NCFE Social Studies 7th Grade Review

The beliefs, customs, laws, art, and ways of living that a group of people share are known as

• interdependence

• culture

• movement

• region

When you get information directly "from the source," you are engaging in research with what kind of sources?

• hard-copy sources

• electronic sources

• primary sources

• secondary sources

You are looking at an old picture of a city and notice the Eiffel tower in the far corner. You realize the city is Paris because of this unique landmark. What theme of geography is this?

• Human-environment interaction

• Place

• Movement

• Region

What city is located at 39°N Latitude,105°W Longitude?

• Denver

• Lincoln

• Phoenix

• Boston

A government where religion is law, and God is believed to be the true ruler is a(n)

• Oligarchy

• Theocracy

• Republic

• Absolute Monarchy

According to the diagram, what statement is true?

• Kings gave peasants food and services for their loyalty

• Knights gave land and protection to peasants for their food and services in return

• Nobles gave knights money for land

• Peasants were ranked at the top of society

What did Machiavelli mean by this quotation from his Renaissance time period literary work, The Prince?

• People love leaders who rule with strict rules

• A ruler can control his people best by only doing favors to his supporters

• A ruler who is loved will have the ultimate control

• People are less likely to betray a leader if they fear him.

July 15, 1348 “The Black Death has come to our village. Thomas, the blacksmith’s son, died last night only hours after the first black spots appeared on his body. Lord Piers, our landowner, has ordered that no one is to enter or leave the village. He hopes this will save the lives of the people in the surrounding countryside. However, for us there is no escape.”

What is the central idea of this journal entry from a person living during the Black Death?

• It provides a date for the readers

• It shows that people could read and write in the 1300s

• It shows that people could not leave or enter villages that were stricken.

• It creates compassion in the reader.

What was the importance of the invention of Johann Gutenberg’s printing press during the Reformation?

• It led to the spread of ideas in large amounts in a short period of time

• It led to the mass exodus of people out of Europe due to fear

• It causd clergy book-writing companies to lose money and go into financial ruin

• It caused the Catholic church to be infuriated over newly printed Bibles

According to the map, which country remained a Catholic nation after the Reformation?

• England

• France

• German States

• Scotland