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6th SS 2nd Semester Final Reviw

Total questions: 82

Worksheet time: 43mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the type of government where there is no ruler in charge, and has no structure of authority?
a)
Anarchy
b)
Oligarchy
c)
Theocracy
d)
Dictatorship
2.

A type of government that is ran by representatives of the people is called a____.

a)

Monarchy

b)

Representative Democracy

c)

Oligarchy

d)

Direct democracy

3.

What type of government has a king or queen that holds all the power?

a)

Absolute Monarchy

b)

Dictatorship

c)

Direct Democracy

d)

Republic

4.

Citizen participate in the government by voting on every suggested law

a)

Monarchy

b)

Representative Democracy

c)

Oligarchy

d)

Direct Democracy

5.

What type of government does Brazil have?

a)

oligarchy

b)

presidental democracy

c)

autocracy

d)

parliamentary democracy

6.

In Tina's country, she votes for the legislative branch of government. The leader of the executive branch comes from legislative branch and is not voted for by the citizens. What type of government does she live under?

a)

oligarchy

b)

presidential democracy

c)

autocracy

d)

parliamentary democracy

7.

In Sam's country, citizens vote for the legislative branch and the head of the executive branch. What type of government does he live under?

a)

oligarchy

b)

presidential democracy

c)

autocracy

d)

parliamentary democracy

8.

What type of economy is Cuba closest to?

a)

Command

b)

Market

c)

Traditional

9.

What type of economy is Mexico and Brazil closer to?

a)

Command

b)

Market

c)

Traditional

10.
Limited availability of resources/not enough of something.
a)
Goods
b)
Services
c)
Scarcity
d)
Available
11.
The amount of an item that someone has to sell.
a)
Need
b)
Supply
c)
Demand
d)
Import
12.
The amount of an item that consumers are willing to buy at different prices.
a)
Need
b)
Supply
c)
Demand
d)
Import
13.

People own their own goods and property; producers are free to decide what goods and services to make and what prices to charge.

a)

Command Economy

b)

Market Economy

c)

Traditional Economy

d)

Mixed Economy

14.

People simply follow tradition and do whatever their ancestors did (example- If grandfather and dad were fisherman, then son will be a fisherman).

a)

Command Economy

b)

Market Economy

c)

Traditional Economy

d)

Mixed Economy

15.
The 3 regions that make up Latin America are
a)
North America, Mexico, and Europe
b)
Central America, South America, and Caribbean
c)
Europe, Australia, North America
d)
Europe, Asia, Africa
16.
Tariffs are a trade barrier that place a tax on what type of goods?
a)
exported goods
b)
imported goods
c)
people's cars
d)
business owner's companies
17.
What is an entrepreneur?
a)
a leader of a country
b)
a worker in a factory
c)
a student in college
d)
a person who starts their own business.
18.

NAFTA was designed to promote free trade with...

a)

United States, Canada, and Mexico

b)

United States, U.K. and Russia

c)

United Kingdom, Canada, and Mexico

d)

South America, Mexico, and the Caribbean

19.

How does specialization encourage trade between countries?

a)

A Specialization produces such an abundance of one product that the country is forced to trade it.

b)

A Specialization creates a diversity of products in one country and very few products in others.

c)

A Specialization utilizes different natural resources that are shared between multiple countries.

d)

A Specialization allows for countries to master one product and sell it to other countries that may need it.

