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WorksheetsPraxis 5004
Total questions: 77
Worksheet time: 40mins
When did the Seven Years' War begin?
1754
1574
1457
1777
What are the Incans known for?
Terrace Ballroom
Terrace farming
Plantations
Cotton picking
Which branch of government can impeach the President?
Judicial
Legislative
Executive
What is considered "absolute location?"
Where you are located
Longitude and Latitude of a specific place
Your exact cooridnates
Which landmarks are close to you
What is Greece famous for?
Creating Olympic games
Soccer
Baseball
Democratic Society
What caused the Aral Sea to dry up?
Lack of nutrients
Small animals
Irrigation
Dirt
Who was the 1st President of the US?
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
Donald Trump
Abraham Lincoln
The name of the 1st Artificial Satellite launched by USSR was called
(a)
Which war came first?
French Indian War
WW2
WW1
Vietnam War
What is the Bill of Rights?
1st 10 amendments
1st 14 amendments
1st 6 amdendments
1st 19 amendments
What is considered the "perceptual region?"
East
West
North
South
Last to become an independent country
USA
India
China
Africa
Henry Ford is responsible for ?
Whiskey Rebellion
Cotton Gin
Assembly Line
Ford F150
What led to the Whiskey Rebellion?
The sinking of a US ship
Tax on distilled spirits
A woman
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
What caused the US to enter into WW2?
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Fight for freedom of African Americans
The Louisiana Purchase
The Great Depression
An example of assimilation would be?
someone who tries different foods
A child changing their accent so people don't know he/she is foreign
someone who tries to fit in with the popular crowd
disowning your parents
The Cold War was between the US and ?
the Germans
the French
USSR
the Japanese
Which war was ended due to the treaty of Ghent?
Revolutionary War
War of 1812
Vietnam War
WW1
Countries involved in the Triangular Trade?
Africa
Europe
North America
All of the above
Marbury vs. Madison was the 1st supreme court case to apply?
The death penalty
Equality among victims
Judicial Review
Common courtesy
Increased interest rates avoids?
Unhappy customers
Inflation
Taxes
Market Economy
Technology
Supply
Demand
Missouri Compromise 1820
Admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state, barring slavery from Louisiana Territory North 36.3 parallel.
Admitted Maine as a slave state and Missouri as a free state
What are the requirements to become president of the US?
At least 35 years of age
Has to be a man
Resident for 14 years
None of the above
Manifest Destiny
To manifest everything America wanted and dreamed of
For America to expand westward to the Pacific Ocean and control ALL of North America
For America to expand eastward
For slaves to be free
Who created the Cottin Gin?
Eli Manning
George Washington
Eli Whitney
John Wilkes Booth
Romans are known for?
Republican society
Creation of Aqueducts
Olympic games
Terrace farms
What is happening to the Amazon Basin?
It is Flourishing
Going through a drought
Loss of habitat
Gaining new animals
What did the Yellow River and Indus River help with ?
Provide water to countries
Help slaves escape
Trade goods
Development of early civilization
Difference between the Chinese and Saudi Arabia?
Chinese are smarter
Saudi are more tech savvy
Nuclear
Which amendment calls for a trial by jury?
3rd
2nd
13th
7th
Which amendment allowed women the right to vote?
21st
5th
19th
30th
What are Federalist papers?
Series of 85 articles and essays first published 1787–1788 arguing in favor of the ratification of the United States Constitution
Articles of Confederation
Letters written by Federalists
Why did WWII end?
Wall of China was built
Pearl Harbor was bombed
US surrendered
US dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Rosetta stone consisted of?
The words Rosetta written all over it
Different types of rock all in one
a stone written in Hieroglyphics in 3 different languages
None of the above
When conducting an experiment, what would you look at?
Placebo effect
Variables
The outcome
Which state was considered a Catholic Colony?
Maryland
New Jersey
Deleware
Pennsylvania
Child labor laws were created to protect?
Slaves
Overworked men
Women and Children
Which country had a population influx ?
America
Italy
Japan
France
Shared power between state and federal government?
Interstates
Highways
Traffic
Your business
What ended the American Civil War?
