Unit 2 Assessment Review

Adaptation vs. Modification

Adaptation: changing our behavior to better survive in their environment

Modification: changing our environment to make it safer or more useful

Multiple Choice

The photographs below show four different locations. Based on their geographical features, which location would be most suitable for starting a densely populated settlement?

Multiple Choice

Democracy is to limited government as totalitarianism is to —

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• republic

• unlimited government

• capitalist government

• constitutional monarchy.

Multiple Choice

Which example BEST identifies someone acting as an entrepreneur?

• Miguel gives money to a charity.

• Arin works as a clerk at city hall.

• Jared buys groceries to feed his family.

• Felice hires people to work in her factory.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best completes the graphic organizer?

• common religion

• numerous languages

• different landforms

• modern technology

Multiple Choice

Common Elements of Limited Government:

• Government-Controlled economy

• Protections for private property

• State-supported religion

• Single political party

Multiple Choice

Which of the following geographic factors is likely to lead to a lower population density?

• few natural resources

• abundance of sunlight

• access to freshwater

• low-lying land

Multiple Choice

Which would MOST likely be found in an unlimited government?

• a written constitution

• a single political party

• respect for private property

• protection of individual liberties

Multiple Choice

Which of the following illustrations is an example of an adaptation?

Multiple Choice

Read the statement below. Why is this statement false?

"India and the United States are both democracies. Therefore, both countries have the same culture."

• The government of each country controls their respective cultures.

• People do not often travel from India to America.

• India and America were once at war.

• There is more to culture than a country's form of government.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best completes the graphic organizer?

• Physical features of geography

• Characteristics of a culture

• Foundations of Democracy

• Elements of an Economy

Multiple Choice

Based on the information shown in the map, which of the following is an example of how the physical characteristics of the environment (geographic factors) influenced colonial settlement patterns?

• American Indians helped colonists move into their already established villages.

• Early colonists built their first settlements on rivers or coastlines for transportation.

• colonists located their towns mostly on inland rivers to aid trade and access

• The location of early settlements was limited by mountainous geography.