Social Studies Praxis 5004
Ancient civilization who used hieroglyphics - answer Egyptians
Last Event of the American Revolution - answer The Battle of Yorktown
1798- Gen. George Washington and army attack British fort in Yorktown, Virginia.
British General Cornwallis surrender.
Union of several countries with some or most power shared between them - answer
confederation
Dictatorship - answer A form of government in which the leader has absolute power and
authority.
Monarchy - answer A government ruled by a king or queen
Republic - answer A form of government in which citizens choose their leaders by voting
Describe Turkey's largest city - answer Turkey is part of Europe and Asia. Part of
Turkey lies in Europe and the remainder lies in Asia. Istanbul, Turkey is the only city in
the world that is considered part of two continents.
Comprimise of 1850 - answerseries of measures that were intended to settle the
disagreements between free states and slave states
Part of the Compromise of 1850 was the provision that any *runaway slave (fugitive)*
found in a non-slave state had to be sent back to the South.
provision - answeraddition to a legal document
Missouri Compromise - answer"Compromise of 1820" over the issue of slavery in
Missouri. It was decided *Missouri entered as a slave state and Maine entered as a free
state* and all states North of the 36th parallel were free states and all South were slave
states.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 - answerThe Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed by
the U.S. Congress on May 30, 1854. It allowed *people in the territories of Kansas and
Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders.*
The Act served to *repeal the Missouri Compromise* of 1820 which prohibited slavery
north of latitude 36°30´.
Ancient civilization who used hieroglyphics - answer Egyptians
Last Event of the American Revolution - answer The Battle of Yorktown
1798- Gen. George Washington and army attack British fort in Yorktown, Virginia.
British General Cornwallis surrender.
Union of several countries with some or most power shared between them - answer
confederation
Dictatorship - answer A form of government in which the leader has absolute power and
authority.
Monarchy - answer A government ruled by a king or queen
Republic - answer A form of government in which citizens choose their leaders by voting
Describe Turkey's largest city - answer Turkey is part of Europe and Asia. Part of
Turkey lies in Europe and the remainder lies in Asia. Istanbul, Turkey is the only city in
the world that is considered part of two continents.
Comprimise of 1850 - answerseries of measures that were intended to settle the
disagreements between free states and slave states
Part of the Compromise of 1850 was the provision that any *runaway slave (fugitive)*
found in a non-slave state had to be sent back to the South.
provision - answeraddition to a legal document
Missouri Compromise - answer"Compromise of 1820" over the issue of slavery in
Missouri. It was decided *Missouri entered as a slave state and Maine entered as a free
state* and all states North of the 36th parallel were free states and all South were slave
states.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 - answerThe Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed by
the U.S. Congress on May 30, 1854. It allowed *people in the territories of Kansas and
Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders.*
The Act served to *repeal the Missouri Compromise* of 1820 which prohibited slavery
north of latitude 36°30´.
