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Question 1

Clay, silt, gravel, or similar material deposited by running water is known as

A : anthracite

B : batholiths

C : bituminous

D : riverine

E : alluvia

Answer: A

Question 2

All of the following increased tensions between North and South over slavery EXCEPT

A : the Fugitive Slave Act

B : Uncle Tom’s Cabin

C : “Bleeding Kansas”

D : the rise of the Know-Nothing Party

E : John Brown’s raid

Answer: D

Question 3

According to Piagetian theory, which of the following concepts is LEAST related to the other four?

A : Adaptation

B : Assimilation

C : Accommodation

D : Schema

E : Disequilibrium

Answer: D

Question 4

How did President Roosevelt justify the concessions made to Stalin at Yalta?

A : He convinced Stalin to cede back to Poland lands taken between 1939 and 1941.

B : He obtained promises of free and fair elections in Eastern Europe from Stalin

C : He obtained a promise that Russia would go to war with Japan

D : He was fearful of Russian military might in Eastern Europe

E : He planned a later conference where he would renegotiate the Yalta agreements.

Answer: C

Question 5

All of the following were reasons the English were interested in colonization EXCEPT

A : English merchants were looking for new markets

B : English landlords wanted to import their enclosure movement to the Americas to make money

C : the English, convinced there was a Northwest Passage to Asia, wanted to establish posts to supply ships going and back through the Northwest Passage

D : the English needed a base from which to attack Spanish treasure ships sailing back to Spain

E : eligious rivalry between Protestant England and Catholic Spain motivated England to establish a Protestantempire in the Americas

Answer: B

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