Social Studies Test

Front

What statement best describes Cornwall, Middlesex and Surrey?

Back

They are counties in Jamaica.

Front

In what ways are all parishes similar?

Back

They all have coastlines, settlements and parish capitals.

Front

Which statement about the Municipal Corporation is correct?

• The Municipal Corporation is responsible for keeping law and order in the parish.
• The Municipal Corporation is responsible for building new roads and highway.
• The Municipal Corporation is responsible for educational services for the parish.
• The Municipal Corporation is responsible for keeping the parish clean and healthy.

Back

The Municipal Corporation is responsible for keeping the parish clean and healthy.

Front

Amelia lives in Gibraltar, St. Ann. She has to travel to the _________ to buy food at big market. She goes to the ________ to pay her taxes because she does not have all of these services in her ____________. Which of the following would best fill the blank spaces in the paragraph above? Options: town, village, city; village, city, port; town,capital,community; capital, town, city.

Back

town,capital,community

Front

Administrative service provided by the parish capital:

• Banking services at the commercial bank
• Collecting of revenue (taxes) at the Tax Administration Jamaica
• Fixing of roads by the Municipal Corporation
• Teaching students at the primary school

Back

Collecting of revenue (taxes) at the Tax Administration Jamaica

Front

Another name for the main town of a parish is the _______

Back

capital

Front

The name given to a line on a map that shows the limits of a parish and county is the __________

Back

boundary

Front

The name given to the strip of land that borders the sea is ______

Back

coast

Front

The capital of Hanover is _____________

Back

Lucea

Front

The name given to head of the Municipal Corporation is the ____________

Back

mayor