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| SDR is the paper gold created by the International Monetary Fund and distributed to its member countries. The creditworthiness of a country in the IMF depends on the strength of its SDR's. What does SDR stand for? |
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| The Egyptian pharoh Akhenaton was most noted for ___ ? |
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| Creating a single deity for Egyptians to worship |
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| The Farenheit thermometer scale is being gradually replaced in most countries with the centigrade scale devised by the Swedish astronomer. What is the name of this measuring scale? |
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| In 1996, the nation whose GDP in billions of dollars ranked second in the world behind that of the U.S. was ____ ? |
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| Yoga is a Hindu discipline aimed at training the consciousness for a state of perfect spiritual insight and includes a system of ecercises practiced as part of this discipline. With which country is yoga commonly associated? |
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| The Nobel Peace Prize for 1978 was shared by two political leaders for their efforts toward creating peace in the Middle East. Who were these two leaders? |
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| Anwar as-Sadat and Menachem Begin |
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| Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka was a landmark Supreme Court ruling in 1954 because it ____ ? |
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| Ruled that racial segregation in public schools as inherently unjust |
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| The Twenty-second Amendment to the Constitution affecting the executive branch was ratified in 1951. This amendment limited ____ ? |
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| the president to two conecutive terms in office. |
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| The type of jury that issues indictments is called a _____ ? |
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| John Ray (1745-1829), Charles Hughes (1862-1948), John Marshall (1755-1835, and Harlan Fiske (1872-1946) all had one thing in common. They were all _____ ? |
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| Cheif Justices of the Supreme Court |
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| What is the term commonly used to describe the means by which a defendent is notified of civil action and by which the court asserts control over the defendent, thereby obtaining common-law jurisdiction over the person? |
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| When an accused refuses to answer in a court of law for an alleged crime on the gorunds that he or she could incriminate himself or herself by doing so, he or she usually seeks refuge in the ____ , or _____ ? |
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| Fifth Amendment, plead the fifth |
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| This bill that President Lyndon B. Johnson signed in 1967 to give the public greater access to government records was the _____ ? |
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| Freedom of Information Act |
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| Evidence that is improperly obtained cannot be used as evidence in a court of law. This rule of law is known as the ____ ? |
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| In 1966, the Warren Court reached a landmark decision on a controversial ruling that guarunteed suspects the right to counsel before questioning. What was this case? |
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| During the Cold War era, the term "Second World" referred to the ______ ? |
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| Islam is a form of religion founded by Prophet Muhammad. it is, next to Chrisitianity, the largest religion in the world. The Arabic word "Islam" means "Submission to the will of Allah" (God). The followers of this religion are called ____ ? |
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| The wealthy, oil-rich nation in the Middle East that was invaded by Suddam Hussein in 1990 and then liberated by the United States and its allies during the ensuing Gulf War in 1991 was ____ ? |
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| Serious accidents at Three Mile Island in 1979 and Chernobyl in 1986 generated major concerns about the safety of _____ ? |
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| Yellow journalism is journalism that exploits, distorts, or exaggerates the news to create sensations and attract readers. A person commonly associated with this brand of journalism is ____ ? |
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Fidel Castro is the past or present leader of Haiti.
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| Which war occured the earliest: Vietnam war, Korean War, World War II, Iran-Iraq War, Falkland Islands War? |
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A dead language is a language no longer used in day-to-day life by any major group in the world. Which language of these, would be a dead language?
Amharic, Hindi, Urdu, Sinhalese, or Sanskrit? |
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All of the following made major dicoveries in medicin except?
Zacharias Janssen, Casimar Funk, Michael de Bakey, Wilhelm Roentgen, or David Livingstone? |
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| International crimes like drug trafficking and political terrorism are usually investigated and tracked down by an orginization founded in Vienna in 1923. Currently headquarterd in Paris, this orginization is named ____ ? |
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| International Criminal Police Orginization (INTERPOL) |
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| Thomas R. Malthus (1766-1834), the English economic and social philosopher, propounded a philosophy called Malthusian doctrine, currently applicable to most developing countries. What best explains his doctrine? |
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| While food production increases arithemtically, population increases geometrically. |
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| John Tyler, James Buchanan, William H. Harrison, Millard Fillmore, and James Abram Garfield were all _______ ? |
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Iran is one of the largest oil-producing countries in the Arab world.
