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Worksheets3rd Q EQT Practice
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
In what year was the average stock price around $200?
a)
1932
b)
1931
c)
1927
d)
1926
2.
People who invested in which month would have been hurt most by Black Tuesday?
a)
November
b)
September
c)
July
d)
May
3.
In what year did the average price per share of stock rise $100?
a)
1930
b)
1929
c)
1928
d)
1927
4.
In what period did stock prices rise dramatically?
a)
the second half of the 1930s
b)
the first half of the 1930s
c)
the second half of the 1920s
d)
the first half of the 1920s
5.
Based on the time line, when did Roosevelt propose the New Deal?
a)
1935
b)
1933
c)
1931
d)
1930
6.
Based on the chart, how much would two quarts of milk, a dozen oranges, and nine pounds of potatoes have cost in 1933?
a)
65 cents
b)
56 cents
c)
47 cents
d)
22 cents
7.
One of the states affected by the Dust Bowl was ___.
a)
Mississippi
b)
Colorado
c)
Wyoming
d)
Missouri
8.
Most people fleeing the Dust Bowl headed ___.
a)
west
b)
east
c)
south
d)
north
9.
Based on the map, which state’s population increased by more than 50 percent in the 1930s?
a)
California
b)
Kansas
c)
Florida
d)
Vermont
10.
What national disaster most directly accounted for the population decrease in the middle states shown on the map above?
a)
Prohibition
b)
World War I
c)
dust bowl
d)
stock market crash
11.
Which of the following dams were all in the State of Alabama?
a)
Wheeler Dam, Guntersville Dam, Watts Bar Dam
b)
Wheeler Dam, Wilson Dam, Douglas Dam
c)
Wheeler Dam, Guntersville Dam, Cherokee Dam
d)
None of the above
12.
Based on the map, the Kentucky Dam was on what river?
a)
Mississippi River
b)
Tennessee River
c)
Kentucky River
d)
Ohio River
13.
Which of the following states was not supplied with power by the Tennessee Valley Authority?
a)
Mississippi
b)
Alabama
c)
Georgia
d)
South Carolina
14.
In what year was personal savings at its lowest?
a)
1938
b)
1933
c)
1932
d)
1929
15.
How is the information presented on the vertical axis of this line graph?
a)
in historical statistics
b)
in billions of dollars
c)
in savings
d)
in years
16.
Based on the map, how many states that were Republican in 1928 remained so in 1932?
a)
thirteen
b)
seven
c)
six
d)
five
17.
Based on the graph, in what year was unemployment lowest?
a)
1934
b)
1933
c)
1929
d)
1934
18.
What information is provided on the horizontal axis of this bar graph?
a)
percentage of unemployed workforce
b)
incomes of unemployed workforce
c)
percentage of employable workforce
d)
percentage of annual incomes
19.
In what year was the unemployment rate about three times higher than it was in 1929?
a)
1934
b)
1933
c)
1931
d)
1930
20.
According to the chart, who suffered the second highest casualty rate at Pearl Harbor?
a)
U.S. civilian population
b)
U.S. Army
c)
U.S. Marine Corps
d)
U.S. Navy
21.
The Allied forces advanced into Germany from which of the following countries?
a)
France
b)
Denmark
c)
Norway
d)
Sweden
22.
Which of the following countries remained neutral during World War II?
a)
Finland
b)
Bulgaria
c)
France
d)
Switzerland
23.
Which European capital city was never under Axis control during World War II?
a)
Paris
b)
Moscow
c)
Berlin
d)
Warsaw
24.
Which of these Allied nations was involved in the D-Day invasion?
a)
France
b)
Russia
c)
both Russia and France
d)
neither Russia nor France
25.
In what country is Manila located?
a)
Philippine Islands
b)
Netherlands Indies
c)
Japan
d)
French Indochina
26.
What was the easternmost point of conflict in the Pacific theater of war?
a)
Burma
b)
Hiroshima
c)
Midway
d)
Pearl Harbor
27.
Which of the following United States ships was sunk in the attack on Pearl Harbor?
a)
Arizona
b)
Alabama
c)
Tennessee
d)
Maryland
28.
