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CSET Multiple Subjects: History And Social Science Vocab
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1. WPA Central Valley Project irrigated large portions of the central valley at expense of wetlands to the north - US government response to which event
The Qin Dynasty
The Great Depression
Governor of CA has this right - but President of US does not
US Constitution differed from Articles of Confederation
2. 1781 - This defeat brought victory to the colonies
Appomatix Courthouse
Feudalism - Europe Middle Ages Hiearchial Structure
Battle of Gettysburg
Defeat of Cornwallis of Yorktown
3. Bush Supreme Court appointments
Hellenistic age
(1991-1992) Souter and Thomas
End of Reconstruction
The Great Awakening
4. 1929
Bowl and Basket Weaving
Great Depression Began
China
European Society under feudalism
5. Vetoed numerous Radical Republican congressional acts
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6. Patriot victory at Battle of Saratoge (1777) prompted by France to sign a treaty with American leaders
The New deal Included
Significant major development in American Revolution
Check their Westward Expansion
Richmond
7. Forbade import of rum - duty on molasses - wines - silks - coffee and number of luxury items
Gentleman's Agreement
Center region of US (minus texas)
Intolerable Acts
Sugar Act of 1764
8. Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
Great Compromise
The Gentleman's Agreement - 1907
Reganomics
Mesopotamiia
9. The branch of the system of checks and balances that makes Congressional laws
Completion of the Railroad in California
Magna Carta
Central Indian culture
Legislative Branch
10. A series of Islands
Economic system facilitates Darwinism
Japan
Civil War - North Power
Rancheros
11. Caused a wave of immigration into California in the 1930's
Majority of native Californians lived in or near
Maya
Factors that led to American Revolution
Dust Bowl
12. Mississipppi River
Major military strategy of North based on dividing the south
Pilgrims
John Locke's assumption of natural laws contrasted
2nd & 3rd Amendment
13. Earliest sophisticated culture of the Andean Highland civilization
Seperate but Equal
Chavin
Confederate Advantage
Economics
14. Texas annexed to the United States
1837
Boston Massacre
An important development in CA society during Mexican rule 1821-1848
Hamilton - Jay and Madison
15. The Savings and Loan bankruptcies resulted in massive federal intervention to cover
Egypt and Mesopatamia
Buddhism
300 Billion Dollars
Characteristics of the European Renissance
16. Transportation - education - politics - mining and agriculture
Robert E. Lee surrendered because...
The Rise of the New West created...
Sierra Nevada
Caucus (political system)
17. A polytheistic society located in Central America that made great advances in science and mathematics - but collapsed due to unknown causes
Gentleman's Agreement
Mojave Desert
Maya Indians
Mayflower Compact
18. A nickname for the Southern part of San Francisco Bay Area in the northern California - originally referring to the concentration of silicon chip innovators and manufacturers - but eventually referring to the concentration of all types of high - tech
NOT characteristic of European Renissance
Emergence of Universities
French Indian War Victory
Silicon Valley
19. A decision made by the Constitutional Congress splitting Congress into two houses - one based on population (House of Rep) and the other based on equal representations (Senate)
The Great Depression
Yurok Indians
Chinese
Great Compromise
20. Christ's own words render taxes to Caesar and delcared to continue resistance to taxes would equal betraying the State and aiding enemies of the state
Philip IV
Stamp Act
Hamilton's Financial Plan Parties
Aids to settlement of the West
21. Bush raised taxes on these items in 1990 to decrease the decifit
No founded as a result of religious persecution
American civilizations in chronological order
Gasoline - Tobacco - Medicare
House of Burgesses
22. 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.
