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Attainment Curriculum Resources
Read for Content: Social Studies
An easy-to-approach reading opportunity for
social studies
Also available as a single print edition, the
120 stories in this series are presented as
three eBooks: U.S. History, World History, and
Civics. The compact stories (200-250 words
each) provide a great exercise in learning to
recognize facts and identify important ideas in
reading material.
This supplemental PDF provides story review
questions and key term definitions for all three eBooks.
Read for Content: Social Studies on the iPad
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Copyright © 2012 by the Attainment Company
Using the Story Review Pages
Provided for each story are multiple choice questions, discussion questions, and key terms
used in the text. The complex nature of geography, history, economics, government, and
technology subjects can put struggling readers at a big disadvantage. Use the review
pages to support key learning skills.
Review Questions
The material enclosed include both multiple choice and discussion questions, testing the
following skills.
Look for specific information
Use the multiple-choice review questions as a research tool. Teach students to recognize
and pull out significant facts from the material while finding the correct answers.
Define subject-specific vocabulary words
Use the “Key Terms” definition list to locate and explain important challenge words within
a story. Find other words in the story that may not be described by the story content.
Consider why the words are important for telling the story.
Focus on main ideas
Use the section headings and story titles to make predictions about the content. Before
reading the story, discuss the “Think About It” review question to create a personal
interest in the story topic.
Know the difference between facts, opinions, and conclusions
Use the fact-or-opinion review exercise to help the student distinguish facts from opinions.
Find conclusion and summaries in the stories that reflect the authors’ interpretation of
the facts.
Contents
U.S. HISTORY
American Neighbors
Uncle Sam Trades with
His Neighbors, 1
Canada as a Bilingual Country, 2
Panama Canal History, 3
Cuban Missile Crisis, 4
Mexican Border and
Immigration Issues, 5
Modern Times in the U.S.
Race to the Moon, 6
The Internet, 7
The Arrival of TV, 8
History of Hip-hop, 9
Telephones: Then and Now, 10
The Rights of Americans
Women’s Rights Movement, 11
Slavery, 12
Civil Rights Movement, 13
The Immigration Issue, 14
Native American Treaty Rights, 15
Science and Discovery
Ben Franklin’s Inventions, 16
History of Flight, 17
George Washington Carver’s Peanut
Revolution, 18
A Cure for Polio, 19
Dr. Temple Grandin, 20
U.S. Beginnings
Who Discovered America?, 21
Indian/European Encounters
in the New World, 22
Settling at Plymouth Rock, 23
Establishment of the
Original Colonies, 24
Revolution and the Declaration
of Independence, 25
U.S. Industry
Mass Production, 26
Rise of Unionism, 27
Silicon Valley, 28
Railroads, 29
Corporate Farming versus
Family Farms, 30
U.S. at War
The War on Terror, 31
African Americans in
World War II, 32
Fighting Communism­, 33
U.S.- Mexican War, 34
The Civil War, 35
Westward Ho
Wagon Trains, 36
End of the Buffalo, 37
Territories into States, 38
Law and Order on the Frontier, 39
Timber!, 40
Contents
WORLD HISTORY
Digging Into the Past
The Dinosaur Age, 41
The Stone Age, 42
Peopling the Americas, 43
Lucy, 44
Archaeology, 45
Indian Burial Mounds, 46
Early Civilizations
Mesopotamia, 47
King Tut, 48
The Empire of China, 49
Mighty Mayan, 50
The Inca, 51
Mysteries of the Past
Atlantis, 52
Stonehenge, 53
The Pyramids and the Sphinx, 54
Nazca Lines, 55
Secret of Oak Island, 56
Bringing the World Closer
History of Cartography, 57
Age of Exploration, 58
Magellan and World Discovery, 59
Sir Francis Drake, 60
Darwin and the Galapagos, 61
World Conflict
World War I, 62
World War II, 63
The Meaning of Empire, 64
The Global Struggle for Oil, 65
The Global Struggle for Food, 66
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Global Concepts, Global Issues
The United Nations, 67
The End of Apartheid, 68
Communism, 69
The Global Village, 70
Rise of AIDS, 71
World Arts and Culture
World Music, 72
World Cinema, 73
The Olympics, 74
Jazz, America’s Gift to the World, 75
The International Language of
Comics, 76
Who Rules?
Parliamentary Systems, 77
Dictatorships, 78
Globalization and Central
Government, 79
Tribalism, 80
CIVICS
Citizenship
Becoming a Citizen, 81
Citizen Rights and Responsibilities, 82
Rights of Juveniles, 83
Rights of Visitors, 84
How Citizens Lose Their Rights, 85
Judicial Branch
Organizational Structure of
U.S. Courts, 86
Supreme Court: Federal and State, 87
How Do You Become a Judge?, 88
Contents
Difference Between Criminal
and Civil Law, 89
Citizens in the Courtroom, 90
Legislative Branch
Congress, 91
Census and Representation, 92
Filibuster, 93
Lobbyists and Campaign Finance, 94
Partisan Politics, 95
Executive Branch
The Presidency, 96
Role of the Administration, 97
How Do You Become President?, 98
Vote and Veto, 99
Impeachment, 100
The Idea of Democracy
Past Influences for Democracy, 101
Revolution and Declaration of
Independence, 102
Constitution: Protecting Our Rights, 103
The Country and the State, 104
Constitutional Amendments, 105
Voting
Two-Party System, 106
Electoral College, 107
Third-Party Candidacy, 108
Getting the Right to Vote, 109
Voting Technology, 110
Levels of Government
Roles of Federal, State, and Local
Governments, 111
States’ Rights, 112
Running a City, 113
School Districts and School Boards, 114
Volunteers in Civic Life, 115
Government and Finances
Different Types of Taxes, 116
Budgeting and the National Debt, 117
Where Does Tax Money Go?, 118
“Making” Money, 119
Social Security, 120
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Review
U.S. History
Uncle Sam Trades with His Neighbors
1. What is capital?
a. Washington, D.C.
b. A type of building
c. Money
d. A fish
2. Who belongs to the North American Free
Trade Agreement?
a. North Korea
Key Terms
Goods and Services:
things produced by an
economy. Some goods
are food and clothes;
services include doctors
and merchants.
b. Eastern Europe
c. Western Europe
d. The U.S., Canada, and Mexico
3. The American economy thrives on:
a. Competition
b. Pork belly futures
c. The stock market
d. Taxes
4. Who refuses to buy American goods?
a. France
Competition: rivalry
between two or more
persons or groups
Trade: a purchase
or sale, a business
transaction
Capital: money owned
by a business or person
Import: bring from
another country
b. North Korea and Iran
c. Canada
d. Mexico
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. Americans trade with countries all over the world.
b. Fair competition is always good for everyone.
c. North Korea and Iran won’t buy American goods.
d. Americans trade money for goods and services.
Think About It!
What things that you buy come from other countries?
