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Social Studies Challenge

Total questions: 105

Worksheet time: 1hrs 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When speaking about the "Holocaust," what time period are we referring to?

a)

1933-1945

b)

1925-1930

c)

1945-1950

d)

1970-1975

2.
How many Jews were murdered during the Holocaust?
a)
1 million
b)
6 million
c)
100'000
d)
60 million
3.
What does the term "Final Solution" mean?
a)
Germany's plan to send all the Jews to Israel
b)
Hitler's plan to commit suicide
c)
Hitler's plan to kill all the Jews in Germany
d)
Hitler's plan to move all Jews to the U.S.
4.
What does the term genocide mean?
a)
the killing of all the pets in a country
b)
The murder of all the children in a country
c)
The murder of a particular gender of people like all the males
d)
the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation.
5.
What was a concentration camp?
a)
a place where large numbers of people, especially political prisoners or members of persecuted minorities, are deliberately imprisoned 
b)
A place where prisoners of war are placed
c)
A camp where people go to do work for the government
d)
A camp for students that have a hard time focusing on school
6.
What does persecution mean?
a)
Treating people well because of their political views
b)
Treating someone cruelly due to their race, religion, or political views
c)
Treating someone well because you really like them
d)
Treating people bad because you dislike the same people they dislike 
7.
Hostility to or prejudice against Jews is known as
a)
Pro-Judaism
b)
Anti-Judaism
c)
Anti-Jewishism
d)
Anti-Semitism
8.
Which Jews were spared during the Holocaust?
a)
Women
b)
Old Men
c)
Children
d)
None of the above
9.
Certain sections of cities were set aside to imprison Jews, these sections were called
a)
apartments
b)
projects
c)
ghettos
d)
government housing
10.
What did Jewish people in Nazi controlled areas have to wear to identify them as Jews?
a)
a yellow star of David
b)
a sign that said Jew
c)
Black clothes
d)
A yellow cross
11.

What is the name of the mountain range labeled A?

a)

Appalachian Mountains

b)

Rocky Mountains

c)

Sierra Nevada Mountains

d)

Sierra Madres

12.
What is the name of the region labeled B?
a)
Appalachian Mountains
b)
the Great Plains
c)
the Great Basin
d)
the Yucatan Peninsula
13.
What is the name of the mountain range labeled C?
a)
the Sierra Nevada
b)
the Sierra Madres
c)
the Rocky Mountains
d)
the Appalachian Mountains
14.
What is the name of the Ocean labeled A?
a)
Atlantic Ocean
b)
Pacific Ocean
c)
Gulf of Mexico
d)
Indian Ocean
15.
What is the name of the Ocean labeled B?
a)
Atlantic Ocean
b)
Pacific Ocean
c)
Gulf of Mexico
d)
Indian Ocean
16.
What is the name of the body of water labeled C?
a)
Atlantic Ocean
b)
Pacific Ocean
c)
Gulf of Mexico
d)
Indian Ocean
17.
What is the name of the river labeled D?
a)
Mississippi River
b)
Rio Grande
c)
Missouri River
d)
Colorado River
18.

What is the name of the river labeled E?

a)

Mississippi River

b)

Rio Grande

c)

Missouri River

d)

Colorado River

19.
What is the name of the river labeled F?
a)
Mississippi River
b)
Rio Grande
c)
Missouri River
d)
Colorado River
20.
What is the name of the bodies of water labeled H?
a)
Gulf of Mexico
b)
Hudson Bay
c)
Great Lakes
d)
Bering Strait
21.
What is the name of the river labeled I?
a)
Mississippi River
b)
St. Lawrence River
c)
Colorado River
d)
Rio Grande
22.
What is the name of the country labeled A?
a)
Mexico
b)
Canada
c)
the United States
d)
Alaska
23.
What is the name of the country labeled B?
a)
Mexico
b)
Canada
c)
the United States
d)
Alaska
24.
What is the name of the country labeled C?
a)
Mexico
b)
Canada
c)
the United States
d)
Alaska
25.

