The origins of checks and balances in the U.S. political system can be traced to the
What is the Roman Republic
100
It secured control of North America’s longest river, added substantially to the Native American, Spanish, and French populations of the country, and essentially doubled the size of the United States.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
100
People were required to stay in the same caste to which they were born.
What is the Hindu Caste System
100
Why did Stone Age people practice slash-and burn agriculture?
What is to clear land for farming
100
A system in which the state and national government share power
What is Federalism
200
In designing the legislative branch, the writers
of the Constitution mainly based their ideas on the
What is English Parliament.
200
This policy was create to prevent European expansion in the
Americas.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
200
restore order in China
What are the teachings of Confucius
200
The art and architecture of ancient Egypt were
designed to emphasize the
What is religious idea of eternal life
200
The Chinese introduced it to the Arabs, who passed it on to Europeans.
What is paper
300
This document was significant in the political development of the American colonies because it introduced the principle of self-government.
What is The Mayflower Compact?
300
Conflict with Mexico became highly likely
following the granting of statehood to
What is Texas?
300
He unified most of China under one government.
Who is Emperor Shi Huangdi
300
His rise to power and reign of most affect Greece by ending the power of the city-states and established a unified nation.
Who is Alexander the Great
300
This group most likely supported the political ideas and policies of Alexander Hamilton.
What are business owners
400
This part of the United States Constitution contains fundamental liberties of American citizens.
What is Amendments 1–10 — Bill of Rights
400
Provided for a bicameral legislature (two
houses) with equal representation for the states in one house and representation based on population
in another.
What is Great Compromise?
400
It marked the transition from a republic to an empire.
What is Julius Caesar’s seizure of power
400
In 480 B.C., the independent Greek city-states formed an alliance under the leadership of Athens and Sparta during their conflict with the
Who are the Persians
400
While the American colonies were fi ghting a
revolution against England and forming a new nation, New Spain was establishing new settlements in California using what type of system?
What is the mission system?
500
This Amendment was added to the Constitution to resolve the debate on balance between national and state government power.
What is the Tenth Amendment
500
This Amendment to the Constitution abolished slavery everywhere in the U.S.
What is the 13th Amendment?
500
Whose are these ideas?
Rulers receive the right to govern from the people.
Unjust rulers can be forced from power.
What are the ideas of John Locke
500
The legacy of these myths and
epics, such as the Iliad, continues to provide people with Heroic figures and great adventures.
What are Greek myths
500
The Supreme Court's ruling in this case stated that an enslaved person was property and could be taken anywhere the slave owner wanted. It also stated that Congress could not ban slavery in the territories.