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U.S. History
Canada: A Bilingual Country
1. What is the second-largest country in the world?
a. The United States
Key Terms
b. Mexico
c. Canada
d. Russia
2. Who fought over Canada in the 1800s?
a. The U.S. and Mexico
b. England and France
c. Russia and Turkey
d. China and Russia
3. Which province has French as the official language?
a. Quebec
b. Alberta
c. British Columbia
d. Hudson Bay
4. Which Canadian province might become an
independent country?
English: language that
came from England
French: language that
came from France
Nationalities: the
status of belonging to a
specific nation
Secede: to withdraw or
pull out
Province: the area
occupied by one part of
a nation, like a state
Treaty: an agreement
between nations
a. Alberta
b. British Columbia
c. Quebec
d. Amsterdam
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. Most people in Canada are friendly.
b. King William’s War went on for ten years.
c. Canada is the second-largest country in the world.
d. Acadia is part of French-speaking Quebec.
Think About It!
If you lived in Quebec, would you want to stay part of Canada?
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U.S. History
Panama Canal History
1. Where did interest in a canal across Central America begin?
a. With Spanish explorers
b. With the Colombians
c. With the Americans
d. With the Nicaraguans
2. Who supervised the building of the Suez Canal?
a. John Henry
b. The Egyptians
c. Ferdinand Marie de Lesseps
d. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
3. Why did the Panama Canal Commission
choose Panama?
a. It was the shortest route
b. It was free of disease
Key Terms
Palindrome: a word or
sentence that reads the
same backwards.
Route: a line of travel
Revolted: Turned
against
Malaria: a disease
characterized by chills,
sweating, and fever,
most often spread by
mosquitoes
c. Panama offered free parking
d. Panama offered a ten-mile-wide land strip
4. Who returned control of the canal to Panama?
a. President Roosevelt
b. President Carter
c. Ferdinand Marie de Lesseps
d. The French
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. Construction on the canal began in 1905.
b. The Panama Canal Commission was created in 1889.
c. 175 million cubic yards of earth were removed to make the canal.
d. Everyone knows that the biggest canal-building problem was mosquitoes.
Think About It!
Was the United States right or wrong to return the canal to Panama?
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U.S. History
Cuban Missile Crisis
1. Where is Cuba?
a. Soviet Union
b. 90 miles south of Florida
c. South America
d. Texas
2. Who declared Cuba a communist country?
a. John F. Kennedy
b. Joseph Stalin
c. Fidel Castro
d. George W. Bush
3. How did the U.S. learn about Soviet missiles in Cuba?
a. A spy
b. A Cuban defector
c. On television
Key Terms
Communist: a believer
in Marx and Lenin,
“From each according
to his ability, to each
according to his needs”
Blockade: stopping
supplies from reaching
an enemy
Elected: chosen by the
most votes
Invasion: to take over
as an enemy
d. Photos taken by spy planes
4. Whose idea was it to put missiles in Cuba?
a. Nikolai Khrushchev
b. Fidel Castro
c. John F. Kennedy
d. Britney Spears
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. Cuba is the largest Caribbean island.
b. In 1960, John F. Kennedy was elected president of the United States.
c. Most Cubans believe that communism is best for Cuba.
d. In 1961, the U.S. supported an invasion of Cuba.
Think About It!
Should the United States government talk with the leaders in Cuba?
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U.S. History
Mexico Border and Immigration Issues
1. How long is the border between the U.S. and Mexico?
a. Five feet
b. 1,951 miles
c. The length of three football fields
d. Twelve kilometers
Key Terms
Independence:
freedom from the
control of others
2. Who won the Mexican/American war?
a. France
b. Bolivia
c. California
d. The U.S.
3. What treaty did the U.S. force Mexico to sign?
a. Treaty of Guadalupe
b. Treaty of France
c. Treaty of New Calidonia
d. Treaty of Juicyfruit
Illegal immigrants:
people who have
moved to the U.S.
without permission
Amnesty: a general
pardon for offenses
against the government
Border: the line that
separates one country,
state, or province from
another
4. What president supports the plan to build
a 700-mile border fence?
a. President Fox
b. President Bush
c. President Washington
d. President Carter
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. The border between the U.S. and Mexico is 1,951 miles long.
b. In 1840, the U.S. was much smaller than today.
c. In 1845, the U.S. declared Texas was an American state.
d. All Mexicans think they should get Texas back.
Think About It!
Should the United States build a fence on the border with Mexico?
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U.S. History
Race to the Moon
1. What Russian satellite was launched in 1957?
a. Peanut
Key Terms
b. Boris
c. Sputnik
d. Red Rocket
2. Who promised to put an American on the moon?
a. Harry Potter
b. Jules Verne
c. Nikolai Khrushchev
d. John F. Kennedy
Orbit: travel in circles
Satellite: a device
designed to be launched
into orbit around the
earth
Exploration: the
investigation of
unknown regions
3. Who were the first men on the moon?
a. Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin
b. John F. Kennedy and Nikolai Khrushchev
c. Jules Verne and H.G. Wells
d. Adam Sandler and Ben Stiller
4. Who plans to send people to Mars?
a. NASA
b. The Soviet Union
c. Cuba
d. France
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. American astronauts are always better than Russian ones.
b. Jules Verne wrote From the Earth to the Moon.
c. In 1961, Alan Shepherd became the first American in space.
d. The U.S. has tested space weapons.
Think About It!
Is the U.S. space exploration program a good thing to spend tax money on?
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U.S. History
The Internet
1. What inventions contributed to the Internet?
a. Telegraph, telephone, television, and computer
Key Terms
b. Printing press
c. The electric typewriter
d. Wheels and ramps
Internet: system of
networks that connects
computers worldwide
2. Who created the Domain Name System?
a. H.G. Wells
b. Thomas Edison
E-mail: a system for
sending messages via
computer
c. University of Wisconsin
d. Teddy Roosevelt
Contracted: agreed
3. What do access providers do?
a. Sell internet connections
b. Babysit
c. Police the Web
d. Climb telephone poles
4. Name some countries that restrict Internet access.
a. China and Iran
b. Russia and Turkey
c. The U.S. and Mexico
d. France and Canada
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. The Internet is a worldwide broadcaster and information spreader.
b. You should never trust anyone you meet on the Internet.
c. The University of Wisconsin created the Domain Name System.
d. In 1988, the National Science Foundation Network started.
Think About It!
In what ways has the Internet made our lives better?
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U.S. History
The Arrival of TV
1. Who invented the light bulb?
a. Alexander Graham Bell
Key Terms
b. Thomas Edison
c. Nikolai Tesla
d. Commander Cody
2. Who joined forces with the Department of
Commerce to broadcast images?
a. CNN
b. Telstar
c. Gateway
d. Bell Telephone
3. How many homes had television in 1948?
a. One hundred thousand
b. One million
Transmission:
broadcast of electric
waves to create an
image
Theorize: to form
opinions, to speculate
Dynamic: characterized
by energy and action
Static: characterized
by a fixed or stationary
condition
c. Ten thousand
d. 850,764
4. Experts warn that too much television watching can lead to:
a. Mumps
b. Brain seizures
c. Overweight Americans
d. Chronic fatigue
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. Television is the greatest invention ever.
b. Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone.
c. Thomas Edison invented the light bulb.
d. Peter Goldmark introduced color television in 1946.
