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Galileo Galilei - --answers---defended heliocentric theories of
Copernicus and Kepler, discovered moon of Jupiter, died under
house arrest for heresy
Isaac Newton - --answers---gravity, optics, calculus, physics
Rene Descartes - --answers---Enlightenment, "I think,
therefore I am," logic and rules of observation
David Hume - --answers---Enlightenment,
empiricism/skepticism, relied on direct experience for truth
Immanuel Kant - --answers---Enlightenment, self-
examination and observation
Jean-Jacques Rousseau - --answers---Enlightenment, social
contract (later influenced John Locke and Thomas Jefferson)
Russo-Japanese War - --answers---1904-1905, conditions
worse for lower classes, led to protests outside Czar's Winter
Palace
,October Manifesto - --answers---signed by Czar Nicholas II to
establish constiutional monarchy and give legislative power to
parliament; he violated it which led to Bolshevik Revolution of
1917
Black Death - --answers---aka bubonic plague, killed 1/3 of
population, ended feudalism
countries with larger indigenous populations - --answers---
Guatemala, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Paraguay, Mexico
Potsdam Conference - --answers---1945, brought US-Soviet
differences to light
Conference at Yalta - --answers---1945, divided Germany into
Allied-controlled zones
Dumbarton Oaks conference - --answers---1944, established
Security Council (US, England, Soviet Union, France, China as
permanent members)
Tehran Conference - --answers---FDR's proposed
replacement for League of Nations (later became UN)
The First Intifada - --answers---1988, uprising of Palestinians
on West Bank, prompted Reagan to initiate peace talks with
Yasser Arafat
,Yellow River Valley - --answers---China, began to develop
into a cultural center during the Neolithic Era (12,000-10,000
BCE)
Where can a filibuster take place? - --answers---The Senate
(the House has strict rules that limit debate)
Government Accountability Office - --answers---Organization
maintained by Congress to oversee the effectives of
government spending
17th amendment - --answers---1913, allowed citizens to
choose Senators by election and participating in a popular vote
hard money - --answers---campaign funds given directly to a
candidate, regulated by Federal Election Commission
independent expenditure - --answers---a political campaign
communication that expressly advocates for the election or
defeat of a clearly identified candidate that is not made in
cooperation, consultation or concert with or at the request or
suggestion of a candidate, candidate's authorized committee or
political party
soft money - --answers---money donated to political parties
in a way that leaves the contribution unregulated
, Presidential candidates are eligible for public funding if they
raise $5000 per state in how many states? - --answers---20
Which state does NOT have a bicameral legislature? - --
answers---Nebraska
What is the main difference between a primary election and a
caucus? - --answers---Caucus= privately run by political
parties, primary= indirect election run by state/local
governments
Party Leaders and Elected Officials (PLEO) - --answers---
Puerto Rico, Guam, and American Samoa delegates in the
Democratic National Convention
intermediate directions - --answers---(4): northwest,
northeast, southwest, southeast
flow-line map - --answers---describes the movement of
people, trends, or materials across a physical area
political map - --answers---depicts the man-made aspects of
geography, such as borders and cities
qualitative map - --answers---uses lines, dots, and other
symbols to illustrate a particular point (i.e. the expansion of an
empire)