World Geography Topic 2 Test Review

What is the name of Mr. Gallo's dog?

• Bacony
• Eggsy
• Oatmealy
• Toasty

Income in the United States is spread:

• Evenly
• Unevenly
• Equally
• On toast, like butter

What kind of economic system focuses on competition between individuals and private businesses?

• Command Economy
• Mixed Economy
• Market Economy
• Beast Economy

After winning the revolutionary war, the new United States set up their government as a republic. What is a republic?

• A system where an absolute sovereign controls everything
• A system where citizens vote to elect leaders who make and enforce laws on their behalf
• A pure democracy where every citizen votes directly
• A system with no rules or laws and everyone is free to do whatever they want

Which European country was the first to colonize the New World?

• France
• England
• Spain
• Netherlands (the Dutch)

How did humans first arrive in North America? Select all that apply.

• Sailed across the Atlantic Ocean
• Walked across the Bering Land Bridge
• They were there when the world was one big continent (Pangea)
• They sailed down the Pacific coast near Alaska

Which North American culture region used blubber as fuel for their fires?

• Midwest Plains
• Northwest Coastal
• Eastern Woodlands
• Arctic

What were "potlatches"?

• Parties where families showed off their status by giving away food and gifts
• A sled that can carry people and supplies
• Houses made of dried mud bricks
• Houses made of frozen snow blocks

Before Europeans arrived, how did the Plains people hunt Buffalo?

• They used horses to scare them into falling off of cliffs
• They shot them with guns
• They dressed in wolf skins and tricked them
• They challenged them to a wrestling match

Indigenous North Americans adapted to their natural environment for survival. Select all of the following that were adaptations meant for survival:

• Growing the "Three Sisters" crops together
• Digging irrigation ditches to redirect water for farming
• Building giant dirt mounds
• Becoming nomads who followed herds of buffalo and bison