Question 1

Of the following classical societies, which was located in South Asia?&#10;A)Greek&#10;B)Roman&#10;C)Han&#10;D)Mauryan

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The Mauryan society was located in South Asia.
Key Takeaway: The Maurya Empire was a large and extremely powerful empire that ruled in ancient India from about 321 to 185 B.C.E. The Mauryan Empire was one of the largest to ever rule the Indian subcontinent. It dissolved in 185 with the founding of the Sunga Dynasty in Magadha. The Greek and Roman societies were located in the Mediterranean and the Han Dynasty was located in China.

Question 2

What scientific accomplishment is Nicolaus Copernicus best known for?&#10;A)Elaborating upon the existing theory of the elliptical orbits&#10;B)He invented the telescope.&#10;C)He created the world's first working microscope.&#10;D)He mathematically proved heliocentric theory.

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Nicolaus Copernicus is best known for proving heliocentric theory.
Key Takeaway: Copernicus set into motion an absolute intellectual earthquake when he proved that the earth and other planets revolved around the sun. His conclusions were all confirmed by Tycho Brahe, Johannes Kepler, and Galileo during the Scientific Revolution in the 1600s. However, because Catholic doctrine held that the sun revolved around the earth (God's home for humanity), it was highly dangerous to show support for heliocentric theory.

Question 3

In the time period from 1450 to 1750, England rose as a dominant power in the Indian Ocean. What was the primary reason for this?&#10;A)The English had established trading posts that were now supported by the Mughal Empire.&#10;B)The use of joint-stock companies allowed private investors to benefit from trade in the Indian Ocean.&#10;C)The English defeated the Chinese in the Opium War.&#10;D)The Ottoman Empire had trouble maintaining their power in the Indian Ocean.

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During the time period from 1450 to 1750, England rose as a dominant power in the Indian Ocean because the use of joint-stock companies allowed private investors to benefit from trade in the Indian Ocean.
Key Takeaway: The British East India Company was a British joint-stock company that was formed in order to pursue trade with the East Indies, but that ended up mainly trading with India and China instead. The Company was frequently granted special rights and privileges, including trade monopolies and exemptions and remained a powerful force in and over India for more than 200 years. This allowed England to rise to a dominant power in and around the Indian Ocean.

Question 4

In the late 1800s, which Filipino guerilla leader fought the Spanish and then the United States?&#10;A)Edward Ramos&#10;B)Emilio Aguinaldo&#10;C)Ferdinand Marcos&#10;D)Mateo Buenviaje

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In the late 1800s, the Filipino guerilla leader Emilio Aguinaldo fought the Spanish and then the United States.
Key Takeaway: Emilio Aguinaldo was an independence leader, a politician, and a Filipino general who played a key role in the Philippine Independence movement. Until 1901, Emilio Aguinaldo fought the American takeover of the Philippines. The United States forces suppressed Aguinaldo's solders in their campaign to colonize the Philippines and to have a key naval base in the Pacific.

Question 5

During the American Revolution, John Adams defended the British soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre.&#10;A)False&#10;B)True

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True. During the American Revolution, John Adams defended the British soldiers who had been involved in the Boston Massacre.
Key Takeaway: During the American Revolution John Adams defended the British soldiers who had been involved in the Boston Massacre. On March 5, 1770, a group of British troops opened fire on colonists who had been harassing British soldiers, leading to the death of Crispus Attucks, a colonial black, and two others. This became known as the Boston Massacre. The British soldiers who were involved were placed on trial and were defended by John Adams and Josiah Quincey. All but two of the soldiers were acquitted of all charges.
Though the case was highly visible and controversial, Adams believed strongly in a person's right to a fair trial. There was evidence that some of the British were unfairly accused. The case set a key foundation for the new court system as America was born, which emphasized the right to a fair trial even in cases where prejudice was possible or even likely.

Question 6

For what were Julius and Ethel Rosenberg tried and found guilty?&#10;A)Being spies for Germany&#10;B)Being spies for Italy&#10;C)Giving information about the atomic bomb to the Soviet Union&#10;D)Giving up their U.S. citizenship and becoming communists

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Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were tried and found guilty for giving the Soviet Union information about the atomic bomb.
Key Takeaway: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were United States citizens who were accused, tried, and found guilty of giving the Soviet Union information about the atomic bomb. Both of the Rosenbergs were executed in 1953, despite a great deal of public protest. This was probably the most famous spy case involved in the anti-communist movement in the 1950s.

