Quick Knowledge Check #2

Which is an example of absolute location?

• 60 degrees north and 20 degrees west

• Down the road and to the left

• Under the bridge and 70 miles from there

• All of the above

What is the purpose of government?

• To take care of the leaders and leave the people alone

• To protect its people

• To make money that other countries will like

• To study the Earth and its features

What is the purpose of laws?

• To hurt the people living there

• There is no purpose for laws.

• To hurt or destroy individuals

• To restore/keep order and make sure everyone in the civilization is safe

How do economies work?

• People buy and sell imports and exports.

• Currency (money) is created so that all people in the civilization use that same type of money.

• People trade products (goods) to each other.

• All of the above

If I am trying to figure out how far a city is from another city, I will most likely use _____________.

• Money

• Scale

• Laws

• Rules

The king says, "I shall throw all people with red shirts in jail". What type of government is this?

• Democracy

• Monarchy

• Anarchy

• All of the above

A __________ is a type of government where a person rules by force or violently takes over.

• Dictatorship

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Monarchy

What would determine where someone lives?

• The economy of the civilization

• The laws or rules of the civilization

• The weather or climate in a civilization

• All of the above

How are economy and geography related?

• People look at the area they live in and decide what resources they can buy and sell.

• Economy and geography are completely different and have nothing in common.

• Both A and B

What can we learn from economics, geography, and civics?

• All three topics are equally important; people make decisions every day using all three topics.

• We should study all topics in order to understand the others (study civics to understand geography and economics).

• Life in a civilization involves all three topics.

• All of the above