MTTC 103 Exam Questions with Correct Answers
First Continental Congress - Answer-meeting of colonial leaders in Philadelphia in 1774, organized in response to the Intolerable Acts; colonial leaders later presented concerns to the king and were rebuffed
glasnost - Answer-soviet reform meaning ...
MTTC 103 Exam Questions
with Correct Answers
First Continental Congress - Answer-meeting of colonial leaders in Philadelphia in 1774,
organized in response to the Intolerable Acts; colonial leaders later presented concerns
to the king and were rebuffed
glasnost - Answer-soviet reform meaning openness
humid continental climate - Answer-located in the middle latitudes, the agriculturally
productive, true four-season climate
humid subtropical climate - Answer-located in the middle latitudes, a warm and moist
climate on coastal areas north and south of the tropics that receive warm ocean
currents and warm winds year round
Intolerable Acts - Answer-in response to Boston Tea Party, 4 acts passed in 1774, Port
of Boston closed, reduced power of assemblies in colonies, permitted royal officers to
be tried elsewhere, provided for quartering of troop's in barns and empty houses
iron curtain - Answer-concept of a post WWII europe divided between east and west
Iroqouis - Answer-northeastern native american civilization in new york and southern
ontario/quebec; a confederation of 6 tribes
John Adams - Answer-colonial leader, member of the continental congress, federalist,
second US president, supoorted a strong federal government and expanded executive
power
Julius Caeser - Answer-popular roman military leader who forced the corrupt sentate to
give him control and who began transitiong rome from a republic to an empire
Leauge of Nations - Answer-international organization established after WWI and
designed to prevent future outbreaks of international war; the basis for the later UN
Marine climate - Answer-the warm and rainy climate located in the middle latitudes in
areas that are near or surrounded by water
Malcom X - Answer-civil rights leader who championed better living standards for blacks
in northn cities and the empowerment of african american communities
, mediterranean climate - Answer-climate located in the middle latitudes between 30 and
40 degrees north and south characterized by wet, mild winters and dry warm summers
Missouri Compromise - Answer-1820 legislation that allowed missouri to join the union
as a slave state but provided that any other states north of the thirty-sixth parallel would
be free
Algonquin - Answer-northeastern native american civilization in the great lakes region
Ancient Egyptians - Answer-emerged as early as 5000 BCE in the Nile Vally; known for
pyramids, art, use of papyrus as paper and pictoral writing; united under one monarch
Articles of Confederation - Answer-the original framework of the US government,
designed to created a conderderation among the colonies while allowing them to
maintain their indivudal sovereignty
assyria - Answer-Sumerian-based civilization in the Near East; established military
dominance and played an important role in regional trade
athens - Answer-ancient Greek city-state that became a revolutionary democracy
controlled by the poor and working classes around 460 BCE; the first known democracy
Augustus Ceasar (Octavian) - Answer-julius chaser's nephew who gained control of
rome in 27 BCE and became the 1st roman emperor
axis - Answer-Alliance of Germany, Italy, and Japan during World War II.
babylonia - Answer-Sumerian-based civilization in Mesopotamia; developed courts and
an early codified rule of law - the Code of Hammurabi - "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a
tooth"
Battle of Bunker Hill (1775) - Answer-caused king george III to declare that the colonies
were in rebellion
Battle of Fort Sumter (1861) - Answer-attack on union troops by confederate forces after
SC suceded from the union; battle sparked the civil war
Battle of Lexington and Concord - Answer-beginning of violent conflict between
american rebel militaimen ad british in 1775
Battle of York Town 1781 - Answer-defeat of British forces by the continental army with
support from france ending the revolutionary war
Boston Massacre (1770) - Answer-british troops fired on a crowd of american protesters
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