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[07US] Study the two photographs below; then answer the question that follows. This pair of photographs suggests that the major purpose of the Carlisle Indian School was to _______.

[06US] Read the statements made by the following four speakers; then answer the question that follows. Speaker A: The right way to settle the question of slavery in the territories is to let the people who live there determine if their state is to be slave or free. Speaker B: The Supreme Court’s decision in Dred Scott v. Sanford is exactly what this country needs. Perhaps now the abolitionists will stop their meddling. Speaker C: Secession is unlawful and treasonous.Everything possible must be done to preserve the Union. Speaker D: The rights of the states must be protected. The federal government is exceeding its authority. The solution proposed by Speaker A is known as _______.

[15ECO] Read the excerpt below from a letter to a newspaper opposing the use of public funds to finance construction of a parking garage in a community’s downtown business district; then answer the question that follows. If this garage must be built, it should be financed by the people who will benefit most from its construction–downtown business owners. Public funds should be direct toward the creation of a healthy social and physical environment for our entire community. If we spend $2.5 million on a garage now, we will not be able to build a new community center or to increase recreational programming for teens, both of which are pressing needs at the moment. I urge citizens to consider the best uses for our limited revenues and to vote against building this garage with public funds. The writer’s argument in the excerpt above is based on which of the following economic concepts?

[16ECO] During the 1990s, the United States signed trade pacts such as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) that were designed to remove barriers to international commerce. A common argument made by organizations opposed to these initatives was that:

[04HIST] Global problems of uneven economic development, environment pollution, and hunger reflect the need for _______.

[17PSY] The behaviorist perspective of human learning is primarily concerned with the:

[09GEO] Study the map below; then answer the question that follows. Which geographic feature was used to establish the Proclamation Line of 1763?

[13GOV] The United States Supreme Court cited the idea of separate but equal to justify the decision in which of the following cases?

[04HIST] Read the following passage; then answer the question that follows. … The expansion of communications meant that the world got more deeply connected and became “flat,” in Thomas Friedman’s famous formulation. Cheap phone calls and broadband made it possible for people to do jobs for one country in another country—marking the next stage in the ongoing story of capitalism. With the arrival of big ships in the fifteenth century, goods became mobile. With modern banking in the seventeenth century, capital became mobile. In the 1990s, labor became mobile. People could not necessarily go to where the jobs were, but jobs could go to where people were. And they went to programmers in India, telephone operators in the Philippines, and radiologists inThailand. The cost of transporting goods and services has been falling for centuries. With the advent [coming] of broadband, it has dropped to zero for many services. Not all jobs can be outsourced—not by a long shot—but the effect of outsourcing can be felt everywhere.… — Fareed Zakaria, The Post-American World, W. W. Norton & Company, 2008 Which conclusion about the global economy is best supported by this 2008 passage?

[09GEO] What would a geographer conducting research be most likely to do?