Think About It!
How might the internet change the way we watch television?
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U.S. History
History of Hip-hop
1. What is Hip-hop?
a. A type of walking
b. Rhyming to a beat
c. Scratching records
d. A Chinese philosopher
2. Where did Hop-hop start?
a. Los Angeles
b. Mexico
Key Terms
Oral: spoken
Bronx: a borough of
New York City
Identical: alike in every
way
c. Canada
d. The Bronx
3. Hip-hop was a social reaction to what other music trend?
a. Rock
b. Blues
c. Disco
d. Classical
4. Who had the first number one rap album?
a. Grandmaster Flash
b. The Beastie Boys
c. The Last Poets
d. Run DMC
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. African tribes have strong oral traditions.
b. Rap records began to appear in the early eighties.
c. A Jamaican emcee named Kool performed hip-hop.
d. Anybody can rap.
Think About It!
How does popular music affect the way we live?
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U.S. History
Telephones: Then and Now
1. What do telephones do?
Key Terms
a. Transmit sound electronically
b. Wake you
c. Cook food
d. Pick up radio signals
2. Who invented the modern telephone?
Vibrations: periodic
motion of a rigid or
elastic body
Modern: of or
pertaining to the present
a. Alexander Graham Bell
b. Nikolai Tesla
c. Thomas Edison
d. Jules Verne
3. The first transoceanic telephone cable ran from
where to where?
a. New York to Los Angeles
b. Panama to Florida
c. Nova Scotia to Scotland
Diaphragm: a
membrane separating
two cavities
Transmitter: device
for sending something
Receiver: device for
changing electric waves
into sound
d. Newfoundland to Scotland
4. What two countries have the most new cell users each month?
a. The U.S. and Britain
b. China and India
c. Russia and Turkey
d. Canada and Scotland
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. Telephones transmit sound electronically.
b. Robert Hooke invented the string telephone in 1667.
c. It is impossible to live without a cell phone.
d. The first transoceanic telephone cable was laid in 1956.
Think About It!
What are some ways that the cell phone has changed our daily lives?
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U.S. History
Women’s Rights Movement
1. One right women wanted was:
a. To carry weapons
Key Terms
b. To own property
c. To speak in public
d. To run for office
Property: goods, land,
that which a person
owns
2. When did the women’s rights movement begin?
a. 18th century
b. 1967
c. During the first women’s rights convention
d. No one knows
3. What historical period valued reason?
a. The Dark Ages
Enlightenment:
philosophical movement
of the 18th century
characterized by faith
in reason
Convention: a meeting
or formal assembly
b. The Bright Ages
c. The Renaissance
d. The Enlightenment
4. How many states are needed to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment?
a. 12
b. 28
c. 48
d. 38
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. Women are smarter than men.
b. The first women’s rights convention took place in 1848.
c. The right to vote was granted to American women by the 19th Amendment.
d. In 1964, Congress extended the Civil Rights Act to cover women.
Think About It!
Has the woman’s rights movement succeeded?
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U.S. History
Slavery
1. Where did American slavery begin?
a. Chicago
Key Terms
b. The American South
c. Latin America
d. Washington, D.C.
2. Where did the first black slaves arrive in America?
a. Jamestown
b. Boston
c. St. Petersburg
d. Texas
3. What was the Civil War fought over?
a. Taxes
Involuntary: not by
one’s own choice
Prehistoric: before
recorded history
Plantation: large
farm or estate
Emancipation: freedom
from control by another
person
b. Water rights
c. Texas
d. Slavery
4. What act guaranteed equal rights in education and voting?
a. The Emancipation Proclamation
b. The Civil Rights Act of 1964
c. Brown vs. Board of Education
d. The free trade act
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. Slaves arrived at Jamestown, Virginia, in 1619.
b. On January 1, 1863, Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
c. It must have been awful to be a slave.
d. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 guaranteed blacks equal voting rights.
Think About It!
Should the United States try to end slavery in other parts of the world?
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U.S. History
Civil Rights Movement
1. Where did four black students stage a sit-in in 1960?
a. Los Angeles
b. Memphis, Tennessee
c. Greensboro, North Carolina
d. Selma, Alabama
2. Who sent out “freedom riders?”
a. The Ku Klux Klan
b. The Congress of Racial Equality
c. The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
d. The Black Panthers
3. Which president signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
a. Lyndon Johnson
b. Richard Nixon
Key Terms
Protesting: to object
to something
Discrimination:
treatment based on
class or category
Volunteer: to perform
or offer service of one’s
own free will
Sit-in: sitting in a place
you’re not allowed as
a protest
c. John F. Kennedy
d. Abraham Lincoln
4. Who founded the Black Panthers?
a. Johnson and Nixon
Demonstrators: a
group of protesters
Legislative: about
making laws
b. Alexander Graham Bell and Nikolai Tesla
c. Huey Newton and Bobby Seale
d. Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. In May 1961, the Congress of Racial Equality sent out “freedom riders.”
b. In July 1964, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act.
c. We all agree that Martin Luther King was the greatest leader of all time.
d. In 1966 Huey Newton and Bobby Seale founded the Black Panthers.
Think About It!
Is it okay to break a law when you think the law is unfair?
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U.S. History
The Immigration Issue
1. Where did the third great wave of 19th-century immigration come from:
a. China
b. England
c. Africa
d. Eastern Europe
2. What’s the largest minority group in the U.S?
a. Hispanics
b. Whites
c. Blacks
Key Terms
Immigrant: a person
who moves to another
country
Quota: percentage
d. Chinese
3. How many Mexicans are in the U.S. illegally?
a. One thousand
b. Ten thousand
c. One million
d. From 8 to 20 million
4. The U.S. is a nation of:
a. Indians
b. Shopkeepers
c. Immigrants
d. Tourists
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. The British settled Massachusetts in 1620.
b. The U.S. became a nation in 1776.
c. In 1921, Congress introduced a quota system.
d. Most Americans feel that illegal immigrants should be sent home.
Think About It!
Should the United States continue allow new immigrants to become citizens?
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U.S. History
Native American Treaty Rights
1. Where did the first Native Americans come from?
a. Spain
b. Britain
c. Asia
d. South America
2. The Great Treaty between Nations was between
what parties?
a. Mohicans and the colonies
b. French and Indians
c. Mexicans and Texans
Key Terms
Colonist: an original
settler or founder
Treaty: formal
agreement between two
or more nations
Innovation: a creation,
new device, or process
d. Republicans and Democrats
3. What did the Fort Laramie Treaty give to the U.S.?
Casino: a place used
for gambling
a. Kansas and Oklahoma
b. Texas and Louisiana
c. Nebraska and Kansas
d. Nebraska and Colorado
4. What business have many tribes gone into?
a. Tourism
b. Gambling
c. Raising beef
d. Farming
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. The Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868 gave Nebraska and Kansas to the white man.
b. The government created places called reservations for Indians to live.
c. Native American men are very handsome.
d. Some tribes have opened gambling casinos on their reservation land.
