Social Sciences and History. All Study Guides, Practice Tests, and Exams. All with Correct Answers 2023/2024

Political Science -->The organized study of government and politics. Political Theory -->A historical explanation of the major contributions to political thought from ancient Greeks to the contemporary theorists. American Government and Politics -->A survey of the origins and development o...

Articles of the Confederation -->the first document establishing the government of the 13 American states in 1781. Replaced in 1789 by the Constitution Battle of New Orleans -->fought Jan 1815 during the war of 1812 between American troops under Andrew Jackson against British troops. The US...

Geography - Answer-the study of the earth's surface; climate, topography, vegetation, and population. Physical Geography - Answer-concerned with natural features of the earth's surface; land formation, water, weather, and climate. Population Geography - Answer-deals with the relationships between...

The demand curve facing an individual fir in a perfectly competitive market is? - Answer-Horizontal A writ of habeas corpus is secured for which of the following purposes? - Answer-To prevent undue detention without cause Chinese culture and influence were most significant in shaping the institut...

Renaissance Humanism was a threat to the Church because it -->emphasized a return to the original sources of Christianity Defense of the Seven Sacraments was a tract -->written by Henry VIII in which the Roman Catholic Church's position on sacramental theology was supported Erasmus of Rot...

The area of the African continent is approximately A.) Half the area of Western Europe B.) The same as the area of the U.S east of Mississippi River C.) 2x the area of California D.) 4x the area of the continental U.S E.) 5x the area of South America Correct Answer-D.) 4x the area of the conti...

Phillis Wheatley, a slave during the revolutionary era in the United States, was A.) A seamstress who bought her freedom from slavery B.) A domestic servant who shielded patriots C.) A published author who wrote poetry D.) An artist who painted revolutionary scenes E.) A spy who provided inform...

An individual who believes that "government is best which governs not at all" favors A.) Anarchy B.) Tyranny C.) Monarchy D.) Oligarchy E.) Democracy Correct Answer-A.) Anarchy What is the definition of Tyranny? Correct Answer-Tyranny - a cruel, harsh, and unfair government in which a pers...

Johns Hopkins University -->formalized the political science curriculum APSA -->American Political Science Association empirical knowledge -->direct observation observational/evidential -->the principal characteristics of what has been studied observational laws -->hypotheses base...

Study of the origin, behavior, and culture of human beings. - Answer-Anthropology Systematic study of humans and biological organisms. - Answer-Physical Anthropology The study of human society and culture; describes, analyzes, interprets, and explains social and cultural similarities and differe...

Jonathan Edwards -->Father of the Great Awakening William Penn -->Creator of the Quaker religion and founder of Pennsylvania Mercantilism -->Term for when one country has complete control over another country's goods and typically takes all of them Navigation Acts -->Stated America ...

What are the three statements of the scientific method according to political sciences? -->1. Observational/evidential: describes the characteristics of what has been studied. 2. Observational Law: hypotheses based on what has been observed. 3. Theories: analyze data that has been collected to ...

farmers -->The populations of the cradles of civilization were primarily .... Cultural Diffusion -->The process by which one civilization shares knowledge with another civilization is called.... Number of independent city-states -->Ancient Greece was primarily a... Philosophy -->Socrate...

C. Wright Mills -->Sociological imagination Definition of Sociological imagination -->Type of insight offered by the discipline of sociology Sigmund Freud -->Unconscious mind Opportunity cost -->the value of the best alternative forgone, in a situation in which a choice needs to be ...