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Sae ‘19 Social sci
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a Primary Source | A piece of work which is actually written or recorded during the specific time under study. |
| Who is Leonardo de Medici | Patron of the arts |
| Who is Andrew Carnegie | Investor in growing Steel Industry |
| Who is George Washington Carver | African American botanist and Inventor of Crop Rotation |
| Who is Nelson Mandela | Fought against oppression in South Africa and head of anti apartheid movement |
| What is apartheid | Policy of racial segregation practiced in South Africa |
| Who was Julius Caesar | Ruler of Roman Empire, dictator of Rome, killed by Marcus Brutus |
| What year did Columbus reach America | 1492 |
| Who were the Rough Riders | Calvary set up by Roosevelt to fight Spanish American War |
| Who is Daniel Boone | Hunter who settled Kentucky |
| Who was James Ogethorpe | Colonized Georgia with prisoners and poor before trying to establish a vision of refuge for the British who owed money |
| Who is John Jay | First Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, wrote the Federalist Papers |
| Who wrote the Declaration of Independence | Thomas Jefferson |
| Who was first to sign Declaration | John Hancock |
| What is the Declaration of Independence | Declared that the 13 original North America colonies were no longer under British rule. Ratified July 4 1776. Written by Thomas Jefferson. |
| 13 colonies | Ma, Ri, Nj, Ny, nh, pa, md, de, ct, nc, sc, ga, va |
| What is a delta | Fan-shaped area at mouth of a river |
| What up with Canada | Most people live in Quebec, because it’s near Great Lakes and St Lawrence River. Has tax sheltering, avoid income tax and capital gain tax. |
| What countries possess the coldest winters | Arctic - Greenland, Baffin Island, parts of Northern Europe |
| What countries are the warmest | Mediterranean- Italy, Belgium, Germany, Spain, France, Monaco, Uruguay, portugal |
| Where did block printing originate | China |
| What is the history of democracy | Originated in Athens Greece around 400BC. Citizens and councils made decisions, but Only free men could vote |
| What is the Constitution based on | Magma Carter, it ensured Civil Rights for barons, by king John 1215 |
| What is 14 Amendment | Granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in US. Can’t deny any person life, liberty, property, due process |
| What is the 19 amendment | Women’s right to vote |
| The father of the constitution | James madison |
| What is the preamble of constitution | Identifies the purpose and begins with “we the people” |
| 1 amendment | Freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly |
| 2 amendment | Right to bear arms |
| 3 amendment | No solider should be quartered in any house without consent |
| 4 amendment | Search and seizure |
| 5 amendment | Right to life, liberty, property. Cannot eve a witness against ones self |
| 6 amendment | Right to speedy trial, public trial |
| 7 amendment | Trial by jury |
| 8 amendment | Cruel and unusual punishment |
| 9 amendment | Excessive bail |
| 10 amendment | Rights not delegated to the US by Constitution are reserved by state/people |
| 13 amendment | Abolish slavery |
| 14 amendment | Granted citizenship |
| 15 amendment | Granted African American men right to vote |
| 16 amendment | Right of the government to collect taxes |
| 19 amendment | Women’s right to vote |
| What are the federalist papers | 85 articles arguing for the ratification of the us constitution by John jay (and John Madison and Alexander Hamilton) |
| Legislative branch | Congress, senate, house of rep |
| Executive branch | Pres, VP, cabinet |
| Judicial Branch | Supreme Court (9 judges) |
| Senate’s job | Approve or reject presidential appointees to executive and judicial branches |
| House of Rep’s job | Voice of the state, elect president if no majority, impeachment, start bills pertaining to money |
| What is a line veto | Power of executive to cancel specific parts of bill- unique power held by STATE GOVERNOR |
| Who can impeach president | Congress |
| What is electoral vote | Vote by state for whoever won the popular vote in that state |
| How many electoral votes does FL have | 27 |
| What rights do states have | 10 amendment grants the state any power not explicitly stated as federal power-state laws, funding for education, correctional facilities |
| Order of state courts (3) | Trial, appellate, state supreme |
| Who consents the Pres approval for Supreme court | Senate |
| Number of Supreme Court judges | 9 |
| How to farmers decrease run off water | Plant vegetation |
| Tarpon Spring FL importance | Mass production of sponges |
| What is Berlin airlift | Truman administration brought food to West Berlin while Soviet Union tried to control berlin |
| Housing acronym - HUD | Dept of Housing and Urban Development |
| Cuban Missle Crisis | 1962 - Soviet Union was deploying nuclear weapons in Cuba |
| What year was the stamp act | 1765 |
| What year was the Rev war | 1775-1783 |
| What year was the Boston tea party | 1773 |
| What was the date of Declaration of Independence | July 4 1776 |
| Year constitution was written | 1787 |
| What are the five themes of geography | Location, place,human environment interaction, movement, region |
| What is location | Tells you where it is |
| What is place | What is like when you get there - human and physical characteristics |
| What is movement | People and ideas get around |
| What is human environment interaction | What do the people do to the environment, what does the environment do for people |
| What is Regions | Climates, religion, states, territories |
| Examples of primary source | Diaries, letters, speeches, interviews, letters, memos |
| What is Africa’s technological achievements | Oldest stone tools, tool production, largest library in classical world (295 BC), Oldest Stone Circle (summer solstice) |
| Technological contribution by Asia | Four great inventions- compass, gunpowder, paper-making, printing |
| What is the Homestead Act of 1862 | Offered 160 acres to individual settlers for a set amount of time to and to make minimal improvements to the land. |
| What are the 7 continents | Africa, Europe, Asia, North America, South America, Australia (Oceania), Antarctica |
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