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1. President reagan employed the ______ to train anti-communist forces in nicaragua.

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Correct Answer: CIA

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2. In walter cronkite's post-tet report, he supported _____.

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Correct Answer: A negotiated end to the war.

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3. Chuck berry performed his famous _________ during his guitar solos.

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Correct Answer: "duck walk"

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4. The bantu capital city in zimbabwe was called _____.

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Correct Answer: Great zimbabwe

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5. Supporters claim that closed primaries make candidates more responsive to _____.

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Correct Answer: Voters

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6. Each week, newscasts announced the _____.

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Correct Answer: Body count of the enemy and U.S. forces who were killed.

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7. Astronaut john glenn was the first american to _____

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Correct Answer: Orbit earth

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8. A modern theatrical puppet performance on broadway is ____.

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Correct Answer: The Lion King

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9. A major theme of freud's system, borrowed from darwin, was the ____.

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Correct Answer: Importance of the sex drive throughout life

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10. J. h. mansart: saint-louis-des-invalides is notable for its ____________.

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Correct Answer: Triple-shell dome

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11. The supreme court ruled _____ was unconstitutional.

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Correct Answer: That the death penalty for certain crimes

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12. The supreme court has ruled that the military draft and imprisonment _____.

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Correct Answer: Do not violate the 13th Amendment

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13. The process of building the french monarchy began when _______ was chosen to be king of france.

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Correct Answer: Hugh Capet

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14. The nazi propaganda ministry ______.

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Correct Answer: Was headed by Dr. Joseph Goebbels
Spread pro-Nazi policies and ideas

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15. The indus people were _____.

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Correct Answer: Were worshippers of mothers goddess

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16. The hollywood ten are famous for ______.

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Correct Answer: Refusing to testify before the House Un-American

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17. The bulge in the battle of the bulge was _______

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Correct Answer: The wedge that the Germans drove into the Allied lines

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18. The 'divide and rule' policy employed by the english was developed by the _____.

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Correct Answer: French

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19. Sanskrit is the ancient language of _____.

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Correct Answer: India

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20. One of the earliest uses of an electronic digital computer involved ________.

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Correct Answer: Statistical analysis of aircraft wing flutter

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21. Napoleon bonaparte came to power in france by __________

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Correct Answer: 1799

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22. In a modern democracy _____.

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Correct Answer: A voice is provided for all citizens

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23. In 1453 the ___________________ conquered constantinople and renamed it istanbul.

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Correct Answer: Ottoman Turks

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24. Herodotus is famous for writing _____.

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Correct Answer: The Histories

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25. Ghandi believed nationalism could be achieved through _____.

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Correct Answer: Peaceful means

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26. Germany surrendered in may 1945 __________.

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Correct Answer: Allies

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27. Gardens were very popular among the ruling class of ____.

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Correct Answer: All of the above

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28. Early on, hitler joined the _____.

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Correct Answer: German Workers' Party

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29. Apartheid was originally brought about by the _____.

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Correct Answer: Boers

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30. A dotaku would have been found in the ________ .

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Correct Answer: Yayoi period

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31. A blockade is ______

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Correct Answer: Control of who or what goes into or out of a place

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32. Marxists and radicals view ________ as the main means of power in the world.

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Correct Answer: Economic techniques

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33. In 1831, giuseppe mazzini founded a nationalist group, _________, dedicated to italian unification.

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Correct Answer: Young italy

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34. Townspeople supported monarchs during the middle ages because monarchs usually __________.

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Correct Answer: Promoted trade

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35. The word that best describes the sermon on the mount is ____

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Correct Answer: Dialogue

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36. The vietnam war was called the the first _____.

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Correct Answer: Both

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37. The purpose of the war production board (wpb) was to _____.

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Correct Answer: Oversee the conversion of peacetime industry to war industry

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38. The primary method of psychoanalysis was ____.

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Correct Answer: Clinical observation

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39. The minoan civilization is known for _____.

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Correct Answer: All of these

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40. The leader of the communist forces in north vietnam was _______.

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Correct Answer: Ho Chi Minh

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41. The first triumvirate consisted of _____.

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Correct Answer: All of these

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42. The cultural influence of jazz was from people of __________ heritage.

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Correct Answer: African, French, and Spanish

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43. The battle of hastings was fought between _______.

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Correct Answer: All of these

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44. The assyrians dominated the near east for over three hundred years and were known for their ____.

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Correct Answer: Ruthlessness and brutalit

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45. Nobles had overthrown most of the monarchs by _____.

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Correct Answer: 750 B.C.

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46. The ____ microprocessor affected the technological revolution of the 1970s.

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Correct Answer: Intel

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47. The central office for south vietnam was _____.

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Correct Answer: The enemy's headquarters for military operations, a target of the U.S. bombing and invasion of Cambodia

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48. Peter said the church would become a royal ____?

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Correct Answer: All of these

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49. Hawaii was annexed in _____

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Correct Answer: 1898

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50. The korean war lasted from 1950 to _____.

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Correct Answer: 1953

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51. The ________ determines the number of levels and managers in an organization.

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Correct Answer: Span of control

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52. South carolina's __________ was a war hawk regarding the war of 1812.

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Correct Answer: John Callhoun

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53. Some conservatives believe that a large central government _____.

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Correct Answer: Harms economic growth

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54. Similar to the roman empire, __________ unified society.

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Correct Answer: Blood relations

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55. Napoleon's continental system was designed to __________

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Correct Answer: Stop British trade with Europe

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56. Mozart was born in ______.

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Correct Answer: 1756

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57. In the nation's history, presidents have used military force _____.

