Basic History MCQ
1. The agora that was found in most cities was _______
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An open marketplace
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2. The city of __________ was the center of dutch trade with the iroquois in north america.
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3. In terms of total land size, texas ranks _________ in the nation in comparison to other states.
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4. The case of clever hans served to ____.
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Illustrate the importance of objective, experimental study of animal behavior with proper control conditions
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5. The feature of modern psychology that distinguishes it from its antecedents is its ____.
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Methodology
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6. Paraguay uruguay and argentina have all experienced _____________________
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7. In puritan literature, which is based on bible references, the primary intention is to _____.
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Educate those who will receive salvation
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8. Irrigation allowed farms to be _____ rivers.
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Farther from
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9. The decimal system was invented by the _____ empire.
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10. The civil rights act of 1968 meant ________. select all that apply.
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Any person could not be forced out of any restaurant because of their ethnicity.
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11. The attempt to ratify the equal rights amendment was an important struggle for ________.
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12. In ancient greece, ______________ was the name used to refer to the seeing place.
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13. In an information document, the state prosecutor swears that _____.
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There is enough evidence to hold a trial
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14. Popular __________ in british north america seldom faced effective police power.
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Protests.
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15. In the period after the civil war, most rural southern blacks became either tenants or __________ .
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Share cropper
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16. In the late 1800s, industrial workers _____.
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Faced low wages and long hours in unsafe working conditions
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17. In the chapter vignette, miss s. suffered a stroke involving her _____. the key deficit was _____.
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Right hemisphere; unilateral neglect
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18. In the 1970s, president nixon began a program of dtente in an attempt to _____.
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Ease tensions with the Soviet Union and China
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19. In the 1400s, portugal began capturing and trading ____ human beings in africa.
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20. In florida, more than __________ crashes are alcohol related.
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21. Interpretive explanations to archaeological questions are also known as ________ explanations
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Postprocessual
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22. The computer simulation game the sims uses ________ perspective.
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Isometric
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23. The colonial assemblies were modeled after the house of __________ in england.
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Commonsroyal
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24. The bretton woods conference accomplished all of the following except _____.
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Establishing the World Bank
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25. John d rockefeller monopolized the oil refining business by __________
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Creating trusts
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26. Jazz became the cornerstone of popular culture during the period of time known as the _________.
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Swing era
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27. It is widely believed that ________ will be the next great global power.
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The People's Republic of China
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28. Truman's first political position was as a _____.
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County judge
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29. The island of __________ , by 1840, was the world's largest producer of sugarcane.
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30. After 1994, democrats controlled the texas house up until ________.
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31. King john's costly war with ________ led to the magna carta.
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32. The vietnam war was protested by _____
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All of these
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33. The virgin mary calls upon __________ to help dante.
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34. The limited test ban treaty forbids nuclear testing in every area but _____.
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Underground
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35. Wundt's focus was on ____, whereas titchener's was on ____.
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Synthesis of elements; analysis of elements
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36. _________ was not a sacrament in the medieval roman catholic church.
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Pilgrimage
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37. The united states has approximately ________ television stations and ________ daily newspapers.
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2,000; 1,400
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38. The term acid jazz was supposedly coined by _________________?
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Gilles Peterson
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39. According to the text, afro-cuban jazz is based on the ___________
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Clave rhythm
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40. A ________ is a notated roadmap of a tune using only the melody and chord symbols
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Lead sheet
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41. ________ is characteristic of the chicago style.
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More drive and energy in the rhythm section
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42. With his paper psychology as the behaviorist views it, _____ founded the school of behaviorism.
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A purely experimental branch of natural science.
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43. Watson's behaviorism ____.
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Was the first stage in the evolution of the behavioral school of thought
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44. Thorndike's revision of his law of effect stated that ____.
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Punishing a response weakened a connection but not to the same degree that rewards strengthened a connection
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45. The ____ ask, "what's the mind made of?" whereas the ____ demand, "what does it do?"
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Structuralists; functionalists
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46. Substantial doubts about and attacks on introspection ____.
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Existed long before Titchener used the method
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47. If we define consciousness in terms of eeg output, then the construct of consciousness is ____.
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Acceptable to operationists
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48. As a matter of legislative duties, ________ convicts an individual of impeachment charges.
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The senate
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49. Winfield scott faced bitter resistance from the mexican army at _____.
