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WorksheetsTest Retake: 4th 4wk Common Assessment
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 4hrs 45mins
What was the name of the 18th and 19th century trade route shown in the map above?
Rectangular Trade
Circular Trade
Triangular Trade
Spherical Trade
What conclusion can you draw from the map?
The Karakoram Highway has taken a completely different path from the Silk Road.
The Silk Road continues to be an important route today.
The Silk Road was abandoned when the highway was built over less rugged terrain.
The highway allowed traders to cross the desert.
According to the graphs, how has NAFTA directly affected trade?
Trade has increased between Mexico, Canada, and the United States.
Trade between Mexico and Canada has decreased.
Trade has decreased between Cuba, Panama, and Honduras.
Trade between the United States and Cuba has increased.
The law has done a fine job of stopping pollution from so-called “point sources”: direct discharges from industry and municipalities. Pollution from non-point sources – farm runoff, runoff from city streets and from destructive activities like mountaintop mining – have been more difficult to control.
—“Happy Birthday, Clean Water Act” by Robert B. Semple, Jr., New York Times, October 16, 2012
Based on information in the excerpt, which of the following best describes a weakness of the Clean Water Act?
Unnecessary interference in industrial practices
Unnecessary interference in agricultural practices
Inability to identify point sources of water pollution
Inability to regulate water contamination from indirect sources
The Jordan River is a major source of conflict in the Middle East because —
Jordan's environmental policies have jeopardized the overall health of the river
irrigation practices in Israel have caused the river to flood other Middle Eastern nations
Israelis have used force to annex and control large portions of territory along the river's edge
the region's dry climate has caused Israel and Jordan to compete for control of water resources
In the Middle East, a region often torn by conflict and poor relations between neighboring countries, oil and water are the two most important resources. Most Middle Eastern countries are arid and their populations are growing rapidly. Therefore, most of these countries suffer water shortages throughout the year. Since rivers and aquifers run through several countries, fresh water is a shared resource and a frequent source of conflict. Pollution or overuse of the waters of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in Turkey, for example, affect Syria and Iraq downstream.
Which of the following is the BEST solution to the problem described above?
Countries of the region should prosecute countries that pollute rivers.
Middle Eastern countries should regulate water use through international agencies.
Middle Eastern countries should take steps to control population growth.
Countries of the region should cooperate to build shared desalinization plants.
GPS (Global Positioning Systems) depend for their function on a network of:
satellites.
cell phone towers.
surveyors.
cartographers.
Symbols, language, norms, values, and artifacts are all considered --
elements of individuality
elements of culture
elements of life
elements of nationalism
Which of the following defines the role of cultural traits to a group?
a unique assortment of behaviors and beliefs that distinguish a society
a set of behaviors that allows one group to dominate another group
a set of shared beliefs that only one racial group can have
physical traits that pass from one generation to the next
Cultural traits can be numerous and varied, but can roughly be divided into three categories. First, sociological traits are those that are involved in interaction between individuals and other members of a group, i.e., family, school, or church. Secondly, ideological traits are those that are associated with a society’s belief systems. These may include ideas, convictions, faith, or legends as well as how they are transmitted. Thirdly, technological traits are the tools, skills, and techniques that a society possesses to meet the needs of the members of that group, i.e., food, clothing, housing, defense, or material goods.
The traits in the three groups do not always exist in isolation. They can be interrelated and influence each other.
Using the reading above, into which group(s) would the language of a culture primarily fall?
sociological
ideological
technological
all three groups
Which of the following is a reason to include Mexico in the same region as the U.S. and Canada?
location
sports
language
GDP
Which region has the FEWEST of the above cultural traits uniting it?
North America
South America
Europe
Africa
Which of the following is a group that came to America against their will, but have assimilated and become an important part of the cultural landscape?
Hispanic
Asian
African-American
Middle Eastern
The presence of this type of building in the United States is an example of how a country’s culture can be modified through —
assimilation
cultural divergence
cultural imperialism
cultural diffusion
The federal government requires that motor vehicles sold in the United States meet standards of efficiency in fuel use. An economic argument against such standards is that they
encourage people to buy cars built in other countries. G H J
make cars more expensive, so that people will not buy them and auto workers will lose their jobs.
make gasoline more expensive.
raise the cost of building highways.
