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The human implications of quantum mechanics that fuel popular discussion arise in the "measurement problem" and "entanglement." That's at least how we refer to these topics in a physics class, where we rarely go much beyond their mathematical formulation. These same issues are also legitimately discussed more broadly in terms of the nature of reality, universal connectedness, and consciousness. But we don't distract physics students with excursions into issues that extend embarrassingly beyond the boundaries we define for our discipline. Science historian Jed Buchwald notes: "Physicists . . . have long had a special loathing for admitting questions with the slightest emotional content into their professional work." Accordingly, unlike the biology student able to defend evolution against Intelligent Design, a physics student may be unable to convincingly confront unjustified extrapolations of quantum mechanics.
1. This passage is mainly concerned with
a. “measurement problem” and “entanglement”
b. interpretations of physics
c. the debate around evolution vs. Intelligent Design
d. the social responsibility of teaching physics
The human implications of quantum mechanics that fuel popular discussion arise in the "measurement problem" and "entanglement." That's at least how we refer to these topics in a physics class, where we rarely go much beyond their mathematical formulation. These same issues are also legitimately discussed more broadly in terms of the nature of reality, universal connectedness, and consciousness. But we don't distract physics students with excursions into issues that extend embarrassingly beyond the boundaries we define for our discipline. Science historian Jed Buchwald notes: "Physicists . . . have long had a special loathing for admitting questions with the slightest emotional content into their professional work." Accordingly, unlike the biology student able to defend evolution against Intelligent Design, a physics student may be unable to convincingly confront unjustified extrapolations of quantum mechanics.
2. The author of this passage suggests which of the following?
a. physicists are humanists
b. physics is an abstract science
c. physics students are not armed with the information to defend theories such as quantum mechanics
d. the study of physics is open-ended
Justly catalogued, Roberta Holland belonged to the idle rich. She would have objected to the latter classification, averring that, with the rising cost of furs and automobile upkeep, she had barely enough to keep her head above the high tide of Fifth Avenue prices. As to idleness, she scorned the charge. Had she not, throughout the war, performed prodigious feats of committee work, all of it meritorious and some of it useful? She had. It had left her with a dangerous and destructive appetite for doing good to people. Aside from this, Miss Roberta was a distracting young person. Few looked at her once without wanting to look again, and not a few looked again to their undoing.
3. This passage centers around
a. a doctor
b. a printer
c. a young lady
d. a tailor
Justly catalogued, Roberta Holland belonged to the idle rich. She would have objected to the latter classification, averring that, with the rising cost of furs and automobile upkeep, she had barely enough to keep her head above the high tide of Fifth Avenue prices. As to idleness, she scorned the charge. Had she not, throughout the war, performed prodigious feats of committee work, all of it meritorious and some of it useful? She had. It had left her with a dangerous and destructive appetite for doing good to people. Aside from this, Miss Roberta was a distracting young person. Few looked at her once without wanting to look again, and not a few looked again to their undoing.
4. What does the author mean in lines 14-16 when he says that Miss Holland had “a dangerous and destructive appetite for doing good to people?”
a. that she was cannibalistic
b. that her charitable works oftentimes ended with people dying
c. that her desire to do good was self-serving and useless
d. that sometimes people do not want charity, and what might be perceived as helpful, really is not
In 1954, when James (Big Jim) Folsom was running for a second term as governor of Alabama, he drove to Clayton, in Barbour County, to meet a powerful local probate judge. This was in the heart of the Deep South, at a time when Jim Crow was in full effect. In Barbour County, the races did not mix, and white men were expected to uphold the privileges of their gender and color. But when his car pulled up to the curb, where the judge was waiting, Folsom spotted two black men on the sidewalk. He jumped out, shook their hands heartily, and only then turned to the stunned judge. "All men are just alike," Folsom liked to say. Big Jim Folsom was six feet eight inches tall, and had the looks of a movie star. He was a prodigious drinker, and a brilliant campaigner, who travelled around the state with a hillbilly string band called the Strawberry Pickers. The press referred to him (not always affectionately) as Kissin’ Jim, for his habit of grabbing the prettiest woman at hand. Folsom was far and away the dominant figure in postwar Alabama politics, and he was a prime example of that now rare species of progressive Southern populist.