Question 7

The debate at the Constitutional Convention regarding slavery was solved by the:&#10;A)Missouri Compromise&#10;B)Three-Fifths Compromise&#10;C)Bill of Rights&#10;D)Fugitive Slave Law

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The Three-Fifths Compromise was the final resolution at the Constitutional Convention following a lengthy debate about slavery and the disproportionate representation of Northerners over Southerners in the House of Representatives. The compromise ordered that slavery remain legal in the new country and that all slaves would be counted in the census upon which Congressional representation is assessed as three-fifths a person, which kept the North and South balanced in the lower House.

Question 8

Which Founders collaborated with Thomas Jefferson on the Declaration of Independence?&#10;A)Benjamin Franklin and John Adams&#10;B)John Adams and George Washington&#10;C)James Madison and Alexander Hamilton&#10;D)James Madison and Benjamin Franklin

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Benjamin Franklin and John Adams collaborated on the Declaration of Independence with Jefferson, though Jefferson is considered the primary author. Adams and Jefferson formed an enduring, though embattled, friendship during the Second Continental Congress. Adams' cousin Samuel Adams was one of the leaders of the movement and John Adams had risen to nearly equal ranks. It was John Adams who argued for Jefferson's appointment to write the Declaration.

Question 9

Which Founder is hailed as the &#34;Father of the Constitution?&#34;&#10;A)George Washington&#10;B)Alexander Hamilton&#10;C)Thomas Jefferson&#10;D)James Madison

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James Madison is considered the "Father of the Constitution." Not only did he play a pivotal role in the document's creation, he also authored The Federalist Papers with Hamilton and John Jay, which was the Federalists' appeal for public support and interpretation of the Constitution as it was chartered at the Constitutional Convention. The Federalist Papers remains the most effective tool for interpreting the Framers' intent in the Constitution.

Question 10

The possibility of treason is discussed in the U.S. Constitution in the Article pertaining to which government entity?&#10;A)The executive branch&#10;B)The states&#10;C)The judicial branch&#10;D)The legislative branch

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The possibility of treason is discussed in Article III, section 3, along with the provisions for the judicial branch of the government. The text explicitly states that Congress is a political body in which disagreements are to be expected, and the courts cannot convict a member of Congress for treason for a political disagreement.

Question 11

As of 2012, which state has the most electoral votes?&#10;A)New York&#10;B)Texas&#10;C)California&#10;D)Florida

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Question 12

What is the most significant contribution of The Federalist Papers?&#10;A)It remains the best analysis of how the framers of the Constitution intended the document to be interpreted and applied as law.&#10;B)It is the best historical record of the attitudes and beliefs of the Framers of the Constitution.&#10;C)It offers vital insight into the legal minds of three seminal Founders: James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and John Jay.&#10;D)It was the new nation's first demonstration of how powerful free press and free speech could be.

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Question 13

Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution is the only amendment that repeals another constitutional amendment?&#10;A)15th&#10;B)21st&#10;C)18th&#10;D)24th

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Question 14

Which of the following is not protected by the U.S. Bill of Rights?&#10;A)The right of a citizen to refuse to quarter a soldier outside of wartime&#10;B)The right of the states to be immune from lawsuits filed by citizens of other states&#10;C)The right of the government to collect income tax&#10;D)The right to be notified of legal accusations, to confront the accuser, to obtain witnesses and to retain counsel

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Question 15

Which of the following issues or organizations is not under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior?&#10;A)The National Park Service&#10;B)Maintenance of environmental quality&#10;C)The U.S. Geological Survey&#10;D)The Bureau of Land Management

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Question 16

Which Cabinet department has been most frequently led by military personnel?&#10;A)Department of Defense&#10;B)Department of Homeland Security&#10;C)Department of Veterans' Affairs&#10;D)Department of State

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Question 17

Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution recognized that the right to vote could not be denied to a citizen on the basis of gender?&#10;A)20th&#10;B)21st&#10;C)18th&#10;D)19th

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Question 18

What issue was at the heart of the court case The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes?&#10;A)The teaching of evolution in public schools&#10;B)Transporting obscene material through the postal service&#10;C)Flag-burning&#10;D)Interracial marriage

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Question 19

Which public high school played a pivotal role in American judicial history, first by refusing to desegregate in 1957, in violation of Brown v. the Board of Education, then by teaching evolution in a public school science class in an eventual U.S. Supreme Court case in 1968?

