1. Where is Machu Picchu?

Peru

2. In what mountain range can Mount Everest be found?

Himalayas

3. What was the final battle of the revolutionary war?

The Battle of Yorktown

4. What battle ended the war of 1812?

The Treaty of Ghent

5. What is an example of perceptual location?

The south

6. What is absolute location?

Longitude and latitude

7. Who invented terrace farming?

Incas

8. Who invented structures such as arches and roads?

Romans

9. Where did the idea of democracy come from?

Greece

10. “Letter to Marsha Washington” was a letter George Washington wrote to explain that he…?
Accepted the generalship of the continental army

11. What did women protest for in the 1960’s and the 1970’s?
Job equality

12. What is the breadbasket of America?

Midwest

13. Who had more military experience in the war?

The south

14. What happened during the reconstruction era?

Brought the south back into the union

15. What is the difference between the VA colony and the New York colony?
VA had slaves and New York did not
16. Which of these was a secret that protested rights during the time leading up to the American
Revolution?
Sons of Liberty

17. Which act was the first passed by Britain on the 13 colonies?
Stamp Act

18. Which group of people worked well with Native Americans?

The French

19. Which of the following was NOT a new England colony?

Maryland

20. Which TWO of the following were NOT new England colonies?
Maine and Vermont

21. New York is a ……… colony?

Middle (mid-Atlantic)

22. Which colony was known as new Sweden?

Delaware

23. Which of the following made it illegal for early settlers to move past the Appalachian
Mountains?
Proclamation of 1763

24. Which TWO of the following people started the first political parties?
Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton

25. Which was something the whig party did NOT support?
Having majority parties

26. Manifest destiny promoted what?

Westward expansion

27. When did WW1 begin in America?

1917

28. Which of the following was the goal of the Truman Doctrine?
Hold back communism through containment and give assistance to groups committed to
fighting communism

29. What does increasing interest rates do to inflation?

Avoids it/ decreases it
30. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a market economy?
Government regulation

31. Which of the following lists the four factors of production?

Land, labor, capital, entrepreneurship

32. Where did the kingdom of Kush live?

Egypt

33. Put the following wars/events in order: Fried

1- French/Indian
2- Revolutionary Ravioli
3- War of 1812
Was
4- Mexican American
5- American civil war My
6- Spanish American
All
7- WWI
8- New Deal Star
9- WWII
With
10- Cold War
No

White

Cheese

34. Which TWO of the following are requirements to be president of the United States?
35 years old and a resident of the US for 14 years

35. Where do the strongest monsoons tend to occur?

Bangladesh

36. 1 euro is how many U.S dollars?

$1.18

37. Sputnik is a satellite from which country?

Soviet Union

38. Where are the Atlas Mountains?

Africa

39. Which oceans does the Panama Canal connect?

Pacific and Atlantic

40. Which of the following is NOT included in the 1st amendment?

 Freedom of Control

41. Which of the following describes the 2nd amendment?

Right to bear arms

42. Which of the following describes the 5th amendment?

No self-incrimination

43. Which of the following describes the 6th amendment?

Speedy trial

44. Which of the following describes the 15th amendment?

People of all races can vote

45. Which of the following describes the 19th amendment?

Women can vote

46. Why was the Great Wall of China built?

To protect from invaders

47. Which state did most German immigrants come to?

Pennsylvania

48. Which compromise solved the issue of how to account for slaves in the population for
representation in the House of Representatives and for taxation of states by national
government?
3/5ths compromise

49. What was the ruling of the Dred Scott case?

Dred Scott was not a free man after having lived in a free territory and no African American was
a citizen of the United States. Slaves have no legal right to sue for their freedom.