5. Choose from the following the phrase Big Jim Fulsom “liked to say.”
a. All men are just alike
b. Racism is here to stay
c. I'll shake hands with anybody
d. I love Barbour County
In 1954, when James (Big Jim) Folsom was running for a second term as governor of Alabama, he drove to Clayton, in Barbour County, to meet a powerful local probate judge. This was in the heart of the Deep South, at a time when Jim Crow was in full effect. In Barbour County, the races did not mix, and white men were expected to uphold the privileges of their gender and color. But when his car pulled up to the curb, where the judge was waiting, Folsom spotted two black men on the sidewalk. He jumped out, shook their hands heartily, and only then turned to the stunned judge. "All men are just alike," Folsom liked to say. Big Jim Folsom was six feet eight inches tall, and had the looks of a movie star. He was a prodigious drinker, and a brilliant campaigner, who travelled around the state with a hillbilly string band called the Strawberry Pickers. The press referred to him (not always affectionately) as Kissin’ Jim, for his habit of grabbing the prettiest woman at hand. Folsom was far and away the dominant figure in postwar Alabama politics, and he was a prime example of that now rare species of progressive Southern populist.
6. Big Jim Fulsom was running for which office?
a. Governor of Alabama
b. Senator for Alabama
c. Representative of Clayton
d. Mayor of Clayton
In 1954, when James (Big Jim) Folsom was running for a second term as governor of Alabama, he drove to Clayton, in Barbour County, to meet a powerful local probate judge. This was in the heart of the Deep South, at a time when Jim Crow was in full effect. In Barbour County, the races did not mix, and white men were expected to uphold the privileges of their gender and color. But when his car pulled up to the curb, where the judge was waiting, Folsom spotted two black men on the sidewalk. He jumped out, shook their hands heartily, and only then turned to the stunned judge. "All men are just alike," Folsom liked to say. Big Jim Folsom was six feet eight inches tall, and had the looks of a movie star. He was a prodigious drinker, and a brilliant campaigner, who travelled around the state with a hillbilly string band called the Strawberry Pickers. The press referred to him (not always affectionately) as Kissin’ Jim, for his habit of grabbing the prettiest woman at hand. Folsom was far and away the dominant figure in postwar Alabama politics, and he was a prime example of that now rare species of progressive Southern populist.
7. Of the following choices, which is the nickname the press had for Jim Fulsom?
a. Kissin' Fool
b. Baby Hugger
c. Kissin' Jim
d. Strawberry Fulsom
Teddy bears have been around since 1902. The teddy bear came into being when President Theodore Roosevelt refused to shoot a black bear held captive by his hunting party. Also worth noting is that President Roosevelt's refusal to shoot this captive bear became a very popular political cartoon by Cliff Barryman.
A Brooklyn shopkeeper was inspired by the cartoon. The shopkeeper then asked President Roosevelt his permission to name a toy bear "Teddy." Thus became the creation of the teddy bear.
8. This passage might best be described as
a. a biographical sketch
b. a descriptive narrative
c. a historical recounting
d. a political satire
At the most wretched hour between a black night and a wintry morning in the year 1777, Mrs. Dudgeon, of New Hampshire, is sitting up in the kitchen and general dwelling room of her farm house on the outskirts of the town of Websterbridge. She is not a prepossessing woman. No woman looks her best after sitting up all night; and Mrs. Dudgeon's face, even at its best, is grimly trenched by the channels into which the barren forms and observances of a dead Puritanism can pen a bitter temper and a fierce pride. She is an elderly matron who has worked hard and got nothing by it except dominion and detestation in her sordid home, and an unquestioned reputation for piety and respectability among her neighbors, to whom drink and debauchery are still so much more tempting than religion and rectitude, that they conceive goodness simply as self-denial. This conception is easily extended to others--denial, and finally generalized as covering anything disagreeable. So Mrs. Dudgeon, being exceedingly disagreeable, is held to be exceedingly good. Short of flat felony, she enjoys complete license except for amiable weaknesses of any sort, and is consequently, without knowing it, the most licentious woman in the parish on the strength of never having broken the seventh commandment or missed a Sunday at the Presbyterian church.
