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WGU SOCIAL SCIENCE
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| AN ELECTION THAT REALIGNS THE PARTIES IDEOLOGIES AND THEIR ABILITY TO ATTRACT VOTERS | CRITICAL ELECTION |
| CRITICAL ELECTIONS -- YEAR & PRESIDENT | 1800 JEFFERSON, 1860 LINCOLN, 1896 MCKINLEY |
| FAITHFUL PARTY MEMBERS WHO ARE MORE IDEOLOGICAL THAN THE GENERAL PUBLIC. | PARTY ADVOCATES |
| PARTIES DURING THE PERIOD OF JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY | WHIGS, DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS |
| WHO WON 7 OUT OF 9 ELECTIONS FROM 1860-1892? | REPUBLICANS |
| WHO CONTROLLED THE PRESIDENCY ALMOST EVERY ELECTION FROM 1800 UP TO THE CIVIL WAR? | DEMOCRATS |
| INDUSTRIALIZATION WAS DRIVEN BY | STEAM, OIL, STEEL AND COAL |
| CARNEGIE & J.P. MORGAN | STEEL COMPANIES |
| ROCKEFELLER | OIL |
| A GOVERNMENT IN WHICH POWER IS DIVIDED BETWEEN NATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. | FEDERALISM |
| THE NATIONAL AND STATE GOVERNMENTS HAD DISTINCT JURISDICTIONS. THE STATES AND CONGRESS BATTLED MOST FIERCELY OVER THE REGULATION OF INTERSTATE COMMERCE. | DUAL FEDERALISM |
| THE ONSLAUGHT OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION ALTERED THE BALANCE OF FEDERALISM | COOPERATIVE FEDERALISM |
| THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT DURING THIS PERIOD TOOK A LARGER AND LARGER ROLE IN GOVERNING. | COERCIVE FEDERALISM |
| A LAW CONGRESS IMPOSES ON STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WITHOUT PROVIDING THE MONEY NEEDED FOR IMPLEMENTATION. | UNFUNDED MANDATE |
| THE RETURN OF POWER AND AUTHORITY TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS BY THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT. | DEVOLUTIONARY FEDERALISM |
| SUPREME COURT RULED THAT CONGRESS COULD CREATE A NATIONAL BANK. IT FURTHER RULED THAT THE STATES COULD NOT TAX SUCH A BANK. | MCCOLLOCH V. MARYLAND |
| THE SUPREME COURT RULED THAT CONGRESS HAD EXCEEDED ITS AUTHORITY UNDER THE COMMERCE CLAUSE. LOPEZ HELD THAT TAKING A GUN TO SCHOOL WAS NOT AN ACT OF INTERSTATE COMMERCE. | U.S. V. LOPEZ |
| THE COURT RULED THAT STATES HAD TO PAY MINIMUM WAGES TO THEIR EMPLOYEES. | GARCIA V. SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN TRANSIT AUTHORITY |
| ASSERTED THAT STATES COULD CHOOSE NOT TO IMPLEMENT LAWS PASSED BY CONGRESS. | NULLIFICATION DOCTRINE |
| WHICH ELECTION MARKED THE BEGINNING OF THE REPUBLICANS RISE TO POWER AND THE END OF THE WHIGS? | ELECTION OF 1856 |
| WHEN REPRESENTATIVES GATHERED TO DRAFT A CONSTITUTION THEY TURNED TO WHAT? | THE MAGNA CARTA WHICH WAS WRITTEN 575 YRS BEFORE THE CONSTITUTION |
| WHAT WAS THE MAIN WEAKNESS OF THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION | EACH STATE RETAINED SOVEREIGNTY & UNICAMERAL CONGRESS |
| AMENDING THE ARTICLES REQUIRED WHAT? | A MAJORITY VOTE IN CONGRESS AND A UNANIMOUS VOTE OF THE STATES |