What continent is this?

a)

Europe

b)

Africa

c)

North America

d)

South America

26.
Which part of the map show the directions?
a)
Map Title
b)
Compass Rose
c)
Map key or legend
d)
Grid Lines
27.

A __________ tells you what each symbol on the map stands for.

a)

legal

b)

Compass rose

c)

legend

d)

scale

28.
What is this object known as?
a)
Map symbol
b)
Map key
c)
Map scale
d)
Compass rose
29.

If I drive from Hidalgo, TX to Miami, FL, which major US river must I cross?

a)

Rio Grande River

b)

Colorado River

c)

Mississippi River

d)

St. Lawrence River

30.

What characteristics describe the US/Mexico border?

a)

a. it is a natural boundary

b)

b. its just an imaginary line

c)

c. It is a political boundary

d)

d. both a and c

31.

Which one of the following is not a physical feature found in North America

a)

Temperate climates and some desert areas

b)

features a system of mountain ranges in the eastern and western coasts

c)

has minimal river systems

d)

none

32.

What country is the Amazon Rainforest primarily found in South America?

a)

Brazil

b)

Venezuela

c)

Chile

d)

Argentina

33.
The action of clearing a wide area of trees is called?
a)
deforestation
b)
extract
c)
erradicate
d)
elite
34.
What is the largest country of South America?  
a)
Brazil
b)
Venezuela
c)
Chile
d)
Argentina
35.
In 1959, Fidel Castro took over Cuba and created which type of government that controls all aspects of life? 
a)
Democracy 
b)
Monarchy 
c)
Communist 
d)
Theocracy 
36.

Cuba is the largest island situated between__________.

a)

The Mediterranean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean

b)

The Black Sea and the North Pole

c)

The Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean

d)

The Arabian Sea and the Pacific Ocean

37.
Cuba has a dictatorship government and a _______ economy.
a)
mixed
b)
command
c)
market
d)
free
38.
The Incas used what is known as ______ farming in order to grow crops on the mountainsides.
a)
Alpine
b)
Creative
c)
Terrace
d)
Sharecrop
39.

Rainforests are well known for

a)

being great habitats for animals and plants

b)

generating carbon dioxide through the trees

c)

growing banana trees

d)

having many Western influences

40.

What is the largest island in Central America?

a)

Bahamas

b)

Puerto Rico

c)

Jamaica

d)

Cuba

41.

Name an animal that has become extinct in the rainforests of South America.

a)

Zebra

b)

Short-Tail Bat

c)

Brass Monkey

d)

Flying Squirrel

42.

This is the Longest river in South America.

a)

Nile River

b)

Mississippi River

c)

Amazon River

43.
Why were the colonists angry about "taxation without representation?"
a)
The colonists wanted to pay taxes on stamps and tea
b)
The colonists had no representation in Parliament
c)
The colonists fought to write the Declaration of Independence
d)
The colonists were loyal to the British and wanted to keep them happy
44.
What 2 countries were fighting in the French and Indian War?
a)
America and France
b)
France and Britain
c)
Britain and Germany
d)
France and Spain
45.

What was the era when Europeans began exploring the world by sea in search of new trade routes, wealth and knowledge?

a)

The Enlightenment

b)

Socialization

c)

Islamic culture spread throughout Asia and North America.

d)

Age of Exploration

46.

What fast food chain uses soybeans to feed its livestock that was grown on land cleared by burning rain forests in South America?

a)

McDonald's

b)

Burger King

c)

Jack in the Box

d)

Wendy's

47.

What is the grassland region that is being cleared at a faster pace than the Amazon Rainforest called?

a)

Lowlands

b)

Highlands

c)

Cerrado

d)

Mercado

48.
What feature is 2 on the map?
a)
Caribbean Sea
b)
Pacific Ocean
c)
Gulf of Mexico
d)
Panama Canal
49.
What feature is 7 on the map?
a)
Amazon River
b)
Atacama Desert
c)
Sierra Madre Mountains
d)
Panama Canal
50.
What feature is 8 on the map?
a)
Andes Mountains
b)
Atacama Desert
c)
Amazon River
d)
Sierra Madre Mountains
51.
What feature is 3 on the map?
a)
Andes Mountains
b)
Gulf of Mexico
c)
Atacama Desert
d)
Caribbean Sea
52.

