Overview Test Practice

What makes the U.S. so varied (so many different cultures) ?

• It is a large country

• People have moved here from all over the world

• It is a favorite vacation spot

• It is so old

This BEST describes free enterprise.

• right to start a business and own property

• right to farm

• right to vote for elected representatives

• right to emigrate to other countries

US Constitution begins with "We the people". Why?

• the president runs the government

• the people have to fight for freedom

• the people are subject to a king

• the people run the government

To show all US citizens share the same IDEALS (beliefs), we ___________

• signed the Declaration of Independence

• take a census of the population

• say the Pledge of Allegiance

• chant and yell at football games

Democracy means ______ have the power to make decisions about government.

• people

• king and queen

• governors

• prime ministers

E Pluribus Unum is a good motto for the US because it means _________

• live free or die

• nation won from kings

• many hills and valleys

• out of many, one

When John F. Kennedy said "ask not what your country can do for you...", he was trying to ____

• win an election

• remind citizens of their responsibilities

• remind citizen that they had rights

• convince people to join the war

People who leave one country to go live in another are called __________

• traitors

• citizens

• travelers

• immigrants

How much of something there is and how much of it people will buy is ___________

• supply and demand

• export

• free enterprise

• profit

This type of natural resource can produce energy.

• fossil fuel

• metal

• granite

• mineral