Think About It!
Are gambling casinos a good way for Native American communities to earn money?
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U.S. History
Ben Franklin’s Inventions
1. Of what was Ben Franklin a Founding Father?
a. The Post Office
Key Terms
b. The Pony Express
c. The United States
d. The patent bureau
Scientist: a person with
advanced knowledge of
one or more sciences
2. What invention attracts electricity?
a. The Franklin stove
b. The lightning rod
c. The catheter
d. The odometer
3. What Ben Franklin invention is in use today?
a. The Franklin stove
b. The wine glass
c. The mouse trap
d. The typewriter
Philosopher: a person
who offers views or
theories on profound
questions of life
Diplomat: a person
appointed by
government to conduct
official business
Odometer: device
that records mileage,
distance driven
4. What musical instrument did Ben invent?
a. The glass harmonica
b. The sousaphone
c. The electric bass
d. The piano
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. Ben Franklin lived from 1706 to 1790.
b. Ben Franklin invented the lightning rod.
c. Franklin stoves are still in use throughout the country today.
d. Ben Franklin was probably the smartest man who ever lived.
Think About It!
What are some recent inventions that have changed your life?
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U.S. History
History of Flight
1. What was the first method of flight?
a. Glider
Key Terms
b. Parachute
c. Hot air balloon
d. Airplane
2. Who made the first powered flight?
a. Ben Franklin
b. The Wright brothers
Cockerel: a young
rooster
Glider: a motorless,
heavier-than-air flying
device that rides on
wind currents
c. The Montpeliers
d. Hugo Pierce
3. What did an airplane deliver to Hiroshima?
a. Fresh roses
b. Tourists
c. Leaflets
Helicopter: heavierthan-air flying device
sustained in the air by
rotating blades
Commercial: done as
a business
d. The atomic bomb
4. Who was the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound?
a. Chuck Yeager
b. Ben Franklin
c. Hugo Pierce
d. Sam Houston
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. In 1783, the Montgolfier brothers built a hot air balloon.
b. Flying a jet fighter must have been scary.
c. The Wright brothers made the first powered flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
d. In 1931, the Supermarine Seaplane went 407 miles per hour.
Think About It!
What are some ways airplanes have changed the world?
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U.S. History
George Washington Carver’s Peanut Revolution
1. Who’s known as the Father of the Peanut?
a. Jimmy Carter
Key Terms
b. Paul Planter
c. George Washington
d. George Washington Carver
2. Booker T. Washington invited Carver to join:
a. The NAACP
b. The Tuskegee Institute
c. The Masons
d. Booker T. & the MGs
3. How much of the U.S. peanut crop goes to
peanut butter?
Transfer: to move from
one person or place
to another
Faculty: teachers at a
college or school
Nitrogen: an element
that makes up four-fifths
of our air
a. All
b. 10 percent
c. Half
d. 15 percent
4. Which country threatened the U.S. peanut business?
a. China
b. Russia
c. France
d. Canada
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. In 1897, Booker T. Washington invited Carver to join the Tuskegee Institute.
b. Peanut butter is made from peanuts.
c. Half of all peanuts in the U.S. go to make peanut butter.
d. It was a great day when peanut butter was invented.
Think About It!
What plants besides peanuts are grown by American farmers?
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A Cure for Polio
1. What does polio cause?
a. Sore throat
Key Terms
b. Hives
c. Paralysis
d. Kidney failure
2. Polio usually strikes:
a. In the kitchen
b. During Fall
c. During Summer
d. While at school
3. Who invented the polio vaccination?
a. Ben Franklin
b. George Washington
Virus: a cause of
infectious disease
Abbreviation: a
shortened form of
a word
Paralysis: loss of
movement caused by
injury or disease
Anxiety: distress or
uneasiness of mind
c. George Washington Carver
d. Jonas Salk
4. How does the vaccine work?
a. Cuts off blood flow to the head
b. Introduces a weak form of polio into the body
c. Regenerates muscle tissue
d. Osmosis
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. Polio is an infectious virus of the nervous system.
b. Polio is the worst disease.
c. In 1949, scientists learned to grow the polio virus in the lab.
d. In 1955 Salk perfected his polio vaccine.
Think About It!
Should vaccinations against deadly diseases be required for all citizens?
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Dr. Temple Grandin
1. Dr. Grandin is a world leader in what studies?
a. Livestock
b. Computers
c. Infectious disease
d. Peanut farming
2. The purpose of studying livestock handling is to:
a. Move the animals quickly
b. Rotate crops
c. Improve animal welfare
Key Terms
Livestock: horses,
cattle, sheep, and other
animals kept on a farm
Cognitive: mental
awareness; thinking,
reasoning, remembering,
imagining
d. Fatten the animals
3. What does Dr. Grandin recommend for pigs,
prior to slaughter?
a. A last meal
b. A brisk trot
c. Classical music
Behavior: observable
activity in human
or animal
Patterns: traits or
features observable in
an individual or a group
d. A two-hour nap
4. What does Dr. Grandin credit for her visual insight?
a. Her autism
b. Polio
c. Movie cameras
d. Peanuts
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. Autism is a cognitive disorder that can limit communication.
b. Dr. Grandin teaches livestock behavior at Colorado State University.
c. Dr. Grandin invented a curved slaughter chute.
d. Dr. Grandin is a silly person.
Think About It!
How can pictures work better than words to communicate an idea?
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Who Discovered America?
1. Who were the first people to discover America?
a. Norwegians
Key Terms
b. The Spanish
c. The British
d. Native Americans
2. Who wrote Kon-Tiki?
a. Thor Heyerdahl
b. Ben Franklin
c. George Washington Carver
d. Stephen King
Discover: to learn of,
find, or find out
Barbarian: a person in
a savage or primitive
state
Route: a road, way,
or passage
3. Who was the first European to discover America?
a. Christopher Columbus
b. King George
c. Leif Eriksson
d. Jean Lafitte
4. Where did Columbus think he was going when he discovered America?
a. Florida
b. Nova Scotia
c. China
d. Brazil
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. In 1000 A.D., Leif Eriksson discovered America.
b. Some people think Polynesians discovered South America.
c. In 1421, the world’s largest fleet sailed from China.
d. In 1492, Columbus landed in the West Indies.
Think About It!
Should Columbus be honored as a hero?
