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Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which is not an economic system?
a)
mixed
b)
free market
c)
communism
d)
command
2.
The imaginary parallel that goes around the middle of the Earth is the _______.
a)
Prime Meridian
b)
degrees
c)
Equator
d)
Arctic Circle
3.
People in a ________ get to vote and have an impact on the government.
a)
communism
b)
oligarchy
c)
anarchy
d)
democracy
4.
Kings and Queens are part of which type of government?
a)
monarchy
b)
dictatorship
c)
democracy
d)
theocracy
5.
Which country does NOT have a parliamentary democracy?
a)
Canada
b)
Cuba
c)
Great Britian
6.
An area defined by similar characteristics: physical, natural, human, and cultural, is a ____________________.
a)
Region
b)
Movement
c)
Location
d)
Place
7.
Trading without using money
a)
economic system
b)
barter
c)
scarcity
d)
free enterprise
8.
Distributing products to Wal-Mart shows which theme of geography?
a)
Location
b)
Movement
c)
Region
d)
Place
9.
Cutting down trees to build a new shopping center is an example of _______.
a)
Movement
b)
Human Environment Interaction
c)
Place
d)
Location
10.
Scarcity is ____.
a)
Having too much of something
b)
Having just enough of something
c)
Having very little of something
11.
A plan to use natural resources in a country ____.
a)
barter
b)
scarcity
c)
economic system
d)
free enterprise
12.
94°S 120°E
This is an example of _________________.
This is an example of _________________.
a)
Relative Location
b)
Absolute Location
13.
What measures how far north or south a place is from the Equator?
a)
lines of latitude
b)
lines of longitude
c)
meridians
d)
the poles
14.
I am at West End Elementary.
This is an example of ____________.
This is an example of ____________.
a)
Absolute Location
b)
Relative Location
15.
Latitude and longitude are measured in ______.
a)
temperature
b)
inches
c)
degrees
d)
parallels
16.
How do you come to power in a monarchy?
a)
voted in
b)
appointed
c)
you are born into it
17.
In a dictatorship, what is the main type of economy?
a)
mixed
b)
command
c)
free market
d)
traditional
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