| UNDER THE ARTICLES CONGRESS COULD NOT DO WHAT? | TAX |
| WHAT IS THE MOST USEFUL TOOL IN UNDERSTANDING RELATIONSHIPS, SIZES, ORIENTATIONS AND SHAPES? | A GLOBE |
| THE MOST SUCCESSFUL FLAT MAPS USE WHAT? | CYLINDRICAL PROJECTIONS |
| MERIDIANS OF LONGITUDE ARE PARALLEL TO ONE ANOTHER AND THE EQUATOR IS TANGENT TO THE GLOBE. | CYLINDRICAL PROJECTION |
| WHO CREATED THE FIRST PROJECTION MAP IN THE 16TH CENTURY? | GERARD MERCATOR |
| PROJECTED THE PARALLELS OF LATITUDE GROWING FURTHER APART AS THEY LEFT THE EQUATOR | MERCATOR MAP -- USED TODAY ONLY TO CAPTURE THE CORRECT SHAPE OF OBJECTS. |
| INTRODUCED IN THE 20TH CENTURY, PRESERVES BOTHE THE SHAPE AND RELATIONSHIP OF THE GLOBE; HOWEVER, IT IS DIFFICULT TO NDERSTAND OREIENTATION AND BECAUSE THE CONE IS BISECTED AT A MERIDIAN, ONE SECTION IS ALWAYS MISSING | CONIC PROJECTIONS |
| THE MOST USEFUL PROJECTION MAPS TODAY EMPLOY? | EQUAL-AREA PROJECTIONS THAT USE HORIZONTAL PARALLELS. THE PROJECTION IS USUALLY SPLIT MID-OCEAN. |
| THE BEST EQUAL-AREA PROJECTION MAPS WERE CREATED BY? | CARL MOLLWEIDE IN THE EARLY 19TH CENTURY & BY A.H. ROBINSON IN THE 20TH CENTURY. |
| WHAT ARE THE TWO MOST POWERFUL INFLUENCES ON CLIMATE? | ELEVATION AND LATITUDE |
| EXPERIENCE HIG VARIATIONS AND EXHIBIT DISTINCT SEASONAL CHANGES. | REGIONS IN HIGH LATITUDES (FARTHER FROM EQUATOR) |
| RECEIVE MOSTLY DIRECT RAYS FROM THE SUN AND EXHIBIT SMALL SEASONAL CHANGES, REMAINING TROPICAL YEAR ROUND. | REGIONS IN LOW LATITUDES (NEAR THE EQUATOR) |
| WHAT IS THE GREATEST INFLUENCE ON CLIMATE AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE MODERN ERA? | HUMANS |
| WHAT HAS A MASSIVE INFLUENCE ON THE ENVIRONMENT? | POPULATION GROWTH |
| WHAT DICTATES POLITICAL BOUNDARIES? | PHYSICAL FEATURES, CULTURAL AREAS AND GEOMETRIC LINES |
| EXAMPLES OF PHYSICAL FEATURES | RIO GRANDE RIVER & PYRENEES MOUNTAINS |
| PHYSICAL LOCATION OFTEN DETERMINES CULTURAL TRAITS SUCH AS? | CUISINE, CLOTHING AND FAMILY ORGANIZATION. |
| SHOWS CHANGES OF ALTITUDE | RELEIF MAP |
| CLIMATE OF A REGION | CLIMATE MAP |
| MANMADE FEATURES, SHOWS RELATIVE POSITION | TOPOGRAPHICAL MAP |
| COUNTRY NAMES, BORDERS, PHYSICAL OCEAN FEATURES AND ISLAND NAMES, BOUNDARIES, DIVISIONS AND CAPITALS | POLITICAL MAP |
| 1ST AND 16TH CENTURY, LAND MASSES ARE DISTORTED, ONLY USEFUL TO UNDERSTAND THE SHAPES OF THINGS | MERCADO GLOBE |
| EQUAL AREA | MOLDED AND GOODE MAPS |
| SPLIT INTO SECTIONS | GOODE MAP |
| LITTLE DISTORTION, NO DISRUPTION, USED BY NATIONAL GEOGRAPHY SOCIETY AND MOST EDUCATION INSTITUTES | ROBINSON MAP |
| LOCATION ACCESSIBLE FROM MANY AREAS | SUCCESSFUL CITIES |
| CHAIN OF ISLANDS | FISHING/HUNTING CULTURE WITH TRADE CONTACTS |
| HEAVY FOREST WITH HIGH RAINFALL | HUNTER/GATHERS |
| AREAS WITH GRASS COVER THAT IS LARGELY UNSUITABLE FOR FARMING | CATTLE RAISING |
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