20.
What is the largest environmental concern for Mexico City?
a)
Smog / Air Pollution
b)
Extraction of Natural Resources
c)
Deforestation
d)
Over-production of Oil (spills/ leaks)
21.
How does the physical geography of Mexico make their smog situation worse?
a)
The dense urban population 
b)
It is surrounded by mountains, that traps in air pollutants
c)
The Amazon River filling with the pollution from factories
d)
The citizens of Mexico City having higher medical costs due to breathing bad air
22.
Cattle ranching, slash-and-burn farming, road building, and the development of new settlements were the cause of _____ in _______.
a)
Air Pollution/Brazil
b)
Oil Pollution/Mexico
c)
Air Pollution/Venezuela
d)
Deforestation/Brazil
23.
Cuba’s location on the ocean helps with which industry
a)
Fishing and tourism
b)
a.  Farming and manufacturing
c)
a.  Tourism and farming
24.
What feature does number 2 represent?
a)
Andes Mountains
b)
Sierra Madre Mountains
c)
Atacama Desert
d)
Amazon Rain Forest
25.
What feature does number 4 represent?
a)
Atacama Desert
b)
Sierra Madre Mountains
c)
Andes Mountains
d)
Rocky Mountains
26.
Which feature lies along the western coast of Central America and runs from Peru to Chile?
a)
Amazon River
b)
Atacama Desert
c)
Andes Mountains
27.
What feature does number 5 represent?
a)
Caribbean Sea
b)
Atlantic Ocean
c)
Gulf of Mexico
d)
Amazon River
28.
Which country is represented by number 1?
a)
Mexico
b)
Canada
c)
United States
d)
Venezuela
29.
Which country is represented by number 2?
a)
United States
b)
Panama
c)
Venezuela
d)
Mexico
30.
Which country is represented by number 3?
a)
Panama
b)
Puerto Rico
c)
Haiti
d)
Cuba
31.
Which country is represented by number 4?
a)
Haiti
b)
Dominican Republic
c)
Venezuela
d)
Panama
32.
Which country is represented by number 5?
a)
Cuba
b)
Dominican Republic
c)
Venezuela
d)
Panama
33.
Which country is represented by number 6?
a)
Bolivia
b)
Columbia
c)
Venezuela
d)
Panama
34.
Which country is represented by number 7?
a)
Venezuela
b)
Columbia
c)
Bolivia
d)
Brazil
35.
Which country is represented by number 9 (the one closest to the ocean)?
a)
Brazil
b)
Columbia
c)
Chile
d)
Mexico
36.
What feature does number 1 represent?
a)
Rocky Mountains
b)
Andes Mountains
c)
Sierra Madre Mountains
d)
Atacama Desert
37.
What feature is represented by number 3?
a)
Amazon Rain Forest
b)
Amazon River
c)
Panama Canal
d)
Lake Titicaca
38.
Which country is represented by number 8?
a)
Bolivia
b)
Venezuela
c)
Brazil
d)
Columbia
39.
What feature does number 6 represent?
a)
Gulf of Mexico
b)
Amazon River
c)
Caribbean Sea
d)
Pacific Ocean
40.
What feature does number 7 represent?
a)
amazon River
b)
Caribbean Sea
c)
Gulf of Mexico
d)
Pacific Ocean
41.
Which feature lies between the Pacific Ocean and the Andes Mountains and is one of the dries spots on earth.
a)
Sierra Madre Mountain
b)
Atacama Desert
c)
Amazon Rain Forest
42.
Which feature is a major "shortcut" between the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean?
a)
Amazon River
b)
Caribbean Sea
c)
Panama Canal
43.
What advantage did the Spanish have over the native people of Latin America
a)
The Spanish spoke many language
b)
The Spanish had advanced weapons
c)
The native peoples were peaceful and never fought
d)
The native peoples were not able to govern themselves
44.
Why did the Europeans bring Africans to the New World as slaves?
a)
Europeans were incapable of doing hard work
b)
Europeans wanted to increase the population of the New World
c)
Many natives of Latin America died of diseases brought by the Spanish
d)
Many natives refused to do work
45.
The movement of animals, plants, people, and diseases between the Old World and the New World is known as the...
a)
The Great Migration
b)
Transatlantic Trade
c)
The Age of Exploration
d)
Columbian Exchange
46.
Which two European countries had the most influence on the culture of Latin America?
a)
Spain and England
b)
England and France
c)
Portugal and Spain
d)
Denmark and Portugal
47.
What is the most common religion in Latin America?
a)
Buddism
b)
Roman Catholicism
c)
Orthodox Christianity
d)
Judaism
48.
Where is Portuguese spoken in Latin America?
a)
Haiti
b)
Cuba
c)
Venezuela
d)
Brazil
49.
Who led the Cuban Revolution in 1959?
a)
Fidel Castro
b)
Batista
c)
Miguel Hidalgo
d)
Simon Bolivar
50.
What kind of government did Fidel Castro set up?
a)
Representative Democracy
b)
Absolute Monarchy
c)
Communist dictatorship
d)
Constitutional monarchy
51.
After the Cuban Missile Crisis, what kind of trade barrier did the US place on trade with Cuba?
a)
Free trade
b)
Embargo
c)
Tariff
d)
Quota
52.
The term used to describe period of sociopolitical, military and economic conflict between the world's Western capitalist democracies and it Eastern communist regimes from the end of WWII through 1991
a)
Civil War
b)
Cold War
c)
Coup
d)
Discontent
53.
An economic system where private ownership of businesses are forbidden and all industries and resources are under control of the state (government)
a)
Communist
b)
Democracy
c)
Monarchy
d)
Federal System
54.
Term referring to the native (first) people of a given place
a)
Original
b)
Native
c)
Indigenous
d)
Citizens
55.
Term used to describe the newly discovered Americas during the European Age of Exploration.
a)
New World
b)
Natives
c)
West
d)
Middle Passage
56.
Spanish agricultural plantations throughout Latin America during the colonial period.
a)
Plantations
b)
Farms
c)
Gardens
d)
Hacienda
57.
The 9 on this map represents which Australian geographic feature?
a)
Ayers Rock
b)
Great Barrier Reef
c)
Great Victoria Desert
d)
Coral Sea
58.
The 10 on this map represents which Australian geographic feature?
a)
Ayers Rock
b)
Great Barrier Reef
c)
Great Victoria Desert
d)
Coral Sea
59.
The 11 on this map represents which Australian geographic feature?
a)
Ayers Rock
b)
Great Barrier Reef
c)
Great Victoria Desert
d)
Coral Sea
60.
The 12 on this map represents which Australian geographic feature?
a)
Ayers Rock
b)
Great Barrier Reef
c)
Great Victoria Desert
d)
Coral Sea
61.
The 13 on this map represents which Australian geographic feature?
a)
Ayers Rock
b)
Great Barrier Reef
c)
Great Victoria Desert
d)
Great Dividing Range
62.
  Australia is both a ___________ and a country.
a)
Territory
b)
City
c)
Continent
d)
Climate
63.
  Australia is in the ______________ hemisphere.
a)
Northern
b)
Southern
c)
Central
d)
Kangaroo
64.
 Which part of Australia is mostly desert and gets very little rain.
a)
Northern
b)
Southern
c)
Central
d)
Kangaroo
65.
  Nearly 80% of Australians live in ___________areas.
a)
Wilderness
b)
Urban
c)
Remote
d)
Rural
66.
 What is the name of the world’s largest collection of coral? (hint: it extends 1,200 miles)
a)
Coral Sea
b)
Ayers Rock
c)
Great Victoria Desert
d)
Great Barrier Reef
67.

