Unit 5 Review

Inventions and innovative ideas are very important to the free enterprise system. When someone invents a new device, she should be able to manufacture and sell it to those who want it. Without _______, this free enterprise system would be damaged because others could steal someone's ideas and make money off of them. That is why we have _______ which protect the rights of inventors.

• technology...scientific discoveries

• patents...responsibilities

• ethics...patents

• ethics...the internet

What is an example of a secondary source?

• letters of immigrants

• photographs of immigrants

• passports from immigrants

• textbooks about immigrants

What are 2 justifications for deforesting?

• Controlling the ozone and saving the environment

• improving roads and building new houses

• creating areas for new habitats and animals

• inventing new plant and animal species

Which continent is the largest and most diverse?

• Asia

• Africa

• Australia

• South America

Birth rate, GDP, and literacy rate are all...

• characteristics of cultural regions

• roles of citizens in a democracy

• indicators of economic development

• problems of a command economy

Which part of the Mexican flag represents the influence of the Aztec people after colonization?

• The green on the left

• The red on the right

• The eagle in the middle

Which of the following is a landform in South America

• Ural Mountains

• Yucatan Peninsula

• Alps Mountains

• Gobi Desert

What geographic feature required people to develop terrace farming?

• rivers

• peninsulas

• mountains

• lakes

Mining, irrigation, and desertification are examples of ways people _______ their physical environment to meet their needs.

• adapt

• improve

• modify

• depend on

Which of the following is a benefit of the United States free enterprise system?

• government control

• no competition

• economic freedom

• limited choices of goods