 saw Helen Taft and Viscountess Chinda plant two of these on the northern bank of the Potomac River.
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Nikita Khrushchev and Yoshina cherry trees

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MD 2002 Pac 7

  1. Mary Baker Eddy ; George Fox ; William Miller - Which of these people founded the Society of Friends?
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George Fox (2)

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MD 2002 Pac 7

  1. Forget them. Burn all ; burn everything. Fire is bright and fire is clean. This quote is from what work by Ray Bradbury that deals with censorship?
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Fahrenheit 451

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MD 2002 Pac 7

Answer a question about documents and declarations.. This document was signed at Runnemede in 1215.

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Magna Carta

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MD 2002 Pac 7

Answer a question about documents and declarations.. Treaties with this name have been signed in 1973 ; 1856 ; 1763 and 1783.

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Treaty of Paris

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MD 2002 Pac 7

Answer a question about documents and declarations.. Bills that preceded this war include Macon’s Bill No. 2 ; the Non-Intercourse Act ; and the Embargo Act.

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War of 1812

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MD 2002 Pac 7

Answer a question about documents and declarations.. This amendment states congressional pay raises do not go into effect until the next term.

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27th Amendment

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MD 2002 Pac 7

Answer a question about documents and declarations.. This treaty established Vatican City in Rome in 1929.

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Lateran Treaty

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MD 2002 Pac 7

Answer a question about documents and declarations.. In a February 2002 speech ; President Bush introduced this construct that includes Iran ; Iraq ; and North Korea.

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Axis of Evil

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MD 2002 Pac 7

Answer a question about documents and declarations. This 1598 proclamation by Henry IV of France gave full religious rights to the Huguenots.

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Edict of Nantes

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MD 2002 Pac 7

Answer a question about documents and declarations. This 1933 amendment repealed Prohibition.

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21st Amendment

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MD 2002 Pac 7

Answer a question about documents and declarations. Greece and Turkey were promised military aid as part of this 1947 statement aiming to prevent countries from falling under Communist rule.

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Truman Doctrine

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MD 2002 Pac 7

Answer a question about documents and declarations. The 41 men that signed this document on the titular ship promised to remain united in forming the Plymouth colony.

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Mayflower Compact

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MD 2002 Pac 7

  1. In this epistolary novel of 1740 by Samuel Richardson also known as Virtue Rewarded ; the female title character attempts to reform Mr. B.
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Pamela

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MD 2002 Pac 7

  1. This king of pop made headlines this past week by holding his child over a balcony.
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Michael Jackson

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MD 2002 Pac 7

  1. This African nation is surrounded by Libya ; Algeria ; Niger ; Nigeria ; Cameroon ; Central African Republic ; and Sudan ; and has capital at N’Djamena (IND-ja-mina).
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Chad

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MD 2002 Pac 7

  1. Solve for y. [4x + y = 7 ; x - 4y = 6]
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-1

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MD 2002 Pac 7

  1. Examples of paintings from this period of art include Gustave Courbet’s The Stonebreakers and Burial at Ornans.
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realism

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MD 2002 Pac 7

  1. Deposition ; Evaporation ; Sublimation– Which of these is a process by which a solid turns directly into a gas?
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Sublimation (3)

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MD 2002 Pac 7

  1. The Russo-Japanese War was ended with the signing of this 1905 treaty.
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Treaty of Portsmouth

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MD 2002 Pac 7

  1. Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes ; our inclinations ; or the dictates of our passions ; they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence. This quote was said by what sixth President of the U.S.?
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John Quincy Adams (accept any answer that differentiates from father)

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MD 2002 Pac 7

  1. In this Kate Chopin novel ; Edna Pontellier rebels against social norms by leaving her husband and enjoys her new freedoms; she later drowns herself in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana.
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The Awakening

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MD 2002 Pac 7

  1. This 1982 album by Michael Jackson sold over 20 million copies.
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Thriller

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MD 2002 Pac 7

  1. This African nation is surrounded by Niger ; Mali ; Ivory Coast ; Ghana ; Togo and Benin ; and has capital at Ouagadougou.
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Burkino Faso

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MD 2002 Pac 7

  1. Solve for y. [3x + 2y = -5 ; x + 8y = 13]
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2

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MD 2002 Pac 7

  1. Examples of paintings from this period of art include Death of General Wolfe by Benjamin West and Liberty Leading the People by Delacroix.
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romanticism

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MD 2002 Pac 7

  1. Conduction ; Convection ; Radiation– Which of these terms describes an energy transfer between a surface and a fluid flowing over it?
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Convection (2)

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MD 2002 Pac 7

  1. The Mexican-American War was ended with the signing of this 1848 treaty.
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Treaty of Guadaloupe-Hidalgo