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Chapultepec
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50. The jug players are using __________ to create the rhythm section and solos.
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V=rwo6HVTacYs.AJugsTrumpetKazoosPansBCD.
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51. The __________ fought legal battles against racial discrimination during the 1900s.
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52. Title ix was largely responsible for the growth of _____.
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Women's sports at the high school and college levels
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53. The word kamikaze means __________.
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Divine wind
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54. The united states government intervenes to _____.
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Restrict the banking industry
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55. The soviets experienced a severe shortage of food during their war recovery because _______.
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Too much emphasis was on industrialization
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56. The first state to establish a court administrative office was ____ in 1927.
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North Dakota
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57. The abbey church of saint-foy is one of the earliest ________ churches ever built.
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Romanesque
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58. The 2004 _________ ocean tsunami killed an estimated 245,000 people in 13 countries.
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59. Senator _______________ led a crusade against communism in the 1950s.
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Joseph McCarthy
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60. In 2003, the top 20 percent, or wealthiest fifth, of u.s. households earned _____.
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About the same as the bottom four fifths combined
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61. If the president vetoes the budget, congress _____.
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Needs a two-thirds majority to override the veto
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62. Historically, texans rank in the ________ in terms of national voter participation.
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Bottom third
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63. Hildegard of bingen was born into a _____ noble family.
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64. Henrik ibsen used short, staccato-like sentences to represent _____ in hedda gabler.
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Realistic language
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65. Following the 2012 elections, there were ________women serving in the u.s. senate.
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66. Colonists opposed new british taxes by protesting violently and _____.
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Writing defiant pamphlets
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67. Cambodian communists were called _______.
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Khmer Rouge
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68. British and american troops were led by _______ in the battle of el alamein.
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Dwight Eisenhower
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69. Blenheim palace in oxfordshire was financed by the british crown as ____________.
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Dukes of Marlborough
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70. Between 1942 and 1945, the us government __________112,353 people based on their ancestry.
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71. Before lucy could begin to ______ with the enemy, the police arrested her for being a spy.
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Fraternize
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72. At the battle of __________ the threat of japan seizing australia was ended.
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The coral sea
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73. At issue in the scopes trial of 1925 was whether a public school teacher could _____.
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Teach about Darwin's theory of evolution
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74. As a result of freud's analysis of his own dreams, he recognized ____.
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All of the choices are correct
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75. Anything less than __________ would betray the civil wars meaning, black spokesmen insisted.
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Full citizenship
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76. An event that marked the dividing line between the mesozoic and cenozoic eras was the __________.
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Extinction of most dinosaurs
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77. America wrestled with the problem of helping the south vietnamese _______.
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Twenty years
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78. Allies of the united states paid for ________ percent of the cost of the persian gulf war.
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79. Alexander the great's conquest of the persian empire resulted in __________.
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The acquisition of gold, silver, and other treasures.
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80. After president bill clintons impeachment in the house, he was _____.
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Dec. 19, 1998
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81. Adam smith wrote the famous economics book _____.
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The Wealth of Nations
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82. According to llopis (2013), the most effective leaders approach problems____________.
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Kolino business plan analysis
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83. Abraham was an early-maturing boy in the 1930s. abraham would have been predicted to _____.
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Be a school leader as an adolescent
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84. About 90 percent of muslims consider themselves to be _____________.
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85. A strict constructionist would interpret the constitution _____.
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Exactly as it was written in the text
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86. ________ inaugurated government affirmative action programs
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Lyndon Johnson
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87. ________ began the montgomery bus boycott of 19551956.
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Rosa Parks
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88. The asymmetrical plan of the ____ from the athenian acropolis is unique.
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Erechtheion
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89. The ancient greeks created woman-headed birds called ____.
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90. Research indicates that dreaming may be responsible for inspiring creativity by __________.
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Allowing for the emergence of old data in useful, new patterns
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91. As soon as macbeth commits murder, the weight of his conscience becomes almost ____ .
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92. After killing duncan, macbeth is so distraught that he ________.
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Brings the bloody daggers with him from the murder scene
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93. ________ founded the "new rome" in the east in 324.
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Constantine
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94. The __________ of 1688 ended forever in england the idea that kings ruled by divine right.
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Glorious Revolution
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95. Tex-mex cuisine integrated _____ into traditional mexican dishes.
