Social Studies PracticeTest

The geographic factor of renewable and non-renewable resources plays a large role in a country's economy. South Africa's non-renewable resource of ____________has helped the country build the most successful economy on the continent of Africa.

• forests

• oil

• fish stocks

• diamonds

Environmental stability can influence development which in turn affects the economy. For example, Bangladesh suffers from all of the following natural disasters except ______________. All of these might deter businesses from being established in Bangladesh.

• landslides

• earthquakes

• monsoons

• floods

The factors of production are the elements needed for production to occur. The factors of production are natural resources, labor resources, capital resources, and __________________.

• competition

• GDP

• free enterprise

• entrepreneurs

The basis for the economy is the production of goods and services. The basic economic principal of ____________________ distinguishes how much of a role the factors of production play in the current economy.

• "Circular Flow of Income"

• "Supply and Demand"

• "General Equilibrium Theory"

• "Production Possibility Frontier"

Which of the following is a factor that influences cultural change?

• changes in the population

• changes in physical environment

• changes in attitudes, values, or belief system

• all of the above

How has technology influenced cultural change around the world?

• Technology has minimized the manual labor exerted by man.

• Technology has contributed to a decrease in the world's population.

• Technology has brought about the attitude of isolationism.

• Technology has strengthened the fundamental principles of social structure within a culture.

According to the opening paragraph of the Texas Ordinance of Secession, which of the following was a stated reason of how the Federal government failed to accomplish the compact of Union between the states?

• failed to give protection for people and their property on an exposed frontier

• sent Union troops to occupy State forts

• denied federal funding to the state due to the fact that Texas allowed slavery

• all of the above

In what year and city did the Texas Ordinance of Secession originate?

• San Antonio, 1861

• Galveston, 1860

• Houston, 1860

• Austin, 1861

According to the first section of the Presidential Proclamation Declaring a State of Peace between Texas and the United States, who declared that the laws of the United States had been opposed?

• President of the United States

• Senate

• House of Representatives

• Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Which of the following is NOT a state that according to the first section of the Presidential Proclamation Declaring a State of Peace Between Texas and the United States, had opposed the laws of the United States and obstructed the execution of the law and were too powerful a combination for ordinary judicial proceedings along with South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, and Alabama

• Louisiana

• Texas

• North Carolina

• Florida