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Chapter 2 World History Review
Chapter 2 World History Review
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What is given up, such as time or money, to make or buy something?
Demand
Supply
Checks and Balances
Opportunity Cost
2
The United States has a market economy, in which each person makes choices about what to make, sell, and buy.
True
False
3
What are the four major kinds of resources?
supply, demand, recession, and inflation
traditional, command, market, and mixed
land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurship
farmers, merchants, sellers, and buyers
4
What imaginary line divides the Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres?
Equator
Hemisphere
Theme
Prime Meridian
5
Capital is the ability of people to do work.
False
True
6
The act of running a business and taking risks is called ______.
capital
entrepreneurship
land
labor
7
A hemisphere is a half sphere used to refer to one half of the globe when divided into North, South, East, and West.
False
True
8
to trade by exchanging one good or service for another
Export
Barter
Globalization
Import
9
What type of map would you look at to learn about the historical battles fought in a region?
special-purpose map
physical map
political map
A.choropleth
10
What imaginary line divides the Earth into Eastern and Western Hemispheres?
Prime Meridian
Equator
Hemisphere
Distort
11
Which of the following is an example of a barrier to trade?
A country trades goods for other goods and services.
A country both buys from and sells to other countries.
A country is easy to reach due to its geography
A country bans trade that hurts its own producers.
12
What is a system in which each branch of government limits the power of another branch?
Globalization
federal system
representative government
checks and balances
13
north, south, east, and west are examples of what?
intermediate directions
symbols
Scale
Cardinal directions
14
What are imaginary lines that circle the Earth from Pole to Pole, measuring distance East or West of the Prime Mer
latitude
longitude
hemisphere
equator
15
the lack of a resource
Demand
Supply
Recession
Scarcity
16
What part of government that interprets laws?
Jury
judicial branch
legislative branch
executive branch
17
When a good is scarce, it means that ______.
nobody is interested in buying it
it is hard to find and likely to cost more
demand drops while supplies rise
it is cheap and easy to make
18
What part of government that enforces laws?
legislative branch
judicial branch
Jury
executive branch
19
The United States has a representative government. What must the government do?
make decisions in legal cases
control its citizens by being overly powerful
pay taxes for the services it provides to the American people
act in the people’s interests and protect their rights
20
To become a U.S. citizen, people from other countries must go through a process called Naturalization.
True
False
21
What is an economic system in which custom decides what people do, make, buy, and sell (hunter-gatherer groups had this)
Command economy-
Traditional economy
Market Economy
Opportunity cost
22
What part of government that passes laws?
judicial branch
executive branch
legislative branch
23
a map that shows land and water features
political map
physical map
scale
special purpose map
24
Which two factors can affect supply and demand?
inflation, recession
checks, and balances
opportunity cost, scarcity
mixed economy, traditional economy
25
What is a good brought into a country from another country?
export
supply
import
demand
26
A continued rise in prices is a sign of inflation.
False
True
27
What is a way of showing the round Earth on a flat map?
hemisphere
projection
equator
prime meridian
28
A globe of the Earth accurately shows the sizes of continents as well as the shapes of landmasses and bodies of water.
True
False
29
a good sent from one country to another in trade
Inflation
Recession
Export
Import
30
What are imaginary lines that circle the Earth parallel to the Equator (measure north and south)
longitude
latitude
hemisphere
projection
31
Which of the following statements is true?
Globes and maps are equally accurate at showing the Earth's surface.
Globes distort the features on the Earth's surface.
Maps distort the features on the Earth's surface.
Geographers have no way to accurately show the Earth's surface.
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This map is an example of which type of projection?
Mercator
Robinson
Goode’s Interrupted Equal-Area
Winkel