50. Which TWO specific countries were helped by the Truman Doctrine?
Greece and Turkey

51. Why might there be a decline in the price of farm goods?

Overproduction and agricultural products

52. What gives the constitution its federalist structure?

10th amendment (division of power)

53. Government prevents civil wars from occurring daily. Without government, we live in a state of
nature where everyone has a right, or license, to everything in the world. The idea above was
created by which of the following?
 Thomas Hobbes

54. High tariffs….?

Benefit some and hurt others

55. In which type of economy does the government play a big role in the distribution of resources?
Command economy

56. Most of South Africa’s climate is….?

Arid and semiarid

57. Farmers in a drought use which type of irrigation, which places water directly in the root zone to
minimize evaporation?
Deep irrigation

58. The New Deal led to a major increase in what?

Federal spending

59. Interstates led to….?

More suburban development

60. Which colony was known for having many English Catholic residents?
Maryland

61. Where did the civil war end?

Appomattox courthouse

62. What is the name of the policy used by Germany in WWI?

Unrestricted submarine warfare

63. What early society used irrigation to water crops with river water?
Mesopotamia

64. In the early roman empire, what helped them expand?

Having an established military

65. Which of the following is a right of the US citizens?

Freedom of Religion

66. The expansion of the Transcontinental railroad in the 1800’s changed the ……. landscape in the
American west?
Cultural
67. Which TWO of the following describe the New England colonies?
Rocky and Cold

68. Which of the following is commonly associated with aqueducts and is believed to have invented
them?
Romans

69. When was there a cure for Tuberculosis readily available?

1950’s

70. What document was signed on July 4th 1776?

The declaration of independence

71. Who did the US fight in the Cold War?

Soviet Union

72. Which president was known for the New Deal?

Franklin D. Roosevelt

73. Volcanos create what?

Barrier reefs

74. Who invented hieroglyphics?

Egyptians

75. Who surrendered at the Battle of Yorktown during the revolutionary war?
Cornwallis

76. What is Turkey’s largest city?

Istanbul

77. Which of the following describes the Compromise of 1850?

Fights were settled between free and slave states after California applied to the Union as a free
state

78. All of the following were part of the Missouri compromise EXCEPT?
Michigan would be a free state

79. What piece of legislation repealed the Missouri compromise in 1854?

Kansas-Nebraska Act
80. Who is Dalai Lama?
Spiritual leader of Tibet

81. Which of the following was the first battle in the civil war?
 Battle of Bull Run

82. Which of the following is NOT an example of social structure?

King George III was the most popular man in England while he was king

83. Which of the following lists the four cardinal directions?

North, South, East, West

84. Which of the following deserts is the largest HOT desert?

Sahara

85. Which of the following deserts is the largest in the world?

Antarctic desert (cold desert)

86. A democratic government regulates the economy to ensure financial ……?

Stability

87. The United States settled from the ….. coast to the …… coast?
East and West

88. What is an example of cultural cohesion?

Speaking the same language

89. The Albany plan happened right before which war?

French/ Indian War

90. A letter from George Washington to General Henry Knox in 1786 was about what?
Shays Rebellion

91. Which TWO of the following items were examples of things European explorers were looking
for?
Gold and Silver

92. Mexico was angry about losing which state in the Mexican American war?
Texas

93. The United States gained control over which country after the Spanish American war?
The Philippines

94. An increase in GDP causes a …….. in the price of exported goods?

Increase
 95. The battle of Saratoga in 1777 led to which country becoming a military alliance to the United
States?
France

96. Why did the United States declare war on Spain in the Spanish-American war?
They sunk the USS Maine ship protecting American citizens in Cuba

97. What are TWO things that contribute to an entrepreneur’s success?

Capital and Labor

98. The Amazon Basin’s physical characteristics are influenced by the tributaries of what river?
Amazon river

99. Which amendment justified segregation since it serves powers not specifically assigned to the
federal government to the states?
10th amendment

100. Which TWO of the following explain how Hoover Dam and Mount Rushmore are related?
They both used hydropower and they both provided jobs and boosted the economy

101. …….. spending stimulates weak economies.

