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CSET Multiple Subjects: History And Social Science Vocab

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1. Theocracy - a governemtn by ecclesiastical authorities - civil authority residing with clergy.






2. Political instability and use of mercenary armies undermined the security of the empire






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






4. Supplemented their hunting with agrictulre. Grew corn - beans and pumpkins in fertile flood plains. Traded with many tribes - tribes include (Quechan (Yuma) Halchidhoma - Mohave.






5. 1848 - Was criticized as a proslavery - expansionist war






6. Reagan's appointments to the Supreme Court

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7. 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






8. Belief in reincarnation - belief that through meditation one can frind freedom from suffering and enter Nirvana - respect for all living creatures






9. No taxation without representation






10. In Feudal Japan - the equivalent of a medieval Eupopean king






11. Hydraulic mining






12. A mechanism fo rending an elected official's tenure before its scheduled completion






13. Success of the colony sparked a huge migration to the New World from England - signed an agreement among themselves they would have a government based on the church's teachings - came to America seeking freedom from religous persecution






14. Richard Nixon






15. 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.






16. Epics of Illiad and Odyssey come from






17. Vetoed numerous Radical Republican congressional acts

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18. 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






19. Hammurabi - The first written code of law






20. Tigres - Euphrates Valley - Fertile Crescent - and Nile Vallyez






21. 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






22. An economic system regulated by the state that encourages the accumulation of weath and property by individuals






23. California's two major mountain ranges are the Coast Ranges and...






24. Tigris and Euphrates Rivers






25. King - Baron - Bishop - Lord - Peasant






26. No formal countries - but the fiefdom held economic and political power






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






28. Romans were first civilization to build..






29. Manmade lakes






30. The first known written legal code - developed in ancient Babylong - predated the justinian Code by about 2000 years






31. Capitalism






32. Settled by gentleman adventurers - landless and poor men who wanted to improve finances - in the original settlement - no women - first slaves were brought here from Africa - tobacco was first cultivated as a moneymaking crop by this settlement - fir






33. Without evidence of disloyalty it demonstrated that constitutional safeguards could be rendered ineffective in wartime






34. Europes Renaissance - Age of Discovery - Copernican Revolution






35. Olmec - Mayan - Toltec - Aztec






36. Shipbuilding and Commerce






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






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






39. New methods of production (assembly line - mass production); inventions; Expanding markets at home and abroad; Development of steel - mining - electrical - petrolium - textile and food processing industries






40. Growth of monopolies - unequal distribution of income - and overspeculation in the stock market






41. Fusion of Greek and Eastern cultures - increase in international trade and commerce - end of the Greek city - state system as a major political setting






42. CA land boom (1880's) - gold rush (1850) - the great depression (1930's)






43. 1868 - 1876






44. Because of the expansionist goals of the West






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






46. Most closely associated with the development of a theocracy in America






47. Growing proportion of Latinos in CA population






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. Economic sanctions were lifted against South Africa when it shifted away from apartheid in






50. Civil Rights Bills Passed 14th & 15th Amendment