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UIL Social Studies Part 1

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Great Britain has a _____ type of government.

a)

Constitutional monarchy

b)

Dictatorship

c)

Absolute monarchy

d)

Democracy

2.

What is a limited government?

a)

Government in which leaders rule without any restrictions

b)

Type of government where, through law, some control is placed on leadership’s power

c)

Government under the control of one all-powerful leade

d)

Form of government in which the king or queen governs with complete power

3.

Why is it hard for the young people of Nunavut to find jobs?

a)

Large amounts of oil and natural gas

b)

Mild climate

c)

Fertile soil makes large crops of grain

d)

Not much industry in the region

4.

Kenya’s capital has become a center of business and commerce for all of East Africa yet many Kenyans remain poor. How has the economy of Kenya been hurt?

a)

Increased farm products

b)

Large supplies of natural resources

c)

Corrupt practices of government officials

d)

Increased demand for gems

5.

Ready supply of natural resources

___________?___________

Plentiful supply of raw materials

Supply of people as labor

What title finishes the chart?

a)

Progressive Era

b)

Enlightenment

c)

Gilded Age

d)

Industrial Revolution

6.

Which European country is wealthy partly because of oil and natural gas pumped from beneath the North Sea?

a)

Chile

b)

Sudan

c)

Mexico

d)

Norway

7.

4. What is defined as the growth of cities resulting from industrialization?

a)

Urbanization

b)

Reformation

c)

Equity

d)

Initiative

8.

Who founded Chicago’s Hull House, a model for other settlement houses?

a)

Emily Dickinson

b)

Lillian Wald

c)

Jane Addams

d)

Margaret Smith

9.

Which Trail was opened by traders traveling west in search of markets?

a)

Chisholm Trail

b)

Santa Fe Trail

c)

El Camino Real

d)

Preston Ridge Trail

10.

What area, between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains, did the United States purchase for $15 million?

a)

Louisiana Purchase

b)

Northwest Territory

c)

Mexican Cession

d)

California

11.

Which colonial area attracted many Scots-Irish immigrants?

a)

Southern Colonies

b)

New England Colonies

c)

Middle Colonies

d)

Backcountry

12.

Where were the Hudson and Delaware River Valleys with their rich soil and mild winters that were favorable for farming and raising livestock?

a)

Southern Colonies

b)

Backcountry

c)

Middle Colonies

d)

New England Colonies

13.

• Skyscrapers

• Elevators

• Use of steel

What affect did these new technologies have on cities?

a)

Led to traffic congestion

b)

Helped cities to house the millions of people who flocked there

c)

Increased pollution

d)

Decreased housing

14.

Where was the backcountry in Colonial America?

a)

Between New York City and Buffalo, New York

b)

Eastern Great Lakes region d.

c)

Present-day states of California, Nevada, Utah, most of Arizona, and parts of New Mexico, Colorado and Wyoming

d)

Ran along the Appalachian Mountains through the far western part of the New England, Middle and Southern Colonies

15.

Southern Colonies

Climate: Nearly year-round growing season

Resources: Fertile soil

Economic Development: ???

What type of economic development finishes the chart?

a)

Plantation economy

b)

Large farms and cash crops of grain

c)

Small farms

d)

Timber and mining

16.

Why did the New England Colonies develop an economy based on small farms, fishing and trade?

a)

Long, cold winters; a short growing season; rocky soil

b)

Short winters, long growing season; fertile soil

c)

Virtually no growing season; frozen soil

d)

Growing season varied with latitude; woods and streams

17.

Who asked Hobby to draw up an organizational chart with recommendations on ways women could serve in the military?

a)

General George Crittenden

b)

General Henry McCulloch

c)

Brig. General Sullivan Ross

d)

General David Searles

18.

Oveta Culp was asked by the Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives to serve in what position?

a)

Legislative Parliamentarian

b)

Congressional Historian

c)

Sergeant at Arms

d)

Postal Clerk

19.

Where was Oveta Culp Hobby born

a)

Houston, Texas

b)

Belton, Texas

c)

Killeen, Texas

d)

Abilene, Texas

20.

What political action sealed the split between Garner and Franklin Roosevelt?

a)

National Labor Relations Act

b)

Social Security Act

c)

Court-Packing Plan of 1937

d)

Public Utilities Act