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What is meant by the term DEISM?

Leader of the Continental Army and First President of the United States

Well-born British colonial women who led a non-importation movement against British goods

The last eighteenth-century imperial struggle between Great Britain and France led to a decisive British victory in North America; this war lasted from 1754 to 1763 and was also called the Seven Years’ War in Europe (1756 to 1763).

These were a series of English mercantilist laws enacted between 1651 and 1696 to control trade with the colonies

  Quiz: Using Context Clues and Word Parts Directions: Use one of the word parts below to fill in the blanks and create a word that fits the context.               jec/ject (to throw)                                                       mis/miso (to hate)             junc/junct (to join)                                                      mono (one)             gen/gene (production, formation, origin, cause)              The airplane crash resulted from a weak ____________________ture point where the craft’s tail attached to the fuselage.

An eighteenth-century Protestant revival that emphasized individual, experiential faith over church doctrine and the close study of scripture

  Directions: Choose the appropriate answer to identify the pattern or patterns in each reading. Dogs are mammals, so are squirrels and people. Because mammals come in a bewildering variety of sizes and shapes, the question is what characteristics define the class known as mammals? The answer to that question has several parts because mammals have a number of defining characteristics. Mammals are vertebrates. That means they have a backbone. Mammals are also warm-blooded, have lungs, and breathe in air. Mammals are the only animals with real hair and the ability to produce milk. A mammal’s heart and lungs are divided from the stomach by a wall of muscle called the diaphragm. Mammals also have different types of teeth that are appropriate for different uses. Then, too, and not to be forgotten, mammal brains are more highly developed than the brains of other animals.

Which of the following is the term for mixing together the amalgam alloy and liquid into the amalgam material for use in a restoration?

  Quiz 2: Effective and Ineffective Paraphrasing Directions: Read each passage. Then select the letter of the best paraphrase.     Dean Kamen, award-winning inventor, has created a new battery-powered personal transportation device called the Segway Human Transporter. This device averages eight miles an hour, which is three times faster than walking pace, weighs only sixty-five pounds, and runs about fifteen miles for the cost of about ten cents’ worth of electricity. Mr. Kamen says that the Segway could cause cities to be redesigned, help wean the world from oil dependence, compress time and space for pedestrians, and raise productivity for corporations and government agencies.   (Adapted from Amy Harmon, “An Inventor Unveils His Mysterious Personal Transportation Device,”  The New York Times, Dec. 3, 2001, www.nytimes.com.) Paraphrase