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CSET Multiple Subjects: History And Social Science Vocab

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1. A 1907 treaty with Japan that allowed wives to joing their husbands in the U.S. on the condition that the Japanese government deny exit visas to any men wishing to emigrate to the United States

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2. 1876 Election






3. Caused the Protestant Reformation






4. Land ownership and wealth were prerequisites to direct involvement in the government






5. Koran






6. Barbed wire






7. WPA Central Valley Project irrigated large portions of the central valley at expense of wetlands to the north - US government response to which event






8. Soviets invade Afghanistan






9. 1781 - This defeat brought victory to the colonies






10. Attempt to change base metals into gold






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






12. Georgia






13. California 1821 - 1846 dominant institutions were






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






15. Hieroglyphics






16. Villages on lagoons or mouth streams and lower Klamath River. Accumulated wealth - sets of dance regalia and ceremonial gatherings. Distinctive clothing - abundant natural resources - permanent villages. Harvested fish - deer - elk - acorns. Used woo






17. Oregon annexed to the United States






18. An early society in which men hunted for meat and women gathered more readily available food






19. 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.






20. Law of supply and demand






21. First written language






22. Largest villages in CA - some 2000 people. Home of poles driven into the ground and arched in the center - with thatch of interwoven graases and ferns. Brilliant rock paintings - found in caves and on rocks in Southern CA - abstract and highly styliz






23. Initial control of Mississippi River - Louisiana Territory - Great Lakes - Canada






24. Manpower - firepower - economic resources






25. (1770) British troops fire on crowd of Bostonians






26. The idea that political authority belongs to the people






27. 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






28. Isolating the South






29. Constantinople controlled both the Mediterranan Sea and the Black Sea trade routes






30. Portion of the triangular trade route used in the Atlantic slave trade






31. Federalist Party - Strong central government ruled by manufacturing interests (Hamilton). Favored rich and wealthy - Antifederalist Party - limited federal power based on farming interests (Jefferson) believed in worth of the individual

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32. Practiced by European nations in an effort to assure properity by regulating and coordinting the production of goods - while protecting domestic economies from foreign competition.






33. Eastern European Communism collapsed - Hussein invaded Kuwait






34. Turning point of the war






35. The worship of only one god






36. English Mercantile policy discouraged economic independence - Colonial concepts of political and economic freedom - Colonies used boycotts and other measures - Declaration of Independence stated the purposes for the Colonial break with England






37. Economic sanctions were lifted against South Africa when it shifted away from apartheid in






38. Emphasizes mindfulness of an orderly society






39. Communcation and Transportation






40. Large quanitites of coal and iron - rapid increase in middle class - large supply of cheap labor






41. A division of society based on differences of wealth - inherited rank or privledge - profession - or occupation - not allowed to move from one caste to another






42. European settlers to the New World in the 16th & 17th Century often failed to recognize the






43. Reagan's appointments to the Supreme Court

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44. Absolutism

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45. First European explorer to reach coastal California (1542)






46. Refers to powers shared by the national government and state governments






47. The practice of state regulation and control of an economy






48. Galileo






49. Outlawed slavery in the Northwest Territory






50. Three fourths of white population was middle class - more social equality than in England - hired farmhands and indentured servants were in lower class - lawyers and merchants were upper class.