Social Studies: Unit 4, Lesson 5 Review

Question 1

A period when there is little business activity and many people do not have jobs is the ______.

Accepted Answer

depression

Question 2

To allow people only a limited amount of something because there is not enough of it is _____.

Accepted Answer

ration

Question 3

A widespread drought in the Midwest caused the __________.

Accepted Answer

Dust Bowl

Question 4

________ is when prices rise.

Accepted Answer

inflation

Question 5

What year did the United States enter World War 2?

Accepted Answer

1941

Question 6

The internment camps were surrounded by the following, EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

decorative gardens

Question 7

In the 1930s, more than ________ people came to California.

Accepted Answer

1 million

Question 8

A long period of time without rain is a ____________.

Accepted Answer

drought

Question 9

A place where people are held against their will, often during a war, is an __________.

Accepted Answer

internment camp

Question 10

In which year did World War 2 end?

Accepted Answer

1945

Question 11

In which industries was California influential to the war effort?

Accepted Answer

aircraft and shipyards

Question 12

The Great Depression included all of the following, EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

widespread happiness

Question 13

President ____________ ordered Japanese-Americans to the internment camps.

Accepted Answer

Roosevelt

Question 14

The business of buying and selling shares of companies is the ___________.

Accepted Answer

stock market

Question 15

The sudden population boom in the 1940s caused all of these problem, EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

surplus of goods

Questions 15