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What are two components of a universal policy? Insurance and Cash Account What are 3 details in the underwriting process for life insurance? Selection, classification, and rating of risks What…

Congress cannot summarily declare an American citizen guilty of a crime because of the Constitution’s ban on___ Bills of attainder Which of the following statements about the Bill of Rights…

Why is it important that we have a rigid lithosphere overlying a weak asthenosphere? If we did not have the rigid lithosphere an weak asthenosphere,the earth would not have plate…

Population: -over 38 million people in Central America. -Mestizos, people of mixed Native American and European heritage, and Amerindians, also known as Native Americans, make up 5/6 of the population…

Spain gained all of the gold and riches from the colonies they conquered. Why was Spain considered to be the wealthiest kingdom in Europe during 1550-1650? A religious truce. What…

bureaucracy a highly organized body of workers with many levels of authority warlord a military leader operating outside the control of the government civil service examination a test given to…

The Seven Years War 18th century global war between France and England in Europe, North America and India mercantilism the belief that the gov’t should control trade, use tariffs, monopolies,…

with respect to war the text explains that there is nothing in our human biology that makes it natural to go to war which of the following categories of the…

Battle of Cannae The most decisive military defeat in Roman History, which occured in the the 2nd Punic War against Carthage/Hannibal Prompted more serious defections to the Carthaginian side. This…

The Fourth largest continent South America South America is located mostly in this zone The Torrid Zone South America’s largest lake Lake Maracaibo The world’s highest navigable lake Lake Titicaca…

JUNE 24TH 1777 – John Paul Jones takes command of the Continental Navy sloop USS Ranger. While commanding Ranger, the ship receives the first official salute to the Stars and…

Qin Shihaungdi Literally “The first emperor from the Qin.” forcibly reunited China and established a strong and oppressive state Persian Empire A major empire that expanded from the iranian plateau…

Ferdinand of aragon/ Isabella of Castile Monarch of largest Christian kingdoms in Iberia; marriage with Isabella created a united Spain. Encomiendas Grants of indian laborers made to Spanish conquerors and…

The English takeover of New Netherland (which was subsequently renamed New York) was followed by the expulsion of the Dutch In the early days of the Virginia Colony, which is…

(T/F) The first newspaper produced in North America was Publick Occurrences, Both Foreign and Domestick. True (T/F) By the penny press era, the average newspaper cost eighteen cents per copy…

Polygyny A polygamous mating system involving one male and many females. Obeah A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery was practiced in parts of the West Indies…

Fronde A series of revolts by French nobles against the authority of Louis XIV, Cardinal Jules Mazarin, and Anne of Austria triggered by objections to high taxes and increasing royal…

Location of Sikhism Punjab (NW India) When did Sikhism develop? 15th century How many people practice Sikhism? 27 million; 9th largest religion Founder of Sikhism? Guru Nanak Teacher and student…

Stamp Act March 22, 1765 – British legislation passed measures which required that all legal or official documents used in the colonies had to be written on special, stamped British…

John Locke Government protects individual life, liberty and property. US Declaration of Independence = life, liberty and pursuit of happiness. If government doesn’t protect these rights, the people have the…