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Social Studies Chapter 3

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 48mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

an amount that is more than is needed

a)

capital good

b)

diversity

c)

human resource

d)

surplus

2.

a resource made by humans

a)

capital good

b)

diversity

c)

human resource

d)

immigrant

3.

the talents and skills of workers needed to produce a good or provide a service

a)

capital good

b)

diversity

c)

human resource

d)

immigrant

4.

variety

a)

capital good

b)

diversity

c)

human resource

d)

surplus

5.

someone who comes to a new country to live

a)

capital good

b)

diversity

c)

human resource

d)

immigrant

6.

something that attracts people to a new place

a)

entrepreneur

b)

opportunity cost

c)

pull factor

d)

push factor

7.

doing work for someone else that fills a need or want

a)

entrepreneur

b)

opportunity cost

c)

push factor

d)

service

8.

the value of a choice given up when resources are used for one purpose instead of another

a)

entrepreneur

b)

opportunity cost

c)

pull factor

d)

push factor

9.

something that causes someone to leave a place

a)

entrepreneur

b)

opportunity cost

c)

pull factor

d)

push factor

10.

a person who risks money to start a new business

a)

entrepreneur

b)

opportunity cost

c)

pull factor

d)

service

11.

Why did Ohio need good transportation systems?

a)

to help people leave the state quickly

b)

to move people and products more easily

c)

to bring more keelboats to the state

d)

to help farmers keep factories out of Ohio

12.

What was the name of Ohio’s first trade road?

a)

National Road

b)

Erie Canal

c)

Zane's Trace

d)

Wyandot Removal

13.

What was the goal of the National Road?

a)

to connect Ohio with states to the east

b)

to build a road from New York to California

c)

to go through the main street of every town in Ohio

d)

to keep people out of Ohio

14.

Which travels fastest?

a)

horse

b)

keelboat

c)

railroad

d)

steamboat

15.

What did Obed Hussey invent?

a)

reaper

b)

railroad

c)

steamboat

d)

keelboat

16.

What city was known as “Porkopolis”?

a)

Cleveland

b)

Columbus

c)

Zanesville

d)

Cincinnati

17.

Almost half of the immigrants to Ohio came from which place?

a)

China

b)

Germany

c)

France

d)

Spain

18.

Why did people come to Ohio from Ireland?

a)

to learn a new language

b)

to escape a potato famine

c)

to own slaves

d)

to practice a new religion

19.

What allowed Ohio to start public schools in 1825?

a)

McGuffey's Readers

b)

property taxes

c)

railroads

d)

the National Road

20.

What helps people and products move most easily?

a)

paths through the woods

b)

improvements in transportation systems

c)

a state's rich soil

d)

laws banning inventions

21.

What was Zane’s Trace?

a)

Ohio's part of the National road

b)

Ohio's first trade road

c)

Ohio's first railroad

d)

the route the Wyandot took to leave Ohio

22.

What connected Ohio with states to the east?

a)

Wyandot Removal

b)

Mississippi River

c)

Northwest Ordinance

d)

National Road

23.

Which of these made travel in Ohio fastest and cheapest?

a)

horses

b)

railroads

c)

keelboats

d)

steamboats

24.

Who invented the reaper?

a)

Bezaleel Wells

b)

Williams Procter

c)

Obed Hussey

d)

James Gamble