Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
AHistory Test Prep
American History/World History Test Prep
| Question/Facts | Answer |
|---|---|
| 27 independent states that have come together to enhance political, economical, and social operations. | European Union |
| Challenged the “divine right of kings,” People like Jean Jacque Rousseau and John Locke encouraged people’s rights and the government’s responsibility to the people and supported democracies | Enlightenment |
| Displaced from their land, not considered worthy of protection during the 19th C., victims of Americanization | Native Americans |
| A tax on imports coming into the country. May be placed on imports to protect American products, may also be removed from imports that are not frequently found in the U.S. | Tariffs |
| Created by Cesar Chaves, Pushed for fair wages and better working conditions for Hispanic-American workers | United Farm Workers |
| Gave women the right to vote in 1919 | 19th Amendment |
| Lowered the voting age to 18 | 26th Amendment |
| Created after WWI to make sure another World War would never happen again, held little power, no army, fell apart after the start of WWII, U.S. was not apart of the LON, which was the groups biggest downfall | League of Nations |
| Supreme Court case in which the segregation of public schools was found unconstitutional | Brown vs. Board of Education |
| This freedom may be restricted if the individual threatens public safety | Freedom of Speech |
| Supreme court case in which the accused was fined for sitting in the "white only" railroad car, this case established the idea of being "seprate but equal" | Plessy vs. Ferguson |
| Rule by single religion or church, citizens have no say | Theocracy |
| Rule by a single person, citizens have no say | Dictatorship |
| Rule by a royal family, King and/or Queen, | Monarchy |
| King and Queen has absolute rule, citizens may influence decisions, but King and Queen have final say | Absolute Monarchy |
| King and Queen have only has as much power as the constitution allows them to have (England) | Constitutional Monarchy |
| Complete rule of the citizens by the government, Military rule | Totalitarian |
| Every one is “equal” and everything is owned by the government | Communist |
| Every political party has some form of representation in the government | Parliament |
| Where the ruling authority was considered to be like a god, his word is law, all who cross him may be killed | Divine Right of Kings |
| Set reparations for Germany after WWI, embarassed them | Treaty of Versailles |
| Where supply/demand is controlled by both the people and the government | Mixed Economy |
| Where supply/demand is decided by only the people | Market Economy |
| Concerned with meeting the need to survive (food, shelter, clothing, water) found in underdeveloped economies | Traditional Economy |
| Supply/demand is controlled by the government only | Command Economy |
| Controlls money supply and interest rates | Federal Reserve |
| Set up after WWII to make sure another world war never happens again, did not fail like the League of Nations | United Nations |
| Made after WWI, made Germany take full responsibility for the war, pay all war debts, put a cap on how many soldiers their army could have, and forced them to give back any land they acquired during the war, Made Germany bitter | Treaty of Versailles |
| To be removed, taken away | Displaced |
Created by:
peachie_31
Popular History sets