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Beef and wheat flour
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96. The mass extinction at the end of the mesozoic era was caused by ______.
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An ice age
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97. Toward the end of titchener's career, he came to favor the ____ method instead of the ____ method.
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Phenomenological; introspective
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98. Sally manns photograph the new mothers was made ________.
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In black and white
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99. Michael brecker is a _______________?
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All the above
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100. Last night, the jazz band __________ duke ellington songs in perfect harmony.
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Were playing.
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101. With its original sound created from a variety of musical styles, jazz became _____.
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All of these
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102. Using either the district plan or the proportional plan to reform the electoral college _____.
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Would require constitutional changes
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103. To try to gain control over west berlin, the soviet union _____.
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Threatened that part of the city with troops and tanks
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104. To help them handle minor civil complaints and misdemeanor cases, federal judges appoint _____.
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District attorneys
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105. This passage from the declaration of independence supports the ______________ of the document.
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He has abdicated government here, by declaring us out of his protection and waging war against us.
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106. Strict constructionists want congress to _____.
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Interpret the constitution
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107. Both the greeks and the ____ had a major influence on the development of rome.
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Etruscans
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108. The __________ attempted to wrestle an eight-hour day from mining companies.
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Western Federation of Miners
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109. States that are too close to call in a presidential election are _____.
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Battleground states
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110. "a white heron" is told from the point of view of _____.
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111. If the fed were to impose a slight increase in the required reserves ratio, there would be _____.
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A decrease in the money supply
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112. The creator of monadology was ____.
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113. The earliest organisms were most likely _____.
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Prokaryotic
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114. _________ is known for his traditional story ballets.
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Tchaikovsky
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115. According to the perspective of shareholder capitalism, _____.
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Shareholders in public stock companies have the most legitimate claim on profits
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116. Neither congress nor the states can pass a(n) ____ that inflicts punishment without a court trial.
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Bill of attainder
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117. Freud's self-analysis was precipitated by ____.
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The worsening of his own neurotic symptoms
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118. Provided that students and colleagues were properly respectful, titchener was ____ to them.
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Kind and helpful
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119. The ego psychologists emphasized the influence of ____ while de-emphasizing the role of ____.
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Social forces;biological forces
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120. Freud wanted ____ to take over the psychoanalytic school.
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Carl Jung
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121. Object relations theorists emphasize the ____ influences on personality
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Social and environmental
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122. Freud claimed that his discovery was ____.
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A way to scientifically study the unconscious mind
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123. The "third stage" of behaviorism refers to ____.
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Sociobehaviorism
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124. In the study of finches' beaks, the biologists peter and rosemary grant found that ____.
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All of these
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125. Despite romanes's deficiencies in methodology, he is respected by scientists for his ____.
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Stimulation of the development of comparative psychology
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126. Consistent with james's views, pavlov argued that ____.
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Psychology was not yet a science
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127. An approach to learning termed ____ was developed by thorndike.
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Connectionism
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128. A major theme of freud's system, borrowed from darwin, was the ____.
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Importance of the sex drive throughout life
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129. ____ produced the theory of cranioscopy.
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130. A writ of habeas corpus requests an examination of the legality of____________.
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Confinement
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131. In 1996, the republican share of the presidential vote was approximately ___%.
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132. Alexis de tocqueville argued that the proliferation of interest groups promoted ________.
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Governmental responsiveness
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133. The dominant area of study for the neobehaviorists was ____.
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134. Hull intended to express the laws of behavior in the language of ____.
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Mathematics
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135. A basic difference between psychoanalysis and the other systems of psychology was that ____.
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Other systems had an academic background and a focus
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136. After her marriage, fanny mendelssohn hensel was responsible for _____.
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Organizing the family Sunday salon concerts
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137. When the harlem renaissance first began it was called the _____.
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New Negro Movement
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138. The 1842 coal mines act forbade the underground employment of _____ in mines.
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Women and boys under the age of ten
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139. The democratic split was so severe during the 1860 elections that _____.
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The majority of the members joined the Republican party
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140. The word that describes a person who is open-minded and understands all the facts is _____.
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Enlightened
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141. The metric system was devised by _____.
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The French
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142. Most europeans live in _____
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Urban areas
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143. ________ is a prime example of the rayonnant (radiant) of the high gothic age.
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Sainte-Chapelle
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