Term | Definition |
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Arkansas | Little Rock |
Louisiana | Baton Rouge |
Mississippi | Jackson |
Alabama | Montgomery |
Georgia | Atlanta |
Florida | Tallahassee |
South Carolina | Columbia |
North Carolina | Raleigh |
Virginia | Richmond |
West Virginia | Charleston |
Kentucky | Frankford |
Tennessee | Nashville |
Sample
Question | Answer |
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2 x 2 | 4 |
3 x 3 | 9 |
4 x 4 | 16 |
5 x 5 | 25 |
History
Question | Answer |
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Reasons why American Colonists settled where they did | religious persecution |
Foundations of American Democracy: | The Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights,and the Constitution of America |
Why did the Anti-Federalists oppose the ratification of the Constitution in 1787?Constitution threatened liberties and failed to protect individual rights | Constitution threatened liberties and failed to protect individual rights |
Thomas Paine and Common Sense | Independence for England and the creation of a democratic republic |
Declaration of Independence | Declaration of independence for the 13 american colonies from Great Britain, written by Thomas Jefferson, adopted on July 4th of 1776 |
Shays’ Rebellion | Armed uprising in Massachusetts during 1786 and 1787, led by Daniel Shays previous Revolutionary war veteran, against civil rights and perceived economic injustices |
Louisiana Purchase | U.S. bought 827,000 square miles of land for $15 million from France |
Missouri Compromise of 1820 | Maine was permitted as a free state and Missouri as a slave state in 1820, effort to keep a congressional balance of power between free and slave states |
Compromise of 1850 | compromise for a crisis between North and South, Fugitive Slave Act was amended, slave trade in Washington, D.C. was abolished |
Manifest Destiny | Attitude about United States spreading from coast to coast |
Economic differences of the North and South prior to the Civil War | The North was mainly manufacturing, and the South was mainly based on agriculture |
Lincoln’s goal in the Civil War | The Emancipation Proclamation |
Seneca Falls Convention | The first women’s rights convention |
Reconstruction Period | The period after the Civil War |
President Andrew Johnson and the Reconstruction Period | Gave land to the blacks |
Result of the Civil War | Slave states succeeded from the United States |
Black Codes | Laws passed by Southern slave states |
Native Americans | The indigenous people of the United States |
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 | The first law depriving immigrants of passage into the United States |
Indian Wars between 1860-1890 | Battles between the U.S. and Native Americans |
Homestead Act of 1862 | Gave settlers 160 acres of land |
Transcontinental Railroad | Train route across the United States completed in 1869 |
Development of the Great Plains | The railroads helped |
Three-fifths Compromise | Compromise reached by delegates from southern and northern states |
Reconstruction goals after the Civil War | Rejoin all states to the union and help rebuild the south |
Economic impact of the Civil War | The civil war was expensive |
Tenements | A run-down apartment building or slum |
Women's’ Suffrage Movement | Information, articles, and facts about the struggle for the right for women to vote |
Battleship Maine | American naval ship that sank in Cuba |
Why was the North worried about Great Britain during the Civil War? | Probably because the establishment of slavery in the U.S. which was illegal in Great Britain |
Impressments | The act of taking men into a military or naval force without notice or any opinion in the matter |
Trail of Tears | Series of forced removals of Native American nations from their homelands in the Southeastern United States |
Why did the South secede from the Union? | They were scared that their way of life was threatened by president Lincoln’s election |
Emancipation Proclamation | Led to the total ending of slavery |
Why could Lincoln not carry out his plan of Reconstruction? | Because he got assassinated |
Mukrackers | Investigative journalists |
Who had great job opportunities during WWI when they did not before the war? | women |
Treaty of Versailles | Most important peace treaty that ended WW1 |
Why did US enter WWI? | Germany sunk a U.S. ship |
League of Nations | an International organisation formed to help resolve international disputes |
Americans reaction to WWI | Horror and shock |
Lusitania sinking | During WW1 as Germany waged submarine warfare |
Zimmermann Telegram | a Secret diplomatic way of communication |
Inside earth
Question | Answer |
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Oceanic crust | |
Continental crust | |
Lithosphere | |
Asthenosphere | The soft layer of the mantle on which the tectonic plants move |
Mesosphere | |
Mantle | The mantle is much thicker than the crust and contains most of earths mass |
Outler core | |
