Two rivers that surrounded the Mesopotamian settlement.
What is the Euphrates and Tigris rivers
100
When only a few firms control the production and distribution of products (such as cars), and barriers to entry are high, this is referred to as:
What is an Oligopoly
100
This part of the Bill of Rights protects citizens from unreasonable search and seizure.
What is the Fourth Amendment
100
The name or job of those who make maps.
What is a Cartographer
100
The belief of many that the United States was destined to control the land between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans in North America.
What is Manifest Destiny
200
These are three main geographic regions of Africa
What are Desert, Rainforest, and Mountains
200
When a government agency is the only provider of a specific good or service.
What is a Government Monopoly
200
There are 6 major principles of government outlined in the United States Constitution. One principle states that no single branch can act without input from another branch.
What is Checks & Balances
200
The study of spatial relationships and interaction is central to this discipline.
What is Geography
200
Which action did Alexander Hamilton support during the 1790s?
What is the creation of the national bank
300
What are two rivers that flow north?
What is the Nile River and Niagara River
300
The four factors of production include labor, land, capital, and …
What is Entrepreneurship
300
The highest court in the state of NY is referred to as this.
What is the Court of Appeals
300
Is the study of past human cultures.
What is Archaeology
300
Regarding this action taken by the presiding U.S. President Thomas Jefferson, U. S. foreign minister Robert R. Livingstone said, “From this day the United States take their place among the greatest powers.”
What is The Louisiana Purchase
400
What do the ancient empires of Greece, Rome and Egypt have in common?
What is located near a water source i.e. River, delta, ocean, Mediterranean Sea
400
Side effects of a market that affect third parties (either negative or positive)
What is externalities
400
John Locke stresses the importance of the rule of the majority in his work titled:
What is the Two Treatises of Government
400
This Enlightenment philosopher said "The condition of man... is a condition of war of everyone against everyone"
Who is Thomas Hobbes
400
Name 3 of the 6 nations comprised the Iroquois Confederacy.
Who are:
Mohawk
Seneca
Oneida
Cayuga
Onondaga
(Tuscarora)
500
What is an archipelago?
What is a stretch of water containing many islands.
500
This act passed by the US government prohibited trusts, monopolies, and any other situations that eliminated competition.
What is the Sherman Antitrust Act (1890)
500
When ballots for an election are printed at the electors expense and only marked at polling stations, this can be referred to as this type of ballot.
What is an Australian or Secret Ballot
500
This U.S. President said: "A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people."
Who is John F. Kennedy
500
The Three-fifths Compromise was included in the Constitution to resolve a conflict over this issue.
What is the counting of enslaved persons in relation to taxation and representation