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7th Grade Review Guide

Total questions: 39

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which economic system is one in which the private ownership of the means of production and distribution of goods in order to make a profit? 
a)
Communist
b)
Socialist
c)
Capitlaist
2.
__________is an example of a capitalist country.
a)
United States
b)
Vietnam
c)
Israel
3.
Which political and economic system is a system of communal ownership where the public controls production and distribution and operates according to universal fairness rather than market principles? 
a)
Communist
b)
Socialist
c)
Capitlaist
4.
________is an example of a socialist country
a)
Finland
b)
United States
c)
Israel
d)
Luxemburg
5.
Which economic system is considered to be the form of complete socialism where all means of production are owned by people, goods and services are equally shared, and private property doesn’t exist?
a)
Communist 
b)
Socialist
c)
Capitalist
6.
______is an example of a communist country.
a)
United States
b)
Australia
c)
China
d)
Israel
7.
Which type of government is one in which religious leaders rule and/or ruler is considered a divine figure?
a)
Monarchy
b)
Theocracy
c)
Democracy
d)
Dictatorship
8.
_________is an example of a country with a Theocracy.
a)
Canada
b)
Cuba
c)
Iran
d)
China
9.
Which type of government is one in which the national government controls every aspect of public and private life? 
a)
Theocracy
b)
Democracy
c)
Republic
d)
Dictatorship
10.
___________is a country that is ruled by a dictator.
a)
Canada
b)
Germany
c)
North Korea
d)
United States
11.
Which type of government is one in which citizens vote to elect representatives and leaders who have power?
a)
Theocracy
b)
Monarchy
c)
Dictatorship
d)
Republic / Representative Democracy
12.
A country that has no law is an _____________.
a)
Democracy
b)
Anarchy
c)
Monarchy
13.
What is the difference between a direct and representative democracy?
a)
Direct democracy is ruled by a king while representative democracy is not.
b)
Direct democracy is ruled by a dictator wile representative democracy is ruled by an oligarch.
c)
In a direct democracy citizens vote directly on laws, while in a representative democracy citizens elect representatives to govern them 
14.
Ancient Greece gave birth to the world’s first ______________, a government controlled by the majority of its citizens either directly or through representatives
a)
Monarchy
b)
Theocracy
c)
Oligrachy
d)
Democracy
15.
1.  Which of the following types of government would not be governed by a constitution, or a set of rules/laws?
a)
Republic
b)
Constitutional Monarchy
c)
Democracy
d)
Totalitarian Dictatorship
16.
1.  If I lived in a country that relied totally upon trade/barter, my country would have a ______________ economy.
a)
Traditional
b)
Command
c)
Market
d)
Mixed
17.
1.  If I lived in a country where the government controlled trade and made all economic decisions, my country would have a _____________ economy.  
a)
Traditional
b)
Command
c)
Market
d)
Mixed
18.
1.  In my country, we allow individual, private citizens to control the means of production and make the economic decisions, therefore, supply and demand determines economic choices. What type of economy does my country have?
a)
Traditional
b)
Command
c)
Market
d)
Mixed
19.
In the US, our economy has the characteristics multiple economic systems, therefore, US consumers live in a _________ economy
a)
Traditional
b)
Command
c)
Market
d)
Mixed
20.
In many countries a small group of people rule or have most of the power, what type of government exists in such a country?
a)
Oligarchy
b)
Monarchy
c)
Democracy
d)
Republic
21.
Why did early peoples set up governments?
a)
Raise money
b)
Keep order
c)
Take away people's rights
22.
Who has the control in a democratic form of government?
a)
Dictator
b)
Oligarch
c)
Monarch
d)
People/Citizens
23.
Which nation is a modern example of a communist dictatorship?
a)
United States
b)
Greece
c)
North Korea
d)
Israel
24.
A monarchy can be rule by a king/queen with absolute power or a monarch controlled by the laws of a constitution
a)
True
b)
False
25.
_________________ & _________________ allow a person to determine his/her absolute location on earth.
a)
Supply and Demand
b)
Longitude and Latitude
26.
1.  According to the theory of _____________ ____________ the movement of the Earth’s crust has caused the continents to move away from one another into their current locations.
a)
Thermodynamics
b)
Supply and Demand
c)
Plate Tectonics
27.
1.  The ____________ of a map helps someone determine the distance between two points on a map, while the __________ of a map often contains colors or symbols which represent the specific information found on the map.
a)
scale, legend/key
b)
key, title
c)
legend, key
d)
title, scale
28.
 _____________ is knowledge concerned with the production, consumption, and transfer of wealth.
a)
Government
b)
Envrionment
c)
Economics
29.
___________ is the exchange of a good or service for another good or service.
a)
Economics
b)
Trade
c)
Consumption
30.
 ___________ takes place when there is not enough of a good or service to satisfy demand for the good of service
a)
Surpulses
b)
Deflation
c)
Trade
d)
Scarcity
31.
 ___________________ is the amount of a product given to the retailers for customer purchase, while __________________ is the amount of a product customers expect to have the ability to purchase.  
a)
Demand, Tax
b)
Supply, Shortage
c)
Supply, Demand
d)
Shorage, Surplus
32.
When supply and demand are equal to each other, one has reached to point of ___________________.
a)
Surplus
b)
Shortage
c)
Equilibrium
33.
When the earth’s plates move side-side, it creates friction; the result is an _________________ that may devastate a particular city.
a)
Eruption
b)
Hurricane
c)
Tsunami
d)
Earthquake
34.
According to the law of demand, the ___________ of a product and the amount that customers demand will go in opposite directions.
a)
price
b)
supply
c)
shortage
d)
surplus
35.
Savannas, deserts, and peninsulas are examples of ______________.
a)
Biomes
b)
Landforms
36.
In Egypt, the Nile ____________ is the lifeblood of the country’s economy
a)
Mountain
b)
Sea
c)
River
d)
Plain
37.
The Himalaya and Alps are examples of ________________ ranges
a)
River
b)
Plain
c)
Mountain
38.
A _______________ map will show the location of national and state boundaries, as well as major cities.
a)
political
b)
economic
c)
topographic
39.
A ______________ is a plan for how to distribute your monthly income; it contains your monthly income minus all expenses you have for that month
a)
demand schedule
b)
supply schedule
c)
budget