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CSET Multiple Subjects: History And Social Science Vocab

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1. Chinese philosophical system that emphasizes living in balance with the natural world - everything has its place yin and yang






2. Galileo






3. Largest desert in Calfornia






4. The colonists strongest weapon against the unpopular British Tax measures






5. Philosopher - inventor - politician who had great influence over many years






6. Voyage of exploration commanded by John Cabot - Jacques Cartier - and Henry Hudson






7. Peasants who work on land in a feudal system






8. The admission of Maine as a free state preserved the slave state/free state balance in the senate






9. Campaign to encourage women to sek work in wartime industrial plants

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10. 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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11. 1781 - This defeat brought victory to the colonies






12. Created an oil embargo






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






14. Rabbits and other small game - bows and arrows or nets and snares. Accorns - mequite pods - pinon nuts - and other fruit of cacti. Planeted crops when water sufficient - pottery by coiling narrow ropes of clay.






15. Criminal supsects must be informed of their miranda rights






16. To maintain self - sufficient agricultural economy that produced a food surplus






17. Annual floods - enriched lands for farming and cattle - timber and iron ore deposits - capital on major trade routes - riches from gold and emerald mines






18. Earliest sophisticated culture of the Andean Highland civilization






19. Strength of foreign policy during the early national period






20. Feared a strong central government






21. Hydraulic mining






22. 1964 - It attempted to continue New Deal type programs. Aims were ending poverty - reducing pollution - regenerating urban life - and pursuing Civil Rights legislation

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23. Because of the expansionist goals of the West






24. Constitutes legitimate government and under what conditions men were justified in resorting to armed revolution to change it






25. A result of the presidential election of 1876






26. 12 Year term for Supreme Court justices - greater details - greater degree of voter control - in both Houses - representation is based on districts that are determined by size of population - senators serve four year terms






27. A system of government consisting of self - regluating regions (states) united by a central (federal) government






28. The mountains of western South American were an impediment to building an empire - prompting the development of sophisticated engineering technologies






29. Wrote the Federalist Papers






30. Bush Supreme Court appointments






31. An economic system in which the state controls the means of production and distributes the profits






32. A French word meaning - rebirth - the name given to the flowering of European culture at the end of the medieval period






33. The Tianament Square pro - democracy movement in China occurred in






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






35. Group that historically experienced the most discrimination (California Constitution statutes)






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






37. Enviornmentally destructive mining process in the Gold Rush and wound down in 1853






38. Franklin Roosevelt initiated The New Deal






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






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






41. Economic and social units of life in early Middle Ages






42. CA had greatest concentration of Indians in N. America






43. Capitol of the North






44. A plan created by President Lincoln before his assassination - and carried out by the successor - Andrew Johnson - stating that a state could be readmitted to the Union if ten percent of the former Confederates in the state who had voted in the 1860






45. Federal Government response to the Great Depression - overwhelming unemployment and need for public works. Many dams and large sclae projects - Central Valley Project - Shasta Dam (second largest dam in the US - after Hoover dam - also WPA project)






46. Mesopotamian Civilization Period






47. Nickname for the influx of people that arrived in California - staring in 1849 - in search of gold






48. Little Napoleon - suffered several defeats - replaced - put back in command - and replaced again






49. Created the first unified state in Inida (Indian) history






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