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WorksheetsUIL Social Studies Part 1
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 40mins
Great Britain has a _____ type of government.
Constitutional monarchy
Dictatorship
Absolute monarchy
Democracy
What is a limited government?
Government in which leaders rule without any restrictions
Type of government where, through law, some control is placed on leadership’s power
Government under the control of one all-powerful leade
Form of government in which the king or queen governs with complete power
Why is it hard for the young people of Nunavut to find jobs?
Large amounts of oil and natural gas
Mild climate
Fertile soil makes large crops of grain
Not much industry in the region
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?
Increased farm products
Large supplies of natural resources
Corrupt practices of government officials
Increased demand for gems
Ready supply of natural resources
___________?___________
Plentiful supply of raw materials
Supply of people as labor
What title finishes the chart?
Progressive Era
Enlightenment
Gilded Age
Industrial Revolution
Which European country is wealthy partly because of oil and natural gas pumped from beneath the North Sea?
Chile
Sudan
Mexico
Norway
4. What is defined as the growth of cities resulting from industrialization?
Urbanization
Reformation
Equity
Initiative
Who founded Chicago’s Hull House, a model for other settlement houses?
Emily Dickinson
Lillian Wald
Jane Addams
Margaret Smith
Which Trail was opened by traders traveling west in search of markets?
Chisholm Trail
Santa Fe Trail
El Camino Real
Preston Ridge Trail
What area, between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains, did the United States purchase for $15 million?
Louisiana Purchase
Northwest Territory
Mexican Cession
California
Which colonial area attracted many Scots-Irish immigrants?
Southern Colonies
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Backcountry
Where were the Hudson and Delaware River Valleys with their rich soil and mild winters that were favorable for farming and raising livestock?
Southern Colonies
Backcountry
Middle Colonies
New England Colonies
• Skyscrapers
• Elevators
• Use of steel
What affect did these new technologies have on cities?
Led to traffic congestion
Helped cities to house the millions of people who flocked there
Increased pollution
Decreased housing
Where was the backcountry in Colonial America?
Between New York City and Buffalo, New York
Eastern Great Lakes region d.
Present-day states of California, Nevada, Utah, most of Arizona, and parts of New Mexico, Colorado and Wyoming
Ran along the Appalachian Mountains through the far western part of the New England, Middle and Southern Colonies
Southern Colonies
Climate: Nearly year-round growing season
Resources: Fertile soil
Economic Development: ???
What type of economic development finishes the chart?
Plantation economy
Large farms and cash crops of grain
Small farms
Timber and mining
Why did the New England Colonies develop an economy based on small farms, fishing and trade?
Long, cold winters; a short growing season; rocky soil
Short winters, long growing season; fertile soil
Virtually no growing season; frozen soil
Growing season varied with latitude; woods and streams
Who asked Hobby to draw up an organizational chart with recommendations on ways women could serve in the military?
General George Crittenden
General Henry McCulloch
Brig. General Sullivan Ross
General David Searles
Oveta Culp was asked by the Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives to serve in what position?
Legislative Parliamentarian
Congressional Historian
Sergeant at Arms
Postal Clerk
Where was Oveta Culp Hobby born
Houston, Texas
Belton, Texas
Killeen, Texas
Abilene, Texas
What political action sealed the split between Garner and Franklin Roosevelt?
National Labor Relations Act
Social Security Act
Court-Packing Plan of 1937
Public Utilities Act
