Social Studies 7-12 1 Flashcards
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The primary trigger of World War I was:
Answer: The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo in 1914 set off a chain reaction of alliance obligations among European powers, directly triggering the outbreak of World War I.
The concept of 'Manifest Destiny' in 19th-century American history refers to:
Answer: The belief that the United States was destined to expand westward across the North American continent
Manifest Destiny was the widely held belief in the 1800s that American settlers were destined by God and history to expand westward across the continent to the Pacific Ocean, which justified territorial expansion and displacement of Native peoples.
The power of judicial review in the United States — the authority to strike down laws as unconstitutional — was established by:
Answer: Marbury v. Madison (1803)
In Marbury v. Madison (1803), Chief Justice John Marshall established the principle of judicial review, asserting the Supreme Court's authority to declare acts of Congress unconstitutional, a power not explicitly stated in the Constitution.
A theocracy is a form of government in which:
Answer: Religious leaders or divine authority serves as the basis for governance
In a theocracy, the government is ruled by religious leaders or based on divine law — such as ancient Egypt under the pharaohs, or the Islamic Republic of Iran — where civic and religious authority are fused.
According to the law of supply in economics, when the price of a good rises (all else equal):
Answer: Producers are willing to supply a larger quantity of that good
The law of supply states that there is a direct (positive) relationship between price and quantity supplied — as price rises, producers are incentivized to bring more of a good to market because higher prices mean greater potential profit.
The Silk Road was historically significant primarily because it:
Answer: Linked East Asia, Central Asia, the Middle East, and Europe through overland and maritime trade routes
The Silk Road was an ancient network of trade routes connecting China and East Asia with South Asia, Persia, the Arabian Peninsula, East Africa, and Southern Europe, facilitating not only commerce in silk, spices, and other goods but also the exchange of ideas, religions, and technologies.