How does the Toyota system differ from the classic Ford manufacturing process?

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Which of the following solutions would help to solve the problems shown in the drawing at the left?

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According to the information, which goal regarding elections has the U.S. government tried to adopt?

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Which conclusion about ancient forests in the United States does the map to the left best support?

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Which is one likely reason the metropolitan government enacted the Juvenile Curfew Act?

According to the viewpoint, what would be the best way for a city to decrease its fire death rate?

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Which historical development led to the situation described at the left in President Kennedy’s radio-TV address?

According to the viewpoint, which main factor contributes to the higher U.S. death rate from fires as compared to the rate in other countries?

“We are called a democracy, for the administration is in the hands of the many and not the few. . . .In the matter of education, whereas they [the Spartans] from early youth are always undergoing laborious exercises. . .to make them brave, we [Athenians] live at ease, and yet are equally ready to face the perils which they face. . . . An Athenian citizen does not neglect the state. . . .We alone regard a man who takes no interest in public affairs, not as a harmless, but as a useless character. . . .To sum up, I say that Athens is the school of Hellas [Greece].”

Adapted from Pericles’s Speech in Behalf of Athenians Who Died in Battle Against Sparta in 432 B.C.

What was Pericles’s main point about the city-state and people of Athens in this speech?

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This 1868 lithograph shows an idealized scene presenting farmers and settlers from the East, along with railroads, moving into lands already occupied by Native Americans.

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This 1868 lithograph shows an idealized scene presenting farmers and settlers from the East, along with railroads, moving into lands already occupied by Native Americans.

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Which of the following statements best describes the lithograph?

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According to the information, which effect do spending limits have on elections in Canada?

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Which was a goal of the nations that sponsored the explorations shown on the map?

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Which event started the “space race”?

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The responsibilities of a citizen who lives in a democracy are similar in some ways to those of a citizen in a totalitarian state. For example, a citizen under either system is expected to pay taxes and vote.

However, there are important differences between the two systems. In a democracy, a citizen is expected to respect the rights and opinions of others. The state encourages citizens to become involved in community groups and allows political protest. In a democracy, a citizen has more rights and freedom to carry out his duties. The state exists for the good of the citizen.

In a totalitarian society, the state controls every aspect of human life, and the citizen exists for the good of the state. The primary responsibility of the citizen is to obey and follow. The citizen can vote for only government-approved candidates. The ruling party members or people who support them fill all offices and law-making bodies. Some criticism of the state may be allowed. However, any citizen activity that could interfere with the state, such as a protest march, is outlawed in a totalitarian state

Adapted from Raymond Yuen, publisher, The Way to U.S. Citizenship (Carlsbad, Calif.: Dominie Press, Inc., 1997),116; World Book Encyclopedia, Volume 19 (Chicago: World Book, Inc., 2001), 344.

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Suppose you were setting up a neighborhood council based on democratic principles.

Which action does the information and the graph encourage you to do to have a successful council?

Why is the Toyota system called "lean production"?

Which most resembles in nature and purpose the vehicle inspection report?

A global trade company in 1995 would need to be informed daily about the exchange rate(s) for which of the following currency(ies) on the chart above?

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How will the population trend shown in the graph most likely affect the U.S. job market?

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The above photograph illustrates the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in August 1963, attended by an estimated 200,000 people.In the left center of the photograph, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., can be seen marching with the group carrying signs.

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Which kind of political activity is going on in the photograph?

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What other activities of this type occurred later in the same decade in America?

Based on these articles, when do outbreaks of prejudice and discrimination against minorities tend to occur?

Based on the report, which measure should women in developing countries take to improve their economic situations in the short- and long-term future?

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Which generalization about overall economic trends between 1980 and 1990 is supported by information in the graph?

What does this excerpt reveal about President Kennedy’s U.S. foreign policy goals?

According to this viewpoint, why is Japan less likely to have problems with careless fire-starters than is the United States?

Which statement describes the effect of family life on society?

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Many accomplished geographers, scientists, and mathematicians worked under the rule of the Islamic caliphs (leaders).

According to the information on the map, what practical use did the Muslim rulers make of the technical knowledge and skills described above?

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Which action does the principle illustrated in the diagram require most individuals, governments, and societies to do?

To reduce dependency on foreign oil, the president urges Congress to increase domestic energy production.

According to the map above, where in general are the prospective locations for oil drilling in the United States?

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Which conclusion about the extent of UN forces between 1945 and 2001 is best supported by the map?

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Which of the following developments would the cartoonist at the left most likely favor?

Which of the following statements is an assumption underlying all of the amendments?

The recently lowered death rate in developing countries has caused the number of young children there to increase more quickly than in the past.In South America in 1950, 126 out of every 1000 infants died before reaching their first birthday.By 1990, 70 out of 1000 infants died before age one.

How does this change in the population growth rate most likely affect a country in South America?

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Which of the following economic conditions is illustrated in the diagram at the left?

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In 1889, Jane Addams, a social reformer in Chicago, Illinois, founded a settlement house called Hull House, which provided child care, kindergarten, libraries, playgrounds, vocational and domestic training, and food services to poor city residents. It also sent visiting nurses to help care for the sick in Chicago’s crowded neighborhoods.

At Hull House, young mothers practiced ways to care for their children—including the daily infant bath, which is illustrated in the photograph above. English-language classes, civic rights classes, and art classes were also offered. The settlement houses provided important services to the poor at a time when government and many churches did not provide them.

Many of the people who worked at the settlement houses also worked to outlaw sweatshop working conditions, to promote organized labor, and to secure workers’ compensation laws.

Adapted from Winthrop D. Jordan, Miriam Greenblatt, and John S. Bowes, The Americans: A History (Evanston, Ill.: McDougal, Littell & Company, 1994), 497.

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The work of Jane Addams’s Hull House is most similar to which institution operating in the United States today?

Which is the most likely reason for the UN’s interest in the economic issues of its member countries?

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What constitutional principle of the U.S. government is illustrated in the chart?

Which environmental change made in one country would most likely hurt a neighboring country?

In addressing the nation, President Kennedy referred to Cuba as “that imprisoned island.”

In President Kennedy’s view, how was Cuba imprisoned?

What does the adoption of affirmative action programs imply about U.S. society?