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Worksheets6th Grade Social Studies Midterm
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 17mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What were the effects of the depression?
a)
Employment rose and wages fell.
b)
Farmers gained land and business grew?
c)
People had more money and better jobs?
d)
Farmers lost their land and banks closed.
2.
What kind of government is the European Union most like?
a)
democracy
b)
unitary
c)
confederation
d)
autocracy
3.
Jews are the followers of which religion?
a)
Buddhism
b)
Christianity
c)
Islam
d)
Judaism
4.
Which religion's belief system includes the five pillars of faith?
a)
Judaism
b)
Christianity
c)
Monotheism
d)
Islam
5.
Which of the following was not a main cause that led to World War 1?
a)
Nationalism
b)
Rise of Nazism
c)
Imperialism
d)
Militarism
6.
What characteristics do Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have in common?
a)
They are all montheistic
b)
They all call the house of worship a church
c)
They were all founded by Abraham
d)
They are all montheistic
7.
What are most economies today?
a)
Traditional
b)
Command
c)
Mixed
d)
Market
8.
Which leader had an autocratic type of government?
a)
Arch Duke Ferdinand
b)
Woodrow Wilson
c)
Czar Nicholas II
d)
Queen Elizabeth of England
9.
What is the best explanation for why Hitler and the Nazis came into power?
a)
Hitler used force and threats to win the office of Chancellor
b)
Hitler made deals with other party leaders to let him win.
c)
Hitler promised to rebuild Germany's military and said he would get back the land Germany lost.
d)
None of the above.
10.
Which of the following is NOT a result of the nuclear disaster by Chernobyl, Ukraine?
a)
Drinking water became unsafe
b)
radiation caused an increase in cancer
c)
fish in the rivers was not safe to eat.
d)
smog increased
11.
What is the United Kingdom's primary environmental problem?
a)
smog
b)
acid rain
c)
radition
d)
deforestation
12.
What is Germany's primary environmental problem?
a)
smog
b)
acid rain
c)
air pollution
d)
erosion
13.
What is a possible solution for the U.K.'s air pollution problems?
a)
all citizens wear face masks while outside
b)
cars should have emission checks
c)
use coal-burning factories
d)
ban the use of gasoline
14.
How does the literacy rate affect the standard of living of a country?
a)
lower literacy rate = higher standard of living
b)
higher literacy rate = lower standard of living
c)
higher literacy rate = higher standard of living
d)
it has no affect on it at all.
15.
Who is the head of the government in the UK?
a)
Monarch
b)
Chancellor
c)
Prime Minister
d)
President
16.
Which system of government has a central authority who operate all levels of the government in the country?
a)
Oligarchy
b)
Monarchy
c)
Democracy
d)
Autocracy
17.
In a democracy, the citizens....
a)
must submit to the demands of a small ruling group
b)
have no rights or power.
c)
vote for government officials and on some decisions
d)
have freedom of speech and religion, but that is all.
18.
What is the best explanation for why the USSR and the United States were superpowers after WW2?
a)
They each had a space program
b)
They were both member of the the World Legue
c)
They had power and influence over world events.
d)
They were the two biggest countries at that time.
19.
True or False: Most economies are mixed economies because most governments of market economies see a need for some level of government regulation.
a)
True
b)
False
20.
What marked the end of the Cold War?
a)
The death of Stalin
b)
The fall of the Berlin Wall
c)
The rise of democracy
d)
The election of Ronald Reagan.
21.
Why country can be described as having a unitary system with parliamentary democracy.
a)
England
b)
Russia
c)
England
d)
Germany
22.
Why country can be described as having a Federal system with parliamentary democracy.
a)
Germany
b)
United states
c)
England
d)
None of the abov
23.
Which is NOT a characteristic of the governments of Germany, England, and Russia?
a)
The lawmaking bodies are divided into two houses
b)
All have some part of the lawmaking body elected by the people
c)
Each divides the job of head of state and head of government
d)
All are oligarchies
24.
To spread culture and Christianity
To find new trade routes to Asia
To gain land and natural resources
All of these are characteristics of what?
To find new trade routes to Asia
To gain land and natural resources
All of these are characteristics of what?
a)
Westward Expansion
b)
European Exploration
c)
Traits of the cold war
d)
The start of WWI
25.
The Holy book of Islam is called:
a)
The Bible
b)
The Torah
c)
The Quran
d)
The Book of Truth
26.
Why does international trade require a system for exchanging currencies between nations?
a)
It is the law
b)
The banks demand it
c)
It promotes traveling
d)
It makes purchasing goods and services easier in other countries that use a different currency.
27.
Which group divided the country of Palestine into a Jewish state (Israel) after the Holocaust?
a)
United Nations
b)
NATO
c)
the Allies
d)
the Nazis
28.
What three questions must every economy ask?
a)
Where to produce, how to produce, for whom to produce
b)
When to produce, how to produce, what to produce
c)
what to produce, how to produce, for whom to produce
d)
Why produce, when to produce, for whom to produce
29.
In which type of government do the members of Parliament select a prime minister?
a)
presidential democracy
b)
constitutional monarchy
c)
parliamentary democracy
d)
shared oligarchy
30.
In which type of government is the chief executive elected by the citizens of the country?
a)
Parliamentary Democracy
b)
Monarchy
c)
Presidential Democracy
d)
Citizen Participation
31.
True or False: An Oligarchic government describes a type of government in which a small group of people have control of a country, organization, or institution
a)
True
b)
False
32.
A tariff is ______.
a)
A limit placed on the number of imports that may enter a country
b)
An economy in which change in price and consumer demand guide what and how goods and services will be produced.
c)
A tax on imports
d)
An economy in which all decisions are made by one central ruling authority.
33.
True or false: A quota is a limit place on the number of imports that may enter a country?
a)
True
b)
False
34.
What do you call a person who gives his/her own time, money, ideas and energies to start a business or to create something new?
a)
Crazy
b)
Entrepeneur
c)
Human Capital
d)
Sales person
35.
Which terms refers to the education, healthy, training, and skills of a country's or business's workers?
a)
Capital goods
b)
Human caital
c)
Natural resources
d)
All of the above
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