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WorksheetsPeyton S.-U.S. History
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
What is definition of History?
The story of the successes and failures from the past that shaped our world today.
The study of the physical features that describe places on Earth and how people make decisions about how to adapt to the environment.
The story of our past that shaped our future.
Where did people live before the Industrial Revolution?
Farms
cities
towns
The study of the physical features that describe places on Earth and how people make decisions about how to adapt to their environment.
history
absolute location
Geography
geographer
What is the difference between absolute and relative location?
Absolute location uses latitude and longitude to find the exact location of a place on Earth. Relative location is a location described by where it is in relation,or compound to somewhere else.
Absolute location is a location described by where it is in relation,or compound to somewhere else. Retaliative location uses latitude and longitude to find the exact location of a place on Earth.
Absolute location uses to find the exact location of a place on Earth. Relative location is using the exact location
What is the study of governments and how they are organized.
trade
politics
political science
What is the definition of trade?
made up of the prep and institutions in a society that have the authority to make, carry out, and enforce laws, as well as settle disputes.
The voluntary exchange of goods and services among people and countries, occurs as a result of scarcity and specialization.
occurs when a person, business or country focuses on producing the goods and services they can make best and trading for what they are to produce.
The purpose of government is...
To make,enforce, and carry out laws
To carry out laws
What is the definition of a natural resource?
They come from humans and are useful to nature including water, legislation, and precious meals.
What is the definition of scarcity?
The situation that exist where there is unlimited supply but not enough demand.
The situation that exists when there is unlimited demand but not enough supply of a good or service
The situation where there not enough supply nor demand.
What is the lasting influence of French and Spanish in Louisiana?
Civil laws were influenced by French and Spanish, civil codes, including a set of civil laws ordered by Napoleon Bonaparte
Louisiana's government has been influenced by the different countries that controlled the area: France, Spain,and the United State.
Where did Louisiana get its criminal law system from?
The Spanish
The French
Americans
The British
How many constitutions does Louisiana have, and what year was the last one written?
12; the current constitution was in 1941
13; the current constitution 1947
11; the current constitution 1974.
16; the current constitution 1874
Who acts like a Vice President in LA?
The lieutenant governor
attorney general
What is the difference between felonies and misdemeanors?
Felonies are serious crimes like murder or armed robbery,while misdemeanors are less serious crimes.
Misdemeanors are serious crimes like murder or armed robbery,while felonies are less serious crimes.
What is the purpose of a severance tax?
Severance tax is to remove unnatural resources.
Severance tax is to remove natural resources.
What is the definition of a capital resource?
The tools used in the production of goods and services like machinery and factories.
Come from nature and are useful to humans and help us satisfy our need and wants.
Are crucial to an economy and help us satisfy our needs and wants.
What is the difference a producer and consumer?
A consumer is a person who satisfies a need or want. A producer is the person or group of people who use resources to make goods or provide services.
A consumer is the person or group of people who use resources to make goods or provide services. A producer is a person who satisfies a need or want.
What is an example of scarcity
there are only 10 tickets to a school event,but 50 people want to go. That limited amount creates scarcity
there is a school event but nobody wants to go
Why did mercantilism fail in Louisiana?
France didn’t control what Louisiana traded
France cotrolled what Louisiana could trade.
What is the difference between biological and mineral resources?
Biological resources come from living things. Mineral resources come from the earth.
there is no difference
Mineral resources com from living things. Biological resources come from the earth
What is the purpose of the International Date Line?
It’s an imaginary line where the days do not change.
It’s an imaginary line where the date changes by one day. When u cross it you either move forward a day or backwards a day.
It’s an imaginary line that changes the weather
What creates borders in Louisiana?
Mississippi River and Pearl River
Mississippi River and Red River
what is the difference between elevation and relief?
there is no difference
Elevation is how high a place is above sea level. Relief is the difference between the highest and lowest points in an area.
Relief is the height above sea level. Elevation is the difference between the highest and lowest points
What are the different parts of the Mississippi Floodplain Region?
levees
Unnatural levees, Passes, and Swamps
Natural levees, Swamps, and Passes
swamps and passes
How was the Terrence region formed?
It was formed when the Red River changed.
It was formed when Mississippi River changed path.
What is the difference between flat woods and prairies?
