Social Studies Unit 2 Test Review

What is the study of the natural and human features on Earth's surface?

• Economy

• Geograpy

• History

• Political Science

What is the study of governments and how they work?

• Economy

• Geography

• History

• Political Science

What kind of information do economists look for when they study the economy of a community?

• Where things are located in the community

• How people solve problems in the community

• Stories people tell about the community's past

• The way people in a community meet their needs and wants

What is the main job of a government?

• To build towns and cities

• To keep records of the past

• To produce things people need

• To make and carry out rules and laws

What do social scientists study?

• The ways people live in groups

• The ways animals move and live

• The way the environment works

• The ways people use the Internet

Who are the descendants of the first people to settle in the Americas?

• European Americans

• African Americans

• Asian Americans

• Native Americans

How do most scientists think the first people came to the Americas?

• Sailing from the Hawaiian islands

• Sailing from Europe to South America

• Walking along the coast of Europe to Africa

• Walking across a land bridge from Asia to North America

What does culture mean?

• A group of people living together

• A way of life shared by a group of people

• A collection of all the art created by a group of people

• The physical features of Earth near where a group of people live

What is the form of government in which people vote for their leaders?

• Democracy

• Equality

• Predjudice

• Socialism

What is the term for someone who comes from another place to live in a new country?

• Citizen

• Immigrant

• Squatter

• Wanderer