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Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 41mins
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Class
Date
1.
_______ is the way of life of people, including their beliefs, customs, and practices.
a)
Culture
b)
Customs
c)
Beliefs
d)
Social Classes
2.
What type of government does the following list describe? There is one ruler. The ruler usually inherited power. The ruler passed on leadership to his son.
a)
Democracy
b)
Monarchy
c)
Oligarchy
d)
Tyranny
3.
Democracy originated, or started in ________
a)
Athens, Greece
b)
Sparta, Greece
c)
Rome, Italy
d)
London, England
4.
Who elects the president, vice president, members in the House of Representatives and Senate?
a)
governor
b)
police officers
c)
citizens
5.
The set of beliefs, goals, and practices that a group of people share is known as:
a)
behavior
b)
interdependence
c)
culture
d)
diffusion
6.
What is a Representative Democracy (a.k.a.Republic)
a)
A family headed by a king, queen, sultan, or emperor holds political power. Power is not shared with citizens.
b)
The citizens hold power and rule through elected representatives.
c)
A political system based on fierce nationalism and a strong government.
d)
An organization set up to make and enforce rules for a group of people.
7.
Who decides the government leaders in a democracy?
a)
The people
b)
The king
c)
Parliament
d)
A small group of people
8.
What type of government is Authoritarian?
a)
Limited
b)
Unlimited
9.
Which two types of governments are considered unlimited governments?
a)
dictatorship and absolute monarchy
b)
democracy and totalitarianism
c)
republic and constitutional monarchy
d)
dictatorship and democracy
10.
A ______________ government is controlled only by the will of the leader
a)
unlimited government
b)
documented government
c)
limited government
d)
absolute government
11.
A government in which the leaders do not have laws or boundaries is called a
a)
absolute government
b)
unlimited government
c)
documented government
d)
limited government
12.
Where did the United States get it’s type of government from?
a)
Africa
b)
Greece
c)
Georgia
d)
Italy
13.
______ is the power concentrated in hands of a single leader or small group.
a)
Unlimited power
b)
democracy
c)
limited government
d)
direct democracy
14.
What is totalitarianism?
a)
Government that recognizes no limit to its authority and has total control over the public and private life of its citizens
b)
Practice of being totally awesome
c)
Government that totally relies on its people for its success
d)
The governments of the League of Nations after WWI, who had total reliance on one another for survival
15.
What can cause a country to have a low literacy rate?
a)
Uneducated Parents
b)
Lack of learning materials
c)
Lack of resources (poverty)
d)
all of these
16.
What is literacy?
a)
the ability to read and write
b)
the ability to read
c)
the ability to hear
d)
the ability to write
17.
Countries with high literacy rates are generally wealthier.
a)
True
b)
False
18.
Why is literacy important to people's success?
a)
Literacy is not important to people's success.
b)
Literacy is important.
c)
If adults cannot read and write, they have to take lower paying jobs.
19.
The freedom to start a business and make and sell for a profit any product allowed by law
a)
Market
b)
Industry
c)
Free Enterprise
d)
Entrepreneur
20.
Something made for the first time
a)
a producer
b)
Supply
c)
Entrepreneur
d)
Invention
21.
A person who organizes and operates a business
a)
Salesmen
b)
Entrepreneur
c)
Buyer
d)
Person
22.
An entrepreneur is someone
a)
Someone who works for a new business
b)
Someone who starts a new business
c)
Someone who takes over an existing business
d)
Someone who does not want to work
23.
What is one way people adapt to their climate?
a)
They make a reservoir.
b)
They preserve natural resources.
c)
They wear clothing that is good for their climate.
d)
They reserve fuels.
24.
How do people modify the environment for transportation?
a)
They build terraces
b)
They build dams across rivers.
c)
They build highways, bridges, and railroads.
d)
They dig mines.
25.
If you live in the desert, you might need the following to adapt to the environment:
a)
Snow boots
b)
Raincoat
c)
hat
d)
umbrella
26.
The modification of carving a hole through a mountain would be done so that humans can:
a)
grow plants
b)
travel through the mountain
c)
have more space
d)
to build homes
27.
Define: Any structure or behavior that helps a living thing meet its needs
a)
adaptation
b)
camouflage
c)
hibernation
d)
migration
28.
The total knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors shared by and passed on by members of a group.
a)
Culture
b)
society
c)
ethnic group
d)
innovation
29.
When the people in a society are involved and make governing decisions for themselves.
a)
republic
b)
self-government
c)
democratic freedom
d)
oligarchy
30.
The Incas carved terraces into hillsides and grew potatoes.
a)
True
b)
False
31.
Who used terrace farming?
a)
Inca
b)
Aztec
c)
Mayan
d)
Spanish
32.
When there is a change to the environment to meet the needs of people
a)
Adaptation
b)
Modification
33.
Building dams, plowing and irrigating fields, and digging mines are examples of...
a)
depending
b)
adapting
c)
modifying
34.
Is this an example of an adaptation or modification?
a)
Adaptation
b)
Modification
35.
Is this an example of an adaptation or a modification?
a)
Adaptation
b)
Modification
36.
TRUE OR FALSE: High productivity is an indicator of economic growth.
a)
True
b)
False
37.
Citizens have no voice and government as ALL control
a)
Limited
b)
Unlimited
38.
A monarchy is when a _____ rules?
a)
A. King & Queen
b)
B. Emperor & Empress
c)
Only A
d)
Both A & B
39.
A government where supreme authority is vested in a single person (passed along by bloodline/family)
a)
oligarchy
b)
democracy
c)
monarchy
d)
theocracy
40.
What type of government do we have in the United States of America?
a)
democracy
b)
election
c)
dictatorship
d)
judicial
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