9. Choose from the following the word or phrase the author uses to describe how the neighbors perceive goodness.
a. Drink and debauchery
b. Self denial
c. Amiable weaknesses
d. Prepossession
At the most wretched hour between a black night and a wintry morning in the year 1777, Mrs. Dudgeon, of New Hampshire, is sitting up in the kitchen and general dwelling room of her farm house on the outskirts of the town of Websterbridge. She is not a prepossessing woman. No woman looks her best after sitting up all night; and Mrs. Dudgeon's face, even at its best, is grimly trenched by the channels into which the barren forms and observances of a dead Puritanism can pen a bitter temper and a fierce pride. She is an elderly matron who has worked hard and got nothing by it except dominion and detestation in her sordid home, and an unquestioned reputation for piety and respectability among her neighbors, to whom drink and debauchery are still so much more tempting than religion and rectitude, that they conceive goodness simply as self-denial. This conception is easily extended to others--denial, and finally generalized as covering anything disagreeable. So Mrs. Dudgeon, being exceedingly disagreeable, is held to be exceedingly good. Short of flat felony, she enjoys complete license except for amiable weaknesses of any sort, and is consequently, without knowing it, the most licentious woman in the parish on the strength of never having broken the seventh commandment or missed a Sunday at the Presbyterian church.
10. What does the author mean when he writes: "Drinking and debauchery are still so much more tempting than religion and rectitude."
a. That they drink and behave badly instead of pray
b. That they would rather gossip about those who drink and act wild than pray
c. That they try very hard not to drink and act wild
d. That those who drink and act wild are to be pitied
11. Directions: In the sentence below, select the underlined portion that contains an error. “I never said all actors is cattle; what I said was all actors should be treated like cattle.” -Alfred Hitchcock
a. I never said
b. is
c. all actors
d. Treated
12. Emily is looks forward to the concert, hoping to get a good seat and meeting up with old friends.
a. looks forward
b. hoping to get
c. meeting up
d. Old
13. After you complete the report, just send it to my office by e-mail and I respond within 24 hours.
a. complete
b. send
c. e-mail
d. I respond
14. The customer lost her debit card in the ATM machine while trying to make a transaction.
a. customer
b. debit card
c. machine
d. Transaction
15. Give the baby their bottle then he will go to sleep.
a. their
b. then
c. go
d. To
16. Directions: In the sentence below, select the best choice for the underlined portion.
Paul is excited about her new car.
a. she
b. its
c. his
d. Her
17. He ate the chicken soup however he felt much better.
a. He ate the chicken soup wherever he felt much better.
b. He ate the chicken soup however he felt much better.
c. He ate the chicken soup so he felt much better.
d. He ate the chicken soup rather than he felt much better.
18. That tray of appetizers contained much fewer celery and carrot sticks than the others.
a. much less celery and carrot sticks
b. much lesser celery and carrot stick
c. much fewer celery and carrot sticks
d. much lower celery and carrot sticks
19. Because Lois prefers vegetables, she sincerely eats meat.
a. rarely
b. sincerely
c. luckily
d. happily
20. Directions: In the sentence below, select the best choice to replace the underlined portion.
My mother’s doctor told her it was anybodys guess as to how she caught a cold.
a. was anybody's guess
b. was anybodys guess
c. was somebodys guess
d. was nobody's guess
21. Which of the following fiction genres usually feature settings out of Earth or in the future?
a. Adventure
b. Historical Fiction
c. Science Fiction
d. Myth
22. Parent’s and teacher’s know that when students are in good health, they get better grades in school, gaining in self-esteem and self-confidence . Which of the following is the best way to write the underlined portion of the above sentence? If you think the original is best, choose option (A).
