Review - Social Studies Skills (Unit 1)

(A10-A11) What is the absolute location of New Orleans?

• South of Arkansas

• 29.9*N, 90.1*W

• 30*N, 89*W

• 89*W, 30*N

(A10-A11) New Mexico is ______ of Texas.

• northeast

• southwest

• southeast

• northwest

(A16-A17) Which of these countries does not have Andes Mountains in it?

• Paraguay

• Chile

• Peru

• Colombia

(Page 26) Which of these forms of renewable energy seems to be most abundant in the US?

• wind

• hydropower

• solar

• ocean currents

What type of government uses voting to select government officials?

• republic

• dictatorship

• oligarchy

• absolute monarchy

Iran has religious leaders as its government officials, which makes it a(n) ________________.

• theocracy

• absolute monarchy

• oligarchy

• communist state

Of these governments, which tends to offer the most personal freedom to its citizens?

• absolute monarchy

• theocracy

• communism

• constitutional monarchy

A system of government with a small, elite group of leaders is called a(n) ________________ and usually has a ___________ economy.

• communist state ; market

• oligarchy ; mixed

• communist state ; traditional

• communist state ; mixed

• oligarchy ; command

This system of government is one in which the government only allows a single political party.

• communism

• representative democracy

• oligarchy

• constitutional monarchy

The level of economic well-being that average people in a country have is called:

• standard of living

• gross domestic product

• market economy

• developed country