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Indian/European Encounters in the New World
1. What was the first country to explore the Americas?
Key Terms
a. England
b. Norway
c. China
d. Spain
2. How much did Peter Minuit pay for the
island of Manhattan?
a. Two billion dollars
b. Twenty-two dollars
c. Five thousand dollars and several crates of beads
d. Two hundred dollars
Encounter: to come
upon or meet up with
Invade: to enter
forcefully as an enemy
Priceless: having
a value beyond all
price (more than you
can afford)
3. What great benefit did the Spanish bring American Indians?
a. Whiskey
b. Guns
c. Christianity
d. Horses
4. What battle was a victory for the Sioux and Cheyenne in 1876?
a. Election of Red Cloud to President
b. Custer’s Last Stand
c. Granting of casino rights
d. The Maximilian Treaty
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. In the 16th century, Spain invaded Mexico.
b. The Spanish introduced horses to North America.
c. President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act in 1830.
d. Most people love to ride on horses.
Think About It!
Why were Indians removed from their land by the United States government?
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Settling at Plymouth Rock
1. Who or what were the Separatists trying to escape?
a. The taxman
b. The Spanish
c. The Church of England
d. The roundheads
2. What did the English Separatists call themselves?
a. Americans
b. Virginians
c. Colonists
d. Pilgrims
3. What was the first written American constitution?
a. The Immigration Quota Act
b. The Stamp Act
c. The Mayflower Compact
d. The Emancipation Proclamation
Key Terms
Pilgrim: a newcomer to
a region or place
Puritan: a person who
is strict in moral and
religious matters
Crucial: essential
Provocation: behavior
that causes anger or
resentment
Constitution: the rules
of a political or social
group
4. Where did the Revolutionary War begin?
a. Massachusetts
b. England
c. New Orleans
d. Spain
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. In 1620, a group of English Separatists landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts.
b. The English Separatists called themselves Pilgrims.
c. Pilgrim is a silly sounding name.
d. In 1628, the Puritans started the Massachusetts Bay Company.
Think About It!
What does it mean to have a system of self-government?
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Establishment of the Original Colonies
1. What did the Navigation Act require?
a. All ships had to have a compass
Key Terms
b. All ships had to have a sextant
c. All ships carrying freight had to fly the English flag
d. All ships had to pay a shipping tax
2. The Boston Massacre came about due to
citizen reaction against what act?
a. The Navigation Act
b. The Naturalization Act
c. The Immigration Reform Act
d. The Stamp Act
3. Where did the Revolutionary War break out?
Charter: a document
outlining conditions
under which a colony or
state can be formed
Grant: a transfer of
property
Persecution: a program
designed to exterminate,
or drive away
a. Manhattan
b. South Carolina
c. Lexington, Massachusetts
d. Philadelphia
4. Which colonies did not favor revolution?
a. Massachusetts and New York
b. North Carolina and South Carolina
c. Texas and Rhode Island
d. Georgia and South Carolina
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. There are 13 original English colonies.
b. In 1765, Parliament passed the Stamp Act to raise money.
c. On April 19, 1775, war broke out in Lexington, Massachusetts.
d. Some people believe that 13 is an unlucky number.
Think About It!
Why does our country ask us to pay money for taxes?
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Revolution and The Declaration of Independence
Key Terms
1. Why were English troops called Lobsterbacks?
a. Because they had pincers
b. Because of their bright red jackets
c. Because they were hard-headed
d. Because they were bottom feeders
2. What did the Second Continental Congress authorize?
a. Printing money
b. Collecting tolls
c. Force to resist British aggression
Militia: a body of
citizens enrolled for
military purposes
Guerilla: an irregular
soldier who harasses
the enemy via raids,
sabotage, snipers, etc.
Convene: to assemble,
meet
d. Establishment of the post office
3. The Declaration of Independence says all men are entitled to what three things?
a. Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
b. Cigarettes, whiskey, and a wife
c. Forty acres, a mule, and a manure pile
d. Clothes, housing, and food
4. What European country recognized the colonies as a nation first?
a. Germany
b. Britain
c. Austria
d. France
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. The Minutemen were braver than the Lobsterbacks.
b. The Second Continental Congress convened in Philadelphia on May 10, 1775.
c. American troops beat the British at the Battle of Bunker Hill.
d. Great Britain recognized the United States in the Treaty of Paris in 1783.
Think About It!
What does it mean to be entitled to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
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U.S. History
Mass Production
1. What is mass production?
Key Terms
a. Rolling textiles into a large bundle
b. A very large religious ceremony
c. The manufacture of goods in large quantities
d. A big weapon
2. What do almost all factories use?
Manufacture: the
making of goods or
things to sell
Efficient: satisfactory or
economical to use
a. An assembly line
b. Unisex bathrooms
c. Janitorial services
d. Tons of steel
Textile: cloth or goods
produced by weaving
or knitting
3. What was the first industry to benefit from mass production?
a. Automobile manufacture
b. Printing
c. Glass making
d. The garment industry
4. Who made the automobile affordable?
a. Henry Ford
b. Teddy Roosevelt
c. George Washington
d. Ted Nugent
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. The power loom made textile manufacture faster.
b. Henry Ford introduced assembly-line procedures to the automobile.
c. In general, factory work is boring.
d. Mass production is the manufacture of goods in large quantities.
Think About It!
Why is it important that workers cooperate with each other in a factory?
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Rise of Unionism
1. What do unions do?
a. Hold social events
Key Terms
b. Protect the rights of workers
c. Support charities
d. Invest workers’ pensions
2. The first unions involved:
a. Automobile manufacturers
b. College professors
c. Scientists
Union: a number of
persons joined together
for a common purpose
Negotiate: to deal or
bargain with others
Durable: long lasting
d. Carpenters and shoemakers
3. What caused the North to industrialize during the
19th century?
a. The War of 1812
b. The Louisiana Purchase
c. The Civil War
d. The Lewis and Clark Expedition
4. Samuel Gompers headed what organization?
a. The Congress of Industrial Organizations
b. The American Federation of Labor
c. International Workers of the World
d. The Chamber of Commerce
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. The first unions in the United States were in Philadelphia.
b. The National Trade Union formed in 1834.
c. The American Federation of Labor was formed in 1886.
d. It is likely that some union leaders are communists.
Think About It!
Are unions still necessary in today’s marketplace?
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Silicon Valley
1. Silicon Valley is home to what industry?
a. Agriculture
b. Dairy
c. Computer
d. Automobile
2. What company did two Stanford University
graduates form in 1951?
a. Ford
b. Silicon Valley
c. Hewlett-Packard
d. Apple
3. What town has been called the most inventive town
in the U.S.?
a. Los Angeles
Key Terms
Journalist: a writer
for newspapers and
magazines
Silicon: a nonmetallic
element in crystal
form used to make
many modern devices,
including computers
Facilities: something
designed, built, and
installed to serve a
certain function
b. San Jose
c. Palo Alto
d. New York
4. What company influenced Apple Computers?
a. Nabisco
b. General Motors
Venture capital: money
used to support new or
unusual businesses
High-tech: making
use of highly advanced
technologies
c. Orange County Computers
d. Xerox
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. Silicon Valley is the Central California home of high-tech companies.
b. Everyone knows that most scientists are geeks.
c. In 1951, Stanford launched the Stanford Industrial Park.
d. In 1956, William Shockley formed the Shockley Semiconductor Lab.