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| Utopia is an imaginary island that serves as the subject and title of a book written by an English humanist. The ficticious island is represented as a seat of perfection in moral, social, and political life. The author of Utopia was _____ ? |
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| Epicurus (341 B.C.E. - 270 B.C.E.) was the Greek philosopher who lent his name to an English word that siginifies a person with refined taste in food and wine. The word is _____ ? |
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Is this statement factually incorrect?
Karl Marx was a political philosopher who advocated the merits of capitalism and private property. |
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| The sales tax is criticized by some because such a tax is considered ____ ? |
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| The "greatest happiness of the greatest number" was a philosophy of a utilitarianism founded by an English philosopher who lived from 1748 to 1832. His name was _____ ? |
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| Alfred B. Nobel (1836-1896), the Swedish chemist who established the prestigious annual Nobel Prize Awards for physics, chemistry, literature, physiology or medicine, and peace, was also an inventor. He invented _____ ? |
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| The first transplant of a human heart was considered a miracle of modern medicine when it was performed by a South African surgeon in 1967. His name was ____ ? |
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| "Mahatma" is a Hindu title of respect for a man renowned for spirituality and high-mindedness. It was applied to an internationally renowned Indian spiritual leader, best known for preaching the concept of civil disobedience and nonviolent protest, and whose teachins influenced civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. He was _____ ? |
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| Napolean Bonaparte, the one-time invincible emperor of France, was eventually defeated by an Englishman at the famous Battle of Waterloo in 1815. This Englishman was ____ ? |
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| The religion of the Jewish people is the world's oldest great monotheistic faith and the parent religion of both Christianity and Islam. The name of this religion is _____ ? |
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| The Soviet Union launched the world's first artificial satellite in 1957, intiating the Space Age. The satellite was called ______ ? |
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| The Treaty of Versailles, which ended World War I, was negotiated in 1919 by four leaders of the time: Georges Clemenceau (France), Lloyd George (England), Virrotio Orlando (Italy), and _______ ? |
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| When inflation is at it's extreme, money becomes so worthless that the whole economic system breaks down. In 1923, one of the countries in Western Europe suffered what economists called "galloping inflation" a condition in which a load of bread was paid for with a wheelbarrow full of money. What was the country that underwent this experience? |
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| In 1997, the People's Republic of China absorbed what former British colony? |
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| Monrovia, which was named after President James Monroe, is the capitol of ____ ? |
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| During the mid 1990's, Russia fought a brutal war against a secessionist province know as ____ ? |
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| The Phillipines, a country in Southeast Asia that was once under the control of the United States, was named after ____ ? |
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| In Great Britain, the prime minister is actually selected by _____ ? |
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| The majority party in the House of Commons |
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| In the American political system, "seperation of powers" refers to three distinct branches. ____, ____, ____ . |
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| executive, legislative, and judicial. |
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| When the president rejects a bill sent to him by both houses, he writes what word across it? |
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| In Congress, a "whip" is _____ ? |
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| a member of the legislature who serves as his or her party's assistant floor leader. |
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| the first ten amendments to the constitution, ratified in 1791 |
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| A meeting of political party leaders gathered together to agree on a candidate, position, or program is a (an) _____ ? |
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| A presidential candidate with little support beyond his or her state delegation at the national convention is called a _____ ? |
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| On election day, the Democratic candidate for president wins by 60 percent of the popular vote in California, compared to the Republican candidate's 40 percent. if California has 54 electoral votes, how many votes are awarded to the Democratic candidate? |
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| "Double jeopordy" prohibited by the Fifth Amendment, is a constitutional immunity ensuring that no person can be tried for ____ ? |
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| The requirement that all competing cadidates at an election receive equal amounts of broadcasting time is ____ ? |
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| The obstruction of a legislative act or program through prolonged speechmaking is ____ ? |
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| The Departmen of Defense is housed in what building? |
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| The term commonly used to denote heads of the executive departments of government is the _____ ? |
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| A trial by jury consists of laypeople selected from the community and supervised by a judge to ensure a fair trial according to the laws applicable to the case. How many jurors most typically comprise such a panel? |
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| The U.S. Congress, which is the legislative branch of the federal government, consists of the Senate and the _____ ? |
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| The term of a U.S. Senator is ____ years. He or she is elected by voters within his or her _____. |
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