Deficit

102. Which of the following is NOT a responsibility of a US citizen?

Recycling and picking up litter in the local neighborhood

103. Why has China had to develop agricultural techniques?

Scare land

104. What luxury item did the Roman empire get from the Han Dynasty in China?
Silk

105. Which of the following is conduct or speech inciting people to rebel against the authority?
Sedition

106. Which of the following does NOT describe the Alien and Sedition acts?
Took away foreign residents rights

107. Which of the following Civil War battles resulted in confederates being driven out of Maryland?
Antietam
108. Which country was the first to colonize the United States?
Spain
109. What is shared (concurrent) power between the federal government and state governments?
Tax

110. Maryland was established as a haven for the ……..?

English Catholics

111. Who started an assembly line in America to decrease cost and labor?
Henry Ford

112. Which of the following was Woodrow Wilson’s main justification for entering WWI?
The world needed to be safe for a democracy

113. Which TWO presidents used deficit spending to help stimulate the weak economy?
Franklin D. Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan

114. The edict “No European power should seek colonies in the western Hemisphere” comes
from…..?
Monroe Doctrine

115. “Go west young man” was part of …..?

Manifest Destiny

116. Which battle marked the start of the revolutionary with Great Britain?
Battle of Lexington and Concord

117. Indentured servants under contract to work for another person for free and then when their
contract runs up, they are…..?
Free and can buy land

118. Who discovered and founded Rhode Island and also believed in the idea of separation of church
and state?
Roger Williams

119. Which event forced the United States to enter WWII?

Pearl Harbor

120. Who was the commander of the Continental Army?

George Washington

121. Which of the following was an agreement between northern and southern states about which
western territories could be admitted into the Union as slave states?
Missouri Compromise
122. Which country led the invasion of Poland that started WWII?
Germany

123. When did the Great Depression begin?

1929

124. What event ended the Great Depression?

WWII

125. Who wrote the New Deal?

Franklin D. Roosevelt

126. Which country won the space race with Sputnik, to which John F. Kennedy wrote a letter in
response?
Soviet Union

127. Which event is remembered as "A day that shall live in Infamy"?
Pearl Harbor

128. Who signed the Declaration of Independence LAST?

Thomas McKean

129. Whose inauguration was in 1961 during the Cold War?

John F. Kennedy

130. Which president is associated with the environment because he created national parks?
Theodore Roosevelt

131. Which treaty ended the War of 1812 and returned all conquered lands to America?
Treaty of Ghent

132. Who initiated the Lewis and Clark expedition?

Thomas Jefferson

133. The land explored during the Lewis and Clark expedition ended up becoming…?
The Louisiana Purchase

134. The ………. Settled in Jamestown for defense and silver and gold?
Virginia Company

135. Which canal was built for navigation from New York and the Atlantic?
Erie Canal
136. Which of the following was adopted to create a strong central government and a weak national
government?
The articles of confederation

137. Which was the last battle of the revolutionary war?

Battle of Yorktown

138. Who was a federalist that supported rule of law?

Alexander Hamilton

139. Between the Louisiana purchase, Lincoln’s inauguration, and the gold rush, what came first?
Louisiana Purchase

140. Was the cold war before or after WWII?

After WWII

141. The ……… had more military experience over the ……. In the civil war.
South, North

142. The reconstruction era…….?

Brought the south back into the union

143. What was the first internal tax imposed by Britain on the colonists in 1765?
Stamp Act

144. The proclamation of 1763 prohibited settlement where?

Beyond the Appalachian Mountains

145. The trial of tears forced Indians to move from east of the Mississippi River to…..?
Oklahoma

146. Which battle in the Civil War was the big turning point?
Battle of Gettysburg

147. Which war was America's bloodiest conflict?

Civil War

148. Which of the following provided aid to other countries to fight communism?
Truman Doctrine

149. Who is the author of Common Sense?

Thomas Paine
 150. Who wrote the federalist papers about checks and balances?
James Madison

151. Which of the following means having to give something up in order to have something
else, or a decision between two things?
Opportunity cost

152. Who wrote the Star Spangled Banner?

Francis Scott Key

153. Which event happened right before the Star Spangled Banner was written?
Maryland fort bombardment

154. The colonies were upset with England's ________________ of them in parliament.
Representation

155. Who made the cotton gin so cotton could process faster?
Eli Whitney

156. Which president abolished slavery?

Abraham Lincoln

157. Who said, "The basis of our government being the opinion of the people, the very first
object should be to keep that right; and were it left to me to decide whether we should have a
government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a
moment to prefer the latter. But I should mean that every man should receive those papers and
be capable of reading them"?
Thomas Jefferson

