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100
In the 1300s, and for the next 300 years or so, a movement began in Italy that would soon influence all aspects of life in Europe. During this era, intellectuals re-examined many of the classical works of the Ancient Greek and Roman worlds. This movement would ultimately influence the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment in the West. What is this movement?
What is The Renaissance?
100
This was a conflict that took place in the United States, namely between Northern and Southern states, over the issue of slavery, state representation, and state interests; the conflict lasted from the years of 1861 to 1865. Abraham Lincoln was the American president during this war.
What is The Civil War?
100
This land mass is North of the Tropic of Cancer, and since much of the earth's ice caps are melting, many governments are disputing trade routes within this region. Some of these nations include Russia, China, Canada, and the Scandinavian states.
What is the North Pole?
100
In the United States, the government consists of three different branches: the executive branch which enforces the law, the legislative branch which constructs the law, and the judicial branch which interprets the law. The logic behind the system is to limit the power of each political branch. What is this system formally known as?
What is checks and balances?
100
"What do farmers' markets, sporting goods stores, the New York Stock Exchange, and an advertisement for baby-sitting services have in common?" This is a one word answer, and it used all the time. Don't over think it.
What is a market?
200
During World War I, Europe was divided into two rival camps: The Central Powers and the Allied Powers. Which group ended up "winning" the war and writing the laws that would soon lead to a second conflict, being World War II, soon after?
What is the Allied Powers?
200
This was an ideological-belief that expressed the movement of the United States westward. Those who believed in this "destiny" explained that the United States should range from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. Politicians during this time used this ideology to justify their treatment of Native Americans.
What is Manifest Destiny?
200
This sea rests between two continents: Europe and Africa. At its most eastern border, the sea touches nations such as Turkey, Israel, and Egypt. Towards the northern portions of the sea, Spain, France, and Italy create a coastline.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
200
This was a document that was written early in American political history that provided reasons for the American colonies' break from the British monarchy; it was approved by the Second Continental Congress, and entailed the ideas of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; Thomas Jefferson was the author of this document.
What is the Deceleration of Independence?
200
How does one describe when a financial gain is made? If someone makes money after selling something, what is the proper term that is used by economist?
What is profit?
300
During this historical era, many changes in Western life took place. Machines were used. Technology began to sophisticate the way people lived, but at the same time, many workers were exploited according to Karl Marx and other thinkers. Children worked in factories and mines, and a controversial, ideological question emerged. Should societies reflect the views of Capitalism, or on the other hand, should they reflect a Socialist agenda?
What is The Industrial Revolution?
300
During this war, in 1989, a conflict arose between the United States and Spain, in which the American government supported Cubans' right to fight for independence. The war was also influenced by yellow journalism. The American people sympathized with their Cuban neighbors.
What is the Spanish-American War?
300
This is the second longest river in the world, and one of South America's three major river systems, running about 4,000 miles from wet to east, and emptying into the Atlantic Ocean?
What is the Amazon River?
300
This document was influenced by the ideas of Beccaria and Voltaire, namely the ideas of freedom of speech and religious toleration, and the idea that those who are accused of a crime should have rights. There are ten original rights within this document that were presented by the anti-federalists.
What is The Bill of Rights?
300
Adam Smith wrote "The Wealth of Nations", which has been regarded as one of the most influential books in respect to a free-market, capitalist economic system. He explains that when buying or selling something, the individual considers, only (blank). In other words, when you are going to buy something, who or what do you care about?
What is self-interest?
400
This document was written after World War II. Given that the world had experienced two horrific, international conflicts that could have very well ended life on earth, politicians agreed on a new document that would come to ideologically and legally govern international affairs. What is the name of this document? This document was written in 1948, in other words, and the United Nations declared that all human beings have rights to life, liberty, and security.
What is The Deceleration of Human Rights?
400
In respect to racial segregation laws in the United States, Americans who were not white were segregated within public and private facilities: schools, parks, hotels and restaurants, streetcars, and public restrooms and drinking fountains. In the American South, what were these laws formally known as?
What is Jim Crow Laws?
400
This is a major mountain system of the United States and Canada, extending 3,000 miles from Alaska south to New Mexico.
What is the Rocky Mountains?
400
In respect to American foreign policy in the year 1823, mthis document helped shape a lot of the decisions that politicians in the United States have made. "[The document] stated that further efforts by European nations to colonize land or interfere with states in North or South America would be viewed as acts of aggression, requiring U.S. intervention." What is the name of this document?
What is the Monroe Document?
400
In respect to the stock exchange, corporations can raise funds by issuing stock, which represents ownership in the corporation. Stock is issued in portions known as what?
What is shares?
500
A government that takes complete control of a society, that is centralized, and that consequently deeply influences public and private life, describes this form of government. Police terror is used, often, and the institutionalization of beliefs is part of public policy. George Orwell illustrates this type of government, and the subsequent "horrors" that describe life within this system.
What is totalitarianism?
500
This is a group of five freshwater lakes of central North America between the United States and Canada.
What is the Great Lakes?
500
In respect to constructing a legitimate government within Western societies, with clear, territorial boundaries, this treaty led to peace from religious violence in Europe and consequently ended the Thirty Years' War, which lasted from 1618 to 1648. In this sense, the treaty developed the modern of idea of a nation-state, and its right to hold its territorial boundaries, or autonomy. What was this treaty called?
What is The Treaty of Westphalia?
500
This is a French term that explains an economic model that argues for very little governmental intervention in the economy. In French, this term basically translates to let-do or let-be economics. Adam Smith's political-economic theory emphasizes this idea. For the most part, wealthy business owners believe that this is the best method of regulating an economy.
What is laissez-faire economics?
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