10.5 Mid Summative Assessment

A social studies teacher cautions students to be careful when using primary sources in their study of history. The teacher makes this statement because all primary sources

• are fragile and easily damaged

• require analysis and interpretation

• present accurate and balanced views

• serve as a means of propaganda and distortion

Which social science would most likely focus on the study of these topics from a spatial perspective?

• anthropology

• human geography

• political science

• psychology

By closing Japanese harbors to most foreigners in the 1600s, the Tokugawa Shogunate attempted to

• protect Japan from European influence

• increase Japanese agricultural production

• eliminate Japan’s influence on Southeast Asia

• destroy traditional Japanese culture

Which scientific theory is supported by the work of Copernicus, Galileo, and Kepler?

• cell theory

• atomic theory

• theory of evolution

• theory of a heliocentric universe

Speaker A: The market should be controlled by supply and demand, not the whims of a parliament.

Which type of economy is Speaker A most likely to support?

• laissez-faire

• barter

• mixed

• self-sufficient

Speaker B: History will administer justice to the greedy bourgeoisie when the proletariat revolt.

Speaker B best represents the ideas of

• Karl Marx

• Thomas Malthus

• Robert Owen

• Cecil Rhodes

Enlightenment thinkers encouraged the improvement of society through the

• teachings of the church

• use of reason

• development of absolutism

• establishment of a rigid social hierarchy

“Angry Mob Destroys Bastille”

“Robespierre’s Execution Ends Reign of Terror”

“Napoleon Seizes Power”

Which country’s revolution is referred to in these headlines?

• Spain

• Austria

• France

• Russia

Which revolution, led by Toussaint L’Ouverture, relied on slave rebellions to achieve independence?

• Iranian

• Cuban

• Haitian

• Mexican

The slogan “Blood and Iron” and a united Germany are most closely associated with

• Prince Metternich

• Camillo Cavour

• Simón Bolívar

• Otto von Bismarck