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WGU US HISTORY EXAM 3 STUDY GUIDE (2023/2024) The historian who wrote "The South [prior to the Civil War] grew, but did not develop" meant that Select one: southern population increased, but new technology had bypassed the region. ulture remained the leading industry of the South, but the plantation system was declining. South had failed to move from an agrarian to an industrial economy. South had expanded as a geographic region but had developed little prosperity. South had cre...

Praxis Multiple Subjects 5001 - Full Study Guide Latest 2024 Graded A+ Marco Polo Merchant and Traveler Latitude the angular distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator, or of a celestial object north or south of the celestial equator, usually expressed in degrees and minutes -lines side to side Longitude the angular distance of a place east or west of the meridian at Greenwich, England, or west of the standard meridian of a celestial object, usually expressed in degre...

ABCTE Elementary Education Exam 206 Questions with Verified Answers Magna Carta - CORRECT ANSWER (1215) a charter of liberties (freedoms) that King John "Lackland" of Englad was forced to sign; it made the king obey the same laws as the citizens of his kingdom 13th Ammendment - CORRECT ANSWER officially abolished slavery, prohibits involuntary servitude. Articles of Confederation - CORRECT ANSWER 1st Constitution of the U.S. (weaknesses-no executive, no judicial, no power to tax, n...

The seventeenth-century medical practice of deliberately bleeding a person was based on the belief that a person needed to maintain a balance of different bodily fluids. Which statement about Spanish settlements in the New World is FALSE? a. Spanish gold and silver mines were enormously productive. b. Spanish colonies would form one of the largest empires in the history of the world. c. The Catholic Church was very interested in spreading Christianity in Mexico. d. The first Spanis...

Who founded Georgia and what was his position? James Edward Oglethorpe, leader of English Parliament When was Georgia founded and what was its purpose? -1732 -To serve as a buffer between colonies and Spanish controlled Florida Who was James Wright? -Georgia's third and final royal Governor who fled the colony when the American Revolution began -Battle of Rice Boats Yazoo Land Fraud: When did it happen, what happened, and how was it fixed? -1795 -Sale of land in Miss...

1739 slave rebellion near Stono, South Carolina. - ANSWER-Stono Rebellion A destructive war between English settlers and Native Americans in New England from 1675 to 1676. - ANSWER-King Philip's War A group of colonial resisters who coalesced around the time of the Stamp Act and led resistance to it. - ANSWER-Son of Liberty A major city on the Mississippi (near present-day St. Louis) that was a major political, economic, and religious center. It held a population of about 40,000 people...

The origins of the majority of human existence in North America began with migrations across an ancient land bridge over the Bering Strait. Prior to European contact, the eastern third of what is today the United States had the most abundant food resources of any region of the continent. The pre-Columbian North American peoples in the Pacific Northwest fished salmon as their principal occupation. Scholars estimate that human migration into the Americas over the Bering Str...

AFST 201 QUIZZES WITH CERTIFIED SOLUTIONS Sahara desert that covers the northern third of the African continent Africa continent in which the origins of humanity lie homo sapiens modern humans the power and status of women in ancient Egypt women held relatively high status, could own property, and be public officials grain production and the concept of monarchy influences Ancient Egypt received from Nubia Ancient Egyptians influenced the development and culture of Greece and later Western c...

As a result of the Adams-Onís Treaty, the United States gained which territory from Spain? - Florida The Long Expedition established a short-lived republic in Texas known as ________. - the Republic of Texas For what purposes did Thomas Jefferson send Lewis and Clark to explore the Louisiana Territory? What did he want them to accomplish? - Jefferson wanted Lewis and Clark to find an all-water route to the Pacific Ocean, strengthen U.S. claims to the Pacific Northwest by reaching it throu...

Vegetation Manipulation correct answer: periodic burning to manage vegetation; es new growing to attract animals sses undesirable veg 3. increase nutrient availability to plants domestication of crops correct answer: adapting/taming of wild species of plants to be used by humans needed: -achieve a secure food supply -sedentary populations were increasing -farming required more labor than h&g, but fed a larger pop. when successful climate changes created favorable growing conditions...