A)Beverly Hills High School (California)
B)Little Rock Central High (Arkansas)
C)Columbine High School (Colorado)
D)William McKinley High School (Lima, Ohio)

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Question 20

Which of the following rights is not guaranteed by the First Amendment to the Constitution?&#10;A)The right to be detained without cruel and unusual punishment&#10;B)The right to assemble peaceably&#10;C)The right to petition the government&#10;D)The right to publish or express one's view through mass media

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Question 21

When people giving testimony in a court of law &#34;plead the fifth,&#34; which constitutional right are they invoking?&#10;A)The right to due process under the law&#10;B)The right to withhold testimony to avoid self-incrimination&#10;C)The right not to be tried for a crime twice&#10;D)The right to be indicted by a grand jury

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Question 22

What is the legal difference between Massachusetts, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Virginia, which are commonwealths, and the other forty-six states?&#10;A)There is no legal difference.&#10;B)Their state legislatures are organized differently.&#10;C)These four states have greater local sovereignty.&#10;D)The legal differences, which once mattered, have been overruled by Federal law.

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Question 23

The Secret Service is under the jurisdiction of which Cabinet department?&#10;A)Department of Homeland Security&#10;B)Department of Defense&#10;C)Department of State&#10;D)Department of Treasury

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Question 24

Which list is the correctly ordered line of succession for the U.S. presidency, as it follows the vice president?&#10;A)Speaker of the House, Senate majority leader, Secretary of State, Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court&#10;B)Speaker of the House, President pro tempore of the Senate, Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury&#10;C)Secretary of State, Speaker of the House, Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, Senate majority leader&#10;D)President pro tempore of the Senate, Secretary of State, Speaker of the House, Secretary of Defense

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Question 25

Which American charter concludes with the following passage? &#34;...we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.&#34;&#10;A)The Articles of Confederation&#10;B)The U.S. Constitution&#10;C)The Declaration of Independence&#10;D)The Bill of Rights

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Question 26

Which American presidency was highlighted by an ambitious trip to China that stabilized a 25-year rift between the two superpowers?&#10;A)Richard Nixon&#10;B)Ronald Reagan&#10;C)George H.W. Bush&#10;D)Bill Clinton

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Question 27

What controversial tactic can a President use to let a bill die without vetoing it directly?&#10;A)Filibuster&#10;B)Pocket veto&#10;C)Cloture&#10;D)Tabling

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Question 28

What direct control does the U.S. Senate have over the president's power to establish treaties with other nations?&#10;A)The Senate must approve the treaty by a two-thirds majority before it can enter into force.&#10;B)The Senate Foreign Relations Committee must approve any negotiation between the president and the negotiating party of another nation.&#10;C)The president pro tempore of the Senate, acting as a representative for the entire U.S. Congress, must sign every treaty after each nation's executive has signed it.&#10;D)The Senate has no direct control over the president's power to establish treaties.

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Question 29

Which Amendment to the U.S. Constitution gave women the right to vote?&#10;A)17th&#10;B)18th&#10;C)19th&#10;D)20th

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Question 30

If a candidate wins an election with an absolute majority, how much of the votes did he or she receive?&#10;A)50% of all votes cast in that race&#10;B)More than 50% of all votes cast in that race&#10;C)The largest share of votes between all the candidates in that race&#10;D)At least 66% of all votes cast in that race

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Question 31

When a court case, problem or dispute is formally solved in a fashion that is enforceable by law, the issue has been:&#10;A)Ruled&#10;B)Settled&#10;C)Adjudicated&#10;D)Heard

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Question 32

Which article of the U.S. Constitution provides for a presidential cabinet?&#10;A)Article I&#10;B)Article II&#10;C)Article III&#10;D)It is not discussed in the Constitution.

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Question 33

In how many states did the Dixiecrats supplant the Democratic Party on ballots for the 1948 federal election?&#10;A)4&#10;B)2&#10;C)0&#10;D)1&#10;

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Question 34

Which department is responsible for monitoring US borders?&#10;A)The Department of Defense&#10;B)The State Department&#10;C)The Department of Homeland Security&#10;D)The Department of the Interior

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Question 35

What is the Department of the Interior responsible for?&#10;A)Protecting US internal security&#10;B)Managing US natural resources and heritage sites&#10;C)Maintaining US government buildings&#10;D)Coordinating internal transportation

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Question 36

What political party was George Washington a member of?&#10;A)Republicans&#10;B)Democrats&#10;C)Whigs&#10;D)He wasn't in a political party.

