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International Organization for Standardization
Which popular global publisher utilizes sentence case for titles and headers?
publication titles
Besides headlines, what is sentence-style capitalization often applied to?
7th
Which century did the lower-case script for the Greek Alphabet originate?
8th
Which century did the Greek alphabet acquire its quadrilinear form?
uncial
Overtime which type of letter forms were mixed increasingly into the Greek language script?
835
Which year is the earliest dated Greek lower-case text?
Uspenski Gospels
In which literature is the earliest dated Greek lower-case text?
letter case
In orthography and typography, what is the distinction between the letters that are in larger upper case and lower upper case
smaller lower
Minuscule is a term uses to describe which case of letter?
larger upper
Capital letters refer to which case of letter?
written
Letter case is used to distinction betweem lowercase and uppercase letter in which common representation of certain languages?
formal
Capitalization in English is universally standardized for which type of writing?
capital
In English the first letter of a sentence is which type of letter?
beginning of a line of verse
What is capitalization commonly use to indicate in poetry independent of any grammatical feature?
capitalised
How is the first letter of a first-person pronoun handled mid sentence in English?
oh
The interjection "O" has been replaced by which more common and preferred word in English?
majuscule
Originally alphabets were written entirely in which type of letter?
pen
Rounder and simpler forms of letters came from writing quickly with which instrument?
Alcuin
Who developed the Carolingian minuscule script for handwriting?
Europe
Carolingian minuscule script quickly spread across which continent?
faster readability
What is a common advantage of miniscule over majuscule handwriting?
Letter case
What is often prescribed by the grammar of a language or by conventions of a particular discipline?
special
Which kind of purpose is uppercase reserved for in orthography?
lowercase
Which is the most common variant of case in text?
upper-case
Engineering design drawings typically utiilze which case of letter in labeling?
easier to distinguish than lowercase
Why are uppercase letters preferred often times when space is restricted?
generally have the same height
Who do majuscules have which distinguish themselves from minuscules?
ascenders
In Time New Roman the letter "b" would be consider which type of letter based on whether it is above or below average height?
lower than the average
Descending letters tend to have a part which falls where relative to the average height of a letter?
8
Besides the number 6, which number makes of the ascender set in some traditional or classical fonts?
letter cases
What do most Western languages use in their written form to add clarity?
unicameral script
What are writing systems which make no distinction between majuscales and minuscules often referred to as?
Georgian
Which alphabet is a special case because it transitioned from bicameral to unicameral?
bicameral
What are scripts that utilized two seperate cases called?
old Roman cursive
Papyri from Herculaneum dating before 79 AD have been to to be written in which hand writing?
Knut Kleve
Whicy papyrologist theorized lowercase letter actually developed from the fifth century uncials?
Europe
Which continents languages with few exceptions generally did not utilize case distinction until about the year 1300?
stylistic
What was the initial difference between majuscule and minuscule letters?
handwritten
Which type of document was general unicameral because the writer used one type of writing but not another?
headings
What is capitalization of significant words applied to in the United States besides titles?
title case
Capitalization of significant words refers to which family of typographic conventions?
R. M. Ritter's Oxford Manual of Style
Which book of literature standards suggests capitalizing the first word and all nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, and adverbs?
not universally standardized
The use of bold fonts and capilization in titles falls under which unusual grammatical distinction?
make casing operations an unholy mess
Attempts to unify Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic would create which sort of problems?
shapes
What among many common letters is shared between Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic?
single codepoint
What would be problematic for a multilingual character set or font to provide?
sets of symbols
What distinguishes Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic from one another?
letter case
Although there are challenges a unified European alphabet is feasible even in the absence of which common language rule?
Jornado
What was the name of the nomad tribes that hunted bison?
Rio Grande
Along which river did they hunt bison?
hunting, gathering, and farming
How did the Chichimeca survive?
Tepehuan
The Chichimeca are the ancestors of what people?
rock
The Jornado painted onto what surface?
Dolores
What was the name of the town in which Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla declared independence?
Grito de Dolores
What was the name of the Proclamation?
priest
What was Hidalgo's occupation?
Ignacio Elizondo
What was the name of the royalist who captured Hidalgo?
United States
Which country had Hidalgo attempted to reach to gain support?
Mendarozqueta
Who did Santa Anna order the reinstatement as comandante general?
José Urrea
What was the name of the federalist army officer who eventually came into power during the new election?
Gutierrez
Who had actually won the original vote?
P. J. Escalante
Who was his deputy?
Escalante
Who refused to yield until troops were summoned?
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
What was the name of the treaty that ended the war?
1848
In which year was the treaty signed?
Texas
Control over which current U.S. state was given to the U.S. under this treaty?
three months
How long did the U.S. continue to maintain control over the state capital after the treaty?
General Price
Which American general misunderstood the Mexican message sent to Sacramento Pass?
Spain, England, and France
Which countries owned Mexican debt?
Manuel Doblado
Who was the Foreign Affairs Minister?
President Juárez
Who was the President of Mexico at the time?
General Juan Prim of Spain
Who convinced the English to accept the terms of the pact?
France
Which country refused to accept?
Maximilian
Who was deeply dissatisfied with Bazaine's decision to abandon Chihuahua?
500
How many men did Billaut have when he recaptured the city?
four
At its zenith, the imperialist forces controlled all but how many states in Mexico?
Guerrero, Chihuahua, Sonora, and Baja California
Which four states opposed the French?
1865
In which year did Billaut capture Chihuahua?
1872
In which year did Benito Juarez die?
Battle of Puebla
The two candidates were heroes of what battle?
The Plan of Tuxtepec
Which plan defended the "No Re-election" principle?
Lerdista party
Which party rebelled against the administration?
El Paso del Norte
Which city was occupied by the Lerdista forces?
1912
Which year did Orozco revolt?
Villa
Who notified Huerta the revolt had been put down?
Raúl Madero
Who saved Villa's life?
Huerta
With whom did Orozco side?
Durango
Which state has more forests than Chihuahua?
Desert
The state of Chihuahua is primarily identified with what type of landscape?
Grand Canyon
The Copper Canyon is deeper than what popular American canyon?
Rio Grande Valley and the Conchos River Valley
Along which two valleys do most inhabitants of Chihuahua live?
Rocky Mountains
The Sierra Madre Occidentals are an extension of which American mountain range?
Columbus, New Mexico
Which city did Villa raid?
President Wilson
Which American president pursued Villa?
nearly a year
How long did the American troops pursue Villa?
Parral
In which city was Villa killed?
1923
In which year was Villa assassinated?
Sierra Madre
Along which mountain range does the Cave of Windows lie?
Paquime
Cuarenta Casas is thought to be a branch of which settlement?
Sierra Madre Occidental
Where did the Paquime seek refuge?