Social Studies Practice Test 2

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The movement of people from rural areas to cities is called .

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The U.S. bought the Louisiana Territory from .

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Which actions increase civic participation?

A) Voting

B) Attending community meetings

C) Avoiding local issues

D) Volunteering

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Which map features help identify physical geography?

A) Mountains

B) Rivers

C) Population density

D) Lakes

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Which economic situations can lead to inflation?

A) Rising production costs

B) Increased demand for goods

C) Major decrease in money supply

D) Government printing more money

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Which responsibilities belong to local governments?

A) Police and fire protection

B) Establishing public schools

C) Printing national currency

D) Maintaining local roads

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Which nations were part of the Allied Powers in World War II?

A) United States

B) United Kingdom

C) Japan

D) Soviet Union

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Which state was the last to join the United States?

A) Alaska

B) Arizona

C) New Mexico

D) Hawaii

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Which group fought for workers’ rights in the late nineteenth century?

A) Abolitionists

B) Labor unions

C) Suffragists

D) Isolationists

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Which factor increases consumer demand?

A) Higher prices

B) Lower prices

C) Decreased incomes

D) Lack of advertising

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Which global organization was created after World War II to promote peace?

A) NATO

B) OPEC

C) United Nations

D) European Union

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What is one role of the Vice President?

A) Leading the Supreme Court

B) Running state governments

C) Presiding over the Senate

D) Writing tax laws

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What type of chart uses slices to show parts of a whole?

A) Line graph

B) Timeline

C) Pie chart

D) Bar graph

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Which region of the U.S. is known as the “Rust Belt”?

A) Pacific Northwest

B) Midwest and Great Lakes

C) Deep South

D) Great Plains

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Which U.S. document guarantees basic rights and freedoms?

A) Monroe Doctrine

B) Articles of Confederation

C) Bill of Rights

D) Federalist Papers

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Which major U.S. event occurred in 2001?

A) Watergate

B) 9/11 terrorist attacks

C) Cuban Missile Crisis

D) Persian Gulf War

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Which factor most influences a region’s climate?

A) Voting patterns

B) Latitude

C) Population size

D) Size of cities

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Which U.S. agency enforces federal laws?

A) Congress

B) Supreme Court

C) Executive branch

D) Federal Reserve

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Which part of the Constitution begins with “We the People”?

A) Bill of Rights

B) Preamble

C) Articles

D) Ratification clause

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Which event ended World War II in the Pacific?

A) Battle of Midway

B) Attack on Pearl Harbor

C) Dropping of atomic bombs on Japan

D) Fall of Berlin

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Which government power is reserved for the states?

A) Coining money

B) Declaring war

C) Establishing public schools

D) Negotiating treaties

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Which river flows through the central United States from north to south?

A) Colorado River

B) Mississippi River

C) Hudson River

D) Columbia River

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Which movement sought equal rights for African Americans in the 1950s and 1960s?

A) Progressive Movement

B) Civil Rights Movement

C) Labor Movement

D) Temperance Movement

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Which economic system is based on private ownership and free markets?

A) Socialism

B) Command economy

C) Capitalism

D) Feudalism

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Which country is the United States’ largest trading partner?

A) Brazil

B) Canada

C) Germany

D) India

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Which U.S. amendment abolished slavery?

A) Thirteenth Amendment

B) Fifteenth Amendment

C) Twelfth Amendment

D) Sixth Amendment

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Which event triggered the Great Depression?

A) Pearl Harbor attack

B) Dust Bowl

C) Stock Market Crash of 1929

D) Watergate scandal

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Which continent is south of Europe and bordered by the Mediterranean Sea?

A) Australia

B) South America

C) Asia

D) Africa

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Which President created the Fourteen Points plan after World War I?

A) Woodrow Wilson

B) Franklin D. Roosevelt

C) Theodore Roosevelt

D) Herbert Hoover

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Which branch of the U.S. government can declare laws unconstitutional?

A) Executive

B) Legislative

C) Judicial

D) Military

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Which economic concept explains why people cannot have everything they want?

A) Profit

B) Scarcity

C) Inflation

D) Demand

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Which war was fought between the North and the South from 1861 to 1865?

A) Revolutionary War

B) Civil War

C) Korean War

D) Vietnam War

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Which system allows citizens to elect representatives to make laws for them?

A) Monarchy

B) Dictatorship

C) Representative democracy

D) Theocracy

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What was the main purpose of the Lewis and Clark expedition?

A) To defeat the British

B) To explore the Louisiana Territory

C) To find gold in California

D) To end slavery

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Which early American civilization built large cities like Tenochtitlán?

A) Inuit

B) Maya

C) Aztec

D) Iroquois

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