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CSET Multiple Subjects: History And Social Science Vocab

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1. 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.






2. The start and end of the Age of Discovery






3. Stamp - Declatory - Townshend - Boston Massacre






4. Galileo






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






6. More experienced officer corps






7. Power to veto specific sections of a spending bill






8. American industry propspered when trade was restricted by the British during the war






9. To gain an accurate sense of the resources being exchanged in the Louisiana Purchase






10. A result of the presidential election of 1876






11. Central coast throughout Sacramento and San Joaquin Valley - mild climate and plants and animals abundant. Tribal dress and housing relfected climate. Best basket skills of all - tribes include Yokuts - Miwodk - Maidu - and Pomo.






12. Explored Florida in 1513 - claimed area for spain






13. The worship of only one god






14. No taxation without representation






15. Largest desert in Calfornia






16. An economic system in which workers control the means of production and share in the profits for their labors






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






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






19. George Mason in objections to the constituion represented which group






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






21. 1848 - California - parts of the southwest were gained






22. Europes Renaissance - Age of Discovery - Copernican Revolution






23. Development of new weaving and ironworking techniques - vast expansion and improvement in the roads and waterways - greatly increased prosperity and political power for middle class






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






25. Military conquest and trade incentives






26. Reaction of the English Government to the colonial protest against the stamp act






27. Individual state rights - slavery - cotton - and the election of Abraham Lincoln as president






28. Tobacco - cotton and slavery






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






30. Greatest effect on the growing political - economic and social cohesion of the US during the last half of the 19th century






31. Battle that followed the second Bull Run






32. Shipbuilding and Commerce






33. 1940 - 1950






34. High value or hard work. Trout and fish gathered with nests in rivers and lakes. Rabbits hunted in groups. Larger game by individuals - trned over kill to village for general use. Sixth days set for rest - Big annual celebration autumnal pakapi or 'b






35. Primary economic activity in Arabia






36. 1) Energy Crisis 2) Israel and Egypt signed historic peace treaty - but key problems were left unsolved. 3) Need for alternate sources of energy 4) Detente with Russia suffered serious setbacks 5) Inflation

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37. Two thirds vote of Congress and then three fourths vote of the states to ratify






38. British colony founded by puritans seeking to create a new - pure church in the americas






39. Meant that the union controlled the entire Mississippi River






40. Transiton of hunting and gathering to agriculture in early Mespotamia






41. (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






42. 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






43. Northerners who went South to assist in Reconstruction






44. The law the Bostonians protested when soldiers fired on the mobs in the Boston Massacre






45. Used tar to waterproof their canoes






46. Turning point in England's domination over North America (1756- 1763)






47. The first constitution of the United States of America






48. Proposed the beginning of Europe's Scientific Revolution - that Earth revolved around the sun






49. 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






50. His leadership turned the tide of the battle