a. Parent's and teacher's know
b. Parent's and Teacher's know
c. Parents' and teachers' know
d. Parents and teachers know
23. The company plans to renovate and reopen some of the closed stations along the route, in addition to building some new ones. If you rewrite the above sentence beginning with the words In addition to building some new ones, the next words should be
a. the company plans to renovate
b. renovate and reopen
c. the closed stations
d. along the route
24. An encyclopedia is ideal for which of the following tasks?
a. learning about a specific historical figure
b. writing a poem
c. reading a complicated textbook
d. studying geography
(1) The dog plays an important role in many people's lives today. (2) As a companion to an older person who is living alone, the dog can bring a sense of well-being. (3) For people who are ill, the benefits of companionship have been measured as showing an actual strengthening of the immune system.
25. If you rewrote Sentence (2) starting with the words The dog can bring a sense of well being, the next words should be which of the following?
a. to an
b. as a
c. living alone
d. who is
26. John Donne, in Holy Sonnet X, refers to death as a "slave to fate, chance, kings and desperate sucking men." This is an example of which of the following?
a. hyperbole
b. simile
c. characterization
d. Personification
27. Adolescence was a trying period, but it is also an exciting one. Which of the following is the best way to write the underlined portion of the above sentence? If you think the original is the best way to write the sentence, choose option (A).
a. Adolescence was
b. Adolescence is
c. Adolescence to be
d. Adolescence had been
28. Mary was sure that her mother would be angry since it was two hours past her curfew.
If you rewrote this sentence beginning with Since it was two hours past her curfew, the next word(s) should be
a. would be angry
b. her mother
c. Mary was sure
d. that her mother
29. I had no idea how much responsibility was involved with being a dog owner.
What change should be made to the above sentence?
a. no change is necessary
b. add a comma after responsibility
c. add a comma after involved
d. capitalize owner
Let my viciousness be emptied,
Desire and lust banished,
Charity and patience,
Humility and obedience,
And all the virtues increased.
- Thomas Aquinas
30. The above is an example of which of the following forms of poetry?
a. sonnet
b. limerick
c. haiku
d. Elegy
31. When Jill creates a coffee drink, she can choose from 4 kinds of milk, 6 flavor shots, and 2 toppings. If she wants to make a coffee drink using milk, a flavor shot, and a topping, how many different kinds of drinks can she make?
a. 8
b. 12
c. 24
d. 48
32. The table shows the areas of the seven largest hot deserts in the world. Which desert occupies about 16% of the total area?
a. Arabian
b. Gobi
c. Kalahari
d. Great Basin
33. A certain car needs 15 gallons of gasoline to travel 300 miles. At this rate, how many gallons are needed to travel 500 miles?
a. 16
b. 20
c. 25
d. 30
34. A jewelry store owner buys a gold chain from the manufacturer and sells it in her store with a 10% mark-up on the cost price for $1,100. How much did she pay the manufacturer for the gold chain?
a. $110
b. $990
c. $1,000
d. $1,200
35. What single transformation maps square ABCD to square A'B'C'D'?
a. Reflection across the line y = -x
b. Reflection across the line y = x
c. A 180° counterclockwise rotation about the origin
d. An enlargement, center the origin, scale factor 1
36. The graph shows how the value of Tom's house changed from 2000 to 2009. Tom's house was worth $200,000 in the year 2000. As the decade progressed, the value of the house increased, but in 2009 its value decreased. Tom had expected the upward trend to continue as in previous years. How much less than expected was Tom's house actually worth in 2009?
a. Approximately $40,000 less
b. Approximately $60,000 less
c. Approximately $80,000 less
d. Approximately $100,000 less
37. If the average (arithmetic mean) of 8 numbers is greater than 10 and less than 12, which of the following could be the sum of the 8 numbers?
