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✔✔48. This is an area where there is no rain fall to support grasslands, the driest with
less than 25cm of precipitation. - ✔✔A. Desert
✔✔49. A large area of that without trees. - ✔✔A. Plain
✔✔50. Document signed by King John of England in 1215 that limited the Kings power
and guaranteed certain basic rights. - ✔✔A. Magna Carta
✔✔51. This part of the government is run by the "Supreme Court" they interpret laws, is
made up of 9 justices, review lower house court decisions. - ✔✔A. Judicial Branch
✔✔52. Imaginary lines that run east to west but measure distance from north to south in
relation to the equator which is at a latitude of 0 degrees. - ✔✔A. Latitude
✔✔73. 1964 this president declared an "Unconditional War on Poverty" also introduced
a set of policies known as the "Great Society." - ✔✔A. Lyndon B. Johnson
✔✔74. A narrow strip of land surrounded by water on 3 sides. - ✔✔A. Peninsula
✔✔33. Upon the request of Queen Elizabeth of England this man-made attempt to
settle colonies on "Roanoke Island" which is now North Carolina. - ✔✔A. Sir Walter
Raleigh
✔✔34. People who work to sway public officials towards a particular opinion. - ✔✔A.
Lobbyists
✔✔35. A large flat area that is elevated about a surrounding area of land. - ✔✔A.
Plateau
✔✔36. 1863 this success gave Lincoln a way to change the course of the Civil War and
enabled him to issue the "Emancipation Proclamation." - ✔✔A. Battle of Antietam
✔✔37. A rise in the prices of goods/products over time. - ✔✔A. Inflation
✔✔38. Powers that may be exercised by both the federal and state governments. -
✔✔A. Concurrent Powers
, ✔✔39. Cold, dry, permanently frozen soil called permafrost lies beneath the surface and
prevents trees from taking root. Short summer seasons, long winter seasons. - ✔✔A.
Tundra
✔✔40. Custom beliefs and practices of a society or a people. - ✔✔A. Culture
✔✔41. Crowded buildings where many immigrants lived once in the U.S. - ✔✔A.
Tenements
✔✔42. An economic system in which property and the distribution of income are subject
to social and governmental control rather than individual determination of market forces.
- ✔✔A. Socialism
✔✔43. What is the IUCN and what do they do? - ✔✔A. Internal Union for Conservation
of Nature. They track and seek solutions to the problem of decreasing biodiversity.
✔✔69. This group belongs to no organized political party and can play a major role in
deciding which candidate is elected. - ✔✔A. Independents
✔✔70. Gave equal trading rights in China. - ✔✔A. Open door policy
✔✔71. In 1963 Lyndon B. Johnson (Vice Pres.) was sworn into office after this
president was assassinated. - ✔✔A. Kennedy
✔✔72. The statistical study of the size, growth, movement and distribution of people. -
✔✔A. Demography
✔✔44. A form of government in which power is held by the people and exercised
indirectly through representatives who make decisions. - ✔✔A. Representative
Democracy
✔✔45. A policy of avoiding involvement in international affairs. - ✔✔A. Isolationism
✔✔46. In this part of the US government is run by congress which is divided into two
houses upper, smaller house. Senate/and lower, larger house house of representatives
who write laws, approve government, spending on programs and power to impeach. -
✔✔A. Legislative Branch
✔✔47. Studies of the behavior of the entire economy as a nation. Example: What is the
GDP of the United States or What is the unemployment rate. - ✔✔A. Macro-economics