Sample practice test prompts for the CATW Sample 1 Assignment: Begin by reading the passage below. How Your Birth Order Influences Your Life Adjustment The child becomes known as the family’s only child‚ oldest child‚ middle child‚ or youngest child‚ depending on his birth order. He is thought and talked about as having that place in the family. Both in his mind and in the minds of other people‚ an important part of his identity is his family position. The other members of the family
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Lincoln was the first President not born in one of the thirteen original colonies. Also‚ he was the first President from the Republican Party. Prior to his election as President‚ seven Southern states had seceded from the Union. In his inaugural address on March 4‚ 1861‚ Lincoln reached out to the South by telling them he had no intention of changing slavery as it existed; but he held firm to the ideal that the Union be forever preserved and indissoluble. Soon after this‚ the Southern states banded
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widely spread. The hippie movement had a large impact on today’s society. Before hippies there was a group of individuals who did not conform to society’s trends by expressing their own ideas‚ they were called the Beatniks. Jack Kerouac was a writer who made up the phrase “beat generation” to describe a group of struggling poets and writers who were simply tired of conforming
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Matt Cramer Alex Chen 2/7/17 Food Dye lab Spectroscopy of Food Dye Lab Introduction You’re coming off the field after a hard fought game against your rival team. You are needing a drink and you grab a blue Powerade off the managers table. The drink delivers the electrolytes needed to sustain throughout the rest of the day. Then‚ the athlete starts to think how much of his blue Powerade is actually made from the blue food dye. The food dyes have had a tremendous affect on global economics
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Northeastern tribes the people used dried bearskin‚ which was one of the artifacts displayed at the museum‚ primarily for bedding material. Although men usually hunted‚ women were responsible for preparing the pelts. After the flesh was removed from a skin‚ it was stretched out on the ground to dry. Pegs were then placed around the edge of the skin to keep it in place and reduce shrinkage. When it was also desirable to remove the hair‚ the next stage in the process was to tan the hide. Tanning involved
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Nicole T How Democratic was Andrew Jackson? Mr. P 12/21/12 Andrew Jackson was the first person from the West to be elected as member of the senate and later a president of United States. He was also a war hero of the Battle of New Orleans in the war of 1812 against the British. As president he destroyed the charter of the Bank of the United States by abusing his veto power. But the reason the people consider him a "Democratic" is because he granted his supporters‚ friends‚ and illiterate
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"science" of how to make spirits through the advanced civilization/culture Cordoba‚ the capital of Arab Andalusia. Texts that had to be translated were works from Greece‚ India and Persia that were being translated into Arabic‚ as well as Arabic works being translated into Latin. This helped lift the spirits of learning in western Europe. New principles of chemistry were created in Europe. Distillation was perceived as to have miraculous healing powers and was made from magic. It was considered a
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register his patent on the rigid‚ hydrogen cell powered aircraft‚ and until 1900 when the LZ1‚ the first working prototype‚ would take flight over Lake Constance. While it was damaged during its first landing‚ it would be repaired and fly for another 8 years‚ when it finally caught fire after crashing into a tree‚ leaving no one seriously injured. Used for both transport and for spotting submarines‚ it wouldn’t be until the Hindenburg catastrophe of 1937‚ where 35 of 97 people on board would die.
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Italy is one of the most beautiful countries to visit because of their ancient architecture‚ culture‚ food‚ and wine. This country has been known for its history which is one of the most important cultural and social developments in the Mediterranean area. The first group of people who lived in Italy were called the Etruscans. Then‚ the Greeks were the second group of people who inhabited this country before the Roman Empire started. The empire ruled over Italy for many centuries. After this‚ Italy
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Stalinism defined the ideology‚ policies and actions led by Stalin and the Communist Party in the years 1929 to 1941. Stalinism in practice was vital in the economic growth of Russia with Industrialisation and Collectivisation which in turn improved social welfare including women’s rights and levels of education. Furthermore‚ Stalinism targeted key aspects of the Bolshevik past and ‘sought to achieve Socialism in a backward country’ (Thomas and McAndrew). However‚ Stalinism had a number of detractors
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