158. Who invented the lightbulb?

Thomas Edison

159. Reconstruction was the rebuilding after which war?

Civil war

160. Which court case had the ruling "separate but equal"?
Plessy v. Ferguson

161. The post-World War II era saw an increase in __________ activities in the African
American community, with a focus on ensuring that black citizens were able to vote. This
ushered in the civil rights movement resulting in the removal of __________.
Civil Rights and Jim Crow laws
 162. In 1948, President Harry Truman ordered ………..?
Integration/desegregation of the military

163. In 1954, the Supreme Court ruled in ____________________________________ that

educational segregation was unconstitutional, bringing to an end the era of "separate-but-equal-
education."
Brown v. Board of Education

164. The bombing of the Twin Towers on September 11th, 2001 resulted in all of the
following EXCEPT…..?
Required school courses on how to combat terrorism

165. The Watergate Scandal which increased distrust of politicians involved which President?
Richard Nixon

166. New York was founded by the

Dutch

167. What were the TWO main reasons for President Lyndon B. Johnson's speech in Selma, AL in
1965?
To eliminate poverty and to eliminate racial injustice

168. The event where African Americans moved north for homes, better jobs, and life is called
The Great Migration

169. Who invented the polio vaccine?

Jonas Salk

170. What is an inspirational speech which addresses what it is to be an American and often
gives a President's intentions as a leader?
Inaugural address

171. The purpose of the __________________________ was to plan the structure of the new
government and to create a confederation
Articles of Confederation

172. Place the following events from the American Revolution in order:
1. Stamp Act
2. Townshend Acts
3. Boston Massacre
4. Boston Tea Party
5. Coercive (Intolerable Acts)
6. Lexington and Concord
7. British attacks on coastal towns
173. Who led the only effective slave rebellion?
Nat Turner

174. Who published "Liberator" in the weekly paper that was about abolishing slavery?
William Lloyd Garrison

175. Who was the Soviet leader after WWII?

Joseph Stalin

176. Which colony had the highest proportion of German settlers during the colonial period?
Pennsylvania

177. Which colony did not attend the Continental Congress?

Georgia

178. What increased suburban development?

Interstate highways

179. Which treaty paved the way for westward expansion?

Treaty of Paris (1783)

180. John Maynard Keynes was the most influential fiscal under
President Johnson

181. The letter from ____________________ to ____________________ was to offer that

they would remove the missiles in exchange for the lifting of the quarantine and a pledge that
the U.S. will not invade Cuba.
Nikita Khrushchev and John F. Kennedy

182. Democracy……?
people had authority; vote represents Congress

183. Monarchies…..?
King or queen

184. Theocracy…..?
Religious leaders

185. Dictatorship…..?
1 leader, no checks or balances, allocated itself

186. Anarchism
Eliminated all government
187. Oligarchy
A power structure with a small group of people, institution or family

188. Democratic governments _____ the _____ economy to ensure ______ stability?
Regulate and financial

189. Who declares war?

Congress

190. How has voter turnout changed since the 1950s?

It has increased

191. The first 10 amendments are the ____________________; there are _____ now.
Bill of rights and 27

192. Which of the following is not one of the principles in the Constitution?
Constitutionality

193. In a _______________ government, citizens are part of it with decision making.

Transparent

194. Where are the three branches of government located?

The constitution

195. The Civil Rights Act relates to which amendment?

14th

196. Whose role is it to impeach the president?

Senate/legislative branch

197. ______________ created the democracy government.

Greece

198. The ___________ is the highest position in a city's executive branch of government.
Mayor

199. The military's duty involves all of the following EXCEPT

Kill terrorists
200. When a president vetoes a bill it can be overridden by a ___ vote in both the Senate and
House of Representatives- if this occurs the bill becomes law over the president.

