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CSET Multiple Subjects: History And Social Science Vocab

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1. Central figure in the ancient Inca religion






2. Ruled that african americans could never become citizens - in slavery or not.






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






4. Earliest form of Capitalism






5. Agean civilization developed a flourishing culture as a direct result of trade and commerce on the Aegean Sea






6. A polytheistic society located in Central America that made great advances in science and mathematics - but collapsed due to unknown causes






7. Towns based around California's missions and presidios - built around a church and a town square






8. Free market capitalism






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






10. 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.






11. 1898 - Resulted in the ceding of Puerto Rico - Guam - and the Phillipines to the United States






12. 1781 - 1789






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






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






15. Distinct social class - elite were wealthy individuals and headmen Marriage only in same class.






16. 1940 - 1950






17. Hydraulic mining






18. An informal system of the exchange of goods and services among individuals






19. Best known as CA basketmakers - twined and coilded ware in many shapes. Otlined with brightly colored feathers - plumes - beads - and shells.






20. Criminal supsects must be informed of their miranda rights






21. Prior to Jim Crow Laws - prior to reconstruction






22. Wrote the Federalist Papers






23. 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






24. Imperial Valley water flow from Colorado River - tried to increase water flow and the flood created the






25. Common characteristic that linked missions - presidios - and pueblos






26. Fished on canoe shaped rafts - relied heavily on salmon and acorns. Haproons and dragnets to fish. Groves of lvalley oaks - great amounts of acorns for thick suop. San Joaquin Valley - wetlands - birds - duck - geese - elk - antelope.






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






28. Sherman Anti - Trust Act (1890) - Clayton Anti - Trust Act (1914). The National Labor Relations Act (1935) - collective bargaining rights for employees.






29. Romans were first civilization to build..






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






31. 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






32. 1911 new California State Legislation inspired by the national progressive movement






33. Abundant natural resources - access to Great Lakes and ports of foreign shipments - availability of cheap labor






34. Like the English Parliment - the new state legislatures were...






35. In 1829 inaugural address - he set a policy to relocate Eastern Indians






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






37. The equivilent of a knight in the feudal system






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






39. Led by a headman or timiwal. Appointed by council and served for life. Primary counselor - arbritator. Diet of acorns - six differenct species of oaks and pinon nuts. Gathereed from eastern slopes of Sierra Nevada. Small seeds and berries were gather






40. The south asked these two countries for help during the Civil War






41. Stopped merchant ships and demanded tolls without authorization (12th & 13th centuries); businessman amasssing huge fortunes through unfair business practice (19th century)






42. Initial control of Southwest of N. America and Florida






43. Sought to control colonial trade because it did not want competition with it's own manufacturers






44. Guaranteed black americans the righ to vote






45. Greatest Real Estate Purchase in U.S. history (1803)






46. 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






47. (1765) The first direct tax to be levied on the American colonies - it required that all newspapers - pamphlets - legal documents - commercial bills - advertisements - and other papers issued in the colonies bear a stamp. The act was denounced in the






48. California to Alaska - dense woodlands of redwoods. Great rainfall - social status dertmined by objects - Rich men led - tribes include Yurok - Hupa and Shasta






49. The code of knights in feudal Japan - the equivalent of chivalry in Europe






50. The first constitution of the United States of America







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