WorksheetsTest Review II
Total questions: 57
Worksheet time: 29mins
In late 1989 President George H. W. Bush launched an invasion of which country in order to depose its president?
Panama
The Dominican Republic
Cuba
Nicaragua
Jamestown was founded in 1607 for which of the following reasons?
To search for Gold
To find passage to Asia
To discover new plant and animal species
To trade with Native Americans
The Olive Branch Petition, written at the Second Continental Congress in 1775, reflects a colonial desire to
Declare immediate independence from Great Britian
Seek peace with Great Britain despite recent mounting tension
End the practice of mercantilism and promote industrialization
Expand agriculture beyond the Mississippi River
Which of the following was a result of the rebellion against the Virginia colonial government in 1676 led by Nathaniel Bacon?
The planters in Virginia sought to use the labor of enslaved Africans instead of White indentured servants.
Colonists began a movement for independence that would culminate in the American Revolution
The colonial government distributed 40 acres of farmland to every white resident
The British government raised taxes on imported goods to pay for the troops stationed in Virginia.
Which of the following constitutionally precepts is contained in the Bill of Rights?
The right of all citizens to vote regardless of gender
The direct election of senators and representatives
The protection of individual privacy from government intrusion
The granting of citizenship to anyone born on United States soil
Which of the following is outlined in the United States Constitution as ratified in 1788
How members of the House of Representatives are chosen
The role of the Supreme Court in judicial review
The composition of the Presidential Cabinet
The role of the political parties in choosing presidential candidates
Which TWO of the following were results of the 1783 Treaty of Paris between the United States and Great Britain?
The United States agreed to outlaw the Atlantic slave trade
Great Britain agreed to pay the United States reparations
Great Britain relinquished all claims to the United States
The United States gained access to lands east of the Mississippi River
Which of the following Statements best describes the Monroe Doctrine
The United States declared that it would eschew alliances with European powers in an attempt to avoid foreign conflicts
The United States declared that lands occupied by Native Americans should be evacuated for resettlement by Whites
The United States vowed to protect Latin American countries from the spread of communism
The United States would intervene to prevent European powers from establishing more colonies in the Western Hemisphere
Which of the following was a main goal of the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention?
To obtain political recognition for newly freed slaves
To determine how to relocate members of the Seneca Nation
To declare that women should be granted more civil rights
To discuss the political functions of the temperance movement
Which of the following developments best accounts for the first appearance of villages in southwestern North America circa 300 BCE?
The ability to adapt and grow crops such as maize
The use of pottery in ritual ceremonies
The emergence of trade routes connecting southwestern communities
The use of domesticated animals for agriculture and trade
Which of the following scriptures is associated with Hinduism?
The Gathas
The Daodejing
The Vedas
The Analects
The conquests of Alexander of Macedon most directly resulted in which of the following?
The spread of Roman power across the Mediterranean
The spread of Greek culture to Middle East, Central Asia, and India
The spread of Buddhism to Greece
The spread of Chinese science and technology to Europe
Which of the following was the most important factor in the conduct of long-distance trade in the Indian Ocean region prior to circa 1500 CE?
The ability to determine longitude
The ability to use monsoon winds
The Spread of advanced maritime technology from Europe
The spread of Islam
Which of the following political developments most immediately allowed for the emergence of Turkic empires and states across the Middle East and Central Asia shortly after circa 1000 CE
The arrival of Latin Christian Crusading armies in the Middle East
The resurgence of the Byzantine Empire's power following conquests in the Balkans
The collapse of the Tang Empire in China and its subsequent loss of territories in Central Asia
The decline of the Abbasid caliphate's power because of frequent revolts and political instability
Which of the following best describes how the Scientific Revolution affected seventeenth-century Europe?
It undermined religious teachings about the nature of the universe and physical matter
It challenged traditional gender roles
It reinforced Greco-Islamic scientific and mathematical theories about natural forces.
It prevented the growth of new religious movements such as Deism
The construction of the Suez Canal in the nineteenth century was most directly a result of which of the following?
The discovery of petroleum in the Arabian peninsula
Napoleon's invasion of Egypt during the French Revolution
The emergence of new Arab states following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire
The rise of European imperialism in Africa and Asia
The Supreme Court's power of judicial was established under
Hylton v. United States
Marbury v. Madison
Article I of the US Constitution
The Ninth Amendment of the United States Constitution
Which of the following outlines and basic structure of the three-tiered federal court system from lowest to highest tier?