the dry interior of the continent of Australia that is sparsely populated

a)

outback

b)

The Great Barrier Reef

c)

desert

d)

tundra

e)

Great Victoria Desert

68.
land that is suitable for farming
a)
arable
b)
arid
c)
outback
d)
bush
e)
tropical
69.

What TWO things the British brought to Australia that is responsible for killing many Aborigines.

a)

horses

b)

disease

c)

guns

d)

cattle

70.
traveling from place to place in search of food and water
a)
nomadic
b)
arable
c)
arid
d)
temperate
e)
moderate
71.
Australian was settled as a ________ colony.
a)
Party
b)
Prison
c)
Potato
d)
Marsupial
72.

Who is the leader of Australia?

a)

Rakshna

b)

Prime Minister

c)

Queen

d)

Governor general

73.

What is Queen Elizabeth's II role in Australia's government?

a)

Prime Minister

b)

Governor General

c)

Head of State

d)

Citizen

74.

What does a bicameral legislature contain?

a)

Two representatives

b)

Two laws

c)

Two voters

d)

Two houses

75.

Which was not an impact left on Australia by the British?

a)

Language

b)

Religion

c)

Mountains

d)

Government System

76.

Who do Australian citizens vote for?

a)

the Queen

b)

the Prime Minister

c)

members of parliament

d)

the Governor General

77.

Due to the ranching industry in the outback, Australia is the world's leading producer of

a)

fish

b)

oil

c)

wool

d)

steaks

78.

Why does Australia trade with Asian countries so much?

a)

They like Chinese food

b)

Because they are very close to Asia

c)

They don't do a lot of trade with Asia

d)

They are still made at the United Kingdom for sending prisoners to Australia

79.
What is money received on a regular basis for work or through investments?
a)
salary
b)
paycheck
c)
wage
d)
income
80.

Required payments to a government are_______________.

a)

income

b)

taxes

c)

imports

d)

medicare

81.
The cost of borrowed money, usually expressed as a percentage.
a)
interest
b)
savings plan
c)
scarce
d)
purchase
82.

Eric purchased a movie ticket with his card. This money will come straight out of his checking account. What card did he use?

a)

Credit Card

b)

Debit Card

c)

Gift Card

d)

Rewards Card

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