Let's say that in 1879 an owner drove 1,000 head of cattle from south Texas to market in Dodge City but lost 100 cattle to stampedes, drowning, and disease. What was his profit or loss for the entire venture?

To generate business in a market economy, producers engage in competition by

Which of the following events occurred first? 1) the discovery of gold in California 2) the Compromise of 1850 3) the application for statehood by California 4) the Missouri Compromise

How did the East Texas Oil Field affect Texas during the 1930s? A. Many small towns boomed as people came to drill wells. B. Major oil companies quickly invested in the oil field. C. Producers in the field could not supply enough oil. D.

What is the "Silent Majority"? Contrast that with the counter-culture!

Article VI of the Constitution, which includes the supremacy clause, ensures that: A. federal laws are always superior to state laws. B. the judicial branch is structured to be efficient. C. state laws are respected by the federal government. D.

Characteristics that are common to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

The entire region of Northern Africa and Southwest Asia has a climate generally described as A. Hot all day and night B. Snowfall does not occur C. Dry D. Cooler by water.

The Torah is the first part of the Old Testament of the Bible. True False

Which of the following was desegregated during the Truman administration? a. public hospitals b. state-run univeities c. the federal buteaucracy d. the u. s military

How did geography influence the development of civilizations in the Fertile Crescent?