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Alex's tutor
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Aristotle
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James Monroe
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5th President
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society
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a group of people
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Morgan
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investment banker
and steel
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demography
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the study of human population
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executive branch
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carries out the laws
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renassiance
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the period of intellectual and artistic creaitivity
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"forty-niners"
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gold-seekers from America and abroad who migrated to California
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Stamp act
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-Taxed anything printed on paper.
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laissez faire
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that government generally should interfere with private businesses
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depression
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time of severe economic downturn that resulted from jackson's actions
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north america
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pa is located on this continent
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Allied Powers
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consisted of Serbia, Russia, France, Great Britain, Italy, and seven other countries
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ecosystem
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living and nonliving things in an environment, together with their interactions
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Dividend
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A stockholder's share of s company's profits usually as cash payments
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Immigration
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time when people from other countries came to the US to settle here
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exile
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The forced removal of one's homeland is called __________. SS 4.2
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nomad
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one person that moves from one place to another and does not have a permanent home
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Harlem
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a black community in New York City, NY
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William Penn
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Quaker leader who founded colony for Quakers in Penn.; colony provided freedom and tolerance
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Landform
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A physical feature such as a mountain range, valley, plateau, or plain
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continental drift
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the ypothesis that all continents were once joined into a supercontinent that split apart over millions of years
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port
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a place where ships load and unload their goods
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Who were the Inquisitions aimed at?
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Women, Jews, Hughonaughts.
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La Venta
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An ancient island town of Middle America on the east coast of what is now Mexico.
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override
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congress can pass a law over the president's veto with a 2/3 majority vote in both houses
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john tyler
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first vice president to take over due to death
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Louisa May Alcott
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presented a gentler view of new england life. in 1868 she published Little Women a novel based on her own experiences growing up with three sisters
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free enterprise
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an economic system in which people are free to own and run businesses
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majority rule
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more than half the people must agree for a decision to be made
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Adams-Onis Treaty
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Spain sold East and West Florida to the USA for $5 million
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nationalism, imperialism, system of alliances, militarism
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Underlying Causes of World War One
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Subsistence Farming (M)
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when a person only grows enough food for his own family
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bill of attainder
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no laws will be made that condemns people without a trial in court
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georgia, mass, new hampshire, new jersy, new york, north carolina, south carolina, and virginia
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what were the 8 royal colonies
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What are the two major rivers in canada?
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St. Lawrence river and Mackenzie river
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dissent
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disagreement
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Ida Wells-Barnett
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Muckraker
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Discrimination
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a negative action
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guerilla
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hit and run tactics
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Mummy
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A preserved dead body.
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irrigation
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A system for watering crops
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president that made firseside chats
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FDR
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Pedri Alvares Cabral
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Reached Brazil (Portugal 1500)
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britain and france
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wahshington's neutrality proclamation kept the u.s. out of war with
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Strategic Hamlet
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special fortified villages controlled by the South Vietnamese
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Sherman
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Man who said, "War is Hell."
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sumer
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earliest known empire, later became babylonia
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Secular
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Papacy became this under Gregory; (worldly power involved in politics); Pope's palace was center of Government; Gregory used church revenues to raise armies and fix cities
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Erasmus
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wants the Church to improve, he doesn't want to replace it, he was a humanist
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19th amendment
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gave women the right to vote
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aksum
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an important East African center of trade
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Brahmanism
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An ancient Indian religion in which the Brahmins which are priests and religious scholars, are the dominent class
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Justinian
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-(A.D. 483-565) one of the greatest Byzantine emperors
-made an organized collection and explanation of Roman Laws
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edict
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a formal command; a proclamation or announcement given out by an authority and having the force of law
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The U.S. paid ___________ (amount) for the Louisiana Purchase.
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$15 million
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middle ages
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years between ancient and mordern times
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triumvirate
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In ancient Rome, a group of three leaders sharing control of the government.
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steam powered machines
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These machines in factories increased the production rate of many materials. The factories could be built anywhere and no longer ran on water power
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Colosseum
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A large stadium in ancient Rome where athletic events took place
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common
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A grassy area shared by the town's people, and used for grazing sheep, cattle, and other livestock
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What does Jacob mean?
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one who struggles ith God
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American System
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Plan developed by Henry Clay for raising tariffs to pay for internal improvements such as roads and canals.
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minutemen
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militia who could be ready in a minutes notice
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King David
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second king of Israel; made Jerusalem his capitol
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Unitary Gvmnts
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Balance of pwr lies at the center
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filial piety
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respect shown by children for their parents and elders
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Indian Removal Act
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Passed in 1830 Allowed goverment to pay Native Americans to move west
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Open Door Policy
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policy issued by secretary of state John Hay in 1899 that allowed a nation to trade in any other nation's sphere of influence in China.