Think About It!
In what ways have computers changed the way we live?
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U.S. History
Railroads
1. Where is the world’s oldest railroad?
a. St. Petersburg, Florida
Key Terms
b. Leeds, England
c. London
d. Philadelphia
Foundry: a factory that
produces castings in
molten metal
2. How fast could trains travel in 1832?
a. 100 miles per hour
b. 30 miles per hour
Transcontinental:
extending from the
Atlantic to the Pacific
c. 60 miles per hour
d. 45 miles per hour
3. Which president called for a
transcontinental railroad?
a. President Carter
Decline: to fail or
dwindle
Chronic: persisting over
a long period of time
b. President Lincoln
c. President Grant
d. President Washington
4. What railroad serves 20 million passengers a year?
a. Baltimore and Ohio
b. Pacific and Western
c. Eerie/Lackawanna
d. Amtrak
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. The railroad came to America in 1825.
b. In 1829, Peter Cooper built the Tom Thumb.
c. In 1862, President Lincoln signed the Pacific Railway Act.
d. Railroad travel is always easy and fun.
Think About It!
Should there be more train travel available in the United States?
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U.S. History
Corporate Farming versus Family Farms
1. U.S. business used to be mostly:
a. Agricultural
Key Terms
b. Industrial
c. Computer-related
d. Small guilds
Agricultural: the
production of crops,
livestock, or poultry
2. Most American farms are:
a. Suffering from drought
b. Owned by big business
Economy: the system
or range of monetary
activity in a country
c. Family owned
d. Producing zucchini
3. What does a subsistence farm do?
a. Supports one family
Genetics: branch of
biology that deals with
heredity (inherited
characteristics)
b. Produces zucchini
c. Produces corn
d. Produces tobacco
4. The average farm worker produces enough food
for how many people?
a. 100
b. 10,000
c. 5
d. 70
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. People everywhere agree that American produce is best.
b. The number of U.S. farms is decreasing.
c. Some crops, like oranges or tomatoes, must be picked by hand.
d. The U.S. exports more farm products than any other nation.
Think About It!
How does the price of gasoline affect farmers?
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U.S. History
The War on Terror
1. Al Qaeda is:
a. A nonprofit charity
b. A militant Sunni Islamist group
c. A gentlemen’s club
d. The Arabian Robin Hood
2. What do some Muslims object to about our culture?
a. Western women’s lack of rights
b. Western media images of sex and violence
c. Poor public transportation
d. Too many reruns on television
3. Many Muslims regard their religion the same as their:
a. Children
b. Government
Key Terms
Terrorism: the use of
violence and threats
against innocent
civilians to achieve
political goals
Civilization: an
advanced stage of
human culture in which
we have government,
arts, and peace
Moderate: not
excessive or extreme
c. Pets
d. Food
4. Who is becoming more active in opposing terrorism?
a. Moderate Muslims
b. Al Qaeda
c. The Japanese
d. Bus drivers
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. Al Qaeda attacked the United States in 1993.
b. The World Trade Center attack killed more people than the attack on Pearl Harbor.
c. Terrorism has struck England, Sweden, Denmark, Canada, and Spain.
d. We will win the war on terror.
Think About It!
Is violence ever an acceptable way to make governments act differently?
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U.S. History
African Americans in World War II
1. Who ordered blacks integrated into the army?
a. George Washington
Key Terms
b. George Washington Carver
c. Franklin Roosevelt
d. Harry Truman
2. How many black divisions saw infantry combat
in Europe during World War II?
a. One
Participate: to take or
have a part in
Motivate: to provide
with an incentive or
move to action
b. Two
c. Three
d. Four
3. What was the 92nd Infantry Division’s symbol?
a. Weasel
b. Eagle
c. Buffalo
d. Electric eel
4. Where did black Army Air Corps pilots train?
a. Washington
b. North Africa
c. Italy
d. Tuskegee Army Airfield
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. African Americans have participated in every major American war.
b. The Tuskegee Airmen were a group of black Army Air Corps pilots.
c. The buffalo is a silly symbol for an army division.
d. The 99th flew P-40 Warhawks in Italy, Sicily, and North Africa.
Think About It!
Should women be allowed to fight in the American military?
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U.S. History
Fighting Communism
­1. What is communism?
a. A religion
b. A type of government
c. A republic
d. A way of life
2. What provided military aid to countries threatened
by communism?
Key Terms
Doctrine: an idea made
into law
Coalition: two or more
groups working together
a. NATO
b. The United Nations
c. The Truman Doctrine
d. The Tuskegee Institute
3. Who went communist in 1949?
a. Albania
b. China
c. Formosa
d. Your cousin Ed
4. The communist motto is: “From each according to his abilities, …
a. … to each according to his needs.”
b. … each and every day.”
c. … and we will rule the world.”
d. … and pass the ammunition.”
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. Everyone agrees that the domino theory is true.
b. In 1949, China also became a communist country.
c. In 1950, North Korea invaded South Korea.
d. China is now a business trading partner of the United States.
Think About It!
Why was the United States worried about communism?
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U.S. History
U.S.-Mexican War
1. Who commanded Mexican troops at the Alamo?
a. General Santa Ana
b. General Washington
c. Captain Columbus
d. Private Charlie Sheen
2. What president offered to buy New Mexico
and Arizona?
a. Washington
b. Polk
c. Lincoln
Key Terms
Fold: a group sharing
common beliefs
Skirmish: a minor,
short fight or battle
Siege: surrounding and
attacking a fortified
place
d. Grant
3. Who led American troops into Mexico?
a. General Santa Ana
b. General Washington
c. Captain Columbus
d. General Zachary Taylor
4. What treaty enabled Texas to become a state?
a. Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
b. Louisiana Purchase
c. Gadsden Purchase
d. Great Nations Treaty
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. Texas declared independence from Mexico in 1836.
b. General Santa Ana had six thousand troops.
c. The U.S. paid Mexico 15 million dollars.
d. Texans are more hot-tempered than Mexicans.
Think About It!
Was Mexico treated fairly by the United States?
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U.S. History
The Civil War
1. Why did the North fight the Civil War?
a. To stop unfair taxation
Key Terms
b. To preserve the union and end slavery
c. To expand territory
d. To teach the Mexicans a lesson
2. Who won the Battle of Shiloh?
a. The Mexicans
b. French Canadians
c. The South
d. The North
3. What was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War?
a. Antietam
Agrarian: relating to the
land; rural, agricultural
Secede: to formally
withdraw from an
alliance
Pursue: chase
Casualties: the dead,
wounded, and missing
in war
b. Shiloh
c. Gettysburg
d. Bull Run
4. Where did General Lee surrender to General Grant?
a. Washington D.C.
b. Appomattox Courthouse
c. Gettysburg
d. The Fillmore Auditorium
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. In January 1863, Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
b. In 1864, Lincoln promoted Grant to head the Army.
c. It’s good that the North won the Civil War.
d. General Lee surrendered at the Appomattox Courthouse in Virginia.