Inner core | |
Is thinner and denser then the continental crust | |
Earth's outermost, rigid, rocky layer is called the crust. It is composed of low-density, easily melted rocks; the continental crust is predominantly granitic rock, while composition of the oceanic crust corresponds mainly to that of basalt and gabbro. | |
The soil, outer layer of the earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the plates move | |
The strong, lower part of the mantle between the asthenosphere | |
The outer core of the Earth is a fluid layer about 2,300 km (1,400 mi) thick and composed of mostly iron and nickel that lies above Earth's solid inner core and below its mantle. | |
The Earth's inner core is the Earth's innermost part. It is primarily a solid ball with a radius of about 1,220 kilometres (760 miles), which is about 70% of the Moon's radius. It is composed of an irona??nickel alloy and some light elements. |
Vocab L.A
Term | Definition |
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Verb Tense | Is past, present or future of a verb. Must agree in a clause |
Compound Sencetence | two independent clauses join by a coordinating conjunction.(fanboy) |
Simple Senctence | One independent clause. |
Complex Sencetence | One independent clause and one dependent clause join by a subordinating conjunction (whitebus) |
Compound-Complex | Independent and dependent clauses join by both coordinating and subordinating conjunctions. |
Coordinating Conjunction | Joins two independent clauses.(Fanboys) |
Fanboys | For, and, nor,but,or,yet,so |
Study Guide
Question | Answer |
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The first successful cash crop in Jamestown was _______ in 1612. | tobacco |
The ________ colonies were known for fertile soil and long, hot summers. | Southern |
Natives were forced to move ____. | west |
____ _____ was responsible for growing tobacco in Jamestown. | John Rolfe |
"__ ____, __ ____" was John Smith's strict rule for Jamestown. | No work, no food |
9 science revision
Questio | Answer |
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What does an endothermic reaction do? | Endothermic absorbs heat |
What does an Exothermic reaction do? | Exothermic produces heat |
Four factors that change the rate of a reaction? | Adding a catalystChanging the temperatureChanging the particle sizeChanging the concentration |
What does the central nervous system contain? | The brain and the spinal cord |
Properties of acids? | Taste sourPh lower than 7 |
Properties of bases? | Taste bitterPh higher than 7 |
What does a motor neuron do? | Receives information from the brain and send it to effector organs |
What does a sensory neuron do? | Receives stimulus from receptor cells and sends it to spinal cord |
What does an interneuron do? | Connection between sensory and motor |
Examples of stimuli that get detected by receptor cells? | Light, chemical, pressure, temperature |
legislative branch
Question | Answer |
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How many people serve in the house of rep | 435 |
How long is the term for a member of the house of represenatives | 2 years |
what is determine how many represenatives a state will have | populations |
what is the age requirement for the house of rep | 25 |
How long must a person be a cetizen of the united states berfor they can be in the house of rep. | 6 |
what is the title of the leader of the house of rep | speaker of house |
How many people serve in the united staes senate | 100 |
How long is the term for a member of the united states senate | 2 |
what is used to determine how many reps a state will have | population |
what is the age requirement for the united states senate | 30 |
how are senator elected | votes |
what is the title for the leader of the united staes senate | vice presedent |
name the major duty that the united staes senate is responsible for | law making check on elects |
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Legislative Branch
Question | Answer |
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A person must be ________ years old to be in the senate. | 30 |
There are _________ members of the senate. | 100 |
A person must be a citizen for _________ years in order to be in the senate. | 9 |
The leader of the senate is also the… | Vice president |
Members of the senate serve a ________ year term. | 6 |
Each state has ______ senators. | 2 |
A person must be _____ years old to be in the House of Representatives. | 25 |
The United States has _____ members who serve in the House of Representatives. | 435 |
A person must be a citizen for ______ years before he or she can be in the House of Representatives. | 7 |
The leader of the House of Representatives is also the …….. | Speacker of the house |
Members of the House of Representatives serve a __________ year term. | 2 |
Missouri has __________ members in the United States House of Representatives. | 8 |
Of the eight districts in Missouri, Benton County belongs to district _________. | 4 |