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Chapter 1 US History

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 17mins

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.

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.

3.

Research involves the careful collection of

a)

causes and effects.

b)

challenges.

c)

diagrams and charts.

d)

information.

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.

Which of these is most likely to appear on a political map?

a)

a city

b)

a landform

c)

a region's elevation

d)

a region's vegetation density

6.

A globe is a flat drawing of the Earth’s surface.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

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.

8.

The study of the rights and duties of citizens is called

a)

civics.

b)

due process.

c)

equal protection.

d)

naturalization.

9.

What is guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution?

a)

civics

b)

due process

c)

federal system

d)

naturalization

10.

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

11.

Capital can refer to tools, machines, buildings, or money.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Eyewitness reports are a type of which of the following?

a)

chronology

b)

conclusion

c)

primary source

d)

secondary source

13.

What is an ecosystem?

a)

a community of living things and its surroundings

b)

a measure of elevation

c)

a type of landform

d)

a type of relief map

14.

Is a painting a primary or secondary source?

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

15.

Is an encyclopedia a primary or secondary source?

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

16.

The United States utilizes what kind of economy?

a)

Socialism

b)

Communism

c)

Free Enterprise

17.

What document has the first 10 Amendments to the US Constitution?

a)

English Bill of Rights

b)

Mayflower Compact

c)

Bill of Rights

d)

Magna Carta

18.

Regions are areas that share common features

a)

False

b)

True

19.

A map showing population density or the weather would be considered a _______________________________?

a)

General Purpose Map

b)

Special Purpose Map

c)

Political Map

d)

Physical Map

20.

What is the difference between a map and a globe?

a)

The globe is flat and the map is a sphere.

b)

The map is flat and the globe is a sphere

c)

The globe shows the continents and the map doesn't.

d)

The map is a model of Planet Earth.

21.

Capital resources include all but one of the examples below...

a)

buildings

b)

water

c)

machines

d)

tools

22.

Which of these is NOT an example of a secondary source?

a)

Newspaper articles

b)

Artefacts

c)

Encyclopaedia

d)

Textbook

23.

Which of the following is NOT an example of a primary source?

a)

Jewellery and amulets

b)

Letters written at the time

c)

Mummies

d)

A creative story about a famous person from your classmate

24.

First-hand evidence of an event in history is called a primary source

a)

True

b)

False

25.

A document or written work created after an event is called a secondary source

a)

True

b)

False

26.

What is a secondary source?

a)

An account or evidence from the time period being studied

b)

A textbook

c)

The Declaration of Independence

27.

The part of a map that shows symbols, signs, and pictures used in a map.

a)

map scale

b)

map key

c)

physical maps

d)

pie graph

28.

________ is the process by which an immigrant becomes a citizen.

a)

Naturalization

b)

Immigration

c)

Law of blood

d)

Law of soil

29.

To what does the word chronology refer?

a)

events in the year 0 A.D.

b)

types of governments

c)

study of artifacts

d)

the order in which events happen

30.

The interaction of supply and demand determines what?

a)

The quality of goods and services.

b)

The taxes placed on goods and services.

c)

The price of goods and services.

d)

The choices we have in goods and services.

31.

An example of a secondary source is:

a)

journal

b)

text book

c)

diary

d)

letter

32.

What is the role of a historian?

a)

To memorize specific details about the past.

b)

To investigate events that occurred in the past to better understand them.

c)

To know which direction N, S, E, and W are on a map.

d)

To use secondary sources to figure out what happened in the past.

33.

Historians work from evidence to construct an account of something that happened in the past

a)

True

b)

False