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Chapters 1 and 2 CHAMPIONSHIP!

Total questions: 77

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A personal attitude about people or life.

a)

point of view

b)

anthropology

c)

primary source

d)

evidence

e)

conclusion

2.

In the Gregorian calendar events BEFORE the birth of Jesus are referred to as B.C. – which means:

(a)  

3.

Select the TWO that this map could be.

a)

Political

b)

Special purpose

c)

Choropleth

d)

Physical

4.

The point (sweet spot) where supply and demand are equal (nothing left over at the end of the day and everyone is happy) is called ________________.

a)

Equilibrium

b)

Supply

c)

Demand

d)

Scarcity

5.

An unseasoned, emotional judgement about people or events.

a)

artifact

b)

secondary source

c)

bias

d)

conclusion

e)

credential

6.

Select ALL that are examples of primary sources?

a)

A document from the time

b)

An encyclopedia

c)

A scrap of pottery

d)

A history textbook

e)

A soldier's uniform

7.

An object made by people.

a)

artifact

b)

evidence

c)

bias

d)

plagiarize

e)

archaeology

8.

A painting by Leonardo DaVinci.

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

9.

Population density refers to how many people live in a:

a)

Continent

b)

Country

c)

Square mile

d)

Choropleth

10.

Select the Eastern Hemisphere.

a)
b)
c)
d)
11.

Charts show facts in an ______________ way.

a)

Chaotic

b)

Organized

c)

Boring

d)

Disorganized

12.

What year did Windsor McCay produce his cartoon?

(a)  

13.

My birthday is 9-25-1981AD. What does the AD mean in the Gregorian calendar?

a)

"In the year of the Lord."

b)

"After Death."

14.

Writing was invented about _______________ years ago.

a)

5

b)

50

c)

500

d)

5,000

e)

55,000

15.

How many branches of government are there?

(a)  

16.

The judicial branch is responsible for what?

a)

Making laws.

b)

Deciding if laws are fair.

c)

Enforcing laws.

17.

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in America.

a)

Fact

b)

Opinion

18.

Select the Northern Hemisphere.

a)
b)
c)
d)
19.

Sometimes historians disagree in their conclusions.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

The three branches of government are not equal.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

Select the Western Hemisphere.

a)
b)
c)
d)
22.

Which happened earlier?

a)

Disney brothers' studio created

b)

First animated film released

23.

A reporter describing his time in Iraq.

a)

Primary source

b)

Secondary source

24.

The special name for zero degrees latitude is the ____________________.

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

Equator

25.

A text book describing the "The Great War."

a)

Primary source

b)

Secondary source

26.

Making an inference means:

a)

Choosing the most likely explanation for an event.

b)

Choosing how you feel the event happened.

c)

Choosing what you'd like the result to have been.

27.

Many calendars tend to be based on events of ____________ importance.

a)

Religious

b)

Free time

c)

Birthday

d)

TV show

28.

When the price is $6, and the demand is 6, what is that point called?

a)

Equilibrium

b)

Equality

c)

Equilateral

d)

Equator

29.

A document or written work created after an event.

a)

secondary source

b)

artifact

c)

credential

d)

bias

e)

plagiarize

30.

Something that shows proof that something is true.

a)

evidence

b)

era

c)

artifact

d)

primary source

e)

point of view

31.

The map scale is a line that tells you the ________________ on a map.

a)

Distances

b)

Resources

c)

Population

d)

Cardinal directions

32.

Horse manure smells awful.

a)

Fact

b)

Opinion

33.

The supply is around 8.5, and the demand is 3 when the PRICE is at what amount?

a)

$1

b)

$3

c)

$5

d)

$8

34.

The higher the price the more a person wants to buy.

a)

True

b)

False

35.

Primary sources can always be trusted.

a)

True

b)

False

36.

A college professor describing how the pilgrims lived.

a)

Primary source

b)

Secondary source

37.

First-hand evidence of an event in history.

a)

primary source

b)

secondary source

c)

point of view

d)

conclusion

e)

bias

38.

High inflation means that money buys ___________.

a)

Less

b)

More

c)

The same

39.

The executive branch is responsible for what?

a)

Deciding if laws are fair.

b)

Enforcing laws.

c)

Making laws.

40.

Historians must be careful to make inferences based on facts.

a)

True

b)

False

41.

Which is the correct order of the cardinal directions?

a)

Never Eat Soggy Waffles.

b)

Never Eat Waffles Soggy.

c)

Soggy Waffles Never Eat.

d)

Never Soggy Waffles Eat.

42.

In general, professional athletes are overpaid.

a)

Fact

b)

Opinion

43.