Think About It!
Why did the South want slave as workers, but not the North?
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U.S. History
Wagon Trains
1. Who led the wagon train?
a. General Grant
b. General Lee
c. Ben Franklin
d. A wagon master
Key Terms
Migration: a number
or body of persons and
animals on the move
2. Most wagon trains started in what city?
a. San Antonio
b. New Orleans
c. St. Louis
Homesteader: someone
who settles lawfully on
government land with
the intent of owning it
d. Kansas City
3. How fast could the wagon train go?
a. Sixty miles per hour
b. Two miles per hour
c. Fifteen miles per hour
d. Ten miles per hour
4. What provided free land to settlers?
a. The Louisiana Purchase
b. The Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
c. The Homestead Act
d. The Emancipation Proclamation
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. John Bidwell made the first wagon train journey to California in 1841.
b. The wagon train traveled at two miles per hour.
c. In 1862, President Lincoln signed the Homestead Act.
d. Pulling a wagon must have been hard for the horses.
Think About It!
Why would people travel with a wagon train group instead of going alone?
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End of the Buffalo
1. What parts of the buffalo did Indians use?
a. Only the hide and meat
b. Every part
c. Only the bones and hair
d. Only the meat and bonesr
2. What are the two types of buffalo?
a. Republican and Democrat
b. Mexican and American
Key Terms
Utensil: a useful tool
Totem: an honored
emblem or symbol
Commodity: an item
to be traded or sold
c. Wood and plains
d. Bison and buffalo
Extinct: died out
3. What doomed the great herds?
a. Hunters on horseback
b. Professional buffalo shooters
c. Demand for buffalo hides
d. Small pox
4. How did gentleman hunters hunt?
a. From a carriage
b. From railroad cars
c. On horseback
d. By car
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. There were two types of buffalo: wood and plains.
b. A bull weighed up to 2,500 pounds.
c. Most people agree that buffalo meat tastes just like chicken.
d. By the 1890s, the buffalo was nearly wiped out.
Think About It!
Why would we want to save the buffalo from becoming extinct?
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U.S. History
Territories into States
1. The Enabling Act requires each state to form:
a. A theme park
b. A capitol
c. A state government
d. Two parties
2. On what issue did the North and South disagree?
a. Slavery
b. Capitalism
c. Statehood for Kansas
d. Tariffs
3. Who signed the Alaska Enabling Act?
a. Washington
b. Lincoln
c. Roosevelt
Key Terms
Concentrate: to gather
tightly together
Diverge: to move in
different directions
Contiguous: touching,
in contact
Speculate: to guess
about something
Centralized: to
concentrate in the
center
d. Eisenhower
4. What was the last state to enter the Union?
a. Puerto Rico
b. Alaska
c. Hawaii
d. Kansas
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. The 13 original colonies became the first states.
b. Vermont became a state in 1791.
c. Dwight Eisenhower signed the Alaska Enabling Act.
d. Almost everyone in the U.S. wants Puerto Rico to become a new state.
Think About It!
Should Puerto Rico become a state?
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U.S. History
Law and Order on the Frontier
1. What was the most common reason for wagon train deaths?
a. Indians
b. Accidental gun shot
c. Smallpox
Key Terms
d. Starvation
2. Bat Masterson and Wyatt Earp were peace
officers in:
a. Kansas City
b. St. Louis
c. Dodge City
d. Denver
Sparse: thinly scattered
Mercenary: a
professional soldier who
works for the highest
bidder
Lynch: killing by a mob
of people
3. Where did the Johnson County War take place?
a. Wyoming
Cavalry: army on horses
b. Montana
c. Colorado
d. Texas
4. What closed in the 1880s?
a. The frontier
b. The railroads
c. The bar
d. The stock exchange
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. Fort Dodge, Kansas, opened on the Santa Fe Trail in 1859.
b. Wyatt Earp was a peace officer in Dodge City.
c. It’s obvious that gunslingers were bad people.
d. The frontier closed in the 1880s.
Think About It!
Why was the early American West a dangerous place?
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U.S. History
Timber!
1. How much of the U.S. do forests cover today?
a. 15 percent
Key Terms
b. 33 percent
c. 45 percent
d. 10 percent
2. How much U.S. timber is used for lumber?
a. All
b. A third
c. Half
d. A fourth
3. Where does all fir plywood originate?
a. Tennessee
b. California
c. Pacific Northwest
d. Michigan
4. How many people does the forestry industry employ?
a. Five thousand
Sawmill: a factory that
cuts logs to produce
lumber and other wood
products
Veneer: a thin layer of
pretty wood glued to
ordinary wood
Pitch: sap or crude
turpentine from pine
Reforestation: natual
or artificial restocking of
a forest
Biodiversity: number
and variety of living
organisms within a
specified region
b. Twenty thousand
c. Thirty thousand
d. 1.6 million
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. Pine trees smell nice.
b. Forests cover 737 million acres of the United States.
c. The U.S. is the world’s leading producer of softwood lumber.
d. Forests help clean the air.
Think About It!
What can be used for building materials besides wood?
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World History
The Dinosaur Age
1. When did the dinosaurs live?
a. Bronze Age
b. Mesozoic era
c. Precambrian era
d. Renaissance period
2. How much food did a Brontosaurus eat every day?
a. Twenty thousand Big Macs
b. An entire cow
c. Half ton of vegetation
d. Five hundred pounds of fish
3. What two branches of dinosaurs developed
about 180 million years ago:
Key Terms
Paleontology: study of
fossil remains
Ancestors: persons
from whom one is
descended
Extinct: no longer in
existence
Strata: a layer of
material
a. Democrat and Republican
b. Ground dwellers and tree dwellers
c. Lizard-hipped and bird-hipped
d. Male and female
4. When did the Cretaceous period begin?
a. 1 B.C.
b. Yesterday
b. 90 million years ago
d. 145 million years ago
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. Dinosaurs were the ancestors of today’s reptiles.
b. The Cretaceous period began 145 million years ago.
c. Dinosaurs lived in the Mesozoic era.
d. It’s obvious that dinosaurs were killed by a comet.
Think about it!
How would your life be different if dinosaurs were still on the planet?
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The Stone Age
1. Lithic means:
a. Iron
b. Type of wood
c. Stone
d. Mythic times
2. The Stone Age in the Americas began:
a. A million years ago
Key Terms
Utensil: any tool or
bowl used in a kitchen
Sophisticated: worldlywise, complex
b. Two million years ago
c. 100,000 years ago
d. 650,000 years ago
3. Who lived 150,000 years ago and used stone
and bone implements?
a. Cro-Magnon
b. Cretans
c. Atlanteans
d. Neanderthals
4. What appeared first among Neolithic cultures?
a. Books
b. Musical instruments
c. Sophisticated stone tools
d. Ham and eggs
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. The Stone Age began 650,000 years ago.
b. Neothlic people must have liked eating corn.
c. The Paleolithic period began 650,000 years ago..
d. The Neolithic period was the last part of the Stone Age.