2/3
201. A ____________________ occurs when Congress adjourns during the ten day period.
The President cannot return the bill to congress.
Pocket veto

202. Is the federal government or the states in charge of marriage?

States

203. In ________, the federal government funded construction of the __________ for
western expansion.
1811 and national road

204. The U.S. House of Representatives tenacious task of overt partisan advocacy falls to the
Majority leader

205. The 10th amendment calls for _______________________________ and exemplifies

the constitution's federalist structure.
Division of power

206. The original voting age was

21

207. Which of the following is a type of direct assistance?

Social security

208. Who is the presiding officer in the House of Representatives?

Speaker of the house

209. The ___________________________________ are a natural barrier that kept settlers'

growth from expanding.
Appalachian Mountains

210. Which of these is the tallest mountain?

Mt. Everest

211. Where is Mt. Everest located?

Himalayan mountains

212. The Ural Mountains are in between

Europe and Asia
213. ______________ is where the conflict between Hutu and Tutsi takes place.
Rwanda

214. Sahel is located in _______________ Africa.

North-central
215. The study of human societies, their development, and their physical linguistics is known
as…….?
Anthropology

216. Which country is roughly 50% in the Sahara desert and is included in the Sahel transition
zone to savanna?
Sudan

217. Which of the following lists the four ordinal directions?

northeast, southeast, northwest, southwest

218. Give an example of a perceptual region.

south, Midwest, Big Apple (NYC), New England, etc.

219. The main difference between Aztecs and the Spanish was that Aztecs were
___________________ and the Spanish are ___________________.
Polytheistic, and monotheistic

220. Terrace Farming required less water and used the ____________________.
Mountain sides/ hills

221. ______________________ increased the threat to wildlife.

Deforestation

222. What is NOT something the Amazon Basin was known for in the 1970s?
Lots of rainfall

223. Loss of habitat is happening to

Amazon basin

224. If Brazil's economy _______________, the Amazon Basin will _______________ its
natural habitat.
Increases and lose

225. The __________ River (China) and __________ River (Asia) related to civilization.
Yellow, and Indus

226. What helped scholars understand the ancient Egyptian writing system of hieroglyphics?
The rosetta stone

227. Which Florida hurricane caused a scarcity and price hike in oranges due to it hitting
orange trees?
 Hurricane Irma

228. The Egyptians formed paper from

Papyrus

229. Who invented printing?

Chinese

230. Who invented the alphabet?

Greek

231. Renewables sources are resources that……..?

Are naturally replaced and do not run out

232. What is an example of a renewable source?

Wood

233. When a person changes the way they dress or behave to fit in it is called…….?
Assimilation

234. Which of the following is NOT something a topographical map shows?

Isobars

235. The Pacific Ocean covers how much of the Earth?

1/3

236. Which country is remembered for city states?

City states

237. The caste system is determined upon…….?

Birth

238. What is a narrow waterway between two bodies of water?

Strait

239. Who had a "model government" copied from other countries?

Rome

240. What is NOT something Rome is known for inventing?

Wheels

241. Which country is known for both hosting the 1st Olympic games and creating
democracy?
 Greece

242. Soviet Union is in………?

Russia

243. Which empire was nomadic hunter/gatherers that rode horses?

Mongols

244. What did the book Silent Spring affect?

The environment

245. The Aral Sea dried up due to…….?

Urbanization

246. To barter is to……..?

Exchange

247. When the mother passes down land to her daughters it is called…….?
Matriarchal order

248. What increased production of steel so that railroads could be built?

Bessemer method

249. Where is the Ring of Fire?

Along the pacific ocean

250. What is the difference between Christians and Muslims?

Muslims have mecca

251. Sumerian was the first……..?

Written language

252. The __________ Empire is where the "sun never sets" because it is always daylight.
British

253. __________________ moved to the mid-Atlantic coastline.

England

254. The largest mountains are the………..?

Himalayas

255. Latitude or Longitude: includes the equator and 90 degrees above and below it; equator
falls on Brazil and other countries?
 Latitude

256. Latitude or Longitude: includes the prime meridian and 180 degrees to the left and right;
prime meridian falls on Spain and other countries
Longitude

257. An example of an ethnic enclave is………?

Embassy

258. The Chinese and Saudi Arabia family were………?

Patriarchal and nuclear extended

259. Deforestation causes……..?

Soil depletion

260. What is Greenland's weather like during our summer months June and July?
Cool temperatures around 50

261. Which of the following is lowlands that are fertile where crops can grow?
Delta

262. Which of the following is not a type of irrigation system that can be used?
Hose

263. Florida had more population growth in 2000 because of what?

Air conditioning

264. The pyramid of Giza is located in……..?

Egypt

265. ____________________ are hurting the environment?

