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Social Studies Practice Test Flashcards

1
Q

First major battle of WWII

A

Battle of Britain

1940

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2
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Last major nazi offensive against the allies , last ditch effort by hitter to split the allies in two

A

Battle of the bulge

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3
Q

Unrestricted submarine warfare occured

A

During WWI

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4
Q

Located in eastern and Western Hemispheres

A

Europe and Africa

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5
Q

Fall of ancient Egyptians

A

Death of cleopatra

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6
Q

First know example of direct democracy

A

Athenian democracy

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7
Q

Romans lasting influence on society

A

Republican democracy

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8
Q

Earliest known written language _

Developed by _

A

Cuneiform

Sumerians

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9
Q

Developed public toilets (aqueducts)

A

Romans

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10
Q

_ branch can:

Approve
Implement
Enforce

Laws of

A

Executive branch

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11
Q

Civil minded and independent, making the people as a whole sovereign (supreme ruler) is:

**Also- stresses natural rights as central values

A

Republicanism

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12
Q

Boston tea party
Proclamation of 1763
Charles townshend tax on glass, oil, led and paint

All contributed to

A

American revolution

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13
Q

USSR take control from Gorbachev called

Resulted in _

A

August coup

End of Cold War

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14
Q
  • Marburg v. Madison
  • John peter zenger trial
  • dred Scott
  • scopes monkey trial
A

Judicial review
Freedom of the press
Sued for his freedom
Teaching evolution in schools

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15
Q

General Thomas gage ordered troops to capture

A

Samuel Adams

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16
Q

Dissolved communism in Germany

A

Fall of Berlin Wall

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17
Q

Toothbrush invented by _

Gunpowder invented by _

A

Toothbrush - ancient Egyptians

Gunpowder - ancient China

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18
Q

Development of principles of democracy

A

Classical period

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19
Q

Invention of bronze

A

Early Bronze Age

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20
Q

Advance of mathematics in ancient Greece

A

Hellenistic period

21
Q

Development of pottery and sculpture

A

Archaic period

22
Q

Louisiana purchase

Who sold it?

A

Rocky Mountains, Mississippi River and Texas

Napoleon

23
Q

Encouraged more immigration to attract skilled labor and reunite families

A

Immigration act 1965

24
Q

Discouraged immigration (2)

A

Immigration act of 1924

Great Depression

25
Q

Prevent direct and indirect US interference in the conflict overseas

A

Neutrality act

26
Q

Penicillin discovered…

27
Q

Airplane flew first time

28
Q

Radar and nuclear power developed during…

29
Q

Major architect of US constitution

Helped write federalist papers

A

James Madison

30
Q

Drafted declaration of independent

A

Thomas Jefferson

31
Q

Commander of continental army, first president

A

George Washington

32
Q

Anti-federalist, opposed ratification of constitution

A

Patrick Henry

33
Q 
Protects freedom of:
Speech
Religion
Assembly 
Press 
Right to petition gonverment.
A

First ammendment

34
Q

_ colonies

New Hampshire
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Rhode Island

A

New England colonies

35
Q

_ colonies

New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware

A

Middle colonies

36
Q

_ colonies

Maryland
Virginia

A

Chesapeake colonies

37
Q

_ colonies

North and South Carolina
Georgia

A

Southern colonies

38
Q

Advocated governments and creating social order

A

Thomas Hobbes

39
Q

Trail of tears ..time frame?

Which tribe?

Who was president?

A

1838-1839

Cherokee

Andrew Jackson

40
Q

President during Great Depression

41
Q

What are countries considered to be on a map?

A

Political features

42
Q

_ discovered black codes to _

A

Southern government

Continue oppression of greed black Americans

43
Q

Indian removal act passed in

44
Q

Led French in. Battle of New Orleans reinvigorating French resistance to the English

A

Joan of Arc

45
Q

_ took control of Alsace -Lorraine during _

Mineral rich and later essential for industrial development

A

Prussia

Franco-Prussian War

46
Q

A period of modernization and westernization in Japan

A

Meiji restoration

47
Q

Boston port act
Quartering act
Massachusetts govt act( revoked local control of Massachusetts)

All included in:

A

Intolerable acts

48
Q

Imposed military control over the south

A

Reconstruction acts

49
Q

FDR created _ under his term in office

A

Social security act

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