Early explorers helped geographers realize the Earth was ________________. (despite what some people today may believe...)

a)

Not flat

b)

Floating around the sun

c)

Flat

d)

Tiny

44.

What were the main reasons for Mr. Farwell and Mr. DeCruz's umm... early... deaths? (Twilight Zone episode with the water)

a)

Supply

b)

Scarcity

c)

Barter

d)

Entrepreneurship

e)

Greed

45.

A choropleth is not a kind of special purpose map.

a)

True

b)

False

46.

Drilling for oil offshore is not worth the environmental risks.

a)

Fact

b)

Opinion

47.

Technology is using _________________ to do something.

a)

Knowledge

b)

Capital

c)

Labor

d)

Entrepreneurship

e)

Land

48.

A friend giving a report about the Industrial Revolution's changes to America.

a)

Primary source

b)

Secondary source

49.

The legislative branch is responsible for what?

a)

Enforcing laws.

b)

Deciding if laws are fair.

c)

Making laws.

50.

What year was the first Technicolor feature film?

(a)  

51.

Something that gives confidence that a person is qualified for a task.

a)

credential

b)

point of view

c)

bias

d)

artifact

e)

primary source

52.

The supply is what, when the demand is around 9 and the price is $4?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

e)

5

53.

What is the span (number of years shown) of this timeline?

(a)  

54.

This question is about opportunity cost (what you give up) -- THINK!


I went to see Spy Kids 12 at the theater, and the ticket, popcorn, and candy cost me $20. I was supposed to stay at home and do my homework.


In this case, what was the opportunity cost of seeing the movie?

a)

The $20 for the movie.

b)

Doing my homework.

c)

Both.

55.

The ______ explains lines and colors used on a map.

a)

Key

b)

Scale

c)

Political map

d)

Choropleth

56.

Throughout history there have been ___________ migrations of humans.

a)

Few

b)

No

c)

Many

57.

How many years after Disney Brothers Cartoon studios was created did they release ‘Steam Boat Willy’?

(a)  

58.

What are the three key questions of every economy?

a)

How should a product be packaged?

b)

Who will use it?

c)

How should we make it?

d)

What should we make?

e)

How much should it cost?

59.

When not much of a resource is available (scarcity), the demand goes _____________.

a)

Up.

b)

Down.

c)

Stay the same.

60.

Because of demand and scarcity, no matter how high a price there will always be one person willing to buy the item.

a)

True

b)

False

61.

A historian’s job is to examine the causes, or reasons, that something happened in the past. Select ALL the things that they ask:

a)

Why did it happen?

b)

How has it influenced today?

c)

What would have happened if...?

d)

How did things change?

e)

What was the equilibrium at the time?

62.

What kind of map is this?

a)

Political

b)

Special purpose

c)

Choropleth

d)

Physical

63.

What kind of map is this?

a)

Special purpose

b)

Choropleth

c)

Physical

d)

Political

64.

Early civilizations often traded by __________.

a)

Import

b)

Barter

c)

Export

d)

Entrepreneurship

65.

To present someone's work as your own without giving the person credit.

a)

plagiarize

b)

secondary source

c)

primary source

d)

archaeology

e)

era

66.

Dancing isn’t a real sport.

a)

Fact

b)

Opinion

67.

The study of human culture and how it develops over time.

a)

archaeology

b)

anthropology

c)

paleontology

d)

bias

e)

artifact

68.

A letter from John Smith about his meeting with the Powhatan Indians.

a)

Primary source

b)

Secondary source

69.

Sources with bias can always be trusted.

a)

True

b)

False

70.

In which hemispheres do we live?

a)

Northern hemisphere

b)

Southern hemisphere

c)

Eastern hemisphere

d)

Western hemisphere

71.

Many hunter-gatherer groups had _____________ economies.

a)

Traditional

b)

Command

c)

Mixed

d)

Market

72.

The higher the price of an item, the more a business wants to sell.

a)

True

b)

False

73.

Different cultures around the world have invented about ____ different calendars.

a)

40

b)

4

c)

400

d)

4,000

74.

Select the Southern Hemisphere.

a)
b)
c)
d)
75.

The study of objects to learn about past human life.

a)

archaeology

b)

anthropology

c)

artifact

d)

fossil

e)

evidence

76.

What kind of map is this?

a)

Choropleth

b)

Physical

c)

Special purpose

d)

Political

77.

What is this timeline about?

a)

"Gertie the Train Dinosaur."

b)

Walt and Roy Disney.

c)

The history of early animation.

d)

The first cartoon with sound.