Pesticides

266. __________ irrigation is used in drought?

Drip

267. Not native to the land means……..?

Indigenous
268. Patriarchal is __________ leading.
Male

269. The eruption of Mt. St. Helens caused…….?

Ash in the roads
270. Hawaiians and Samoans have which ethnicity?
Polynesian

271. When the government in the West was trying to create more production, there was a shortage
of water which led to a shortage of water from which sea?
Red sea

272. If there is a shortage of water it's mostly likely due to _______________ because we use water
to power our systems like gristmills.
Some sort of power

273. There are what in Bangladesh?

Monsoons

274. The Three Gorges Dam was human man-made in……..?

China

275. What tunnel runs between England and France?

Channel tunnel

276. The ____________ Hemisphere is significantly warmer and milder than it otherwise would be
without the effects of the Gulf Stream.
Western

277. Russian people's interest in wearing American blue jeans is an example of what….?
Cultural diffusion

278. The world's largest river is…..?

Nile river

279. Where are the best growing conditions for cotton production?
Southeast

280. Which mountain range includes Mont Blanc?

Alps

281. The Tropic of Cancer is in the ____________ hemisphere and passes through ____________.
Northern and India

282. The Illinois and Michigan Canal connects……?

The great lakes and Mississippi river
283. Dams show the difference that humans have made because they are?
Manmade

284. The shortage of water in the west affected the Red Sea's?
Production

285. Which of the following is not an example of infrastructure?

Road audits

286. The book "How the other half lives" exposes the slums of New York to?
Upper and middle class

287. Virginia is more _________________ than New York?

Egalitarian

288. The Triangular Trade involved all of the following EXCEPT?

Spain

289. Europe and Native America ___________ through trade.

Bonded

290. Saddam Hussein is from?

Iraq

291. The French and Indian War had a natural boundary which was?
The Appalachian mountains

292. Great Britain is an example of a…..?

Monarch

293. The Egyptians called their gods…..?

Pharaohs

294. What is the difference between how France (late 18th century) and Russia (1920s) lost their
monarchies?
Russia's ended after war and the king's retirement; Frances's ended when citizens overthrew it

295. Italy's population is……?

Tremendously decreasing

296. Which country is known as a record keeper?

Greece

297. The Silk Road helped trade between?

 Rome and china

298. The Aztecs had complex…..?

Temples and pyramids

290. The difference between France and Africa is……?

The economy

291. Which allows for a system of trade in China open to all countries equally- set into motion
the economic transformation of modern China?

Open door policy

292. Which of the following is considered most important in limiting the power of the kings and
influencing the development of democracy?

Magna Carta

293. Who was affected by the 20th century decline?

South Africa

294. Roman and Hans empire was driven by trade in……?

Luxury goods

295. Who is known as the Renaissance Man?

Leonardo Da Vinci

296. Who was Nelson Mandela?

First black president of south Africa

297. To encourage economic growth, a government would…..?

Lower interest rates

299. A rise in the price of exported goods would increase a nation's

Gross domestic products (GDP)

300. Based upon Law of Supply, an increase in the price will result in a(n)…….?
 Increase in the supply

301. Interest rates increase to avoid……?

Inflation

302. What is typical in a cyclical industry?

Unemployment during a recession

303. What is most likely to affect prices in an economy?

Law of demand

304. What can be considered using one good to make another good?
Capital

305. What increased growth of national markets?

Transcontinental railroad

306. Which adjusts its spending levels and tax rates to monitor and influence a nation's economy?
Fiscal government

307. Market economy is associated with…….?

Technology

308. Which prohibited commercial monopoly?

Sherman antitrust act

309. Three-Field System of farming enabled the transition from __________ to __________ in
Europe.
Feudalism and market economies

