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Equal Time Rule - ANSWERS-the rule that requires broadcast stations to sell air time equally to all candidates in a political campaign if they choose to sell it to any
The Fairness Doctrine - ANSWERS-A policy that required the holders of broadcast licenses both to present controversial issues of public importance and to do so in a manner that was — in the FCC's view — honest, equitable, and balanced
What country was formerly known as Northern Rhodesia? - ANSWERS-Zambia
What country was formerly known as Southern Rhodesia? - ANSWERS- Zimbabwe
What country was formerly known as Taganyika or Zanzibar? - ANSWERS- Tanzania
What country was formerly known as South-West Africa? - ANSWERS-Namibia
What country was formerly known as Siam? - ANSWERS-Thailand
What country was formerly known as Zaire? - ANSWERS-Democratic Republic of the Congo
What country was formerly known as Dahomey? - ANSWERS-Benin
Smith-Mundt Act - ANSWERS-Prohibits the US government from domestically disseminating public diplomacy outreach materials intended for foreign audiences
Which Roman Emperor built a massive wall across Northern Britain in 122 A.D. - ANSWERS-Hadrian
Who wrote the document known as the 95 Theses? - ANSWERS-Martin Luther
How many amendments does the Constitution have? - ANSWERS-
Price elasticity of demand - ANSWERS-a measure used in economics to show the responsiveness, or elasticity, of the quantity demanded of a good or service to a change in its price when nothing but the price changes
Formula for price elasticity of demand - ANSWERS-PED = Percentage change in quantity demanded/Percentage change in price
How many countries border China? - ANSWERS-
Which 3 countries have the largest populations in Africa? - ANSWERS-Nigeria is #1 with 183 million, Ethiopia #2 with 98 million and Egypt #3 with 84 million
Which US president served two non-consecutive terms? - ANSWERS-Grover Cleveland; 1885-89, 1893-
Which U.S. president signed into law the Civil Rights Act? - ANSWERS-Lyndon B. Johnson; 1964
The Warren Commission was established for what purpose? - ANSWERS- Investigate the assassination of JFK; 1963
What was the Scopes trial about? - ANSWERS-Teaching evolution in schools
What is the highest (from sea level to top) mountain in South America? - ANSWERS-Aconcagua is the highest mountain outside of Asia, at 6,960.8 metres (22,837 ft), and by extension the highest point in both the Western Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere
What Latin American capital city was built on the site of the Aztec Empire's capital, Tenochtitlan? - ANSWERS-Mexico City
When is it more useful to focus on intangible rewards and corporate culture than strict rules? - ANSWERS-An emphasis on corporate culture and intangible rewards is useful when work is creative and self-directed.
Missouri Compromise - ANSWERS-Allowed Missouri to join the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state, keeping the balance of power between the North and South; 1819
What was the first "third party" in the US? - ANSWERS-The Anti-Masonic Party
Great Compromise - ANSWERS-AKA the Connecticut Compromise; made by Constitutional Convention in which states would have equal representation in one house of the legislature and representation based on population in the other house; 1787
What century was Atila the Hun from? - ANSWERS-5th Century AD
formula for price elasticity of supply - ANSWERS-% change in quantity supplied / % change in price
When the price of good X rises the demand for good Y also rises. Are X and Y complements or substitutes? - ANSWERS-Substitutes
Continental Divide - ANSWERS-Series of mountain ridges stretching from Alaska to Mexico, marking the separation of drainage basins that empty into the Pacific Ocean or Bering Sea from those that empty into the Arctic or Atlantic Oceans or the Gulf of Mexico
What country was formerly called Ceylon? - ANSWERS-Sri Lanka
Smallest country on Earth - ANSWERS-Vatican City
What is the tallest mountain on earth when measured from its oceanic base (below sea level)? - ANSWERS-Mauna Kea (in Hawaii)
Virginia Plan - ANSWERS-Virginia delegate James Madison's plan of government, in which states got a number of representatives in Congress based on their population
New Jersey Plan - ANSWERS-A constitutional proposal that would have given each state one vote in a new congress
What year was the Democratic party founded and by whom? - ANSWERS-It was founded in 1828 by Andrew Jackson and Martin van Buren
What year was the Republican party founded? - ANSWERS-
What decade was the Whig party founded and why? When did it end and why? - ANSWERS-Formed in the 1830s to oppose Andrew Jackson's Democratic party; Dissolved in 1854 because of internal tension over the expansion of slavery to the territories
What US presidents belonged to the Whig party? - ANSWERS-William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore
Marbury v Madison - ANSWERS-This case establishes the Supreme Court's power of Judicial Review
Emergency Quota Act - ANSWERS-Restricted the number of immigrants admitted from any country annually to 3% of the number of residents from that same country living in the US; added two new features to American immigration law: numerical limits on immigration and the use of a quota system for establishing those limits (1921)
Immigration Act - ANSWERS-Cut quotas for foreigners from 3 % to 2% of the total number of immigrants. The main purpose was to freeze America's existing racial composition and prevent immigration from Asia (1924)
George HW Bush years in office - ANSWERS-1989-
Ronald Reagan years in office - ANSWERS-1981-
Jimmy Carter years in office - ANSWERS-1977-
Gerald Ford years in office - ANSWERS-1974-
Richard Nixon years in office - ANSWERS-1969-
Lyndon B Johnson years in office - ANSWERS-1963-
JFK years in office - ANSWERS-1961-
Eisenhower years in office - ANSWERS-1953-
What was the Early Modern Period characterized by? - ANSWERS-Scientific experiments, improvements in technology, and the early nation-state (15th- 18th centuries)
What are 2 unique aspects about the US constitution, compared to other countries' constitutions? - ANSWERS-It is the shortest and oldest written Constitution still in use today
Which legislative chamber(s) voted to impeach Clinton? - ANSWERS-A House majority voted to impeach him but the Senate voted to acquit him of the charges
Communications Decency Act - ANSWERS-the first notable, but failed, attempt by the United States Congress to regulate pornographic material on the Internet
Which ECA program brings non-U.S. citizens to the U.S. for graduate study? - ANSWERS-Hubert Humphrey Fellowship program
What is a sunshine law? - ANSWERS-a law requiring certain proceedings of government agencies to be open or available to the public.
Define cognitive dissonance - ANSWERS-An inner tension occurring when one holds two conflicting ideas simultaneously
Members of the Allied Powers of WWI - ANSWERS-Britain, France, Russia, US
Members of the Central Powers of WWI - ANSWERS-Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire
About what percentage of US imports come from China? - ANSWERS-About 15%
