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History exam

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show the act of doing away with something, such as the Abolitionist movement in the 19th century to do eliminate slavery.  
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absolute advantage   show
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show a hereditary ruler controls all of the functions of government, for example, the tsars of Russia.  
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absolutism   show
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show a society in which people make a living from farming  
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show formal agreements among nations to cooperate and provide for their mutual defense.  
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amendments   show
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show laws passed by federal and state governments to prevent new monopolies and break up existing ones.  
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show a policy that keeps races separate, such as in South Africa until 1989.  
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show a policy of giving into an aggressor's demands in order to keep the peace.  
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assimilation   show
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bias   show
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blacklist   show
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buying on margin   show
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show an economy in which private individuals own the means of production; a market economy.  
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show a diagram that shows the flow of economic activity among sectors of the economy.  
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civil rights   show
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show a principle established by the Supreme Court that limits free speech if the words will bring about substantive evils  
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Cold War   show
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command economy   show
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show an effort by individuals to work together for the benefit of all.  
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show an economy in which all the means of production are controlled by the government, a command economy.  
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show the ability to produce goods or services at a lower opportunity cost than other individuals or countries.  
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conscientious objector   show
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constitution   show
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constitutional   show
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constitutional monarchy   show
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containment   show
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credit   show
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show a critical review or commentary.  
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cultural diversity   show
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show the totality of socially transmitted behavior patters, arts, beliefs, institutions, and all other products of human work and thought.  
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data   show
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democracy   show
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show a period of economic slowdown in which there is high unemployment, business failures, and the economy operates far below its capacity.  
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dictator   show
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disarmament   show
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show the unfair treatment of a person or group based on a variety of prejudices.  
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Enlightenment   show
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environment   show
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equality   show
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show taking advantage of other people for selfish purposes.  
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show goods sold to other countries.  
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fascism   show
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Federal Reserve System   show
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free enterprise   show
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show the attempt to destroy a religious or ethnic group.  
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show the movement of people, products, and ideas from one part of the world to another  
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global economy   show
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globalization   show
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Great Depression   show
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Gross Domestic Product (GDP)   show
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Holocaust   show
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show the movement of people to one region or country from another region or country.  
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show a policy of stronger countries in taking economic, political, and social control over weaker countries.  
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imports   show
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indigenous language   show
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indigenous people   show
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industrial society   show
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show the transformation of a society from one based on farming to one based on the production of goods, usually associated with urbanization.  
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informational society   show
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infrastructure   show
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show being mutually dependent, for example, countries trading with each other become dependent on the products or goods received from the other country.  
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show the percentage of a loan that must be repaid in addition to paying the principal.  
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show the exchange of goods between countries.  
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show an economy in which government minimizes its interference.  
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libel   show
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logical fallacies   show
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market economy   show
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show the attacks, often unsubstantiated, by Senator Joseph McCarthy and others on people suspected of being communists during the early 1950s.  
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migration   show
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minorities   show
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show an economy that combines features of more than one of the traditional, command, and market systems.  
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monarchy   show
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show a policy that that involves changing the rate of growth of the supply of money in circulation in order to affect the cost and availability of credit, the rates are established by the Federal Reserve System.  
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money   show
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perspectives   show
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show a belief that individuals are naturally endowed with basic human rights that cannot be taken away or given up.  
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Nazism   show
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opportunity cost   show
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parliamentary democracy   show
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show how one views something.  
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show the Enlightenment thinkers.  
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show a special interest group that organizes to impact public policy.  
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show the period after the industrial period in which service, information, and research grew important, generally considered to have begun in the latter part of the twentieth century.  
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presidential democracy   show
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show the resources used to make goods and services; for example, natural resources, human resources, and capital goods.  
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show the spreading of ideas to promote a certain cause or to damage an opposing cause.  
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protectionism   show
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quotas   show
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recession   show
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show an effort to improve a situation or condition  
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show an area with one or more common characteristics or features, which give it a measure of homogeneity and make it different from surrounding areas.  
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show the act of controlling or directing according to rule, principle, or law.  
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show payment for war damages.  
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show false and malicious use of spoken words that damage a person's reputation.  
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show an economy in which the government controls the major means of production; a mixed economy  
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show a person or document that provides information.  
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show the concentration of production on fewer kinds of goods and services than are consumed.  
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show a person's or group's level of material well-being, as measured by education, housing, health care, and nutrition.  
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show an oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.  
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subculture   show
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show the movement of people from the cities to communities surrounding the cities.  
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show legal determinations made by the highest court in the United States, sometimes determining the constitutionality of laws.  
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show the right to vote.  
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show taxes imposed on imported goods.  
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show the use of violence to achieve political goals. theocracy (5B) a system of government headed by one or more religious leaders who claim to rule by divine authority.  
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show a proposition that is supported by an argument  
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topic   show
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show graphic representation of the surface features of a place or region on a map.  
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show an economy in which decisions on production and consumption are based upon customs, beliefs, rituals, and habits.  
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unstated assumptions   show
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show the movement of people from rural areas to cities, usually associated with industrialization.  
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