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Unit 1 GOV/GEO/ECO/SOC

Total questions: 132

Worksheet time: 29hrs 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The governments of North Korea, China and Cuba are examples of...
a)
Limited Governments
b)
Unlimited Governments
2.
The United States government would be considered –
a)
Theocracy
b)
Monarchy
c)
Totalitarian
d)
Democracy
3.
Which of the following is a characteristic of an unlimited government?
a)
People elect representatives
b)
People have unlimited political rights
c)
People follow a dictator that is in charge
d)
People can choose the way their job
4.
This is a type of unlimited government where there is rule by a few -
a)
Dictator
b)
Oligarchy
c)
Monarchy
d)
Theocracy
5.
This is a type of government where there is rule by a religious leader -
a)
Totalitarian
b)
Oligarchy
c)
Theocracy
d)
Monarchy
6.
What type of government has its power limited by the people?
a)
Unlimited
b)
Limited
c)
Absolute Monarchy
d)
Dictatorship
7.
What type of government has a leader or a small group of leaders with no limits to their power
a)
Limited
b)
Unlimited
c)
Democracy
d)
Republic
8.
People have few rights to privacy.
a)
Limited
b)
Unlimited
9.
The government makes all of the laws without asking anyone else.
a)
Limited
b)
Unlimited
10.
People can choose to work where they want.
a)
Limited
b)
Unlimited
11.
People have a choice in the religion they choose practice or not practice. 
a)
Limited
b)
Unlimited
12.

The United States, Great Britain, Australia, Mexico, Argentina

a)

Limited

b)

Unlimited

13.

Cuba, North Korea, Iran, China, Vietnam

a)

Limited

b)

Unlimited

14.

North Korea is an example of a Totalitarian Dictatorship and an Unlimited Government

a)

True

b)

False

15.

"Rule by the few"

a)

Monarchy

b)

Oligarchy

c)

Theology

d)

Democracy

16.

What type of government is it if the leader inherits his/her position?

a)

democracy

b)

monarchy

c)

dictatorship

d)

oligarchy

17.

One right we have as a citizen is....

a)

driving a car

b)

Voting

18.

Where do you vote?

a)
b)
c)
19.

When people change the way they live in order to fit new conditions or a new environment it is

a)

adaptation

b)

modification

20.

When there is a change to the environment to meet the needs of people

a)

Adaptation

b)

Modification

21.

Building dams, plowing and irrigating fields, and digging mines are examples of...

a)

modifying

b)

adapting

22.

People who live in the northeastern United States use heating units to keep their homes warm in winter. This is an example of..

a)

modifying

b)

adapting

23.

Building a well for water.

a)

Adapt

b)

Modify

24.

Bringing a raincoat when its going to rain

a)

Adapt

b)

Modify

25.

Irrigation systems in the city.

a)

Adapt

b)

Modify

26.

Wearing different clothes during the winter or summer.

a)

Adapt

b)

Modify

27.

A government where the power lies with the citizens who vote for people to run their government and make choices for the common good

a)

absolute monarchy

b)

dictatorship

c)

representative democracy

d)

direct democracy

28.

A negative way we impact the world around is...

a)

pollution.

b)

mining all the resources.

c)

deforestation.

d)

All of the examples

29.

 

Human-environment interaction is the relationship between _____ and _____.

a)

people, the world

b)

people, other people

c)

people, the government

d)

God, man

30.

Positive Human Interactions

a)

Recycling and Planting Trees

b)

Polluting and Landfills

31.

Negative Human Interactions

a)

Recycling and Planting Trees

b)

Polluting and Landfills

32.

Cutting flat steps or terraces into the side of a mountain to have more land to cultivate is known as

a)

tribute

b)

quechua

c)

terrace farming

d)

chinampas farming

33.

What system of farming did the Inca develop in order to farm in the mountains?

a)

Chinampas

b)

Irrigation

c)

Aqueducts

d)

Terrace Farming

34.

