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WorksheetsChapters 1 and 2 CHAMPIONSHIP!
Total questions: 77
Worksheet time: 6mins
A personal attitude about people or life.
point of view
anthropology
primary source
evidence
conclusion
In the Gregorian calendar events BEFORE the birth of Jesus are referred to as B.C. – which means:
(a)
Select the TWO that this map could be.
Political
Special purpose
Choropleth
Physical
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 ________________.
Equilibrium
Supply
Demand
Scarcity
An unseasoned, emotional judgement about people or events.
artifact
secondary source
bias
conclusion
credential
Select ALL that are examples of primary sources?
A document from the time
An encyclopedia
A scrap of pottery
A history textbook
A soldier's uniform
An object made by people.
artifact
evidence
bias
plagiarize
archaeology
A painting by Leonardo DaVinci.
Primary
Secondary
Population density refers to how many people live in a:
Continent
Country
Square mile
Choropleth
Select the Eastern Hemisphere.
Charts show facts in an ______________ way.
Chaotic
Organized
Boring
Disorganized
What year did Windsor McCay produce his cartoon?
(a)
My birthday is 9-25-1981AD. What does the AD mean in the Gregorian calendar?
"In the year of the Lord."
"After Death."
Writing was invented about _______________ years ago.
5
50
500
5,000
55,000
How many branches of government are there?
(a)
The judicial branch is responsible for what?
Making laws.
Deciding if laws are fair.
Enforcing laws.
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in America.
Fact
Opinion
Select the Northern Hemisphere.
Sometimes historians disagree in their conclusions.
True
False
The three branches of government are not equal.
True
False
Select the Western Hemisphere.
Which happened earlier?
Disney brothers' studio created
First animated film released
A reporter describing his time in Iraq.
Primary source
Secondary source
The special name for zero degrees latitude is the ____________________.
Prime Meridian
Equator
A text book describing the "The Great War."
Primary source
Secondary source
Making an inference means:
Choosing the most likely explanation for an event.
Choosing how you feel the event happened.
Choosing what you'd like the result to have been.
Many calendars tend to be based on events of ____________ importance.
Religious
Free time
Birthday
TV show
When the price is $6, and the demand is 6, what is that point called?
Equilibrium
Equality
Equilateral
Equator
A document or written work created after an event.
secondary source
artifact
credential
bias
plagiarize
Something that shows proof that something is true.
evidence
era
artifact
primary source
point of view
The map scale is a line that tells you the ________________ on a map.
Distances
Resources
Population
Cardinal directions
Horse manure smells awful.
Fact
Opinion
The supply is around 8.5, and the demand is 3 when the PRICE is at what amount?
$1
$3
$5
$8
The higher the price the more a person wants to buy.
True
False
Primary sources can always be trusted.
True
False
A college professor describing how the pilgrims lived.
Primary source
Secondary source
First-hand evidence of an event in history.
primary source
secondary source
point of view
conclusion
bias
High inflation means that money buys ___________.
Less
More
The same
The executive branch is responsible for what?
Deciding if laws are fair.
Enforcing laws.
Making laws.
Historians must be careful to make inferences based on facts.
True
False
Which is the correct order of the cardinal directions?
Never Eat Soggy Waffles.
Never Eat Waffles Soggy.
Soggy Waffles Never Eat.
Never Soggy Waffles Eat.
In general, professional athletes are overpaid.
Fact
Opinion
Early explorers helped geographers realize the Earth was ________________. (despite what some people today may believe...)
Not flat
Floating around the sun
Flat
Tiny
What were the main reasons for Mr. Farwell and Mr. DeCruz's umm... early... deaths? (Twilight Zone episode with the water)
Supply
Scarcity
Barter
Entrepreneurship
Greed
A choropleth is not a kind of special purpose map.
True
False
Drilling for oil offshore is not worth the environmental risks.
Fact
Opinion
Technology is using _________________ to do something.
Knowledge
Capital
Labor
Entrepreneurship
Land
A friend giving a report about the Industrial Revolution's changes to America.
Primary source
Secondary source
The legislative branch is responsible for what?
Enforcing laws.
Deciding if laws are fair.
Making laws.
What year was the first Technicolor feature film?
(a)
Something that gives confidence that a person is qualified for a task.
credential
point of view
bias
artifact
primary source
The supply is what, when the demand is around 9 and the price is $4?
1
2
3
4
5
What is the span (number of years shown) of this timeline?
(a)
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?
The $20 for the movie.
Doing my homework.
Both.
The ______ explains lines and colors used on a map.
Key
Scale
Political map
Choropleth
Throughout history there have been ___________ migrations of humans.
Few
No
Many
How many years after Disney Brothers Cartoon studios was created did they release ‘Steam Boat Willy’?
(a)
What are the three key questions of every economy?
How should a product be packaged?
Who will use it?
How should we make it?
What should we make?
How much should it cost?
When not much of a resource is available (scarcity), the demand goes _____________.
Up.
Down.
Stay the same.
Because of demand and scarcity, no matter how high a price there will always be one person willing to buy the item.
True
False
A historian’s job is to examine the causes, or reasons, that something happened in the past. Select ALL the things that they ask:
Why did it happen?
How has it influenced today?
What would have happened if...?
How did things change?
What was the equilibrium at the time?
What kind of map is this?
Political
Special purpose
Choropleth
Physical
What kind of map is this?
Special purpose
Choropleth
Physical
Political
Early civilizations often traded by __________.
Import
Barter
Export
Entrepreneurship
To present someone's work as your own without giving the person credit.
plagiarize
secondary source
primary source
archaeology
era
Dancing isn’t a real sport.
Fact
Opinion
The study of human culture and how it develops over time.
archaeology
anthropology
paleontology
bias
artifact
A letter from John Smith about his meeting with the Powhatan Indians.
Primary source
Secondary source
Sources with bias can always be trusted.
True
False
In which hemispheres do we live?
Northern hemisphere
Southern hemisphere
Eastern hemisphere
Western hemisphere
Many hunter-gatherer groups had _____________ economies.
Traditional
Command
Mixed
Market
The higher the price of an item, the more a business wants to sell.
True
False
Different cultures around the world have invented about ____ different calendars.
40
4
400
4,000
Select the Southern Hemisphere.
The study of objects to learn about past human life.
archaeology
anthropology
artifact
fossil
evidence
What kind of map is this?
Choropleth
Physical
Special purpose
Political
What is this timeline about?
"Gertie the Train Dinosaur."
Walt and Roy Disney.
The history of early animation.
The first cartoon with sound.
