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Chapter 1: Exploring Social Studies
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1
Eyewitness reports are a type of which of the following?
primary source
conclusion
secondary source
chronology
2
What is an ecosystem?
a measure of elevation
a type of landform
a community of living things and its surroundings
a type of relief map
3
Which of the following is the difference between an item’s production cost and its selling price?
finances
credit
profit
supplies
4
What results from a cause?
a prediction
a conclusion
an effect
a fact
5
goods used to produce other goods and services
opportunity cost
supply and demand
capital
scarcity
6
Which part of a map explains that map's symbols, colors, and lines?
scale bar
key/legend
boundary lines
title
7
Capital can refer to tools, machines, buildings, or money.
False
True
8
Which of these most directly forces people to choose how they will use resources?
scarcity
entrepreneurs
voluntary exchange
opportunity costs
9
breaks time into units and keeps track of those units
calendars
graphs
diagrams
charts
10
the physical and human features that make a city, state, or country unique
regions
movement
human-environment interaction
place
11
What does the word
chronology
refer to?
types of governments
study of artifacts
events in the year 0 AD
the order in which events happen
12
Which type of government is a small, elite group that holds the power?
autocracy
unitary
oligarchy
democracy
13
We study history to make better decisions about the present and future.
False
True
14
Describing where a place is compared to another place
exact coordinates
absolute location
true location
relative location
15
What is an exchange rate?
the value of a currency, expressed in a different currency
the worth of a specific tariff to an individual entrepreneur
the value of supply and demand
the worth of a nation's economy
16
Which of these is most likely to appear on a political map?
a region's vegetation density
a region's elevation
a city
a landform
17
what is sold by businesses
goods and services
opportunity cost
scarcity
supply and demand
18
presents numbers visually
time lines
charts
diagrams
graphs
19
What is an object called that was used by people in the past?
a fact
an opinion
a chart
an artifact
20
what determines the prices of goods?
opportunity cost
capital
supply and demand
scarcity
21
Landform is a word meaning “human movement.”
True
False
22
what makes choices necessary
scarcity
capital
opportunity cost
supply and demand
23
Paying taxes is an example of a(n)
responsibility
initiative
duty
belief
24
Opinions are
the same things as facts
always true
always false
neither true nor false
25
The terms “B.C.,” “A.D.,” “B.C.E.,” and “C.E.” are used to
sort illustrations
reference textbook pages
add challenges
date events
26
What is true of US citizens who do not fulfill their civic responsibilities?
They are in danger of being punished.
They increase services to those in need.
They are in danger of being arrested.
They reduce the quality of life for their fellow citizens.
27
Which of the following is a good way to keep track of chronology?
by using a time line
by using a globe
by drawing conclusions
by drawing inferences
28
Human-environment interaction is the theme of geography that examines the creation of landforms.
False
True
29
Which of these elements of geography focuses on the forces that create weather?
human systems
absolute and relative locations
physical systems
society
30
Geographers organize their area of study into themes, or subjects.
True
False
31
the relationship between people and their surroundings
human-environment interaction
movement
regions
location
32
Which of these is the best definition of the term
geography
?
the study of people
the study of Earth and its people
the study of Earth's history
the study of earth
33
A person who studies and writes about people who lived in the past is called a(n)
recorder
historian
geologist
author
34
What is guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution?
due process
federal system
civics
naturalization
35
Which of the following are common tools for a geographer?
elevations and landforms
maps and globes
reliefs and landforms
ecosystems and regions
36
Research involves the careful collection of
information
causes and effects
challenges
diagrams and charts
37
a textbook, history, or biography is usually this
globe
secondary source
specialization
confederation
38
Textbooks and biographies are examples of
primary sources
opinions
secondary sources
calendars
39
a type of government in which power resides in individual states
specialization
confederation
secondary source
citizenship
40
The Bill of Rights are the first five amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
True
False
41
Regions are areas that share common features
true
false
42
a concept that can be traced back to ancient Greece and Rome
specialization
globe
citizenship
confederation
43
how and why people, things, and ideas change location
location
place
movement
human-environment interaction
44
What is the process by which a foreign-born person can become a US citizen?
registration
naturalization
due process
voting
45
Which of these is often used to present numerical information in an organized way?
a photograph
a chart
an artifact
a diary
46
can show how something works
time lines
graphs
charts
diagrams
47
Which of these correctly describes a relative location of Tallahassee, Florida?
orange groves and theme parks
the West Coast
30° 25' N and 84° 17' W
west of the Atlantic Ocean
48
Voting is an example of a(n)
belief
initiative
responsibility
duty
49
What are the five themes of geography?
artifacts, economics, history, research, ecosystems
place, cause, effect, scarcity, free market
location, place, regions, movement, human-environment interaction
charts, tables, maps, regions, human-environment interaction
50
What is a term for a nation's workforce?
capital
labor
tools
entrepreneurs
51
These are sometimes called "infographics."
graphs
summaries
diagrams
opinions
52
a round model of the Earth
specialization
citizenship
confederation
globe
53
areas that share common features
location
regions
place
movement
54
What is the term for something lost when an economic choice is made?
capital
opportunity cost
free enterprise
tariff
55
Which pair of terms is most closely related?
diagram and challenge
calendar and chronology
research and opinion
calendar and inference
56
A book compiled by a historian of first-hand accounts of World War II would be what type of source?
secondary
fictional
primary
textbook
57
A map showing population density is an example of a special purpose map.
True
False
58
what is lost when an economic choice is made
opportunity cost
capital
goods and services
scarcity
59
show the order of events
graphs
diagrams
charts
time lines
60
where something is
location
place
regions
movement
61
Humans sometimes change their environment to suit themselves.
True
False
62
What is the name of an exact place on the surface of Earth?
region system
relative location
physical location
absolute location
63
The study of the rights and duties of citizens is called
due process
naturalization
equal protection
civics
64
What mostly determines the price of an item?
credit
interest rates
investments
supply and demand
65
Economics is the study of
Earth and its people
credit and financing
people and events of the past
scarcity and use of resources
66
A globe is a flat drawing of the Earth’s surface.
True
False
67
Which of these professions is most closely related to that of a geographer?
a cartographer
an economist
a politician
a historian
68
doing what one is best at
confederation
specialization
globe
secondary source
69
presents information in an organized way
charts
graphs
time line
calendar
70
In which type of governmental system does a single national government make all decisions?
federal
voluntary
confederation
unitary
