World Cultures Preassessment

Which term best describes the information below?
- Interstate 35
- Skyscraper
 -Christian Religion
 -Panama Canal
- Carne Guisada

• Human Geography
• Physical Geography
• Resources Geography
• Political Geograpy

Which statement best describes culture?

• A record of past events that influence people and places
• The production and consumption of goods and services
• Customs and beliefs that a group of people share
• Policies and systems that individual people follow

What part do consumers play in the free enterprise system?

• Consumers have no part in the economy.
• Consumers spend the profits of businesses.
• Consumers make laws businesses must follow.
• Consumers demand what should be produced.

Use the clues below to identify the continent described below.
-I am the largest of seven continents.
-I have the largest population and home to the Himalaya Mountains.
-Many people transport goods downmy Ganges River.

• Australia
• Europe
• North America
• Asia

Which term would best describe the document?

The United States Declaration of Independence

• Primary Source
• Secondary Source
• Media Source
• Digital Source

What information can be found inside a World Atlas?

• Non-fictional stories
• A collection of maps
• Definitions of scientific terms
• Tables of mathematical equations

Which is not a continent?

• Asia
• China
• Australia
• Africa

Which is not a continent?

• Antarctica
• North America
• South America
• Argentina

Which is not an ocean?

• African
• Atlantic
• Pacific
• Indian

Which is not a branch of the US government?

• Legislative
• Judicial
• Free Enterprise
• Executive