Unit 1 Semester 2 Test

A historical source in which the author clearly disliked a key figure should be carefully evaluated for

• unnecessary facts
• primary sources
• secondary opinions
• bias

The five themes of geography are

• location, place, region, movement, and human-environment interaction.
• absolute location, relative location, movement, region, and place.
• place, human features, nonhuman features, region, and movement
• absolute location, relative location, human features, culture, and place

What is a government?

• a group of corporations that control laws
• a group of people who overthrow the leaders
• a nation that has no leaders
• a person or group of people who control a country

A queen rules a nation. When she dies, the throne will pass to her daughter. What kind of government does this nation have?

• Monarchy
• Theocracy
• Democracy
• Dictatorship

A mixed economy, which is the most common type of economic system, combines aspects of

• command and traditional economies only
• traditional and market economies only
• command, traditional, and market economies
• command and market economies only

What is culture?

• the system of government in a country
• a way of life shared by a group of people
• only the religion of a specific community
• only the art and music a group produces

Which of these is the best example of culture influencing a person's diet?

• Alicia is allergic to dairy, so she doesn't drink milk
• Jimmy likes hot dogs, but Andres prefers hamburgers
• Smitty loves New Orleans jambalaya, with shrimp, sausage and okra
• Carolina has invented a new recipe for chocolate cake that uses sweet potatoe

How is culture spread?

• only through cultural diffusion
• only through books and movies
• through the arts, migration and from one generation to the next
• only by older generations passing on traditions to younger generations

Cultural diffusion refers to a group

• forcing others to conform to their culture
• not letting other cultures influence theirs.
• spreading its culture to other groups.
• migrating to a new place.

The terms history and prehistory are examples of how historians today

• organize time
• explain the difference between the common era and the time that came before
• keep track of movements of the sun.
• mark the point at which people began using the same calendar.