310. In 1932, The Pecora Commission was established by the U.S. Senate to study……?
The stock market crash

311. The effect of high tariffs on an economy in the long run is that it……?
Benefits some at the expense of others

312. A U.S. 50 cent piece is an example of a(n)……?

Commodity

313. A ___________________________________ relies exclusively on markets to allocate resources.

Pure market economy

314. Minimum wage affects the demand for…..?

Labor increases
315. Which of the following is not an effect of raising minimum wage?
workers quit to live off of increased unemployment benefits

316. Opportunity costs:

an alternative that must be lost in order to pursue another option: the benefits you might have
received had you taken the alternative action

317. Supply and demand:

the more you have of a particular item, the less you can usually ask for it in a retail setting, if an
item is scarce then the price will go up

318. Renewable Resource:

can be replaced fairly easily and rapidly

319. Non-renewable Resource:

are available only if limited supplies; cannot be reused

320. Microeconomics:
Focus or study is on individual economic decisions

321. Macroeconomics:
the focus, or study, is on the whole, aggregate, economies or on the economic systems: the
broad and general aspects of an economy, E.G, the relationship that exists between income and
investment

322. Capitalism:
an economic system in which the means of production and distribution are privately or
corporately owned. The primary motive for an individual to be innovative and work hard is profit

323. Mercantilism:
the theory and system of political economy prevailing in Europe after the decline of feudalism,
based on national policies of accumulating WEALTH, establishing colonies, a merchant marine,
and developing industry and mining to attain a favorable balance of trade
324. Command economy:
high government control, equal distribution, no rich, no poor, communal ownership government
and central planners decide how resources are used and distributed

325. Traditional economy:

Culture controls it

326. Mixed economy:

Command and market
327. Market economy:
no government control, unequal distribution, increased gap between rich and poor, private
ownership; associated with technology

328. Pure market economy:

relies exclusively on markets to allocate resources and to answer all three questions of
allocation

329. Gender Roles:

in a society, the set of behaviors that are expected and considered appropriate

330. Desertification:
when human population overexploit and area's ability to sustain itself through the use of poor
irrigation practices, overgrazing, deforestation, and other agricultural practices; may occur
decreasing the land's resilience to climatic variations

331. Dictatorship:
a government or social situation where authority (all the rules and decisions made by) rests with
one person

332. Republic:
a government where power is held by the people and their elected representatives

333. Confederation:
form of government consisting of a union of many states or countries typically unified for a
purpose (with most of the power remaining with the individual states or countries

334. Monarchy:
country is ruled by monarch (king or queen)

335. Strait:
narrow waterway between two bodies of water

336. Lobbyist:
an individual who takes part in an organized attempt to influence legislators who make the laws

337. Topographical map:

shows natural and manmade features; elevation and contour lines

338. Egalitarian:
all people are equal and deserving of equal rights and indigenous (a native)

339. Globalization:
 the idea of keeping us all together and bringing the world together

340. Cultural assimilation:

the process by which a person or a group's language and/or culture come to resemble those of
another group; minority culture absorbed in majority culture

341. Transparent government:

the government's obligation to share information with their citizens

342. Prime Meridian:

Earth's ZERO of longitude

343. Cultural diffusion:

spread of one's culture, practices and belief

344. Acculturation:
adapting or borrowing traits from another culture

345. Popular Sovereignty:

political idea that stated that the people in each territory should decide for themselves whether
or not to allow slavery in their new state

346. Imperialism:
a policy where one country extends its power and influence over another weaker country in
order to enrich itself

347. Total revenue:

income a business receives from the sale of all the good produced

348. Total profit:

determined by subtracting total costs from revenues

349. Gerrymandering:
manipulate the boundaries of (an electoral constituency) so as to favor one party of class
350. Spatial organization:
people, places, environments, anywhere and everywhere on Earth

351. Oligarchy:
a small group of people have control of a country, organization or institution

352. Fiscal Policy:

changing government spending and taxes to influence the level or demand

353. Monetary policy:

 uses interest rates that are set by the bank

354. Open Door Policy:

allows for a system of trade in China