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MD 2002 Pac 7

  1. To preserve our independence ; we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. Which Founding Father of the United States said this? He was the third to become President.
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Thomas Jefferson

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MD 2002 Pac 7

  1. The lords of Choshu and Satsuma deposed the last Tokugawa shogun and Mutsuhito ascended the throne as emperor in 1868 ; ushering in this era ; which saw the rapid westernization of Japan.
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Meiji Restoration (or equivalents)

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MD 2002 Pac 7

  1. The most important of these compounds is beta-indolylacetic acid. They promote cell elongation in stems ; inhibit leaf fall ; and cause both phototropism and geotropism. Name this important class of plant hormones.
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auxins

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MD 2002 Pac 7

  1. His first two novels ; Typee and Omoo ; were commercial successes ; but what is now considered his best novel was a flop when published in 1851. Name this American author of Bartleby the Scrivener ; Billy Budd ; and Moby Dick.
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Herman Melville

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MD 2002 Pac 7

  1. Defeating Democrat Lewis Cass for the presidency ; this political novice nearly derailed the Compromise of 1850 before his untimely death. Name this general and Mexican War hero of the battle of Buena Vista who was succeeded as President by Millard Fillmore.
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Zachary Taylor

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MD 2002 Pac 7

  1. A daughter of Priam and Hecuba ; she was courted by Apollo ; who gave her the gift of prophecy to win her love. Name this Trojan princess ; whose price for spurning Apollo’s affections was to have her prophecies never believed.
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Cassandra

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MD 2002 Pac 7

  1. The police inspector Porfiry Petrovich pursues the central character of this novel for the murder of a pawnbroker and her sister. In the end ; Sonya accompanies Raskolnikov to exile in Siberia once he finally confesses to the murder in this Dostoyevsky novel.
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Crime and Punishment

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MD 2002 Pac 7

  1. Warning: 2 answers required. With Ozomatli on One of Those Days . With Seal on You Are My Kind . With Macy Gray on Amore . With Michelle Branch on The Game of Love . Name the artist who collaborated with these artists on these songs and the album they appear on ; a follow-up to 1999’s Supernatural .
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Carlos Santana & Shaman

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MD 2002 Pac 7

  1. The youngest son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine ; he succeeded his brother Richard as king of England in 1199. Name this king who was forced by rebelling nobles to sign the Magna Carta in 1215.
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King John

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MD 2002 Pac 7

  1. Its attractions include the Mariposa Grove of giant sequoias ; the granite rock formations El Capitan and the Half Dome ; and the highest waterfall in North America. Name this national park in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California.
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Yosemite National Park

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MD 2002 Pac 7

  1. Salvador Dali’s version of this event shows a clean-shaven Christ symmetrically surrounded by his disciples ; with a lake and mountains in the background. The best known version measures 15 feet by 30 feet and is located on a wall in the refectory of the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan. Name this popular religious subject of art ; most famously depicted by Leonardo da Vinci.
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The Last Supper

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MD 2002 Pac 7

  1. A necessary trace element found in both red blood cells and the pancreas ; this element is used to galvanize steel. Name this element ; also used in over-the-counter cold remedies ; atomic number 30 ; which alloys with copper to make brass.
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zinc

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MD 2002 Pac 7

  1. At the end of this play ; the tragical comedy of Pyramus and Thisbe is performed by Bottom and his troupe. Name this Shakespearean comedy where the young lovers Demetrius ; Helena ; Hermia and Lysander are mismatched and rematched by Puck.
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream

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MD 2002 Pac 7

  1. An arm of the South China Sea ; it was here on August 2 and 4 ; 1964 that the US destroyers Maddox and C. Turner Joy were allegedly attacked by North Vietnamese torpedo boats. Name the piece of legislation named for this body of water ; which Congress passed three days later that led to the rapid escalation of the Vietnam War.
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

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MD 2002 Pac 7

  1. Born in prewar Poland ; he attended the Lodz Film School and directed severally critically-acclaimed films in his home country. He received considerable praise for his debut American film ; Rosemary’s Baby. Name this director of Chinatown who fled to France following allegations of child molestation.
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Roman Polanski

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MD 2002 Pac 7

  1. The founder of one of the world’s largest coke producers of the era ; he merged his company with Carnegie Steel in 1873. He bequeathed his large art collection that included works of Rembrandt and Vermeer to this namesake New York City art museum. Name this industrialist who ruthlessly crushed the Homestead strike in 1892.
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Henry Frick

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MD 2002 Pac 7

Recently defeated in the Oklahoma gubernatorial election ; he was elected to the House in 1994. Name this conservative Republican and former star receiver for the Seattle Seahawks.

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Steve Largent

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