State supreme court, circuit court, United States Supreme Court
District court, state supreme court, United States Supreme Court
Circuit Court, district court, United States Supreme Court
District court, circuit court, United States Supreme Court
Which of the following is a result of the system of checks and balances outlined in the United States Constitution
Each branch of government is equally insulated from public pressure
The political system often requires compromise for changes to be made
The federal government and the states share power in many policy areas
Policy concerns are often neglected because of barriers created in Congress
According to pluralist theories of democracy, which of the following is a benefit provided by the activities of interest groups?
Judicial interpretation
Raising revenue
Interest aggregation
Government accountability
"Democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have ever been found incompatible with personal security or the rights of property; and have in general been short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths."
Which of the following best characterizes Madison's preferred form of government?
Parliamentary democracy
Theocracy
Constitutional republic
Constitutional monarchy
Which of the following officials is most likely to have the greatest access to the president?
The White House chief of staff
The secretary of state
The vice president
The speaker of the house
Which of the following checks is an implied power Congress has over the executive branch
Approving presidential appointments
Declaring war
Impeachment
Oversight of executive agencies
The federalist no 78, Hamilton argued in favor of a lifetime tenure for federal judges on the basis of
keeping the judiciary independent from political pressure
ensuring that the judiciary upholds high moral standards
offering stable careers to qualified personnel
alternating party control of the federal bench
Which of the following had the responsibility to oversee the implementation of school desegregation after the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka ruling?
The president
Congress
Federal district court
The police
The United States political system differs from parliamentary democracies in which of the following ways?
The United States has fixed terms of office for the president and legislature, while most parliamentary democracies have variable terms.
The United States holds direct elections for all national legislators, while legislators in most parliamentary democracies are appointed
The United States does not use primary elections, while primary elections are common in the most parliamentary democracies
The United States legislature is bicameral, while all parliaments are unicameral.
The United States political system differs from parliamentary democracies in which of the following ways?
The United States has fixed terms of office for the president and legislature, while most parliamentary democracies have variable terms.
The United States holds direct elections for all national legislators, while legislators in most parliamentary democracies are appointed.
The United States does not use primary elections, while primary elections are common in most parliamentary democracies
The United States legislature is bicameral, while all parliaments are unicameral.
Which of the following expansions of presidential power has been limited by the courts?
Executive orders on bureaucratic issues
Executive agreements with other countries
Signing statements attached to bills
Impoundment of funds from Congress
Which of the following best describes selective incorporation?
If there is a conflict between federal and state law, federal law is superior
Business in the United States is regulated by the commerce clause of the Constitution
Portions of the Bill of Rights are applied to states on a case-by-case approach
Segregation deprives people of equal protection under the law
Which of the following can serve as a limit on a president's foreign-policy-making power?
Congress can veto a president's declaration of war.
The Senate can refuse to ratify an executive agreement with another country.
Low public-approval ratings can undermine a president's foreign policy agenda
Limited media coverage of foreign affairs can diminish the president's ability to take action abroad
A narrow corridor extends the Democratic republic of Congo to the Atlantic Ocean, and the Caprivi Strip extends a very slim section of Namibia to the Zambezi River. The Democratic Republic of Congo and Namibia are examples of
Prorupt states
Compact states
Fragmented states
Perforated states
The global industrial division of labor has impacted East Asia in which of the following ways?
Poverty has increased within the urban populations of East Asia.
The middle-class population of East Asia has grown substantially
The status of East Asian women has declined substantially
Population growth in most East Asian countries has boomed
In the model presented in The Isolated State, von Thunen argued that agricultural land-use types would develop in rings around a town or village. The innermost ring of von Thunen's model, closest to the center, was characterized by
forest used for timber products and firewood
grain production
market gardens and dairying
extensive grazing of animals
The mean December-February temperature in Moscow is significantly lower than that in Copenhagen, even though both cities are located in the same distance from the equator, because Moscow's temperature reflects its location in
an arctic climate region
a highland climate region
a continental climate region
a marine climate region
The primary reason why certain areas experience more damage and loss of life from natural disasters is due to
nondemocratic political systems
underfunded public services
a lack of energy and food resources
warmer, more humid climates
What type of map projection shows lines of longitude as straight, parallel lines but shows the shortest land distance between two points on such a map as a great circle route?
Polar azimuthal
Robinson
Goode homolosine
Mercator
The farther it is from the source of its invention, the less likely an innovation is to be adopted, and the weaker its impact is likely to be. The geographic effect is known as:
a cultural barrier
distance decay
physical barrier
time-space convergence
Which of the following are in the M1 measure of the money supply
Currency held in banks and demand deposit balances
Currency held in banks and excess reserves
Currency in circulation, demand deposit balances, and credit card balances
Currency in circulation and demand deposit balances
Which of the following actions by the Federal Reserve Bank will decrease the federal funds rate?