Step farming is performed on

a)

Slope of hills

b)

Dry areas

c)

Peak of hills

d)

Terraces

35.
Physical Characteristics show...
a)
What humans create
b)
What humans destroy
c)
The natural features of Earth
d)
The man-made features of Earth
36.
Human Characteristics show...
a)
The natural features of Earth
b)
What humans destroy
c)
The culture of a place
d)
Only what humans buy
37.
Volcano
a)
Physical Characteristic of Geography
b)
Human Characteristic of Geography
c)
Both Human and Physical
d)
This does not show physical or human characteristics
38.
a)
Physical Characteristic of Geography
b)
Human Characteristic of Geography
c)
Both Human and Physical
d)
This does not show physical or human characteristics
39.
What is a physical characteristic?
a)
Something humans have made.
b)
Something that nature has made.
c)
Something Mrs. Locke came up with.
d)
Something that is used to torture people.
40.
What is a human characteristic?
a)
Something that humans make.
b)
Something made by nature.
c)
Something that Mrs. Preston made up.
d)
Something that causes a lot of problems
41.

tree

a)

human characteristic

b)

physical characteristic

42.
bridge
a)
human characteristic
b)
physical characteristic
43.
school
a)
human characteristic
b)
physical characteristic
44.
lighthouse
a)
human characteristic
b)
physical characteristic
45.

river

a)

physical characteristic

b)

human characteristic

46.

______________________ is a factor that causes a population to move INTO a certain area.

a)

Push

b)

Common

c)

Pull

d)

Extraordinary

47.

____________________ is a factor that causes a population to LEAVE a certain area.

a)

Pull

b)

Push

c)

Common

d)

Extraordinary

48.

Look at the image attached. Is it a Push or Pull factor?

a)

Push Factor

b)

Pull Factor

49.

Look at the image attached. Is it a Push or Pull factor?

a)

Push Factor

b)

Pull Factor

50.

Look at the image attached. Is it a Push or Pull factor?

a)

Push

b)

Pull

51.

Look at the image attached. Is it a Push or Pull factor?

a)

Push

b)

Pull

52.

A natural disaster (flooding) is an example of a

a)

Push

b)

Pull

53.

A Healthcare (hospitals) is an example of a

a)

Push

b)

Pull

54.

Food shortage is an example of a

a)

Push

b)

Pull

55.

Crime/Violence is an example of a

a)

Push

b)

Pull

56.

Safety is an example of a

a)

Push

b)

Pull

57.

Being closer to family members would be considered as a

a)

Push

b)

Pull

58.

Conditions that make a person want to leave their current home.

a)

Push Factor

b)

Pull Factor

59.

Factors that affect people to come to a certain place.

a)

Push Factor

b)

Pull Factor

60.

Which lists the 5 themes of geography? Read each list carefully.

a)

Place, region, landforms, Human-environment interaction, movement

b)

People, Race, Human-environment interaction, Location Movement

c)

Power, Region, Human-environment interaction, Location Movement

d)

Place, Region, Human-environment interaction, Location, Movement

61.

How can you remember the 5 themes of Geography?

a)

Mr. WHO

b)

MR. HELP

c)

MR.PIE

d)

MR.HOPE

62.
A garbage truck driver is an example of which Factor of Production?
a)
labor
b)
land
c)
entrepreneurship
d)
capital
63.
The following items (accountant's computer, carpenter's drill, and a tailor's sewing machine) are all examples of which factor of production?
a)
capital
b)
entrepreneurshipt
c)
land
d)
labor
64.
The term, "capital goods" means:
a)
Goods not created for their own use, but to make other goods/services.
b)
Work the people do to produce goods and services.
c)
Person who organizes the factors of production to produce goods/services; business owners.
d)
The natural resources used to produce goods or services.
65.
The term, "entrepreneurship" means:
a)
Person who organizes the factors of production to produce goods/services; business owners.
b)
Goods not created for their own use, but to make other goods/services.
c)
Work the people do to produce goods and services.
d)
The natural resources used to produce goods or services.
66.
The term, "land" means:
a)
The natural resources used to produce goods or services.
b)
Work the people do to produce goods and services.
c)
Goods not created for their own use, but to make other goods/services.
d)
Person who organizes the factors of production to produce goods/services; business owners.
67.
The term, "labor" means:
a)
Work the people do to produce goods and services.
b)
The natural resources used to produce goods or services.
c)
Person who organizes the factors of production to produce goods/services; business owners.
d)
Goods not created for their own use, but to make other goods/services.
68.
What is a risk an entrepreneur takes in running a business? 
a)
Losing the money invested in starting the business
b)
Going bankrupt [losing everything]
c)
Not having a steady job/paycheck
d)
All of these are risks!
69.
The creation of any kind of good or service is known as:
a)
Input
b)
Resources
c)
Production
d)
Entrepreneurship
70.
All of the things necessary for production are known as:
a)
Production
b)
Entrepreneurship
c)
Outputs
d)
Resources
71.
The human effort involved in the production of goods and services is known as:
a)
Capital
b)
Entrepreneurship
c)
Labor
d)
Land
72.
The enterprising spirit that allows an individual to spot gaps in the market and take risks (including starting a business):
a)
Entrepreneurship
b)
Capital
c)
Land
d)
Labor
73.
All natural resources that go into the production of a good or service:
a)
Capital
b)
Entrepreneurship
c)
Land
d)
Labor
74.
If there are only 100 televisions on sale and 200 people want to buy TV's, that is a problem of ____. 
a)
desire
b)
demand
c)
supply
d)
scarcity
75.
The four factors of production are land, labor, capital, and _______ .
a)
Entrepreneurs
b)
Franchises
c)
Inflation
d)
the Government
76.
Production is
a)
the creation of goods and services from economic resources
b)
it is an idea of using economic resources
c)
It is both of the options
d)
It is none of the options 
77.