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paleolithic era
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the earliest part of the stone age characterized by tools made of crudely chipped stone and by cave art
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prophet
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person chosen by god to bring truth to a ruler and the people
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Dorothea Dix
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Reformer who was a pioneer in the movement for better treatment of the mentally ill
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What river did Lewis and Clark mostly travel on while they explored?
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Missouri River
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Montezuma II
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He was crowned emperor and under him the Aztec Empire began to weaken. He called for even more tribute and sacrifice with the population of Tenochtitlan growing ever greater.
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Compass Rose
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a symbol printed on a map to show direction
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How does Jackson strengthen the presidency?
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Precedent of vetoing, appointing supporters to office, and making bold decisions
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First Level Activity
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When you work directly with the land and its resources
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Lewis and Clark
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Two men asked by Jefferson to lead an expedition to scout out the Louisiana Purchase. They went all the way to the Pacific Ocean with the help of an Native American Sacagawea.
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Battle of New Orleans
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the final major battle of the War of 1812; it was led by General Andrew Jackson who defeated British forces at an attempt to seize New Orleans and the vast territory America had acquired in the Louisiana Purchase
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A stone Statue of a head
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What did they find in the Olmec civilization? (statue)
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Cotton was an important crop for the North and the South. Cotton was a source of money. For the South they could sell it to factories in the North who could use it to make cloth and clothing. The factories would sell the cloth and clothing and make money.
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Why was the cotton gin so important for the North and South
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decisions
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choices.
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Judiciary Act
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elegance
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fancy and beautiful
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metacomet
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Cheif of the Wampanoags
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massacre
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the unnecessary, indiscriminate killing of a large number of human beings or animals, as in barbarous warfare or persecution or for revenge or plunder.
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Sediment
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A desposited clay or gravel
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Temperance Movement
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campaign against alcohol consumption
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ladino
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the rich land owners of guatimala
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U.S Constitution
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"Supreme Law of the Land"
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source
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the place where a river begins
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Adena
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important early mound building culture of the eastern woodlands
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colony
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a settlement ruled by another country
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history
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written & other recorded events of people
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Donald Johanson
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foundeda skeleton named after the beetles song
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prehistory
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the time during the development of human culture before the appearance of the written word
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What religions do people in Suriname practice?
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Christianity
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retreat
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means to move away from the enemy
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Jefferson Davis
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Mississippi senator who became the first President of the Confederacy.
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Ethnocentrism
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Attitude that one's own ehtnic group is superior.
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service
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Work that someone does for someone else.
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slavery
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the practice of one person owning another person.
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turning point
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an event that causes an important change
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Meat Inspection Act
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required federal inspection of meat shipped across state lines
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Segregation
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the separation or isolation of a race, class, or group
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Plateau of Mexico
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the large, flat center of Mexico
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gerald ford
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38th president after nixon ford was president durring his presedency last troops came out of vietnam
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monk
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a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work
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1763
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What year did the French and Indain War come to an end?
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dynasty
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a series of rulers from the same family
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the 1st religious revival movement in the colonies
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great Awakening
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Umayyads
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A dynasty that ruled the Muslim Empire for A.D. 667 to A.D. 750 and later established a kingdom in Al-Andalus
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constitution
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Plan for the government of a state or country
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King's popularity
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This depended on the success of the harvest.
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clan mother
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She was the most important person in the clan and made all the decisions.
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John Paul Jones
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an American navy commander, who said "I have not yet begun to fight!" when the British asked Jones to give up.
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high technology
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the use of new scientific ideas and special tools to meet people's needs
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On the frontier, people were respected more for what instead of nationality, social position or pocketbook.
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Courage, skills, and industriouness
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What branch of government is found in Article 2 of the constitution?
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Executive branch
(LEJ)
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pension
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a sum of money paid to people on a regular basis after they retire.
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What is the Maya
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People who created a civilization in Guatemala and the Yucatan Peninsula, about A.D. 250 to 900
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Proclamation of 1763
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act passed by King George of Britain stating American colonists were not allowed to expand west of the Appalachian Mountains; established the boundary between Native American and colonial land
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What is Judicial Review?
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the right of the Supreme court to declare laws unconstitutional
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How was France important in the Revolutionary War?
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They provided money, supplies, and military support to the Americans
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name 4 canidates that won the election and not the popular vote
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jackson, tilman, rover clevelant, al gore
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First step for a bill to become a law
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Bill is introduced and passed by congress
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