Social Studies Overview

Which is not an economic system?

• mixed
• free market
• communism
• command

The imaginary parallel that goes around the middle of the Earth is the _______.

• Prime Meridian
• degrees
• Equator
• Arctic Circle

People in a ________ get to vote and have an impact on the government.  

• communism
• oligarchy
• anarchy
• democracy

Kings and Queens are part of which type of government?

• monarchy
• dictatorship
• democracy
• theocracy

Which country does NOT have a parliamentary democracy?

• Canada
• Cuba
• Great Britian

An area defined by similar characteristics: physical, natural, human, and cultural, is a ____________________. 

• Region
• Movement
• Location
• Place

Trading without using money

• economic system
• barter
• scarcity
• free enterprise

Distributing products to Wal-Mart shows which theme of geography?

• Location
• Movement
• Region
• Place

Cutting down trees to build a new shopping center is an example of _______.

• Movement
• Human Environment Interaction
• Place
• Location

Scarcity is ____.

• Having too much of something
• Having just enough of something
• Having very little of something