MATCHING Match Each Description with the Item Below

question 8

Multiple Choice

MATCHING
Match each description with the item below.
-Thomas Paine

• A)was a British general in the French and Indian War
• B)surrendered Fort Necessity to the French
• C)wrote Common Sense
• D)architect of the Albany Plan of Union
• E)warned citizens of Lexington of a British military advance
• F)wrote Two Treatises on Government
• G)was a British war minister during the French and Indian War
• H)organized the Sons of Liberty
• I)proposed the Stamp Act
• J)was the governor of the Dominion of New England

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Definitions:

Heuristic

A problem-solving approach using practical methods or rules of thumb for making quick decisions, often sacrificing accuracy for speed.

Confirmation Bias

The inclination to seek out, understand, prefer, and remember data in a manner that supports one's already held beliefs or theories.

Law of Small Numbers

The erroneous belief that small samples will accurately represent the larger population from which they are drawn.

Law of Small Numbers

A cognitive bias that leads people to draw broad conclusions from small samples of data.