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Question 1 Understand foundations of American government

Question 1: Understand foundations of American government

The system of checks and balances in the U.S. Constitution is primarily designed to:

Question 2 Analyze causes of major historical events

Question 2: Analyze causes of major historical events

The immediate cause of World War I in 1914 was the:

Question 3 Understand economic principles

Question 3: Understand economic principles

In a market economy, when the supply of a good decreases while demand remains constant, the price of the good will most likely:

Question 4 Apply geographic concepts

Question 4: Apply geographic concepts

Lines of latitude on a map or globe are used primarily to measure distance:

Question 5 Understand U.S. constitutional history

Question 5: Understand U.S. constitutional history

The Bill of Rights, ratified in 1791, refers to the:

Question 6 Analyze world history developments

Question 6: Analyze world history developments

The Renaissance, which began in Italy in the fourteenth century, is best characterized by a renewed interest in:

Question 7 Understand behavioral science concepts

Question 7: Understand behavioral science concepts

The process by which individuals learn the norms, values, and behaviors of their society is known as:

Question 8 Analyze U.S. history events

Question 8: Analyze U.S. history events

The Emancipation Proclamation, issued by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863, declared that:

Question 9 Understand types of economic systems

Question 9: Understand types of economic systems

In a command economy, the central decisions about what goods to produce and how to distribute them are made primarily by:

Question 10 Apply knowledge of physical geography

Question 10: Apply knowledge of physical geography

The gradual wearing away and transportation of rock and soil by wind, water, or ice is known as:

Question 11 Understand the branches of government

Question 11: Understand the branches of government

The power of the U.S. Supreme Court to declare a law unconstitutional is known as:

Question 12 Analyze causes of westward expansion

Question 12: Analyze causes of westward expansion

The nineteenth-century belief that the United States was destined to expand across the North American continent was known as:

Question 13 Understand political and economic concepts

Question 13: Understand political and economic concepts

Gross domestic product, or GDP, is best defined as the:

Question 14 Analyze the Cold War era

Question 14: Analyze the Cold War era

The U.S. foreign policy of preventing the spread of communism after World War II is best described as:

Question 15 Understand civic participation

Question 15: Understand civic participation

Which of the following is a responsibility, rather than a right, of U.S. citizens?

Question 16 Analyze ancient civilizations

Question 16: Analyze ancient civilizations

Ancient Egyptian civilization developed largely along the banks of which river, whose annual flooding enriched the soil for farming?

Question 17 Understand the Constitutional Convention

Question 17: Understand the Constitutional Convention

The Great Compromise reached at the 1787 Constitutional Convention resolved a dispute over:

Question 18 Apply knowledge of human geography

Question 18: Apply knowledge of human geography

The movement of people from rural areas to cities, often in search of work, is a process known as:

Question 19 Analyze the civil rights movement

Question 19: Analyze the civil rights movement

The U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education (1954) ruled that:

Question 20 Understand economic concepts of trade

Question 20: Understand economic concepts of trade

A tax placed by a government on imported goods is called a:

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