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Who was the French artillery officer who rose to become Emperor of France in 1804 and who overcame Ausrtia at Austerlitz (1805), Prussia at Jena (1806), and threatened Great Britain with invasion and bloackade, and came to terms with Russia in the Treaty if Tilsit (1807)? Finally, he was decisively beaten at the Battle of Waterloo by the Duke of Wllington.
A) Ferdinand de Lesseps B) Charles de Gaulle C) Louis XIV D) Napoleon Bonaparte E) Georges Pompidou |
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| In the early 1990's, the Serbs, Croats, and Bosnian Muslims fought among themselves on territory that had once been what former communist nation? |
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| What was the name given to the unsuccessful United States-sponsored invasion of Cuba by Cuban refugees organized, trained, and supplied by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in April 1961 in an attempt to overthrow the Catro regime? |
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| As of 1997, who were the five nations who were "permanent" members of the United Nations Security Council? |
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China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. |
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| The Democrats and Republicans symbolize the concept of the two-party system in the American politics. The two-party system originated and was well established during the administration of George Washington. One of the parties at that time was called the Democratic-Republicans. What was the name of the other party? |
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| One of the states in the Union was acquired from Russia in 1876 for $7.2 million by President Andrew Johnson's Secretary of State, William Henry Seward. The acquisition was popularly known as "Seward Folly", and no interest was expressed in the faraway possession until gold was discovered in the Yukon in 1896. What is this state? |
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| Which on of the following statements about the American Revolutionary Was is factually INCORRECT? |
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| An overwhelming majority of Americans fully supported the war effort. |
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| In the British political system, the "Question Period" refers to: |
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| Members of the House of Commons interrogating government officials about any issue of concern. |
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| On what platform was Abraham Lincoln elected president of the United States? |
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| The French Revolution began when a group of middle-class radicals took over the administration with the help of a Paris mob and tried to set up a constitutional monarchy. In what year did the French Revolution begin? |
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| NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, was originally created in 1949 for what purpose? |
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| To prevent the Soviet invasion of Europe. |
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| In the ten U.S. presidential elections from 1960 to 1996, which os the following men were all elected as Republican presidents? |
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| At the height of the Vietnam conflict in 1968, the number of U.S. combat troops in Vietnam was at a peak. Which one of the following is nearest to the approximate figure? |
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Which currency was replaced by the Euro?
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| What was the name of the Augustinian monk who rebeled against the abuses within the Roman Catholic Church and was the first great inspirer of the Reformation? |
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| What insititution, which was cited as a model among its peers, is called the "mother of Parliaments" because of its rigid historical traditions as a legislative assembly? |
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| British House of Commons. |
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Which one of the following was the famous German field marshall who was also known as the "Desert Fox"? He served in World War 1, was prominent in the annexations of Central Europe and came close to destroying the British Eighth Army before being defeated by it at the Battle of El Alamein.
Adolf Hitler, Konrad Adunauer, Erwin Rommel, Klemmens Metternich, or Napolean Bonaparte. |
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| England used the Molasses Act of 1733 to: |
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| Prohibit trade between its American colonies and France's West Indian colonies. |
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| November 11, 1918, is a famous date in history becasue an armistice was signed, bringing a major war to an end. Which war was it? |
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| The stock market crash was the culmination of the boom market and unrestrained speculation of the Coolidge era, which ushered in prolonged depression followed by increasing unemployment, bank failures, and business disaters.When did the crash of the stock market take place? |
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| The atomic bombs that were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki finally ended which war? |
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| The U-boat was a submarine used extensively during World War 2 in the battle of the Atlantic. What does the "U" stand for? |
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| What was the name commonly given to anti-allied forces in World War 2? |
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| The scandal of Watergate, the opening of the American relations with the People's Republic of China, the Paris Peace Accords, and the Kent State killing of four college students all ocured during the administration of which American president? |
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| When the Suez Canal was nationalized in July 1956, threatening British communications with the East, both France and Great Britain intervened, precipitating a major political crisis. The nationalization also resulted in an Israeli attack against Egypt, which outraged world public opinion. Who was responsible for te nationalization of the canal? |
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| President Gamal Abdel Nasser. |
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| In 1997, at which age were young men in America required to register with Selective Service? |
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| Which one of the following states resulted from the decisive Battle of San Jacinto on April 21, 1836? |
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| What common factor linked the following presidents: Abraham Lincoln, William McKinley, and James Garfield? |
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| If both U.S. president and vice presidet died at the same time, who would be the next in line to become president? |
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| President Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United States, is credited with having nationalized the practice of basing appointments on party service. What was this practice called? |
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| When the Treaty of Paris was signed with Spain on December 10, 1898, following the Spanish-American War, Spain withdrew from Cuba and ceded to the United States three of its territories, two of which were Puerto Rico and the Philippines. What was the third? |
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| The first U.S. president to be inaugurated in Washington, D.C., the new capitol, was settle in office on March 4, 1801. Who was this president? |
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Which of the following was the controversial and influential British economist who, in seeking to understand the causes of the depression of the 1930's, showed that demad in total was determined by expenditures and that full employment was necessary for recovery?
