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Praxis 7815 Questions and Answers Latest Version Graded A+
What is the name of the time when people came to North America from England on the Mayflower?✔✔ The Pilgrims’ journey
What is the purpose of a timeline in social studies?✔✔ To show events in the order they happened
What do we call the lines on a globe that run north to south?✔✔ Lines of longitude
What do we call the lines on a globe that run east to west?✔✔ Lines of latitude
What is the name of the U.S. document that declared the colonies free from British rule?✔✔ The Declaration of Independence
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What is the term for people who move from one country to live in another?✔✔ Immigrants
What is a person who studies the past using artifacts called?✔✔ An archaeologist
What was the name of the ship that brought the Pilgrims to America?✔✔ The Mayflower
What is the name of the large purchase of land from France in 1803 that doubled the size of the U.S.?✔✔ The Louisiana Purchase
What is the main job of the President of the United States?✔✔ To enforce the laws
What is the name of the system that prevents one branch of government from becoming too powerful? 2 / 3
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✔✔ Checks and balances
What is a person called who makes goods by hand or with tools?✔✔ An artisan
What do we call goods brought into a country from another country?✔✔ Imports
What do we call goods sent from one country to be sold in another country?✔✔ Exports
What are natural resources?✔✔ Materials from nature that people use to meet their needs
What is the name of the first permanent English settlement in America?✔✔ Jamestown
What document freed enslaved people in Confederate states during the Civil War?
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