The South won
Missouri Compromise
New Deal
Battle of the Courthouse
Advocate for church and state ?
Thomas Jefferson
Sam Adams
Adolf Hitler
Roger Williams
Why would a decline in price of farm goods take place?
Overproduction of agricultural goods
Increase in taxes
Supple and Demand
Why did George Washington write a letter to Martha?
He missed her
He was dying
He was preparing to declare independence
He wanted a divorce
What helped the nation's market grow?
Picking cottin
Transcontinental railroad
Whiskey rebellion
Boston Tea Party
What is the duty of someone in the military?
To protect and serve
To protect the constitution
To be a bully
They have no duty
What is used in a drought?
Drip irrigation
More water
Animal sacrafice
What can cause a land form valcano?
Hot air
Plates rubbing together
Barrier reef
Erosion
Summer months in Greenland are?
Green
Filled with sleet and snow
Cold
Hot
Cardinal Directions include ?
South
North
East
West
The 1st direct/internal tax was ?
Stomp Act
Stamp Act
Tariff Act
Boston Tea Act
The Townsend Acts initiated taxes on ?
Glass/ Lead
Paint
Paper
Tea
A monopoly
A firm that is the sole seller of a product without any close substitutes. Remains the only seller in the market because other firms cannot enter the market and compete with it.
A market structure in which a few large firms dominate a market.
An Oligopoly is ?
A market structure in which a few large firms dominate a market.
A firm that is the sole seller of a product without any close substitutes. A monopoly remains the only seller in the market because other firms cannot enter the market and compete with it.
What part of the US was part of the Reconstruction after the American Civil War?
Rebuilding the South
Rebuilding the North
Rebuilding the East
Rebuilding the West
Latitude runs
North to South
East to West
Diagonally
Crisscross
Longitude runs
North to South
West to East
Top to bottom
Slanted
What act was a result to the attack on September 11, 2001?
Sister Act
Patriot Act
Parliament Act
Pilgrimage Act
When did the voter turnout increase?
1930's
1960's
1950's
1940's
Florida's population increased in 2000's due to ?
Invention of the Air Conditioner
The assembly line
Cotton Gin
Cotton Mill
What country does the Prime Meridian run through?
America
Spain
China
Italy
The eruption of Mt. Helen's caused
Ash in the roadways
A blackout
Had no effects
All of the above
Fiscal policy is the use of government revenue collection ( taxes or tax cuts) and expenditure (spending) to influence a country's economy.
True
False
Why did African Americans move to North America after WW1?
To take advantage of the need for industrial workers
To gain freedom
To be able to vote
To prepare for the civil war
This president is responsible for the New Deal
Abraham Lincoln
Franklin D. Roosevelt
George Washington
Richard Nixon
The study of human societies and their development and physical linguistics
Cultural anthropology
Assimilation
Melting pot
Cultivation
Why did the Europeans originally settle along the east coastline in North America?
Religion purposes and growing tobacco and other crops.
They liked the East coast better than the West coast.
No reason at all.
Monsoons are in?
Bangladesh
The South
California
Texas
The 1970's energy crisis faced substantial petroleum shortages, real and perceived, as well as elevated prices.
True
False
Which president was involved involved in the break-in of the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Washington, D.C. Watergate Office Building ?
Richard Nixon
George Bush
Bill Clinton
John F. Kennedy
Which region is known as the "breadbasket?"
Midwest
Southwest
Northwest
West
The Spanish-American war started as a result of ?
Religion disagreements
A US ship sinking
One thought they were better than the other
None of the above
Caste system is ?
Non existent
Class structure that is determined by birth
A myth
Associated with ethnicity
The Louisiana Purchase ....
Doubled the size of the US
Purchased Louisiana
Tripled the size of the US
Increased taxes
What is the responsibility of an American citizen?
To vote
To volunteer
To join the army
To be free
Democratic governments regulate the economy to ensure?
Financial stability
Power of the people
Anything against republicans
Power of the state
Why do all states have the same currency?
Forgery was too easy because there were too many bank notes to keep track of
The constitutional/federal reserve
The Articles of Confederation gave the states too much power
All of the above