Prairies are flat land covered in pine trees. Flat woods are flat land covered with few trees
Flat woods are flat land covered in pine trees and shrubs. Prairies are flat grassy land with few trees.
What are salt Domes?
Small underground formations of salt
Large, underground formations of salt that push upward . Louisiana has many, and they often contain oil, gas, and minerals.
Small, over ground formations of salt.
A slow moving body of water like a creek or small river. Is what?
Bayou
Prairie
flatwoods
Swamps
What is the difference between climate and weather?
Climate is the long term condition of weather in an area. Weather is the short term conditions of weather in an area
Climate is the short term weather in a specific area. Weather is the long term weather in an area
Rain ,Hail, Sleet ,and Snow ; is a form of what?
condensation
precipitation
evaporation
run-off
A period in the 1700s-1800s when machines replaced hand tools, and factories grew. Is what?
Industrial Revolution
Civil War
Gilded Age
What is Gilded Age?
A time in the 1700s with small economic growth
A time in the late 1800s with big economic
growth.
A railroad built across the U.S. that connected the East Coast to the West Coast, making travel and shipping much faster. Is what?
Industrial Revolution
the Gilded Age
The Transcontinental Railroad
Giving government jobs or favors to friends or supporters. Is the definition of what?
patronage
exoduster
What is an exoduster?
Giving government jobs or favors to friends or supporters.
African Americans who moved from the South to Kansas after Reconstruction to escape discrimination.
What was life in the Rural deep South?
African Americans who moved from the South to Kansas after Reconstruction to escape discrimination.
Hard and poor for most people especially sharecroppers.
What is debt peonage?
Hard and poor for most people especially sharecroppers.
A system where workers trapped in debt and forced to keep working to pay it off, often never actually escaping it.
What is the Convict lease system, and who created it?
Created by a person
A system where prisons “ leased out” prisoners to private companies for labor. Created by southern state governments.
A conservative Democrat in the late 1800s who wanted low taxes, small government, and supported big business. Is the def of what
Debt peonage
imperialism
muckraker
bourbon democrat
What is imperialism?
A conservative Democrat in the late 1800s who wanted low taxes, small government, and supported big business.
When a stronger nation takes control of weaker countries for power, land or resources
What is Sewards Folly?
The nickname for when the U.S. bought Alaska from Russia in 1867.
The nickname from when the U.S. bought Hawaii
Exaggerated or dramatic news stories written to get people attention and sell papers. Is the definition of what?
Yellow journalism
imperialism
muckraker
What is the Treaty of Paris 1898?
Exaggerated or dramatic news stories written to get people attention and sell papers.
The treaty that ended the Spanish-Americangave the U.S. control of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines
What was the problem with trusts?
Big business trusts controlled entire industries, crushed competition, and raised prices.
The treaty that ended the Spanish-Americangave the U.S. control of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines
What is a muckraker?
Big business trusts controlled entire industries, crushed competition, and raised prices.
A journalist who exposed corruption, unfair business practices, or social problems.
What is the Niagara Movement?
A journalist who exposed corruption, unfair business practices, or social problems.
imperialism
A civil rights group founded in 1905 by W. E. B. Du Bois that fought for full equality.
What are the major motivations for Americans Imperialism in Alaska and Hawaii?
New markets
New people
to make it bigger
what is the volunteer group and its Leader who helped in the Spanish-American War?
Ida B Wells
no one
The Rough Riders led by Theodore Roosevelt.
What is specialization?How does it impact trade?
It failed because France controlled Louisiana’s trade and didn’t allow them to trade freely,so the colony couldn’t grow or get the supplies it needed. Colonists made it fail by ignoring the rules and trading illegally with other countries so they survive
It when a person, business, or country focuses on producing or one type of work really well. It impacts trade because people/countries trade what they specialize in for things they don’t produce,making everyone more efficient.
How did mercantilism fail? What did Louisiana colonist do to make it fail?
It when a person, business, or country focuses on producing or one type of work really well. It impacts trade because people/countries trade what they specialize in for things they don’t produce,making everyone more efficient.
It failed because France controlled Louisiana’s trade and didn’t allow them to trade freely,so the colony couldn’t grow or get the supplies it needed. Colonists made it fail by ignoring the rules and trading illegally with other countries so they survive