Human-made materials used to produce goods and services.

a)

capital

b)

land

c)

labor

d)

entrepreneur

78.

buys and uses goods and services

a)

consumer

b)

producer

c)

entrepreneur

d)

labor

79.

The number of consumers who want and able to buy a good or service.

a)

demand

b)

supply

c)

opportunity cost

d)

entrepreneur

80.

a person who has the ideas and skills to start a business

a)

entrepreneur

b)

laborer

c)

manager

d)

consumer

81.

The value of all the goods and services that a country produces in a year.

a)

Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

b)

Factors of Production (FOP)

c)

Free-Market Economy (FME)

82.

Items for sale that can be touched.

a)

goods

b)

services

c)

demand

d)

profit

83.

talents and skills of human beings

a)

labor

b)

land

c)

capital

d)

entrepreneur

84.

material from Earth needed to make goods and services

a)

land

b)

labor

c)

capital

d)

entrepreneur

85.

things that people must have in order to survive

a)

needs

b)

wants

c)

opportunity cost

d)

scarcity

86.

someone who makes goods and services

a)

producer

b)

consumer

c)

entrepreneur

d)

government

87.

work done for someone else in exchange for payment

a)

services

b)

supply

c)

scarcity

d)

land

88.

What is economics?

a)

The process or system of goods/services that sold, bought, and produced in an area.

b)

The system where people move from place to place.

c)

The process of goods being sent into another country.

d)

I haven't got a clue.

89.

The amount of something that is available and ready to be sold.

a)

demand

b)

supply

c)

income

d)

profit

90.

Someone who takes the risk to start and organize a business.

a)

entrepreneur

b)

debt

c)

consumers

d)

shortage

91.

An item or service that is to be sold to consumers is called a _________.

a)

profit

b)

product

c)

economics

d)

income

92.

There was a ___________ of iphones at the store when there was a sale.

a)

shortage

b)

profit

c)

international

d)

consumers

93.

An individual who purchases or buys goods or services are called ____________.

a)

entrepreneurs

b)

students

c)

monopoly

d)

consumers

94.

Which of the following means the amount of goods or services consumers want or are willing to buy?

a)

supply

b)

demand

c)

consumer

d)

producer

95.

An imaginary line that cuts the Earth in half vertically.

a)

Latitude Lines

b)

Longitude Lines

c)

Equator

d)

Prime Meridian

96.

Imaginary lines that run horizontally around the Earth.

a)

Latitude Lines

b)

Longitude Lines

c)

Equator

d)

Prime Meridian

97.

Imaginary lines that run vertically around the Earth.

a)

Latitude Lines

b)

Longitude Lines

c)

Equator

d)

Prime Meridian

98.

What are items you can find on a map?

a)

Compass Rose

b)

Scale

c)

Legend

d)

Title

e)

All of the above

99.

Which is an example of positive Human Environment Interaction?

a)

Oil tanker spills oil in the Gulf of Mexico

b)

People continue to burn more of the Amazon Rainforest

c)

Government workers build a bridge to cross the Trinity River

d)

Natural gas leak reported in La Port, Texas

100.

Which of the following is not a transportation corridor?

a)

Rocky Mountains

b)

Brazos River

c)

Panama Canal

d)

Texas Highway 290

101.

Which is not an example of infrastructure?

a)

neighborhoods

b)

forests

c)

street lights

d)

football stadium

102.

