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Preparation For The IOC4 Assessment

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show Map Projections  
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show Cylindrical Projections  
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show Gerard Mercator  
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Were introduced in the 20th century. These projections superimpose a cone on the globe, projecting the surface features on a flat map with the parallels as arcs of circles with the pole - the original point of the cone - at the center.   show
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show Equal-Area Projections  
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show Renewable Resources  
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show Nonrenewable Resources  
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Factors in Population Growth   show
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show Birth Rate, Replacement Rate, Death Rate, and Migration  
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How is the term "birth rate" defined?   show
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show The degree to which a population replaces itself, based on the ratio of the number of female babies to the number of women of childbearing age.  
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How is the term "death rate" defined?   show
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show Relief Maps  
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show Climate Maps  
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show Political Maps  
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Use contour lines and colors to demonstrate elevation. Lines that are close together illustrate steep inclines, while lines that are far apart illustrate relatively flat terrain.   show
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show Physical Maps  
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show Idaho / Oregon Area  
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show Conquistadores  
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treaty negotiated by the pope in 1494 to resolve competing land claims of Spain and Portugal in the New World.   show
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show Encomienda  
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show The Great Migration  
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Imposed new import duties on sugar, coffee, wines, and other imports; instituted tougher customs collection methods; and expanded the jurisdiction of the vice-admiralty courts.   show
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show Stamp Act  
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show Quebec Act  
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show Tea Act  
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The belief that the United States had a mission to expand, spreading its form of democracy and freedom.   show
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show Headright  
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The migration of Cherokees to Oklahoma.   show
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show Thomas Jefferson  
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show Abraham Lincoln  
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show John F. Kennedy  
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Which president initiated diplomatic opening to China?   show
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show Abraham Lincoln  
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show Franklin D. Roosevelt  
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show Franklin D. Roosevelt  
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Which president helped establish the FDIC?   show
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Which president hastened the end of the Cold War?   show
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show Franklin D. Roosevelt  
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Where did the immigrants of the Industrial Revolution come from?   show
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show Treaty of Versailles  
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President Johnson's version of the democratic reform that included Medicare, civil rights legislation, and federal aid to education.   show
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show Bill introduced, Subcommittee Hearings, Committee Action, Floor Action to Conference Action to Floor Action, Presidential Decision, and Law  
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Each state's electors gather to formally cast their ballots for president and vice president. Electors typically cast their votes for their party's candidates.   show
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Why did Socialism fail in the United States?   show
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A political and economic system characterized by government ownership of the means of production and distribution of goods and services in order to achieve economic goals of relative income equality.   show
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An economic system characterized by private ownership of the means of production and the right to trade in free markets.   show
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show Organize the public around broad, comprehensive principles, commit to these principles (via platforms) in elections, and execute the principles once elected.  
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show Party Platform  
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A person who authorizes another to act in his or her behalf, as a voter in a district represented by an elected official.   show
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show Contract with America  
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Legislation that allowed the president to veto a specific part of a spending bill rather than the entire bill, as had previously been the case.   show
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Government in which the party in control of Congress is the same as the president's party.   show
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show Divided Government  
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show Vote, Talk politics, Join organizations, Call officials, Display bumper stickers, Make campaign contributions, Volunteer in campaigns, Protest, or Run for office Note: Less than 1% of citizens run for office.  
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show Age, incarceration, poverty, distrust of the system, and satisfaction with the way things are  
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A form of organized protest in which demonstrators sit in seats or on the floor of an establishment.   show
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show Strike  
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The stocks of social trust, norms, and networks that people can draw upon to solve problems.   show
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The idea that government originates as an implied contract among individuals who agree to obey laws in exchange for protection of their rights.   show
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show Interest Group  
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Removed barriers that southern blacks faced in voting and greatly increased black voting rates.   show
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An approach to government that tends to favor individual responsibility over government responsibility and a limited role for government in most decisions.   show
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An approach to government that tends to favor active government involvement in many decisions and the use of government to bring about social change.   show
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An issue that divides voters. Rival parties or candidates take positions on these issues in order to appeal to only part of the electorate.   show
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show Hot-Button Issue  
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show Education, Income, Partisanship, Age, and Perceptions of government  
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show Voter Registration, Competitiveness, and Ads  
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During WWI, American citizens of Japanese descent were relocated to confinement centers in the California desert. The government argued that this action was reasonable because it prevented Japanese espionage.   show
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A case involving a challenge to an Oklahoma statute allowing the sale of 3.2% beer to males over the age of 21 but to females over the age of 18.   show
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show John Stuart Mill (1806-1873)  
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The condition of having no government and no laws.   show
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Governance by a hereditary, unelected leader, often based on perceived divine right.   show
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Government by a small, elite group.   show
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show Joseph Schumpeter (1883-1950)  
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show Military-Industrial Complex  
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show Direct Democracy  
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A republic; specifically, a government whose authority is obtained and held, directly or indirectly, through free elections in which all competent adult citizens are allowed to participate.   show
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A government structure in which religious leaders establish the rules based on their interpretations of religious doctrine.   show
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The right of protection against unlimited imprisonment unless formally charged by a court.   show
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Describing a legislative assembly comprising one chamber.   show
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The doctrine through which the Supreme Court has held that the protections guaranteed by the Bill of Rights limit not only the federal government but also the states.   show
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show Political process rights, Militia / Guns, Quartering, Search and Seizures, Criminal Rights, Court Procedures, Trial by Jury, Bail / Punishment, Other Rights, and Other Powers  
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show Barron v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore (1833)  
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Characteristics of Ecosystems   show
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show Polar and high mountain ice, Tundra, Taiga, Temperate Deciduous Forest, Tropical Forest, Desert, Grassland, Savanna, and Chaparral  
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Composed of abiotic factors, which are non-living chemical and physical components of the environment, such as temperature, precipitation, and wind.   show
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Measure of distance north or south of the equator that is expressed in degrees.   show
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show Tundra  
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Largest Biome filled with cone-bearing trees. Occurs in the mountains of the Northern Hemisphere. No permafrost, but heavy snowfall.   show
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show Temperate Deciduous Forest  
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Comprise the most species-rich of the land biomes. The forests occur along the equator. They comprise less than 2% of the earth’s surface, yet are home to nearly half of its species.   show
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This case involved a Missouri slave who sued for his freedom on the grounds that he had lived for many years in an area where slavery had been outlawed by the Missouri Compromise.   show
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show Elizabeth Cady Stanton  
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A black seamstress who, in 1955, violated a city ordinance by refusing to give up her seat to a white person on a local bus. This led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott headed by Martin Luther King, Jr.   show
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show Sussex  
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show Lusitania  
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A climate characterized by cold winters and warm summers, with moderate levels of precipitation.   show
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show Marine West Coast  
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show Semiarid  
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Relatively warm most of the year but have at least occasional freezing during the winter.   show
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