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| geography is the study of |
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| people, their environments, and their resources |
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| the equator is an imaginary line that divides the earth into |
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| all maps have some distortion because |
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| maps are flat and the earth is round |
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| on a map, relief shows differences in |
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| the longest and most important river system in the u.s is made up of the |
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| mississippi and missouri rivers |
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| an example of the theme of movement is the |
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| shipping of trade goods to asia |
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| ____ led an expedition tha sailed around the world |
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| english, french, and dutch exsplorers searched for a ___ through the americas |
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| which of the following were problems faced by the early settlers at jamestown |
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the refusal of colonists to work disease impure drinking water |
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| who founded the colony of connecticut |
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| the first english colonists in north america landed at |
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| who founded the colony of georiga |
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| quakers were protestant reformers who belived that |
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| men and woman were equal in gods sight |
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| a major reason that pennsylvania enjoyed many years of peace with its indian neighbors was that |
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| settlers in pennsylvania paid for indian land |
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| under the theory of mercantilism, a country should |
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| export more than it imports |
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| the purpose of the navigation acts passed in the 1660s was |
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| to strengthen england and make it richer |
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| which of the following statements about voting in the colonies is true |
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| all voters had to own property |
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| english colonists showed their concern for education by |
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| passing a law in massachustts to set up the first public schools |
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| the american _____ if british goods hurt trade |
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| a time line usually shows events |
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| a ____ was ready to fight on shot notice |
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| english settlers often angered native americans by |
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| clearing forests for farms |
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| one result of the french and indian war was that |
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| cheif pontiac gave up his war against the british when |
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the french signed the treaty of paris |
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| the proclamation of 1763 angered bristish colonists because it |
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| stopped them from moving west |
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| britian won allies among native americans by |
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| charging less for trade goods |
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| colonists objected to the stamp act because they |
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| did not have their own representatives in parliament |
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| the sons and daughters of liberty were organized to |
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| who is the author of the declaration of independence |
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| the cheif goal of the tea act was to |
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| raise money for the british east india company |
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| according to the declaration of independence, everyone has a right to |
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| life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness |
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| the author of common sense supported american independence because |
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| there was no advantage to being connected to britian |
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| a turning point in the war for the americans was at |
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| americans wanted and alliance with france because |
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| americans needed weapons and navel support |
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| on which side did native americans fight during the revolution |
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| some fought with the british and some with the patriots |
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| many african americans supported the revolution because they |
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| belived that it would bring an end to slavery |
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| washington allowed african americans to serve in the continental army because |
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| the british were successfully recruiting slaves |
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| in the treaty of paris of 1783, americans agreed to |
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| ask state legislatures to pay loyalists for property that they lost |
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| the american commander known as the swamp fox was |
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| one reason that americans wanted a written constitution was to |
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| limit the power of goverment |
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| what problems did the nation face under the articles of confeeration |
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the new goverment could not settler disputes between states foreign countries did not respect the nation the new goverment could not raise enough money |
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| delegates to the constitutional convention decided to keep their talks secret because they |
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| wanted to be able to explore every issue without pressure |
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| in the debate over the constitution, federalists favored |
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| a strong national goverment |
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| the constitution can be changed through the process of |
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| in 1689 william and mary signed this royal agreement to respect the rights of english citizens and of parliament |
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| the english bill of rights |
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| the english policy of interfering very little in the colonial affairs was called |
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| shays rebellion was important because it showed americans that |
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| the articles of confederation were not working |
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| the right of freedom of the press in the colonies was esablished by the trial of |
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| what was the great awakening |
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| the purpose of the quartering act as to require the colonies to |
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| provide housing and supplies for british soldiers |
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| a group that staged protests against the stamp act was the |
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| on march 5, 1770 what fight broke out between british soldiers and dockworkers |
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| who became famous for spreading news of the british troops movements |
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| during the revoltionary war, people who sided with the rebels were called |
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| ____ is commander of the continental army |
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| washingtons strategy was to |
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keep his army in the field win small battles avoid major battles until his army is larger |
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| ____ are soldiers hired to fight for another country |
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| ____ spreads rumors that americans have a large army and later he betrays his country |
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| German ____ trains troops and teaches charges using bayonets |
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| washingtons army retreats from philadelphia and spends the harsh winter of 1777-1778 at |
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| ____ is a privately owned ship used to attack enemy (british) merchant ship |
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| _____ commands the american ship, bonhomme richard |
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| _____ are bands of fighters who weaken the enemy with surprise raids |
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the ____ is the last major battle of the revolutionary war. cornwallis surrenders his forces on october 19th, 1781 at this battle |
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| the war officially ends with the |
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| the ____ are the first set of plans for a national goverment system ratified in 1781 |
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| articles of confederation |
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| ____ led a group of men in a rebellion (because of taxes) called shays rebellion |
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| in 1791, states ratify the ten amendments known as the |
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