Which is an example of a push factor?

a)

good schools

b)

unemployment

c)

low crime rate

d)

jobs

103.

Which is a pull factor?

a)

war

b)

not enough food

c)

poor housing

d)

economic opportunities

104.

Which is not an example of a transportation corridor?

a)

desert

b)

airport

c)

canal

d)

highway

105.

Which of these will help find exact location?

a)

compass rose

b)

lines of longitude and latitude

c)

protractor

d)

calculator

106.

Railroad systems, interstate highway systems, energy systems, and airports are all examples of_______________.

a)

Infrastructure

b)

transportation barriers

c)

geographic features

d)

culture

107.

A _________ factor makes people want to move AWAY or LEAVE an area. Ex: war, lack of jobs, famine, no religious freedom.

a)

Pull

b)

Push

108.

A _________ factor makes people want to come to an area. Ex: Better jobs, better schools, safety, good government.

a)

Push

b)

Pull

109.

What is represented in the image?

a)

Geography

b)

transportation barriers

c)

Infrastructure

110.

Which of the following images best depicts Movement?

a)
b)
c)
111.

Which of the following are examples of Transportation Corridors? (Check all that apply)

a)

Mountains

b)

Deserts

c)

Canals

d)

Roads

112.

Which of the following are examples of Transportation Barriers? (Check all that apply)

a)

Canals

b)

Mountains

c)

roads

d)

deserts

113.

A _________ factor makes people want to move AWAY or LEAVE an area. Ex: war, lack of jobs, famine, no religious freedom.

a)

Push

b)

Pull

114.

A _________ factor makes people want to come to an area. Ex: Better jobs, better schools, safety, good government.

a)

Push

b)

Pull

115.

__________ ____________ __________ is the way people interact with, adapt to, and change the environment.

a)

a transportation corridor

b)

human environment interaction

c)

human global interdependence

116.

Which of the following is an example of negative Human Environment Interaction (HEI)?

a)
b)
c)
117.

the spread of beliefs and values

a)

culture

b)

cultural diffusion

c)

cultural trait

d)

diversity

118.

the origin of a culture

a)

hearth

b)

heart

c)

beginning

d)

worth

119.

many different cultural traits in an area

a)

diffusion

b)

reality

c)

immersion

d)

diversity

120.

example of a cultural trait

a)

weather

b)

geography

c)

clothing

d)

time zone

121.

Which term matches this definition: the way of life of a group of people who share similar beliefs and customs

a)

Culture

b)

Cultural diffusion

c)

Dialect

d)

Economy

122.

Which of the following is NOT a major element of culture?

a)

Language

b)

Religion

c)

Technology

d)

Government

e)

Economy

123.

Which of the following terms matches this definition: the spreading new knowledge/skills to other cultures over time and by region.

a)

Culture

b)

Cultural traits

c)

Cultural diffusion

d)

Cultural migration

124.

Which of the major cultural elements is described by these:


French, English, Spanish, British English, Greek, Latin

a)

Economy

b)

Government

c)

Customs/Traditions

d)

Language

125.

Which of the major cultural elements is described here:


market (supply and demand), command (govt. controlled), or traditional (inheriting jobs from ancestors)

a)

Economy

b)

Government

c)

Arts

d)

Religion

126.

Which of the major cultural elements is described here:


Democracy, monarchy, dictatorship, republic, aristocracy

a)

Customs/traditions

b)

Government

c)

Language

d)

Economy

127.

Which of the major cultural elements is described here:


Buddhism, Islam, Christianity, Hinduism, and Judaism

a)

Customs/traditions

b)

Arts

c)

Social organization

d)

Religion

128.

Which of the major cultural elements is described here:


rich vs. poor, male vs. female, young vs. old

a)

Language

b)

Government

c)

Social organization

d)

Religion

129.

Which of the major cultural elements is described here:


celebrations, holidays, food, clothing, houses, transportation

a)

Customs/traditions

b)

Arts

c)

Economy

d)

Religion

130.

relating to or including many different ways of life

a)

multicultural

b)

international

c)

globalization

d)

culture region

131.

A __________ is a special way of doing something that is passed down over time.

a)

neighborhood

b)

history

c)

tradition

132.

An_________ is an organization created by people to do what one of its members cannot do alone.

a)

oral tradition

b)

institution

c)

anthropologist

d)

primary sources

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