Social Studies 1st Semester Review

Question 1

How many national parks are in the US?

Accepted Answer

59

Question 2

The United States west of the Mississippi River is much...

Accepted Answer

drier

Question 3

What is the capital of California?

Accepted Answer

Sacramento

Question 4

This biome is hot and humid and near the equator.

Accepted Answer

rain forest

Question 5

What are the subregions of the United States East of the Mississippi River?

Accepted Answer

New England, Mid Atlantic, Midwest, Southeast

Question 6

What is the capital of Michigan?

Accepted Answer

Lansing

Question 7

Are these lines of latitude or longitude?

Accepted Answer

Longitude

Question 8

11) What is the economic system in the United States?

Accepted Answer

capitalist economy, market economy

Question 9

The branches of government guarantee

Accepted Answer

a balance of power

Question 10

Which of the following are common tools for a geographer?

Accepted Answer

maps and globes

Question 11

This colony was founded by the Puritans who were escaping religious persecution

Accepted Answer

Massachusetts

Question 12

Sparsely populated means

Accepted Answer

not many people

Question 13

What is population density?

Accepted Answer

The measurement of the population per unit area.

Question 14

The equator splits the earth into these two hemispheres...

Accepted Answer

North and South

Question 15

Which one of the following states is NOT part of the Four Corners?

Accepted Answer

Nevada

Question 16

Physical or Human Geography?

Accepted Answer

Human Geography

Question 17

The cardinal directions are...

Accepted Answer

North, South, East, West

Question 18

What is the capital of New York?

Accepted Answer

Albany

Question 19

There are seven continents, which one is the United States a part of?

Accepted Answer

North America

Question 20

Who is the "Father of National Parks?"

Accepted Answer

John Muir

Question 21

What way do latitude lines run?

Accepted Answer

East to West

Question 22

What is the death rate?

Accepted Answer

The number of deaths per 1000 people

Question 23

What does Westward Expansion mean in U.S. History?

Accepted Answer

How Americans expanded territory across North America.

Question 24

A compass rose shows:

Accepted Answer

Cardinal Directions

Question 25

Many Native Americans were forced out of the SE United States west of the Mississippi. This journey is known as...

Accepted Answer

The Trail of Tears

Question 26

What is the economic system used in the US?

Accepted Answer

Market Economic System

Question 27

Human geography is a subsection of geography and focuses on

Accepted Answer

The interactions between people and the places they live.

Question 28

How many states are in the USA?

Accepted Answer

50

Question 29

Which of the following states was once a monarchy (they had a Queen)?

Accepted Answer

Hawaii

Question 30

Capital of New Mexico

Accepted Answer

Santa Fe

Question 31

How many years have national parks been in the US?

Accepted Answer

100

Question 32

What is the capital of Georgia?

Accepted Answer

Atlanta

Question 33

Parts of a Map?

Accepted Answer

all of these

Question 34

What is birth rate?

Accepted Answer

Number of people being born

Question 35

Push-Pull Factors

Accepted Answer

factors that can either push people out of an area or pull them into one

Question 36

What are the 3 branches of government?

Accepted Answer

Executive, Legislative, Judicial

Question 37

Moving to escape persecution or war would be an example of

Accepted Answer

A push

Question 38

When one person has complete power or control over the government.

Accepted Answer

Autocracy

Question 39

What are landforms?

Accepted Answer

Landforms are the shape of the surface of the Earth.

Question 40

Physical or Human Geography?

Accepted Answer

Physical Geography

Question 41

Which of these states is NOT in the Midwestern U.S.?

Accepted Answer

Colorado

Question 42

Which of the following states is NOT on the Gulf of Mexico?

Accepted Answer

Georgia

Question 43

State Capitals: What's the capital of USA

Accepted Answer

Washington DC

Question 44

What is the most important reason to protect the National Parks?

Accepted Answer

national parks are good for our health, to protect biodiversity, national parks are under the threat of climate change, national parks are some of the places without human industry

Question 45

What idea inspired the expansion of the United States West of the Mississippi River?

Accepted Answer

Manifest Destiny

Question 46

What is the capital of Idaho?

Accepted Answer

Boise

Question 47

How many continents does the world have?

Accepted Answer

7

Question 48

Are forests renewable or nonrenewable resources?

Accepted Answer

renewable

Question 49

The United States of America is what type of government?

Accepted Answer

Representative / Indirect Democracy

Question 50

What is the capital of Colorado?

Accepted Answer

Denver

Question 51

Map Skills: What is the highlighted region called?

Accepted Answer

Great Plains

Question 52

Use map skills to determine the capital of Florida.

Accepted Answer

Tallahassee

Question 53

Who uses maps and map skills today?

Accepted Answer

Travelers, Millitary, Airports

Question 54

Fossil fuels are _____________ resources.

Accepted Answer

nonrenewable

Question 55

Political and religious persecution

Accepted Answer

Push factor

Social Studies 1st Semester Review

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Social Studies 1st Semester Review

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