SS8 Chapter 2 Study Guide

Which one of the following is an example of a barrier to trade?

• a country bans trade that hurts its own producers

• a country trades goods and services for other goods and services

• a country both buys from and sells to other countries

• a country is easy to reach due to its geography

Geographers often group places into regions. What is a region?

• a physical characteristic, such as a landform

• a place that is united by one or more common characteristics

• an awareness of the world

• a physical system, such as a hurricane

What are the names of all of the lines on maps and globes that help you find places on Earth?

• latitude and longitude

• degrees and minutes

• Northern and Southern Hemispheres

• Equator and Prime Meridean

What are the four major kinds of resources?

• farmers, merchants, sellers, and buyers

• supply, demand, recession, and inflation

• land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurship

• traditional, command, market, and mixed

In order to become a U.S. citizen, people from other countries must go through a process called civic participation.

• True

• Falce

The United States has a representative government. What must the government do?

• pay taxes for the services it provides to the American people

• act in the peoples' interests and protect their rights

• control its citizens by being overly powerful

• make decisions in legal cases

The United States has a market economy, in which each person makes choices about what to make, sell, and buy.

• True

• False

Capital is the ability of people to work.

• True

• False

system in which each branch of government limits the power of other branches

• checks and balances

• opportunity cost

• projection

• longitude

what is given up to make or buy something

• opportunity cost

• checks and balances

• projection

• latitude