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Correct Answer: To act quickly in times of danger to the United States

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58. In the early years of the industrial revolution, factory owners paid women _____.

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Correct Answer: Lower wages than men

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59. In response to the u.s. invasion of cambodia, congress _____.

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Correct Answer: Forbade the use of U.S. troops in Cambodia and Laos

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60. In response to nato, the soviet union formed the warsaw pact with _____.

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Correct Answer: Eastern European Nations

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61. Greek culture and democracy _____.

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Correct Answer: Is at the root of our democratic culture

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62. Hitler ruled as a dictator and _____.

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Correct Answer: Stirred the people to continue to be a "pure race"

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63. French indochina united _____ under french rule.

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Correct Answer: False

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64. As a result of the punic wars rome __________

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Correct Answer: One economic problem was the government because of the land gained by Rome in the wars, the senate and nobles became powers because of their role in foreign relations. As a result, Rome had to develop a system of gevernemnt to run separate provinces of newly acquired territory. However, it was found that leaders began to steal from the provinces.

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65. After the iconoclasm, byzantine artists continued to create ___________.

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Correct Answer: Devotional images in a variety of media

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66. Gnostic christians were most concerned with ______.

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Correct Answer: Secret Knowledge

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67. Sylvester graham's reformers targeted ________.

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Correct Answer: All of the above

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68. News reporting on television follows an official policy that says _____.

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Correct Answer: That a media outlet must present all sides of a controversial political issue.

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69. The largest group of whites in the south _______.

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Correct Answer: Owned no slaves

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70. The industrial revolution saw many people moving from the ________ to the ________.

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Correct Answer: Rural areas, urban areas

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71. The first africans in colonial america were indentured servants whose children were ________.

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Correct Answer: Born free people

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72. The events at central high school show that _____.

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Correct Answer: Many white Southerners opposed integration

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73. Tahrir square, the scene of huge demonstrations during the ""arab spring"" is located in _____.

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Correct Answer: Cairo, Egypt

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74. Nixon's southern strategy involved _____.

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Correct Answer: Criticizing court-ordered busing of school children

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75. Getting a college degree is a good idea because _____.

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Correct Answer: Over a lifetime, a college graduate can usually earn more money

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76. France hoped to end years of chaos by installing _______ as a leader in 1848.

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Correct Answer: Napoleon III

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77. A proposition is a law that is directly approved by __________.

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Correct Answer: The voting public

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78. A minor party was responsible for first building support for _____.

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Correct Answer: Voting rights for women

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79. A presidents executive order is based on authority given by congress or _____.

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Correct Answer: The Constitution

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80. A codex was an ancient mayan _____.

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Correct Answer: Manuscript

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81. The fourteenth century was a time of _____.

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Correct Answer: Upheaval and change

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82. Amnesty international is a(n) __________ organization concerned primarily with __________.

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Correct Answer: International . . . human rights

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83. Muhammad ahmad proclaimed himself to be the mahdi, which means _____

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Correct Answer: Savior of the Islamic faith

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84. The house un-american activities committee (huac) was run by _____.

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Correct Answer: Joseph McCarthy

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85. Four characteristics of agrarian societies include _____.

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Correct Answer: More social organization
Surplus food
Fewer technical advances

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86. Most early communities along the pacific coast had about _______ people.

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Correct Answer: One thousand

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87. Many european empires arose in the wake of _____.

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Correct Answer: Hun invasions that triggered a mass migration

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88. The "big bang" approach for implementing erp involves ________.

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Correct Answer: Going live with all the core modules in the engineered suite at the same time

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89. The goal of the frankfurt assembly was _____.

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Correct Answer: To unite the German states

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90. Johannes gutenberg is remembered for ______.

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Correct Answer: Developing the printing press

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91. One reason the byzantine empire outlived the western roman empire was that __________.

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Correct Answer: Its navy was able to control the seas bordering the empire NextReset

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92. ________ are the crazed followers of the god dionysus in euripides’ tragic play.

Answer

Correct Answer: The Bacchae

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93. ________ was not a participant at the washington conference of 1921.

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Correct Answer: The Soviet Union

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94. The wave of revolutions across europe in 1848 is known as _________________.

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Correct Answer: The Springtime of Peoples

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95. Sufis practice meditation or _____.

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Correct Answer: Dhikr

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96. An issue that may not be agreed upon by many different sides is called ______.

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Correct Answer: Controversial

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97. As a high school student, you can get involved in politics by: _________. select all that apply.

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Correct Answer: All of the above

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98. The program of reconstruction after the civil war was led by the ______ party.

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Correct Answer: Republican

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99. In medieval european society, women were expected to obey _____.

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Correct Answer: Their male family members

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100. The yukon is the main _______ for this story

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Correct Answer: Setting

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101. The republicans in rome were driven out by _____.

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Correct Answer: The French Army

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102. The ramayana is a text from _____________

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Correct Answer: India

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103. The mitsubishi and kawasaki families are examples of _____.

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Correct Answer: Zaibatsu

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104. The house of the prophet in medina became the prototype for the ____________.

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Correct Answer: Mosque

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105. The great plains are also referred to as____.

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Correct Answer: Lowlands

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106. The founder of christianity was _____

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Correct Answer: Jesus

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107. Between 500 and 1450, a rivalry developed between the christian european states and _____.

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Correct Answer: Muslim African and Asian states

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108. The steatite seals found in the indus valley resemble seals found at contemporary sites in ____.

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Correct Answer: Mesopotamia

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109. If the fed were to impose a slight increase in the required reserves ratio, there would be _____.

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Correct Answer: A decrease in the money supply

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110. El greco adopted his elongated and encompassing style from the ___________.

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Correct Answer: Mannerists

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