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Question 37

Which of the following does not automatically confer US citizenship?&#10;A)Being born in the US&#10;B)Having one US citizen as a parent&#10;C)Going through the nationalization process&#10;D)Being born in Puerto Rico

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Question 38

What is the highest rank in the US Army?&#10;A)General of the Armies&#10;B)Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff&#10;C)General of the Army&#10;D)Secretary General

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Question 39

Which branch of the US military does not report to the Secretary of Defense?&#10;A)The Army&#10;B)The Marines&#10;C)The Coast Guard&#10;D)All branches report to the Secretary of Defense.

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Question 40

Which branch of government did the US constitution intend to be dominant?&#10;A)The executive branch&#10;B)The legislative branch&#10;C)The judicial branch&#10;D)None of them was intended to be dominant.

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Question 41

S. Constitution establishes that the president has the responsibility of receiving foreign ambassadors to the United States in which part of the document?&#10;A)Article II, section 3, clause 3&#10;B)Article III, section 3&#10;C)Article I, section 4, clause 2&#10;D)Article I, section 6, clause 3

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Question 42

Who was the first African-American woman elected to the U.S. Congress?&#10;A)Yvonne Brathwaite Burke&#10;B)Shirley Chisholm&#10;C)Carol Moseley Braun&#10;D)Barbara Jordan

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Question 43

Which of the following people would benefit most immediately from a writ of habeas corpus?&#10;A)A judge making a decision in a court case&#10;B)A lawyer arguing a court case&#10;C)A prisoner detained unlawfully&#10;D)Anyone accused of a crime, regardless of guilt

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Question 44

The biggest criticism of the No Child Left Behind Act is:&#10;A)The measure of success is based on general improvement rather than end-goal completion.&#10;B)It favors gifted and talented students.&#10;C)It encourages teachers to &#34;teach to the test.&#34;&#10;D)It is does not offer incentives to schools, districts and states to invest the extra time and resources into achieving the higher goals (such as increased funding).

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Question 45

Many activists believed that terminating grandfather clauses, which exempted voters from literacy tests, would help enfranchise African-American voters, but it had the unintended consequence of doing what?

A)Enfranchising undocumented immigrants because carrying identification (like an I.D. card) was less common during that time and election officials had trouble weeding non-citizens out of the voter pool
B)Enfranchising more women voters who should have been able to vote but couldn't due to their inability to demonstrate patrilineal descent
C)Disenfranchising many African-American voters who were afraid to go to the polls due to the upsurge in violent retaliation white election officials began to employ to continue blocking black voters
D)Disenfranchising many poor, white, predominantly Southern voters who could not pass literacy tests but were previously able to vote due to a grandfather clause

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Question 46

As of 2012, in a presidential election year, the President of the United States is elected and inaugurated on which days?&#10;A)The first Tuesday after the first Monday in November; January 20 the following year&#10;B)The second Tuesday in November; January 21 the following year&#10;C)The first Tuesday in November; January 20 the following year&#10;D)The first Tuesday after the first Monday in November; January 21 the following year

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Question 47

Before FEMA became an independent federal agency, which Cabinet department was responsible for its oversight?&#10;A)Department of Energy&#10;B)Department of Homeland Security&#10;C)Department of the Interior&#10;D)Department of Housing and Urban Development

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Question 48

Which Congressional bill was passed in 2001 as the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act and became law on the first day of 2003?&#10;A)The McCain-Feingold Bill&#10;B)The Shays-Meehan Bill&#10;C)The Leiberman Bill&#10;D)The Sarbanes-Oxley Bill

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Question 49

Which group of voters watching or listening to the 1960 presidential debate between John Kennedy and Richard Nixon believed Nixon to be the winner of the debate?&#10;A)Urban African-American voters&#10;B)People who listened to the debate on the radio&#10;C)White Southern voters&#10;D)People who watched the debate on television

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Question 50

Who was the first African-American elected to the U.S. Congress?&#10;A)Frederick Douglass&#10;B)Booker T. Washington&#10;C)Oscar de Priest&#10;D)Hiram Rhodes Revels

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Question 51

Which presidential candidate was caught by television cameras checking his watch during a debate, which many voters saw as a signal he was out of touch with the issues and that the time was running out on his presidency?&#10;A)George W. Bush (2004)&#10;B)Ronald Reagan (1984)&#10;C)George H. W. Bush (1992)&#10;D)Bill Clinton (1996)

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Deck 20: History