a. 80
b. 90
c. 100
d. 110
38. The ratio of 1.5 to 18 is the same as the ratio of x to 2.4. What is the value of x?
a. 3.6
b. 4
c. 2.0
d. 0.2
39. A store's appliance inventory is shown in the bar graph. Approximately how many blenders are in stock?
a. 50
b. 60
c. 65
d. 70
40. The bar graph illustrates the percent of the population by age groups that smoked tobacco in the years 1978 and 2005. Which age group showed the greatest percent decrease?
a. 16 - 19
b. 20 - 24
c. 35 - 49
d. 50+
41. What is the perimeter of the rectangle?
a. 45
b. 28
c. 18
d. 10
42. In his latest math test Simon was asked to find the length of the base of the triangle. He gave the answer b = 2.
This was his step-by-step argument:
1. 90° ÷ 5 = 18°
2. x° must be 3 × 18° = 54°
3. y° = 180° - (54° + 90°) = 180° - 144° = 36°
4. b = 36 ÷ 18 = 2
Which lines of Simon's argument are incorrect?
a. Line 1
b. Line 2
c. Line 4
d. Lines 2 and 4
43. Water is poured into a cylindrical tank. The tank starts off empty and the water is poured in at a constant rate until the tank is full. If h inches is the height of water in the tank after time t minutes, then which of the following correctly shows the shape of the graph illustrating the relationship between h and t?
a.
b.
c.
d.
44. On a Monday in autumn, a bird watcher noticed 12 birds flying south. On Tuesday, he saw 15 and on Wednesday he saw 18. If this trend continues, how many birds will he see on Friday?
a. 12
b. 21
c. 24
d. 30
45. 1/3 of 60 is equal to what percent of 50?
a. 20%
b. 100 / 3%
c. 40%
d. 60%
46. If A is the set of whole numbers from 1 to 20 inclusive, what is the ratio of numbers in A that are divisible by 3 to numbers in A that are not divisible by 3?
a. 1 : 2
b. 1 : 3
c. 3 : 7
d. 2 : 3
47. Solve for the positive value of x:
4x2 + 7 = 43
a. 4
b. 3
c. 2
d. 9
48. Which of the following conditions would make 2a – 2b < 0?
a. a = b
b. b > 0
c. a < b
d. a > b
49. If the number you start with is 10, how many circuits of the flow chart will be made before the process stops?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 5
50. David wanted to work out 1,000 ÷ 800 ÷ 8, but he didn't have a calculator.
'I think I can do it this way,' David said to his friend Tom:
1,000 ÷ 800 ÷ 8 = 1,000 ÷ 100 = 10
Tom worked out the answer on his calculator and got 0.15625. 'You're wrong,' he told David. 'That law doesn't work for division.'
Which law was Tom trying to remember?
a. Division is not distributive over addition
b. Division is not associative
c. Division is not commutative
d. Division is not equivalent to multiplication by a reciprocal
51. A woman pulls a card out of a standard 52 card deck of playing cards. If the deck is thoroughly shuffled, what is the likelihood that she will draw a diamond?
a. 1 in 52
b. 1 in 13
c. 4 in 13
d. 1 in 4
52. What is the length of line segment AB?
a. 3.15 units
b. 3.3 units
c. 6.35 units
d. 6.7 units
53. The owner of a shoe store buys a pair of shoes for $45 and sells them for $54. What is the percent mark-up on the cost price?
a. 9%
b. 16.7%
c. 20%
d. 25%
54. The average (arithmetic mean) of 7, 20, and x is 20. What is the value of x?
a. 27
b. 32
c. 33
d. 40
55. Simplify this expression:
√(22 * 32) - √52
a. 1
b. 0
c. -1
d. < -1
56. A rectangular swimming pool has a volume of 8,640 cubic feet. If its length is 60 feet and its depth is 6 feet, what is the width of the pool in feet?
a. 16
b. 24
c. 28
d. 36
57. Flour, sugar and baking soda are mixed by weight in the ratio of 6:4:2, respectively, to produce a certain type of cookie. In order to make 6 pounds of this dough, what weight of sugar, in pounds, is required?
a. 4
b. 2
c. 7/6
d. ¼
58. A farmer has a silo that can hold 240 bushels of corn. He estimates that it is about 6/7 full of corn. Which value is closest to the number of bushels of corn in the silo?
a. 200
b. 210
c. 225
d. 250
59. The total cost of a car rental is the sum of
(1) A basic fixed rental charge for the car; and
(2) An additional charge for every 25 miles traveled.
