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CSET Multiple Subjects: History And Social Science Vocab

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1. Farthest north the confederates were able to get - called the 'High water mark of confederacy'






2. 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






3. Galileo






4. 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.






5. 1325 AD - 1521 AD






6. President Lincoln's first priority after the Civil War to reconcile the warring sides and rebuild areas affected by the war






7. Influenced by Hinduism - underwent waves of invasion from Persia and Asia - divided into multiple regions






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






9. Richard Nixon






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






11. Nile River






12. The Cold War officially ended at the Bush - Gorbachev Summits in






13. Tobacco - cotton and slavery






14. Europeans and Africans






15. 'We hold these truths to be self - evident; that all men and women are created equal.....'






16. Powers assigned the National Government






17. Coasts (trading - transportation - Presidio military protection); Mountains: Smaller Valleys: Vast Lands (huge cattle ranches large game in over 1/2 state); Many streams and Rivers (fish were abundent - fertile for crops)






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






19. Created Great Wall of China - use of currency - weight and measure standardized - tomb of terra - cotta army






20. Forced quartering of British soldiers - excessive tarriffs - Intolerable acts






21. Federal system which divided fedeal and state power - seperation of powers - and checks and balances to limit power of central government - legislative - executive and judicial branch created to divide power - bill of rights added to protect the peop






22. Aerospace






23. Natural lake that has been threatened by the water needs of L.A.






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






25. A branch of the system of checks and balances that interprets Congressional laws






26. Gold over land assets as currency






27. Nathanial Bacon lead this colony in a rebellion against the colonial government protesting the Government's Indian policy






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






29. Growing criticism of the mission system prompted efforts to transfer mission holding into private hands






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






31. John F. Kennedy's Pledge was to resolve domestic and cold war problems - expand the Space Program and Civil Rights legislation






32. Were not ratified for four years because Maryland refused to ratify them






33. Olmec - Mayan - Toltec - Aztec






34. Prior to Jim Crow Laws - prior to reconstruction






35. Trade gap widened. Japan and Germany surpassed the U.S. in automobiles and airlines






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






37. Epics of Illiad and Odyssey come from






38. A federal water project undertaken by the Bureau of Reclamation in 1935 as a long - term plan to effectively use water in California's central valley






39. Gain permanent access to the Mediterranean Sea

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40. 1781 - This defeat brought victory to the colonies






41. In 1763 a royal proclomation reserved all Western territory between Alleghencies - the Florida's and the Mississippi - and Quebec to be used by the






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






43. Enacted the 'malice' standard allowed free reporting






44. 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






45. Lee surrendered to Grant






46. Peasants who work on land in a feudal system






47. British acquired Florida as a result






48. Earliest sophisticated culture of the Andean Highland civilization






49. Enlightenment concepts such as natural law and self - determination - dissolving allegiances to the British crown - clear listing of the colonies - reasons for rebellion






50. Hydraulic mining