What is the following Latin America Physical Feature?

a)

Caribbean Sea

b)

Amazon River

c)

Atlantic Ocean

d)

Andes Mountains

53.

What is the following Latin America Physical Feature?

a)

Caribbean Sea

b)

Pampas

c)

Sierra Madre Mountains

d)

Andes Mountains

54.

What Is The Yellow Box Surrounding?

a)

Caribbean Sea

b)

Amazon River

c)

Atlantic Ocean

d)

Pacific Ocean

55.

Identify the physical feature the yellow box is circling.

a)

Amazon River

b)

Gulf of Mexico

c)

Atlantic Ocean

d)

Caribbean Sea

56.

What feature does number 7 represent?

a)

Pampas

b)

Caribbean Sea

c)

Gulf of Mexico

d)

Pacific Ocean

57.
What is the following Latin America Man-Made Feature?
a)
Lesser Antilles
b)
Sierra Madres
c)
Panama Canal
d)
Greater Antilles
58.

What body of water is west of South America?

a)

Gulf of Mexico

b)

Pacific Ocean

c)

Caribbean Sea

d)

Atlantic Ocean

59.

Panama Canal

a)

3

b)

4

c)

5

d)

8

60.

Amazon Rainforest

a)

6

b)

7

c)

9

d)

10

61.

Gulf of Mexico

a)

3

b)

4

c)

5

d)

9

62.

Caribbean Sea

a)

3

b)

4

c)

5

d)

10

63.
Which area would have the lowest population density?
a)
seacoast in Europe
b)
tundra in Russia
c)
river in China
d)
suburb in the U.S.A
64.
The average number of years an individual is predicted to live is called
a)
carrying capacity
b)
demograhpy
c)
growth rate
d)
life expectancy
65.
What event in the mid 1700s significantly human population growth?
a)
human settlement began
b)
bubonic plague
c)
development of agriculture
d)
industrial revolution
66.
The amount of people living in a given area is described as population
a)
expectancy
b)
morality
c)
density
d)
rate
67.
The population growth of developing nations surpasses population growth in developed nations 
a)
True
b)
False
68.

Imaginary east-west circles parallel to the Equator are called ______________________ lines.

a)

meridians

b)

latitude

c)

longitude

d)

straight

69.

A round model of the earth that shows the continents and oceans in their true shapes:______________________.

a)

sphere

b)

projection

c)

globe

d)

map

70.

Halfway between the North and the South poles, the _____________________ circles the globe horizontally at 0 degrees.

a)

equator

b)

ocean

c)

prime meridian

71.

One of the most common map projections, which distorts the size of the continents and the overall geometry of the planet:______________________________________.

a)

Mollweide projection

b)

Robinson projection

c)

Mercator projection

72.

Latitude and longitude lines help geographers identify

a)

absolute location

b)

the depths of oceans

c)

the Earth’s distance from the sun.

d)

the heights of mountains.

73.

Which theme would geographers use to study the consequences of peoples’ actions?

a)

Projection

b)

Location

c)

Movement

d)

Human Environment Interaction

74.

The disadvantage of a globe is that:

a)

It is not practical enough

b)

It does not show enough detail

c)

It is too big to fit into a pocket

d)

All of the above

75.

A misrepresentation of the true shape or a change in the accuracy of a shape: ______________.

a)

projection

b)

scale

c)

equivalent

d)

distortion

76.

One of the four compass points: north, south, east, and west: _________________________.

a)

Cardinal directions

b)

Legend

c)

Intermediate directions

d)

Key

77.

The imaginary line that circles the globe from north to south at 0 degrees: _________________.

a)

Prime meridian

b)

parallels

c)

equator

d)

meridians

78.

