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WG Chapter 5 & 6 Review

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

If rain falls on the eastern side of the continental divide, to which ocean does it eventually flow?

a)

Pacific

b)

Arctic

c)

Atlantic

d)

Indian

2.

Which of the following landforms do the US and Canada share? (Select all that apply)

a)

Rocky Mountains

b)

Interior Plains

c)

Appalachian Mountains

d)

Piedmont

e)

Gulf lowland plains

3.

Horizontal integration does which of the following?

(Pictured: John D. Rockefeller)

a)

Process of buying out all competitors within an industry.

b)

Process of demonopolizing a single industry.

c)

Process of buying out all suppliers of an industry.

d)

Process of buying regulation control for a non-related industry.

4.

Vertical integration does which of the following?

(Pictured: Andrew Carnegie)

a)

Process of buying out all competitors within an industry.

b)

Process of demonopolizing a single industry.

c)

Process of buying out all suppliers of an industry.

d)

Process of buying regulation control for a non-related industry.

5.

What product is produced from Iron under the Bessemer process?

a)

Steel

b)

Coal

c)

Nickel

d)

Copper

6.

Which of the following are PULL factors?

(Select all that apply)

a)

Availability of land

b)

War

c)

Economic instability

d)

Famine

e)

Strict religious controls

7.

An industrial (and post-industrial) state has moved away from what type of activity as its primary source of income?

a)

Business services

b)

High-end technology

c)

Agriculture

d)

Manufacturing

8.

Which of the following characteristics apply to "New Immigrants" to the United States? Those that largely came after the Civil War. (Select all that apply)

a)

Jewish

b)

Broadly North-European

c)

Southern European

d)

Catholic

e)

Protestant

9.

What economic activity belongs to the service sector? (Select all that apply)

a)

Industrial manufactuing

b)

Restaurant and food occupations

c)

Oil and gas refining

d)

Financial services and banking

e)

Technology research and development

10.

Urbanization is best defined as:

a)

Growth of cities due to industrialization and immigration

b)

A culture becoming more urbane over time

c)

Movement of ideas, people, and things across many cultures

d)

The late-stage development of a capitalist economy

11.

Assimilation is best defined as:

a)

when a society changes because it accepts or adopts an innovation

b)

creating something new, from existing technology and resources, to fill a need

c)

spread of ideas, inventions, or patterns of behavior

d)

process of becoming similar to something

12.

Which of the following would be an industrial sector activity? (select all that apply)

a)

restaurant and food service

b)

teaching and education

c)

oil refining

d)

light industrial manufacturing

e)

mass-production of clothing

13.

Which region of the United States is associated with a long history of slavery, agriculture, and low levels of immigration

a)

The Northeast

b)

The Southwest

c)

The South

d)

The West Coast

14.

What subregion of the country has both a large financial and industrial sector, is home to several megalopolis, and contains many of the original 13 colonies?

a)

The West Coast

b)

The Northeast

c)

The Southwest

d)

The Midwest

15.

What economic system is best associated with the United States?

a)

Traditionalism

b)

Socialism

c)

Capitalism

d)

Communism

16.

Which economy is the world's largest?

a)

China

b)

The United States

c)

Germany

d)

Russia

17.

Many of Louisiana's primary agricultural products like Rice, Sugarcane, and Crawfish are examples of what type of agriculture production?

a)

Specialized horitculture

b)

Dairy farming

c)

Livestock ranching

d)

Commercial grain

18.

One DISADVANTAGE of a post-industrial economy could be:

a)

Higher levels of employment

b)

Decrease in average cost of goods

c)

Increase in standard of living

d)

Decrease in manufacturing jobs

19.

How did the Homestead Act encourage Americans' westward expansion?

a)

By offering 150 acres to potential settlers

b)

By excluding people of Chinese ancestry from immigrating to the United States

c)

By forcing Native Americans to assimilate to American culture

d)

By making manifest destiny a law

20.

Which of the following would advocates of Social Darwinism prefer?

a)

Aiding poor or impoverished new immigrants

b)

Allowing markets to monopolize or centralize on their own

c)

Relieving the tensions of race by implementing government programs

d)

Wealthy people following the gospel of wealth

21.

Which of the following best describes an ethnic group?

a)

a group sharing language, customs, and common heritage

b)

a group sharing physical space within the same state

c)

a group sharing a sense of identity and culture

d)

a group sharing new inventions or ideas

22.

Which of the following factors led to the Industrial Boom in the U.S.?

a)

explosion of inventions

b)

assimilation of subordinated cultural groups

c)

wealth of natural resources

d)

growing urban population

e)

agrarian economic orientation

23.

Which piece of legislation would a Nativist likely support?

a)

An immigration reform bill

b)

Chinese exclusion act

c)

The addition of Spanish as a national language in the US

d)

Lowering tariffs on many manufactured goods

24.

TRUE OR FALSE: "New Immigrants" often faced prejudice from the older waves of immigrants to the United States at the end of the 1900s.

a)

True

b)

False

25.

Which of the following were examples of Robber Barons? (Select all that apply)

a)

Cornelius Vanderbilt

b)

John D Rockefeller

c)

JP Morgan

d)

Andrew Carnegie