Praxis 5004 Red Notes
_____ spending stimulates weak economies. - answerdeficit
__________ irrigation is used in drought? - answerdrip
_____________ is where the conflict between Hutu and Tutsi takes place. - answer
Rwanda
______________ created the democracy government. - answerGreece
__________________ moved to the mid-Atlantic coastline. - answerEngland
____________________ are hurting the environment? - answerpesticides
______________________ increased the threat to wildlife. - answerDeforestation
"Go west young man" was part of .....? - answermanifest destiny
"Letter to Martha Washington" was a letter George Washington wrote to explain that
he... - answeraccepted the generalship of the continental army
1 euro is how many US dollars? - answer$1.18
A ____________________ occurs when Congress adjourns during the ten day period.
The President cannot return the bill to congress. - answerpocket veto
A ___________________________________ relies exclusively on markets to allocate
resources. - answerpure market economy
A democratic government regulates the economy to ensure financial ......? -
answerstability
A letter from George Washington to General Henry Knox in 1786 was about what? -
answerShays Rebellion
A rise in the price of exported goods would increase a nation's - answerGross domestic
products (GDP)
A U.S. 50 cent piece is an example of a(n)......? - answercommodity
Acculturation - answeradapting or borrowing traits from another culture
,All of the following were part of the Missouri compromise EXCEPT? - answerMichigan
would be a free state
An example of an ethnic enclave is.........? - answerembassy
An increase in GDP causes a ______ in the price of exported goods? - answerincrease
Anarchism - answereliminated of all government
Based upon Law of Supply, an increase in the price will result in a(n).......? -
answerIncrease in the supply
Between the Louisiana purchase, Lincoln's inauguration, and the gold rush, what came
first? - answerLouisiana purchase
Capitalism - answeran 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
command economy - answerhigh government control, equal distribution, no rich, no
poor, communal ownership government and central planners decide how resources are
used and distributed
Confederation: - answerform 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
cultural assimilation - answerthe 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
cultural diffusion - answerspread of one's culture, practices and belief
Dams show the difference that humans have made because they are... -
answerManmade
Deforestation causes........? - answerSoil depletion
Democratic governments _____ the _____ economy to ensure ______ stability? -
answerRegulate and financial
Desertification - answerwhen 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
, Dictatorship - answer1 leader, no checks or balances, allocated itself
Dictatorship - answera government or social situation where authority (all the rules and
decisions made by) rests with one person
egalitarian - answerall people are equal and deserving of equal rights and indigenous (a
native)
Europe and Native America ___________ through trade. - answerbonded
examples of perceptual regions - answersouth, Midwest, Big Apple (NYC), New
England, etc.
Farmers in a drought use which type of irrigation, which places water directly in the root
zone to minimize evaporation? - answerdeep irrigation
fiscal policy - answerchanging government spending and taxes to influence the level or
demand
Florida had more population growth in 2000 because of what? - answerair conditioning
gender roles - answerin a society, the set of behaviors that are expected and
considered appropriate
Gerrymandering - answermanipulate the boundaries of (an electoral constituency) so as
to favor one party of class
Globalization - answerthe idea of keeping us all together and bringing the world together
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 whom? - answerThomas Hobbes
Great Britain is an example of a..... - answermonarch
Hawaiians and Samoans have which ethnicity? - answerPolynesian
How has voter turnout changed since the 1950s? - answerIt has increased
If Brazil's economy _______________, the Amazon Basin will _______________ its
natural habitat. - answerIncreases and lose
If there is a shortage of water it's mostly likely due to _______________ because we
use water to power our systems like gristmills. - answerSome sort of power
_____ spending stimulates weak economies. - answerdeficit
__________ irrigation is used in drought? - answerdrip
_____________ is where the conflict between Hutu and Tutsi takes place. - answer
Rwanda
______________ created the democracy government. - answerGreece
__________________ moved to the mid-Atlantic coastline. - answerEngland
____________________ are hurting the environment? - answerpesticides
______________________ increased the threat to wildlife. - answerDeforestation
"Go west young man" was part of .....? - answermanifest destiny
"Letter to Martha Washington" was a letter George Washington wrote to explain that
he... - answeraccepted the generalship of the continental army
1 euro is how many US dollars? - answer$1.18
A ____________________ occurs when Congress adjourns during the ten day period.
The President cannot return the bill to congress. - answerpocket veto
A ___________________________________ relies exclusively on markets to allocate
resources. - answerpure market economy
A democratic government regulates the economy to ensure financial ......? -
answerstability
A letter from George Washington to General Henry Knox in 1786 was about what? -
answerShays Rebellion
A rise in the price of exported goods would increase a nation's - answerGross domestic
products (GDP)
A U.S. 50 cent piece is an example of a(n)......? - answercommodity
Acculturation - answeradapting or borrowing traits from another culture
,All of the following were part of the Missouri compromise EXCEPT? - answerMichigan
would be a free state
An example of an ethnic enclave is.........? - answerembassy
An increase in GDP causes a ______ in the price of exported goods? - answerincrease
Anarchism - answereliminated of all government
Based upon Law of Supply, an increase in the price will result in a(n).......? -
answerIncrease in the supply
Between the Louisiana purchase, Lincoln's inauguration, and the gold rush, what came
first? - answerLouisiana purchase
Capitalism - answeran 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
command economy - answerhigh government control, equal distribution, no rich, no
poor, communal ownership government and central planners decide how resources are
used and distributed
Confederation: - answerform 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
cultural assimilation - answerthe 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
cultural diffusion - answerspread of one's culture, practices and belief
Dams show the difference that humans have made because they are... -
answerManmade
Deforestation causes........? - answerSoil depletion
Democratic governments _____ the _____ economy to ensure ______ stability? -
answerRegulate and financial
Desertification - answerwhen 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
, Dictatorship - answer1 leader, no checks or balances, allocated itself
Dictatorship - answera government or social situation where authority (all the rules and
decisions made by) rests with one person
egalitarian - answerall people are equal and deserving of equal rights and indigenous (a
native)
Europe and Native America ___________ through trade. - answerbonded
examples of perceptual regions - answersouth, Midwest, Big Apple (NYC), New
England, etc.
Farmers in a drought use which type of irrigation, which places water directly in the root
zone to minimize evaporation? - answerdeep irrigation
fiscal policy - answerchanging government spending and taxes to influence the level or
demand
Florida had more population growth in 2000 because of what? - answerair conditioning
gender roles - answerin a society, the set of behaviors that are expected and
considered appropriate
Gerrymandering - answermanipulate the boundaries of (an electoral constituency) so as
to favor one party of class
Globalization - answerthe idea of keeping us all together and bringing the world together
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 whom? - answerThomas Hobbes
Great Britain is an example of a..... - answermonarch
Hawaiians and Samoans have which ethnicity? - answerPolynesian
How has voter turnout changed since the 1950s? - answerIt has increased
If Brazil's economy _______________, the Amazon Basin will _______________ its
natural habitat. - answerIncreases and lose
If there is a shortage of water it's mostly likely due to _______________ because we
use water to power our systems like gristmills. - answerSome sort of power
