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Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

people who study the rocks of the Earth

a)

geologist

b)

writers

c)

historians

d)

archaeologists

2.

people who study how people lived their daily lives, often through oral or written stories

a)

archaeologists

b)

historians

c)

writers

d)

geologists

3.

people who comment on important current issues

a)

geologists

b)

archaeologist

c)

writers

d)

Historians

4.

people who interpret the past based on what objects people have left behind

a)

archaeologists

b)

historians

c)

writers

d)

geologist

5.

Which statement describes the importance of secondary sources to historians?

a)

A secondary source provides the reader with the original wording of a legal document.

b)

A secondary source allows a person to actually hear the voice of a person who lived long ago.

c)

A secondary source allows the reader to understand different viewpoints of the same event.

d)

A secondary source provides an account of an event by a person who witnessed it.

6.

patterns of population

a)

World in Spatial Terms

b)

Physical Systems

c)

Human Systems

d)

Environment and Society

7.

processes that shape the earth

a)

World in Spatial Terms

b)

Physical Systems

c)

Human Systems

d)

Environment and Society

8.

how the earth is affected by the activities of people

a)

World in Spatial Terms

b)

Physical Systems

c)

Human Systems

d)

Environment and Society

9.

locations of people, places, and environments on the earth

a)

World in Spatial Terms

b)

Physical Systems

c)

Human Systems

d)

Environment and Society

10.

What do human geographers study?

a)

weather patterns of the earth

b)

people and the places where they live

c)

types of plants and animals that live in a region

d)

physical features of the earth

11.

Which of the following are considered natural resources that people used to develop early cities?

a)

ships

b)

goats

c)

copper

d)

water

e)

temples

12.

Which of the following will often cause the price of a good to rise?

a)

creating fewer products

b)

starting a business

c)

using coupons

d)

owing money

13.

What type of economy does the United States have?

a)

a bad economy

b)

traditional economy

c)

mixed economy

d)

market economy

14.

Which of the following of types of currency are used by nations throughout the world?

Select the three correct answers.

a)

euro

b)

Kanchi

c)

peso

d)

dollar

e)

diamonds

15.

In countries governed by constitutions, which of the following freedoms are commonly protected by laws?

Select the three correct answers.

a)

speech

b)

religion

c)

life

d)

liberty

e)

press

16.

a country ruled by a small group of people

a)

oligarchy

b)

theocracy

c)

dictatorship

d)

democracy

17.

a country where the governing power lies with its citizens

a)

oligarchy

b)

theocracy

c)

dictatorship

d)

democracy

18.

a country ruled by a religious leader or a group of religious leaders

a)

oligarchy

b)

theocracy

c)

dictatorship

d)

democracy

19.

a country ruled by one person, often one who took power by force

a)

oligarchy

b)

theocracy

c)

dictatorship

d)

democracy

20.

How did the Inca pay the mita tax?

a)

by surrendering a portion of their grain to the local government

b)

by selling their livestock to the local government

c)

by giving the local government silver coins

d)

by providing the local government with labor

e)

They don't

21.

type 9

(a)  

22.

type 9

(a)  

23.

type 9

(a)