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CSET Multiple Subjects: History And Social Science Vocab

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1. Success of the colony sparked a huge migration to the New World from England - signed an agreement among themselves they would have a government based on the church's teachings - came to America seeking freedom from religous persecution






2. An 1845 phrase encapsulating the American version of the Western Expansion






3. Feared a strong central government






4. Epics of Illiad and Odyssey come from






5. Aerospace






6. A philosophy - along with election rules - that was designed to deny blacks the right to vote after reconstruction ended






7. Used tar to waterproof their canoes






8. Isolating the South






9. The idea that political authority belongs to the people






10. Written into the Constitution - this concept is one of the cornerstones of our republic - encompassing three branches of governement and a system for them to act as watchdogs for the others






11. CA land boom (1880's) - gold rush (1850) - the great depression (1930's)






12. A social economic - and political system in which power is decentralized - and a varying number of lords hold land on which they allow others to live and work in return for loyalty and service






13. Southern whites who allied with the radicals






14. Cluster of three to five small villages around a centraly village. Lands were held in common. Each tribe servered as part of a political organization. the Leader played a fairly minor role exept during time of war or talk of peace.






15. A revival of learning based on classical sources - development of highly realistic linear perspective in art - discarding of the Aristolean 'final cause' in favor of scientific method






16. Absolutism

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17. The worship of only one god






18. An economic system regulated by the state that encourages the accumulation of weath and property by individuals






19. British acquired Florida as a result






20. Tigres - Euphrates Valley - Fertile Crescent - and Nile Vallyez






21. King - Baron - Bishop - Lord - Peasant






22. Shared by geographically seperated native California people in pre - columbian times






23. A religious beleif in which - after physical death - a rebirth in another body occurs - a central tenet of Hinduism - among other religions






24. A process that gives individual citizens - or groups of citizens - the power to place a proposed law on the ballot






25. I provided for a strong central government and federal taxation






26. First European explorer to circumnavigate the globe






27. A minor but influential political party int he pre - Civil War period that opposed the extention of slavery into the western territories






28. Wrote the Federalist Papers






29. A religious revival in the colonies during the first part of the 18th century






30. Missouri Compromise of 1820 was designed to resolve conflict in this area






31. 1863 - This battle ended the souths chance of foreign recognition






32. Texas annexed to the United States






33. Central Valley and the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada






34. Bush raised taxes on these items in 1990 to decrease the decifit






35. Framers who were provided some land - housing and supplies by white landowners in return for giving landowners a portion of their crops






36. An informal meeting of party leaders who decide which candidates they will support






37. Settled by gentleman adventurers - landless and poor men who wanted to improve finances - in the original settlement - no women - first slaves were brought here from Africa - tobacco was first cultivated as a moneymaking crop by this settlement - fir






38. Small rainfall - vegetation scarce - bands were migratory - shifting from place to place in search of water and food. Men hunted - women gathered seeds - nuts and fruits. Distinctive form of acgricutlre based on communal labor. Created ditches and da






39. Guaranteed black americans the righ to vote






40. Allows congress to make laws on issues not mentioned in the Constitution






41. Desolate areas - scare food - hunting small game and seeds and roots. Thinly settled - tribues include Achumawi and Atsugewi.






42. A mechanism fo rending an elected official's tenure before its scheduled completion






43. A land allotment system defined by a few large landowners and many landless workers






44. Nile River






45. France viewed the revolution as a means to gain territory at the expense of Britain - France wanted to limit the economic growth of England - France and England were already at war on the European continent






46. Deer in Noorthern CA - plentfiu. venison and deerskin for clothing. Shamans played a key role - had healing ability from tamakomi - 'medicine or power. Half of shamans were women.






47. The colonist gained a sense of independence because they challenged church beliefs - they felt unified because of a common religion - ties between church and state weakened - a greater sense of equality because preachers stressed equality of all






48. The French threatened not only the British Empire - but the American colonists for holding the Mississippi Valley - Franch could...






49. John F. Kennedy's Pledge was to resolve domestic and cold war problems - expand the Space Program and Civil Rights legislation






50. 1) Government programs to provide jobs for the unemployed 2) Broadened the scope of the federal government's activities. 3) Permanently expanded the role of the presidency







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