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Besides the number 6, which number makes of the ascender set in some traditional or classical fonts?
8
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What do most Western languages use in their written form to add clarity?
letter cases
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What are writing systems which make no distinction between majuscales and minuscules often referred to as?
unicameral script
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Which alphabet is a special case because it transitioned from bicameral to unicameral?
Georgian
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What are scripts that utilized two seperate cases called?
bicameral
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Papyri from Herculaneum dating before 79 AD have been to to be written in which hand writing?
old Roman cursive
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Whicy papyrologist theorized lowercase letter actually developed from the fifth century uncials?
Knut Kleve
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Which continents languages with few exceptions generally did not utilize case distinction until about the year 1300?
Europe
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What was the initial difference between majuscule and minuscule letters?
stylistic
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Which type of document was general unicameral because the writer used one type of writing but not another?
handwritten
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What is capitalization of significant words applied to in the United States besides titles?
headings
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Capitalization of significant words refers to which family of typographic conventions?
title case
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Which book of literature standards suggests capitalizing the first word and all nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, and adverbs?
R. M. Ritter's Oxford Manual of Style
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The use of bold fonts and capilization in titles falls under which unusual grammatical distinction?
not universally standardized
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Attempts to unify Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic would create which sort of problems?
make casing operations an unholy mess
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What among many common letters is shared between Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic?
shapes
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What would be problematic for a multilingual character set or font to provide?
single codepoint
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What distinguishes Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic from one another?
sets of symbols
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Although there are challenges a unified European alphabet is feasible even in the absence of which common language rule?
letter case
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What was the name of the nomad tribes that hunted bison?
Jornado
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Along which river did they hunt bison?
Rio Grande
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How did the Chichimeca survive?
hunting, gathering, and farming
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The Chichimeca are the ancestors of what people?
Tepehuan
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The Jornado painted onto what surface?
rock
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What was the name of the town in which Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla declared independence?
Dolores
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What was the name of the Proclamation?
Grito de Dolores
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What was Hidalgo's occupation?
priest
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What was the name of the royalist who captured Hidalgo?
Ignacio Elizondo
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Which country had Hidalgo attempted to reach to gain support?
United States
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Who did Santa Anna order the reinstatement as comandante general?
Mendarozqueta
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What was the name of the federalist army officer who eventually came into power during the new election?
José Urrea
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Who had actually won the original vote?
Gutierrez
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Who was his deputy?
P. J. Escalante
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Who refused to yield until troops were summoned?
Escalante
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What was the name of the treaty that ended the war?
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
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In which year was the treaty signed?
1848
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Control over which current U.S. state was given to the U.S. under this treaty?
Texas
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How long did the U.S. continue to maintain control over the state capital after the treaty?
three months
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Which American general misunderstood the Mexican message sent to Sacramento Pass?
General Price
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Which countries owned Mexican debt?
Spain, England, and France
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Who was the President of Mexico at the time?
President Juárez
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Who was the Foreign Affairs Minister?
Manuel Doblado
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Who convinced the English to accept the terms of the pact?
General Juan Prim of Spain
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Which country refused to accept?
France
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Who was deeply dissatisfied with Bazaine's decision to abandon Chihuahua?
Maximilian
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How many men did Billaut have when he recaptured the city?
500
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At its zenith, the imperialist forces controlled all but how many states in Mexico?
four
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Which four states opposed the French?
Guerrero, Chihuahua, Sonora, and Baja California
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In which year did Billaut capture Chihuahua?
1865
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In which year did Benito Juarez die?
1872
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The two candidates were heroes of what battle?
Battle of Puebla
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Which plan defended the "No Re-election" principle?
The Plan of Tuxtepec
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Which party rebelled against the administration?
Lerdista party
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Which city was occupied by the Lerdista forces?
El Paso del Norte
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Which year did Orozco revolt?
1912
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Who notified Huerta the revolt had been put down?
Villa
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Who saved Villa's life?
Raúl Madero
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With whom did Orozco side?
Huerta
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Which state has more forests than Chihuahua?
Durango
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The state of Chihuahua is primarily identified with what type of landscape?
Desert
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The Copper Canyon is deeper than what popular American canyon?
Grand Canyon
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Along which two valleys do most inhabitants of Chihuahua live?
Rio Grande Valley and the Conchos River Valley
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The Sierra Madre Occidentals are an extension of which American mountain range?
Rocky Mountains
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Which city did Villa raid?
Columbus, New Mexico
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Which American president pursued Villa?
President Wilson
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How long did the American troops pursue Villa?
nearly a year
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In which year was Villa assassinated?
1923
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In which city was Villa killed?
Parral
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Along which mountain range does the Cave of Windows lie?
Sierra Madre
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Cuarenta Casas is thought to be a branch of which settlement?
Paquime
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Where did the Paquime seek refuge?
Sierra Madre Occidental
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Which current native tribes are thought to be descendants of the Casas Grandes?
Yaqui, Mayo, Opata, and Tarahumara
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Which precious metal did Biezma discover?
silver
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How many years was Parral an important economic and cultural center?
300 years
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In which year did Sante Fe inhabitants return home from seeking refuge?
1692
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Which new state capital was founded in 1709?
Chihuahua City
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In which city had the inhabitants of Sante Fe been seeking refuge?
El Paso Del Norte
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In which areas were the earliest human inhabitants discovered?
Samalayuca and Rancho Colorado
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What range of years are the oldest ruins from?
12,000 BC to 7000 BC
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Which vegetable were they found to have been farming?
corn
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Around what year were the ceramic artifacts found to have been from?
2000 BC
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How many people left the state for the U.S. between 2000-2005?
49,722
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In which city is there a large number of undocumented immigrants?
Ciudad Juárez
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Is the population density the highest or lowest of any Mexican state?
lowest
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Which are the largest two cities in the state?
Ciudad Juárez and Chihuahua
[ "Chihuahua_(state)\n\nDuring the period from 2000–2005 it is estimated that 49,722 people left the state for the United States. Some 82,000 people are thought to have immigrated to the state from 2000–2005 mainly coming from Veracruz (17.6%), United States (16.2%), Durango (13.2%), Coahuila (8.0%) and Chiapas (4.5%...
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Which nicknames were used to form the conservative and liberal elements?
Chirrines and Cuchas
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Which was the third party?
The military
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In which year was the body installed?
1826
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Which party had gained control?
liberals
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Who was the Durango governor?
Santiago Baca Ortiz
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Which cities was Ibarra looking for?
Cibola and Quivira
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Through which present-day state did he travel?
Chihuahua
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Ibarra is thought to have been the first European to see the ruins of which city?
Paquime
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Which was the first Spanish city founded in the region?
Santa Barbara
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What caused a temporary exodus from Nueva Vizcaya?
epidemic
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What percentage of the population over 15 could read and write Spanish?
95.6%
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What percentage of children ages 8-14 could read and write Spanish?
97.3%
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What percentage of children age 6-14 attend an institution of education?
93.5%
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What percentage of the population have obtained a college degree?
12.8%
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The state's economy ranks in what place in the country Mexico
12th-largest
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