If the total cost to rent a car and drive it 50 miles is $200 and the total cost to rent a car and drive it 200 miles is $245, what is the total cost in dollars to rent a car and travel 450 miles?
a. $500
b. $120
c. $400
d. $320
60. x is 12 times more than 2 times the square root of 36. What is the value of x?
a. 144
b. 36
c. 12
d. 6
61. Cotton grows best in areas with a high amount of rainfall, but not too much, because cotton also needs a lot of direct sunlight. Also, from the time the cottonseeds are planted to when the bolls are plucked, there should not be any periods of frost or freezing temperatures. Which of the following regions of the United States meets these requirements?
a. Northeast.
b. Northwest.
c. Southeast.
d. Southwest.
62. “The final cause, end, or design of men, (who naturally love liberty, and dominion over others), in the introduction of that restraint upon themselves, (in which we see them live in common-wealths), is the foresight of their own preservation, and of a more contented life thereby; that is to say, of getting themselves out from that miserable condition of War, which is necessarily consequent (as hath been shown) to the natural passions of men, when there is no visible power to keep them in awe, and tie them by fear of punishment to the performance of their covenants, and observation of these laws of nature set down in [previous] chapters.” Which of the following political theorists is the author of the preceding passage?
a. John Locke.
b. Adam Smith.
c. Thomas Hobbes.
d. David Hume.
63. Which of the following created the first salt water passage between the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea?
a. Panama Canal.
b. Canal du Midi.
c. Aire Canal.
d. Suez Canal.
64. Which of the following astronomers was the first to formulate a coherent theory to explain that the apparent motion of the sun, stars, and planets is due to the fact that the Earth revolves around the sun as well as rotates on its own axis?
a. Aryabhata.
b. Copernicus.
c. Galileo.
d. Ptolemy.
65. What did the Treaty of Verdun accomplish?
a. Marked the end of World War I.
b. Split the Holy Roman Empire into three sections.
c. Partitioned sections of the Ottoman Empire into French and British mandates.
d. Marked the end of the war between the Holy Roman and Ottoman Empires.
66. According to the terms of the Yalta Conference in 1945, Stalin assured Churchill and Roosevelt that:
a. Soviet troops would withdraw from Eastern Europe.
b. Free elections would be held in Poland.
c. Soviet troops would withdraw from Berlin.
d. He had no intention of developing an atomic bomb.
67. The Fourth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States is the standard of reference for which of the following legal concepts?
a. Double jeopardy.
b. Due process.
c. Eminent domain.
d. Probable cause.
68. Which of the following was the first major intervention by forces deployed under orders of the United Nations Security Council?
a. The Gulf War.
b. Operation in the Congo.
c. Operation in Yemen.
d. The Korean War.
69. All of the following statements accurately describe the effects of the Three-Fifths Compromise, EXCEPT:
a. Indians were not counted for the purposes of representation.
b. Three-fifths of the total number of free Blacks in Northern states was counted for the purposes of representation.
c. For the purposes of taxation, three-fifths of the total number of slaves was added to the total whole number of free persons in Southern states.
d. Southern states received more representation in the Electoral College with the Compromise than without it.
70. Which of the following BEST describes the main idea behind social Darwinism?
a. Competition among individuals, groups, nations or ideas drives social evolution.
b. Human beings are not any better than animals on a fundamental level.
c. Substandard members of society should be exterminated.
d. Illness and death among human beings is necessary and good.
71. Who was President of the United States during the time of The Louisiana Purchase?
a. Washington.
b. Adams.
c. Jefferson.
d. Madison.
72. Which of the following is FALSE about the Boston Massacre?
a. It involved the death of civilians at the hands of British troops.
b. It encouraged rebellion in the colonies.
c. It led to further loyalty to the monarchy.
d. The British soldiers were represented in court by John Adams.