What land was conquered by the Nazis first?
a)
Sudetenland
b)
Rhineland
c)
Austria
d)
Poland
29.
Based on the map, in what year did Italy invade Poland?
a)
1939
b)
1938
c)
1937
d)
None of these years
30.
What took up the most space of the middle section of an American destroyer like the USS Young?
a)
Pilot House & Officers’ Quarters
b)
Crew Mess & Enlisted Quarters
c)
Engine Room & Boiler Room
d)
Steering Gear & Galley
31.
Which group was most affected by U.S. internment of Japanese in America?
a)
Japanese citizens living in America
b)
American citizens of Japanese descent
c)
Italian Americans living on the East Coast
d)
German Americans
32.
Based on the time line, which of the following time spans marks the duration of the Korean War?
a)
1950–1953
b)
1950–1954
c)
1949–1953
d)
1949–1950
33.
Which of the following is a Warsaw Pact (communist) country?
a)
Italy
b)
Spain
c)
West Germany
d)
Poland
34.
After World War II, which of the following nations was neither communist nor a member of NATO?
a)
Ireland
b)
The Netherlands
c)
Norway
d)
Poland
35.
Based on the map, in what country was Berlin after World War II?
a)
West Germany
b)
East Germany
c)
Austria
d)
Germany
36.
Which 2 nations’ sectors of Berlin shared no border?
a)
American & French
b)
Soviet & American
c)
British & American
d)
French & Soviet
37.
Which sector of Berlin did not have an airport?
a)
French
b)
British
c)
American
d)
Russian
38.
Based on the map, which of the following states delivered the most electoral votes for Harry Truman in the 1948 presidential election?
a)
Texas
b)
New York
c)
California
d)
Illinois
39.
What political party did Strom Thurmond represent in the 1948 presidential election?
a)
Republican Party
b)
Democratic Party
c)
States’ Rights Party
d)
What political party did Strom Thurmond represent in the 1948 presidential election?
40.
Based on the time line, which of the following time spans marks the duration of the Korean War?
a)
1950–1954
b)
1950–1953
c)
1949–1953
d)
1949–1950
41.
Based on the time line, how many years after the United States detonated atomic bombs over Japan did the Soviet Union first test an atomic bomb?
a)
six
b)
four
c)
two
d)
one
42.
Based on the map of the Korean War, which of the following statements is correct?
a)
The city of Pusan was under North Korean and South Korean control at different points in the war.
b)
The city of Pusan was under North Korean control for only a brief period in 1951.
c)
The city of Pusan was never under North Korean control at any point in the war.
d)
North Korean lost control of the city of Pusan very early on in the war and never regained it.
43.
Based on the information on the map, who controlled the city of Seoul in January 1951?
a)
Soviet Union
b)
North Korea & China
c)
United Nations forces
d)
South Korea
44.
Study the map. The Yalu River forms part of the border between which of the following two countries?
a)
South Korea & China
b)
North Korea & Soviet Union
c)
North Korea & China
d)
South Korea & North Korea
45.
In which years was the United States representative to the United Nations a woman?
a)
1992
b)
1981
c)
1976
d)
1969
46.
What year was George H. W. Bush a United States representative to the United Nations?
a)
1981
b)
1971
c)
1960
d)
1947
47.
Based on the time line, how many years after the United States detonated atomic bombs over Japan did the Soviet Union first test an atomic bomb?
a)
six
b)
four
c)
two
d)
one
48.
According to the chart, how did personal income change between 1945 and 1960?
a)
it increased dramatically
b)
it decreased dramatically
c)
it increased slowly
d)
it decreased slowly
49.
According the the graphs, how did construction change between 1945 and 1960?
a)
it increase dramatically
b)
it decreased dramatically
c)
it increased slowly
d)
it decreased slowly
50.
According to the charts, which of the following statements is true for the period between 1945 and 1960?
a)
Personal income grew slowly in the late 1940s.
b)
Live births increased dramatically in the late 1940s.
c)
Live births increased especially in the late 1950s.
d)
Live births and personal income nearly doubled.
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