History, Culture, & Citizenship

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The Columbian Exchange played a key role in the spatial ________ of maize cultivation from Mexico to farms worldwide.

How do humans use wood?

Which of the following is the most recently adopted use of oceans by humans?

Which of the following geographic factors was NOT a factor in the growth of the African slave trade to the New World?

Which historical event caused all of these geographic effects: pollution, coal mines, and human migrations?

Spatial diffusion describes how a(n) ___________ spreads from its starting location to a new area(s).

Which of the following phenomena spread during a period of time to a larger area (i.e. underwent spatial diffusion)?

Votes reported by Japanese prefecture can reveal political differences, if any, between _______ and _______ areas.

A map displaying money spent campaigning by U.S. state during 2012 election cycle indicates how ________ distributed.

Bolivia, Paraguay, Czechoslovakia, Zimbabwe, Chad, Afghanistan, Mongolia, Nepal, and Laos are all ___________.

Egypt and Panama share the distinction of having critical _______________ in their territories.

Demand for liquid fuels, lubricants, chemicals, and plastics make nations with large __________ deposits more powerful.

In drought-prone and/or polluted areas, control of limited _____ ______ resources makes a nation more powerful.

Larger nations can often support larger populations and boast more natural ________.

Japan, New Zealand, Australia, Taiwan, Iceland, Indonesia, and Great Britain share the geographic factor of ______.

The North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) raises the economic power of Mexico, the U.S., and Canada via _________.

A ________ government often has religion-based laws and religious leaders who are also political leaders.

The government of Oman features a Sultan who inherited the right of absolute rule from his father. It is a __________.

After French Revolution/Reign of Terror, Napolean siezed power. In 1804, he crowned himself Emperor, forming a _______.

The ______ North Korean government exercises a large degree of political, economic, and social control over its people.

In the classical "polis" (city-state) of _________ Athens, male citizens had political and individual rights.

In a republic, citizens vote for ___________ who propose and vote on legislation.

Public policy decisions can be debated from what perspective?

Hitler heightened the German people's __________ zeal by appealing to Germany's greatness and destiny of empire.

Staying informed, voting, paying taxes, volunteering, serving in the military, and holding public office show ________.