Purchasing bonds on the open market
decreasing the money supply
Increasing the required reserve ratio
increasing the discount rate
The commercial banking system creates money when
Required reserves equal excess reserves
Excess reserves decrease with additional deposits
Excess reserves are loaned out
Borrowers pay back loans
Which of the following illustrates the short-run impacts of an increase in government purchases on the price level and real output?
The aggregate demand curve shifts to the rights, decreasing the prices level and real output
The aggregate demand curve shifts to the right, increasing the price level and real output
The aggregate supply curve shifts to the right, increasing the price level and real output
The aggregate supply curve shifts to the left, increasing the price level and decreasing real output
Which of the following is an example of frictional unemployment?
After retirement, Archeta decides to volunteer at a local food bank instead of looking for paid jobs
Guillermo is laid off when sales at his firm decline
Pingli loses her job after a robot is developed that can do her work
Donte has completed his mater's degree and is looking into several job offers.
Which of the following describes the fundamental economic problem?
Resources are used by the private sector and the public sector
There is a lack of appropriate information for making decisions
Resources are limited and wants and needs are unlimited
Different economic systems distribute wealth differently
Which of the following financial instruments is most likely to offer the lowest risk and highest return for a short-term investment?
Cash
Certificate of deposit
Real estate
Stocks
Which of the following can best account for the fact that opportunity costs in production are typically increasing?
Imperfect consumer preferences
Inadequate technology changes
Depreciation of physical capital
Imperfect substitutability of resources
Rhonda owns her own business settling up web sites for individual and businesses. Working from her home office, she uses her computer to design the sites. She earns $50 per hour for her efforts. Which of the following is an example of capital as a factor of production for Rhonda?
The $50 per hour that Rhonda earns designing Web sites
The time that Rhonda devotes to her business
The computer Rhonda uses to design the web sites
The web sites that Rhonda sets up for her clients
Which of the following is an example of government intervention in a mixed economy?
Spending for infrastructure improvement and maintenance
Allocating scarce resources to their best use
Protecting workers from dangerous working conditions
Setting production goals
Increased access to higher education may lead to productivity gains because of which of the following?
An increase in human capital
An increase in college tuition
A decrease in financial capital
A decrease in educational loans
If the government imposes new regulations on businesses to increase product safety, real output and price level will change in which of the following ways? Real input will: and the Price level will:
Decrease Decrease
Decrease Increase
Increase Increase
Increase Decrease
Which of the following is true about monopoly and perfect competition?
Monopoly produces larger output and charges a higher price than perfect competition does
Monopoly produces larger output and charges a lower price than perfect competition does
Monopoly produces smaller output and charges a higher price than perfect competition does
Monopoly produces smaller output and charges a lower price than perfect competition does
Which of the following will decrease the quantity demanded of gasoline?
A decrease in the price of cars operated by gasoline
A decrease in per-unit sales taxes on gasoline
An increase in consumers' income and gasoline is a normal good
An increase in the price of gasoline
Which of the following best describes a situation where economic efficiency is achieved?
The economy can produce more goods and services when resources are redistributed
A country distributes income and wealth equally among its citizens
An economy can only produce more goods and services when more resources and available
A country's unemployment rate is higher than its natural rate of unemployment
Which of the following are the four types of anthropology?
Linguistic, archaeological, social, and civilized
Biological, archaeological, linguistic, and cultural
Linguistic, sociological, biological, and psychological
Psychological, paleontological, linguistic, and cultural
Reinforcers and punishers influence the probability that a given behavior will be repeated in the future. What impact does a negative reinforcer have on a future behavior?
It increases the probability of reoccurrence
It decreases the probability of reoccurrence
It has no effect on the probability of reoccurrence
It can either increase or decrease the probability of reoccurrence depending on the situation.
Which of the following types of learning takes place through imitating others?
Classical conditioning
Operant conditioning
Observational
Logical
Which of the following schedules of reinforcement involves reinforcing behavior after a given amount of time?
Fixed ratio
Variable ratio
Fixed interval
Variable interval
Which of the following statements is true regarding the neural action of reuptake?
It takes place in the axon terminals by the sending neuron
It takes place in the dendrites of a receiving neuron
It takes place in the nodes of Ranvier of the sending neuron
It takes place in the axon hillock to initiate the action potential
