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| Slash-and-burn agriculture | clearing land for farming (used by stone age people)
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| listed the laws and punishments for Mesopotamia | Hammurabi's Code
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| Egyptian art and architecture emphasized this | religious idea of eternal life
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| Greece's mountainous terrain and its series of small islands influenced the ancient Greeks to develop what type of government? | a political system based on independent city-states
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| What does the legacy of Ancient Greek myths and epics provide people with? | heroic figures and great adventures
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| "Atlas, herculean, labyrinth, and olympian" - words that originated in the myths of... | Greeks
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| Why did Chinese people turn to the teachings of Confucious? | His ideas were thought to help restore order to China
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| Where can the origins of checks and balances in the US political system be traced to? | Roman Republic
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| What did the Roman Empire gain control of after the wars with Carthage? | North Africa
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| What shows the importance the Mongols placed on improving trade contacts with other civilizations? | the establishment of trade routes
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| Why did a large percentage of immigrants who came to the US during the late 19th century and early 20th century settle in cities? | the growing industries were usually located in cities
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| What usually accompanied industrialization? | labor strife
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| What were the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments supposed to solve? | civil rights problems
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| What is one thing the Freedmen's Bureau did? | established schools for former slaves
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| What was one goal of post-Civil War Congressional Reconstruction? | to ensure civil rights for former slaves
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| Why did the Union use a blockade as part of their strategy against the south? | to prevent Southern efforts to sell cotton in Europe in exchange for war supplies
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| How is Lincoln's Gettysburg Address similar to the Declaration of Independence? | Both support the ideals of self-government and human rights
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| States' rights did not play a role in this policy | The Monroe Doctrine
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| What was "Bleeding Kansas"? | fighting between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces
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| What area was admitted as part of the Compromise of 1850? | California
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| What was the main goal of abolitionists like William Lloyd Garrison? | To end slavery immediately
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| Who was the most important leader of the Underground Railroad? | Harriet Tubman
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| What system did New Spain use in settling California? | mission
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| Why did the Indian Removal Act relocate thousands of Cherokees? | It allowed the Cherokee their freedom from US control
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| Granting statehood to this territory made conflict with Mexico highly likely | Texas
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| 19th Century Americans believed it was inevitable for the country to pread west; this is called | Manifest Destiny
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| Why was California being settled in the mid-1800's? | People searching for wealth from the discovery of gold
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| What is Manifest Destiny? | Believing Americans had the right to spread westward
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| What invention increased the need for more slaves? | The cotton gin
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| What was a result of the rapid immigration to large US cities? | ethnic neighborhoods
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| What did George Washington urge America in his farewell address? | To value and maintain a sense of national unity.
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| Which group of people would have supported the political ideas and policies of Alexander Hamilton? | business owners
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| What part of the Constitution contains fundamental liberties of US citizens? | Amendments 1-10, Bill of Rights
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| Which Founder favored a strong national government and loose interpretation of the US Constitution | Alexander Hamilton
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| Why was the 10th Amendment added to the Constitution? | To balance national and state government power
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| When forming the legislative branch what did the writers of the Constitution base their ideas on? | English Parliament
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