Achumawi
Marbury vs Madison - 1803
Mercantilism
Northeast industrial expansion before Civil War
23. American Indians agriculture and medical wisdonm
Major Popluation Groups
Capitalism
The New deal Included
Ignored by European Invaders
24. Church became the preserver of civilization in both political and religious life
Relocation Camp
Europe referred to as Christendom during Middle Ages
Factors of the Economic Slowdowof 1988
Appomatix Courthouse
25. Gold over land assets as currency
Central Valley Project (CVP)
Economics
1763-1776 Tension Built between America and England
Not a feature of European society under feudalism
26. Substantial increase in Asian population
Ferdinand Magellan
Emergence of Universities
Immigration Reform Act 1965
1990
27. Annual floods - enriched lands for farming and cattle - timber and iron ore deposits - capital on major trade routes - riches from gold and emerald mines
Native Californian who became president
Reincarnation
Kush
Sun
28. 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)
Inca
Concurrent Powers
WPA (Works Projects Administration)
Thomas Jefferson
29. 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
Buddhism
Primary factor of collapse of Aztec and Inca Empires
Check and Balances
Egypt
30. Europeans and Africans
Major Popluation Groups
Articles of Confederation
Primary factor of collapse of Aztec and Inca Empires
The Mayflower Compact
31. The mountains of western South American were an impediment to building an empire - prompting the development of sophisticated engineering technologies
Change of date of presidential primaries from March to February in CA
Bushido
GEOGRAPHIC FACTORS INDLUENCE ON INCA CIVILIZATIONS BETWEN 11TH AND 15TH CENTURIES
Features of ancient India
32. River valley villages - families owned their hunting and fishing ground - tobacco plots and oak trees. Real estate passed on through the males. Money was clamshell disks and dentalia.
1776 - 1781
Shasta
Hellenistic age
The federal deficit escalated dramatically in the 1980s and threatened the economic stability of the U.S. What 2 things contributed to this?
33. Irrigation projects in the barren southern plains - agricultural advances - much food - allowed civilization to develop
Development of early Mesopotamia Civilizations
Feudalism
Code of Hammurabi
Rancho System
34. Spanish exploreres that sought the riches of Central and South America - establishing colonies along the way
Western Industrial Base
Industry most damaged by spending cutbacks in 1970
Conquistadores
Agriculture
35. Eastern European Communism collapsed - Hussein invaded Kuwait
Pilgrims
California's Mission System
1990
Lake Shasta - Lake Arrowhead
36. An early colonial attempt at representative self - government (1619) - first legislative assembly of the colonies
Dust Bowl Regugees of 1930's
Europe referred to as Christendom during Middle Ages
India
House of Burgesses
37. 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
Native Californian who became president
Middle Colonies
End of Reconstruction
Why French aidid the English during American Revolution
38. Allows congress to make laws on issues not mentioned in the Constitution
Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts)
Elastic Clause of the Constitution
Boycotting Britsh Goods
Hindered Military Effectiveness
39. Manpower - firepower - economic resources
Civil War - North Power
15th Amendment
Declaration of Independence - July 4th 1776
Primary reason for dramatic Mexican population increase in CA
40. In Medieval Europe - the legalization and imperialization of the Christian Faith forever changed the form and function of Christianity by whom
End of WWI
The New Nationalism - 1816 - 1823
Billeting Act of 1765
Constantine
41. A process that gives individual citizens - or groups of citizens - the power to place a proposed law on the ballot
Battle of Gettysburg
Initiative
The Missouri Compromise
Article of Confederation Weaknesses
42. 1876 Election
British Army marches on Concord and Lexington
Gasoline - Tobacco - Medicare
Protect sovereignty of the states
Ronald Reagan
43. To gain an accurate sense of the resources being exchanged in the Louisiana Purchase
Primary factor that allowed Missouri to become a slave state in 1821
Central focus of lewis and clark expedition
CA state tree
Mojave Desert
44. 'We hold these truths to be self - evident; that all men and women are created equal.....'
Declaration of Sentiments - Seneca Falls
Cotton
American civilizations in chronological order
Governor of CA has this right - but President of US does not
45. Granting land use within a fief - ceremonies of homage and fealty - vassals commitment to provide military service to a lord
Christianity - Buddhism - and Islam
Jimmy Carter's Adminitration Problems
European Society under feudalism
Economics
46. Egyptian Civilation began
Los Angeles in 1960-2000 became the new 'Ellis Island'
Nile Valley (3000 BC)
Gentleman's Agreement
Greece
47. Consdiered to be the basis for the justice system in use throughout much of the Western world - including the United States
Southern Indian Culture
Seperate but Equal
Legislative Branch
Justinian Code
48. (1773) - The Tea Act - passed by Parliament in May of 1773 - would launch the final spark to the revolutionary movement in Boston. The act was not intended to raise revenue in the American colonies - and in fact imposed no new taxes. It was designed
Laissez - Faire
Ulysses S. Grant
Tea Act
Aids to settlement of the West
49. California's 'Ellis Island' entry point for many European immigrants to US
Aided in Industrial Growth of America
Angel Island
Manifest Destiny
1979 - 1981
50. 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
Copernicus
Mercantilism
1979 - 1981
1763-1776 Tension Built between America and England