Question 1
The rising spikes in the increasing rates of inflation and unemployment that took place during the 1970s represent __________.
A) stagflation
B) an economic depression
C) a boom-and-bust cycle
D) sustainable growth
Question 2
Most Anti-Federalists __________.
A) opposed individual states having more power than the central government
B) felt that the influence of the average citizen on government should be checked
C) placed their trust in the virtue of representatives and leaders
D) distrusted the social and economic elite
Question 3
The Redeemers portrayed themselves as the __________.
A) leaders who had saved the Union from Confederate treason
B) valiant enforcers of the Constitution and states' rights
C) saviors of the South from the injustices of Republican rule
D) protectors of freedmen
Question 4
This map of the Middle East reveals that __________.
A) the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz had little relevance to American economic interests
B) the Middle East was still under the influence of European colonialism
C) U.S. dependence on Middle Eastern oil increased the importance of conflicts in this region for
Americans
D) the Soviet Union expanded into the Middle East in order to secure its oil reserves
Question 5
How did the political cartoon The Looking Glass for 1787 differ from the articles written in The Federalist?
A) It was crude rather than sophisticated in its methods of persuasion.
B) It supported the Anti-Federalist rather than the Federalist position.
C) It promoted a hopeful future for the United States.
D) It appealed to reason rather than to emotion.
Question 6
Jazz could best be described as a melding of European musical traditions and __________.
A) Latin music
B) folk music
C) African-American music
D) country music
European wildcat feeding its kittens, as illustrated in Brehm's Life of Animals
European hare (Lepus europaeus)
The declining age of menarche over the past 150 years has been measured in many European countries,
The European Core: Cities
Western musical instruments