Chapter 1 U.S. History Vocabulary Test

A system for breaking time into units and keeping track of those units is called

• a map

• a timeline

• a chart

• a calendar

Order of dates in which events happen is called

• chronology

• sequence

• time line

• calendar

A round model of the Earth is called

• a map

• a diagram

• a globe

• a landform

A flat drawing of all or part of the Earth's surface is called

• a globe

• a chart

• a diagram

• a map

A person who starts and runs a business is called

• a manager

• a producer

• an entrepreneur

• an economists

A tariff is

• a tax on exports

• an exchange rate

• a tax on imports

• a voluntary exchange

The legal process of becoming a citizen is called

• naturalization

• bill of rights

• due process

• an amendment

A community of living things and the surroundings in which they live is called

• an environment

• an ecosystem

• a market economy

• a landform

The height of an area above sea level is called

• elevation

• landform

• relief

• region

An economic system used in the U.S. in which people are free to control and own the means of production is called

• market economy

• capital

• free enterprise economy

• international economy