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Social Studies 6th Grade SCS Study Guide Chapter 2
Social Studies 6th Grade SCS Study Guide Chapter 2
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What is separation of powers?
a type of government where the people elect the leaders
a type of government where people can’t vote for there leaders
A government that has three branches, legislative, executive, and judicial
a type of government where people elect representatives who elect leaders
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A federal system is a government that has both a central and state government.
False
True
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What is barter?
to trade by exchanging one good or service for another
Buying things with a form of currency
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Is a jury someone who is sworn to make a decision on a case.
True
False
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What are checks and balances?
A system where the people elect the leaders
A system that has both a central and state government
System where each branch of government limits the power of another branch
A system where people can’t vote for there leaders
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What is supply?
the amount of something that a consumer wants to buy
the amount of a good or service that a producer wants to sell
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What is a physical map?
a map that shows the names and borders of countries
a map of one country
a map that shows patterns such as climate, natural resources, or population
a map that shows land and water features
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What is a traditional economy?
an economic system in which you choose what you want to buy or sell
an economic system in which traditions decide what to buy and sell
an economic system in which the government chooses what you buy or sell
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What is globalization?
Goods countries give to other countries
the growth in free trade between countries
Goods came in from other countries
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What is entrepreneurship?
the ability of people to do work
the act of running a business and taking on the risks of that business
the use of advanced methods to solve problems
money and goods used to help people make or do things
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What are the five themes of geography?
Location, Climate, Precipitation, Life, Reality
Popularity, Population, Population density, Visitors, mayor
Location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, regions
Animals, Humans, Human creations, Weather, Climate
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What is culture?
Features on land like weather and humidity
Where a group of people live
People who move around often
the set of beliefs, behaviors, and traits shared by a group of people
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What is a political map?
a map that shows patterns such as climate, natural resources, or population
a map that shows land and water features
a map that shows the names and borders of countries
a map of one country
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What is scarcity?
the lack of a resource
Something you have a lot of
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What is the Winkel Tripel Projection?
A distorted scale model that kind of looks like Earth
A projection that is a scale model to Earth
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What is a projection?
The start of a civilization
a way of showing the round Earth on a flat map
A location of latitude and longitude
One fourth of the globe
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What is the executive branch?
Part of government that enforces laws
Part of government that creates laws
Part of government that interprets laws
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What is opportunity cost?
Where you buy stonks
a period of slow economic growth or decline
what is given up, such as time or money, to make or buy something
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What is a citizen?
Someone who lives in a country but doesn’t belong to it
Someone who doesn’t live in a country and moves around a lot
Someone who lives in a country and belongs to it
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What is a command economy?
an economic system in which traditions decide what to buy and sell
an economic system in which you choose what you want to buy or sell
an economic system in which the government chooses what you buy or sell
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What are exports
Goods came in from other countries
Goods countries give to other countries
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What is a line of longitude?
One half of the globe
Imaginary horizontal lines that tell location
One fourth of the globe
Imaginary vertical lines that tell location
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What is a hemisphere?
One half of the globe
Horizontal lines that tell location
Vertical lines that tell location
One fourth of the globe
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What is the judicial branch?
Part of government that enforces laws
Part of government that interprets laws
Part of government that creates laws
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What is naturalization?
Living in a country and not belonging to it
The act of becoming a citizen
Not being a citizen
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What are cardinal directions?
People who move around often
Features on land like weather and humidity
North, South, East, West
Northeast, Northwest, Southeast, Southwest
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What is migration?
The movement of people from one place to another
The force of motion that makes an object move
The act of sound waves moving in the air
Different places on a map
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What is demand?
the amount of a good or service that a producer wants to sell
the amount of something that a consumer wants to buy
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What is a choropleth map?
a map that shows the names and borders of countries
a map that shows patterns such as climate, natural resources, or population
A map that uses color to show population density
a map that shows land and water features
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What are imports?
Goods came in from other countries
Goods countries give to other countries
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What is the Mercator Projection?
A projection that is a scale model to Earth
A distorted scale model that kind of looks like Earth
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What is the legislative branch?
Part of government that makes laws
Part of government that interprets laws
Part of government that enforces laws
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What is a representative government?
a type of government where people can’t vote for there leaders
a type of government where the people elect the leaders
a type of government where people elect representatives who elect leaders
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What is a scale?
a measuring line that shows the distances on a map
The directions on a map
East and West
North and South
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What is a market economy?
an economic system in which you choose what you want to buy or sell
an economic system in which traditions decide what to buy and sell
an economic system in which the government chooses what you buy or sell
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What is inflation?
a period of slow economic growth or decline
a continued rise in prices or the supply of money
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What is a special purpose map?
a map that shows land and water features
a map that shows the names and borders of countries
a map that shows patterns such as climate, natural resources, or population
a map of one country
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What is the Robinson Projection?
A distorted scale model that kind of looks like Earth
A projection that is a scale model to Earth
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What is capital?
the use of advanced methods to solve problems
money and goods used to help people make or do things
the ability of people to do work
the act of running a business and taking on the risks of that business
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What is a line of latitude?
Imaginary vertical lines that tell location
One half of the globe
One fourth of the globe
Imaginary horizontal lines that tell location
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What is a recession?
what is given up, such as time or money, to make or buy something
a period of slow economic growth or decline