A) John Stuart Mills B) John Maynard Keynes C) Thomas Malthus D) Harold Laski E) Sidney Webb |
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The TVA, formed in 1933 and considered a pacesetter among governement-owned corporations, has determined and encouraged a seven-state region with rural electrification; industrialization along the riverfront; land, soil, forest, and strip-mine reclamation; flood damage programs; and demonstration projects in man-made lakes, outdoor recreation, and conservation education. It is also the prime source of power for U.S. atomic and space programs. What does TVA stand for?
A) Trans Valley Authority B) Tennessee Valley Authority C) Texas Valley Authority D) Territorial Voluntary Authority E) Tr-State Viaduct Authority |
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| Tennessee Valley Authority |
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| What s the term commonly used to describe the tax on personal and corporate incomes used to finance federal, state, and local governments? |
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| Internationally, an important concept is the "most-favored-nation principle", or MFN. MFN deals with the general issue of: |
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What country must import more than half of it's daily supply of petroleum?
A) United States B) Saudi Arabia C) Kuwait D) Mexico E) Dubia |
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| What does inflation do to the purchasing power of the American dollar? |
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| It decreases purchasing power. |
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| The primary role of a federal reserve bank is to be a(n): |
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| What is the stock market term commonly used for an investor or concern that sells shares in the expectation that prices will fall? |
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| In Keynesian economics, unemployment compensation, Social Security benefits, food stamps, and farm subsidies are all examples of: |
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| Basically, the price of any commodity in the market is traditionally governed by the: |
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| Laws of Supply and Demand |
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| NAFTA is a trade association whose three international members are: |
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| Mexico, Canada, and the United States |
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| The wages that employees recieve are generally different from the real purchasing power of such wages. This difference is commonly known as: |
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| What is the name given to common stock in a company known nationally for the quality an wide acceptance of its products or services and its ability to make money and pay dividends? |
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| What federal executive department, established in 1913, is responsible for the economic and technological growth of the United States? |
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Karl Marx (1818-1883) and Friedrich Engels (1820-1895) collaberated to write a famous treatise in which they proclaimed that historical change is caused by class struggle and that the modern struggle is between the owners of economic production (the bourgeoisie) and the workers (the proletariat), who must overthrow the owners and redistribute the wealth. What is the name of this treatise?
A) The Communist Manifesto B) Das Kapital C) Grammar of Politics D) Reflections on the Revolution of Our Time E) Arms and the Man |
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What is the name given to a corporation's accounting year?
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| Third World countries charge that most American multinational corporations are exploiting poor countries by cutting into domestic manufacture, jacking up prices, and withholding technology from consumer countries. Which one of the following best describes multinationals? |
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| Corporations with worlwide activities either in the field of manufactur or sales or both. |
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| The Clayton Anti-Trust Act of 1914 is a low that is applicable to all industries. The act prohibits: |
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| What is the popular name for laws that various states have enacted to protect the public against seurity fraud? |
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| Nation A buys $11.9 billion of exports from Nation B. Nation B spends $12 billion purchasing exports from Nation A. Therefore, Nation A has what kind of trade relationship with Nation B? |
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| A slightly favorable balance of trade. |
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| What is the term commonly used to describe a condensed statement showing the nature and amount of a company's assets, liabilities, and capital on a given date? |
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| "Centrally planned economies" are usually state-run economies in which private enterprise is virtually nonexistant. Prior to the demise of communism in the early 1990s, which one of the following groups of countries fell into this category? |
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| A "tariff" is essentially a tax on: |
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The Brenton Woods international monetary system, which lasted from 1946 through 1973, was a system in which the value of the U.S. dollar was fixed in terms of gold. The international monetary system that replaced Bretton Woods was based upon the fundamental concept of:
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| Which one of the following best describes a form of government in which the state assumes responsibility for minimum standards of living for all? |
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| If the U.S. dollar becomes "weaker" or declines in value against the Japanese Yen, then an American consumer who wished to purchase a Japanese VCR would find that the VCR's price: |
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| Increased, i.e., became more expensive. |
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| What federal institution exercises the following functions: (1) determines and collects duties and taxes on merchandise imported to the United States, (2) controls importers and exporters and their goods, (3) works to control smuggling and revenue fraud? |
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| The Louisiana Territory was purchased in 1803 for $80 million francs from a French emperor. Who was he? |
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