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Chapter 1

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A person who studies and writes about people who lived in the past is called a(n)

a)

historian

b)

author

c)

geologist

d)

recorder

2.

Research involves the careful collection of

a)

causes and effects

b)

challenges

c)

diagrams and charts

d)

information

3.

The terms “B.C.,” “A.D.,” “B.C.E.,” and “C.E.” are used to

a)

add challenges

b)

date events

c)

reference textbook pages

d)

sort illustrations

4.

Which pair of terms is most closely related?

a)

calendar and chronology

b)

calendar and inference

c)

diagram and challenge

d)

research and opinion

5.

A history textbook is an example of

a)

a personal record

b)

a primary source

c)

a secondary source

d)

an oral history

6.

Which of these is the best definition of the term geography?

a)

the study of Earth

b)

the study of Earth and its people

c)

the study of Earth's history

d)

the study of people

7.

What is the name of an exact place on the surface of Earth?

a)

absolute location

b)

physical system

c)

region system

d)

relative location

8.

Which of these are common tools for a geographer?

a)

ecosystems and regions

b)

elevations and landforms

c)

maps and globes

d)

reliefs and landforms

9.

Which of these correctly describes a relative location of Tallahassee, Florida?

a)

30° 25’ N and 84° 17’ W

b)

orange groves and theme parks

c)

the West Coast

d)

west of Jacksonville

10.

Economics is the study of

a)

credit and financing

b)

people and events of the past

c)

scarcity and use of resources

d)

Earth and its people

11.

Which of these most directly forces people to choose how they will use resources?

a)

entrepreneurs

b)

opportunity cost

c)

scarcity

d)

voluntary exchange

12.

As trade takes place, the trading partners become

a)

independent.

b)

interdependent

c)

scarce

d)

traditional

13.

What is the term for something lost when an economic choice is made?

a)

capital

b)

free enterprise

c)

opportunity cost

d)

tariff

14.

The study of the rights and duties of citizens is called

a)

civics

b)

due process

c)

equal protection

d)

naturalization

15.

What is guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution?

a)

civics

b)

due process

c)

federal system

d)

naturalization

16.

What is guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution?

a)

due process

b)

equal protection of the laws

c)

freedom of speech

d)

freedom of religion

17.

In which type of governmental system does a single national government make all decisions?

a)

confederation

b)

federal

c)

unitary

d)

voluntary

18.

Which of these groups of individuals could not vote until the Constitution was amended to permit it?

a)

African American women and white males

b)

white men, African American women, and eighteen-year-olds

c)

African Americans, eighteen-year-olds, and women of all races

d)

white males

19.

What is a term for a nation’s workforce?

a)

capital

b)

entrepreneurs

c)

labor

d)

tools

20.

What mostly determines the price of an item?

a)

credit

b)

interest rates

c)

investments

d)

supply and demand