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Semester Test - Social Studies - Easy

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the capital of Arkansas?
a)

Lincoln

b)

Augusta

c)

Salt Lake City

d)

Little Rock

2.
What is the capital of Florida?
a)
Richmond
b)
Salem
c)
Tallahassee
d)
Tacoma
3.
What is the capital of Missouri? 
a)
Augusta
b)
Jackson
c)
Jefferson City
d)
Pierre
4.
What is the capital of Maine?
a)
Salem
b)
Augusta
c)
Annapolis
d)
Topeka
5.

What is the name for a system of government that is run by the people?

a)

Democracy

b)

Monarchy

c)

Oligarchy

d)

Dictatorship

6.

What imaginary line of latitude circles the middle of the Earth?

a)

Line of Longitude

b)

Line of Latitude

c)

Equator

d)

Continental Divide

7.

What are the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution called?

a)

Bill of Rights

b)

The Constitution

c)

Declaration of Independence

d)

Institution of Bills

8.

What did the American colonists dislike most about the rule of the British government?

a)

Taxes and laws

b)

Taxes and government

c)

Laws and tea

d)

Laws and procedure

9.

What chain of mountains are located on the western side of the Mississippi?

a)

Everest Mountains

b)

Rocky Mountains

c)

Appalachian Mountains

d)

Baldy Mountains

10.

What belief helped promote westward expansion?

a)

The Industrial Belief

b)

The Gold Rush

c)

Political Era

d)

The Manifest Destiny

11.

In which provinces do most Canadians live?

a)

Quebec and Ontario

b)

Nunavut and Yukon

c)

Manitoba and Alberta

d)

British Columbia and Newfoundland

12.

Which of the following is the world's most important waterway?

a)

St. Lawrence Seaway

b)

Chesapeake Bay

c)

Panama Canal

d)

Mississippi River

13.

What two arms of the Atlantic Ocean border Mexico and Central America on the east?

a)

The Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway

b)

Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea

c)

The Caribbean Sea and the St. Lawrence Seaway

d)

Gulf of Mexico and the St. Lawrence Seaway

14.

What U.S. river divides the state into two main regions?

a)

Mississippi River

b)

Delaware River

c)

Ohio River

d)

Columbia River

15.

Canada's Queen and King are the same as the United Kingdom's.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Canada has ten provinces and three territories.

a)

False

b)

True

17.

Haiti ranks among the world's wealthiest countries.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

The U.S. government has three branches: Legislative, Executive and Judicial.

a)

False

b)

True

19.

Geographers look at how people, products, ideas, and information move from one place to another.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

The Appalachian Mountain system stretches from Alabama to Canada.

a)

False

b)

True