A representation of the Earth‘s rounded surface on a flat piece of paper is called a(n) _____________________________.

a)

Atlas

b)

Distortion

c)

Projection

d)

Globe

79.

A globe is more accurate than a map because a globe can show

a)

The true shapes of continents and oceans.

b)

City streets

c)

A distorted view of the Earth.

d)

A particular region in lots of detail.

80.
What is half of a sphere called?
a)
Halfsphere
b)
Semisphere
c)
Hemisphere
d)
Half circle
81.
What is this state?
a)
Ohio
b)
Iowa
c)
Texas
d)
Missouri
82.
What is this state?
a)
Minnesota
b)
Wisconsin
c)
Michigan
d)
Ohio
83.
What is the capital of this state?
a)
Chicago
b)
 Springfield
c)
Columbus
d)
Denver
84.
What is this state?
a)
Minnesota
b)
Wisconsin
c)
Ohio
d)
Nebraska
85.
What is the capital of this state?
a)
Topeka
b)
Johnson City
c)
Jefferson City
d)
Columbus
86.

Which Great Lake is number 1?

a)

Huron

b)

Ontario

c)

Michigan

d)

Superior

87.

Which Great Lake is number 5?

a)

Superior

b)

Michigan

c)

Huron

d)

Ontario

88.

Which Great Lake is number 2?

a)

Huron

b)

Michigan

c)

Ontario

d)

Superior

89.

Which Great Lake is number 3?

a)

Superior

b)

Michigan

c)

Huron

d)

Ontario

90.

Which Great Lake is number 4?

a)

Superior

b)

Huron

c)

Erie

d)

Michigan

91.
This was a tax on molasses and sugar to reduce smuggling.
a)
Stamp Act
b)
Sugar Act
c)
Townshend Act
d)
Tea Act
92.
Finish this American Colonist Motto, "No Taxation without..."
a)
Transportation
b)
Relaxation
c)
Representation
d)
Sensation
93.
Why were the American Colonist taxed after the French and Indian War?
a)
Britain was in debt and needed money
b)
That was the agreement with the Native Americans
c)
They made too much money
d)
Townshend Acts
94.
What was this poster's meaning?
a)
The Colonies needed to be united
b)
Serpents can grow back together
c)
Colonies need to be independent
d)
Ben Franklin didn't know why he made this
95.
This event broke tensions between the colonist and the British troops where shots were fired. Crispus Attucks was the first to be killed.
a)
Lexington and Concord
b)
Boston Tea Party
c)
Boston Massacre
d)
Bloody Valentine
96.
How did the colonist protest against the tea tax?
a)
Dressed up like Native Americans
b)
Boston Massacre
c)
Dumped tea into Boston harbor
d)
Didn't pay the tax on the East India Tea
97.
Which was the punishment for the Boston Tea Party?
a)
Intolerable Acts
b)
Sugar Acts
c)
Quartering Acts
d)
Stamp Acts
98.
Who was the first choice to command the Continental Army?
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
Benjamin Franklin
c)
Thomas Paine
d)
George Washington
99.
What group was created as a response to the Stamp Act?
a)
Sons of Liberty
b)
The Patriots
c)
The Red Coats
d)
The Loyalists
100.
The Great Compromise solved the problem of both big and small states wanting representation. 
a)
True
b)
False
101.
Federalist SUPPORT a strong, national government and creating a new constitution.
a)
True
b)
False
102.
What is the name of the first Constitution?
a)
Articles of Confederation
b)
Articles of Incorporation
c)
The Federalist Papers
d)
The Great Constitution 
103.
The first ten Amendment to the Constitution are called the  _______.
a)
Bill of Rights
b)
Preamble
c)
Articles
d)
Naturalization
104.
The _______ is the opening paragraph of the Constitution.
a)
Article 1
b)
Preamble
c)
Bill of Rights
d)
Prelude
105.
Which branch interprets the laws?
a)
Executive
b)
Judicial
c)
Appellate
d)
Legislative

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