73. Two clauses—“the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances”—are found in which of the following Amendments to the United States Bill of Rights?
a. First Amendment.
b. Second Amendment.
c. Fifth Amendment.
d. Tenth Amendment.
74. A Senate committee that holds hearings to check on whether or not the National Park Service is allowing selective logging in national parks would be considered an example of:
a. A confirmation hearing.
b. An investigative hearing.
c. A legislative field hearing.
d. A legislative oversight hearing.
75. Which of the following pair of writers is most closely associated with the Harlem Renaissance?
a. Edith Hull and Josiah Gilbert Holland.
b. Fannie Hurst and William Dean Howells.
c. Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston.
d. Clarence Hawkes and Laura Lee Hope.
76. "I have here in my hand a list of...names that were made known to the Secretary of State as being members of the Communist Party and who nevertheless are still working and shaping policy in the State Department."
The quote above is most likely attributable to which of the following?
a. Franklin D. Roosevelt.
b. John F. Kennedy.
c. Martin Luther King, Jr.
d. Joseph McCarthy.
77. Which of the following accounts for England’s neutrality with respect to the American Civil War?
a. England’s African and Indian possessions.
b. Threat of French intervention if England entered the War.
c. Bribes from the North.
d. Southern hospitality.
78. The geological process and study of the movement, division and collision of continents is called:
a. Cartography.
b. Geography.
c. Plate tectonics.
d. Topography.
79. Which of the following is BEST defined by the condition in which an individual has the ability to act according to his or her own will?
a. Liberty.
b. Authority.
c. Legitimacy.
d. Power.
80. Which of the following is the MOST significant regarding the Code of Hammurabi?
a. It was created entirely by a Mesopotamian king
b. It is the best preserved ancient law code.
c. It provided guidelines of conduct.
d. It detailed basic laws for the common man.
81. “I consider, then, the power to annul a law of the United States, assumed by one state, incompatible with the existence of the Union, contradicted expressly by the letter of the Constitution, unauthorized by its spirit, inconsistent with every principle on which It was founded, and destructive of the great object for which it was formed." The preceding passage refers to which of the following events of Andrew Jackson’s Presidency?
a. Abolishment of the Second Bank of the United States in 1832.
b. Indian Removal Act of 1830.
c. Nullification Crisis of 1828–1832.
d. Texas Independence in 1836.
82. Which of the following is an area of land adjacent to water on three sides?
a. A bay.
b. A headland.
c. A gulf.
d. A fjord.
83. All of the following occurred during Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution, EXCEPT:
a. The universities were shut down.
b. Dissidents were imprisoned.
c. Elites were re-educated.
d. Military power increased.
84. The last of the thirteen colonies, established in 1733, was
a. New York
b. Massachusetts
c. Delaware
d. Georgia
85. The Prime Meridian passes through which of the following countries?
a. United States.
b. Australia.
c. England.
d. Colombia.
86. Canada’s National Parliament is located in which of the following cities?
a. Toronto.
b. Montreal.
c. Ottawa.
d. Calgary.
87. All of the following are true of the Supreme Court of the United States, EXCEPT:
a. It is a court of original jurisdiction in cases affecting ambassadors.
b. It is a court of appellate jurisdiction in cases involving the death penalty.
c. It is a court of exclusive jurisdiction in the case of disputes between two or more states.
d. It is a court of criminal jurisdiction in cases involving the death penalty.
88. Which of the following was the first real test of the new American government?
a. the Louisiana Purchase
b. the Battle of New Orleans
c. the Monroe Doctrine
d. the Whiskey Rebellion
89. Which of the following philosophers did NOT espouse communism?
a. Karl Marx.
b. Vladimir Lenin.
c. Niccolo Machiavelli.
d. All of the above espoused communism.
90. In 1954, the Geneva Conference established which of the following as a provisional border between North and South Vietnam?
a. 11th parallel.
b. 17th parallel.
c. 38th parallel.
d. 43rd parallel.
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