Think About It!
What kinds of tools could you make from rocks and stones?
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World History
Peopling the Americas
1. Clovis spear points were made as early as:
a. 10,000 B.C.
Key Terms
b. 5000 B.C.
c. The 19th century
d. 1492
2. The Clovis point is sometimes known as:
a. The Golden Triangle
b. The first weapon of mass destruction
c. A common spearhead
d. A flying arrow
3. Who may have been the first major
American civilization?
Peopling: the
movement or migration
of people into an area
Prey: an animal hunted
for food
Mesoamerica: a term
that refers to Central
America, literally middle
America
a. The Inca
b. The British
c. The Olmecs
d. The Iowa Hawkeyes
4. American Indian tribes stretch from Alaska to:
a. Panama Canal
b. Texas
c. Argentina
d. Peru
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. There was a land bridge between Siberia and Alaska.
b. If you live in Alaska you probably like to go hunting.
c. The first farming started in Mesoamerica around 8000 B.C.
d. By 2000 B.C., the first city-states came into existence.
Think About It!
Why did the Native American population grow so quickly in the Americas?
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World History
Lucy
1. How long ago did Lucy live?
a. 100 years
b. 500 years
c. 10,000 years
d. about three million years
2. Why is Lucy important?
a. She discovered fire
b. She represents the link between apes and humans
c. First caveman to climb a tree
d. She lived in the sky and owned diamonds
Key Terms
Hominid: a primate
who walks on two legs
Thorax: part of the
body between neck and
abdomen
Savanna: a grassland
region with scattered
trees
3. Three and a half million years ago, Ethiopia was:
a. A desert
b. A jungle
c. Forest and savanna
d. Underwater
4. How did Lucy walk?
a. Upright
b. On hands and feet
c. With a cane
d. In water
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. Lucy was discovered in Ethiopia.
b. The name “Lucy” was a good choice.
c. Lucy walked upright.
d. Orangutans live in Indonesia.
Think About It!
How does Lucy help prove the theory of evolution?
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Archaeology
1. What famous American helped usher in the
modern age of archaeology?
a. Ben Franklin
b. George Washington
c. Thomas Jefferson
d. Eli Whitney
2. Who coined the terms Stone, Bronze, and Iron Ages?
a. Thomas Jefferson
b. Danish archaeologists
c. The Egyptians
d. Ben Franklin
3. The most important archaeology discoveries
have occurred in:
Key Terms
Anthropology: the
study of human beings,
their cultural origins
Paleontology: study of
extinct species through
their fossils
Reigned: to have
control, rule, or
influence
a. Norh America
b. South America
c. Antarctica
d. The Middle East
4. King Tut’s tomb lies in:
a. Libya
b. Greece
c. The Valley of the Kings
d. Scotland
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. John Frere studied Bronze Age tools.
b. Bronze was the best metal for making tools.
c. Studies in the Southwest led to the Pecos Excavations.
d. The boy king reigned from 1334 to 1325 B.C.
Think About It!
Why is archaeology important?
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World History
Indian Burial Mounds
1. What are the two kinds of mounds?
a. North and South
Key Terms
b. Mandan and Cree
c. Burial and effigy
d. Meat and vegetarian
2. We know Indians built the mounds because:
a. They signed their work
b. The Bible says so
c. Creek Indians were seen building mounds
d. They said so
3. The National Museum Native American Act required:
a. The Smithsonian to inform tribes where each
artifact came from
Effigy: a monument in
the shape of something
Artifact: any
object left over from
a previous age
Ransack: to steal
or destroy
Debunk: to expose as
false or fake
b. Tribes to set up casinos
c. Registration of all mounds
d. Preservation of all mounds
4. Today, most burial mounds can be found in:
a. Tennessee
b. The Appalachians
c. The upper Midwest
d. The Shenandoah Valley
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. There are actually two kinds of mounds: burial and effigy.
b. All museums want to have burial artifacts.
c. Thousands of mounds were destroyed by settlers.
d. It is now illegal to remove anything from a burial mound.
Think About It!
Should the contents of burial mounds be moved to museums?
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World History
Mesopotamia
1. Mesopotamia means:
a. Very messy
Key Terms
b. The land between the rivers
c. Low land
d. Holy land
2. Who united the country in 1792 B.C.?
a. King Tut
Sparse: thinly scattered
or distributed
Caliph: spiritual leader
of Islam
b. Moses
c. Hammurabi
d. Ataturk
3. Who created the modern boundaries of Iraq and Syria?
a. The League of Nations
b. The United Nations
c. Winston Churchill
d. Saddam Hussein
4. Mesopotamia is thought to be the birthplace of:
a. Democracy
b. The United Nations
c. The printing press
d. Civilization
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. Mesopotamia means “the land between the rivers.”
b. Mesopotamia was ruled by caliphs of the Ottoman Empire.
c. Following WWI, borders were drawn to create the modern states of Iraq and Syria.
d. None of the people in Iraq agree with how their borders were drawn.
Think About It!
Why has there been so much fighting in the Middle East?
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King Tut
1. How did King Tut die?
a. Bitten by mosquito
Key Terms
b. Pneumonia
c. Murdered
d. Accident
2. When did they discover the steps leading to
Tut’s tomb?
a. June 6, 1944
b. November 24, 1922
c. December 7, 1941
Rank: how important a
person is
Remains: dead body
Archeology: the
scientific study of
remains and objects
from long ago
d. September 11, 2001
3. King Tut was found in a:
Sarcophagus: a
stone coffin
a. Teak boat
b. Gold-plated sarcophagus
c. Zoot suit
d. Bronze coffin
4. What caused the death of Lord Carnorvan?
a. A mosquito bite
b. A gun shot
c. A falling rock
d. A mummy
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. King Tut ruled Egypt from 1334 to 1325 B.C.
b. It’s obvious that King Tut was killed by one of his friends.
c. Tut’s remains were discovered in 1922.
d. Howard Carter was an archaeologist.
Think About It!
Do you think the curse of King Tut’s Tomb could be real?
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The Empire of China
1. What is the world’s oldest continuous state?
a. Somalia
b. New Mexico
c. France
d. China
2. What are two of China’s important inventions?
a. Sugar cane, tea
b. Compass, paper
c. Lipstick, perfume
d. Communism, democracy
Key Terms
Latter: the second of
two (not to be confused
with later)
Millennia: thousands
of years
Reeducation: forcible
instruction in a new
belief system
3. What world language has the most speakers?
a. French
b. English
c. Mandarin
Enterprise: an
organization created for
business ventures
d. German
4. What form of government did China follow through
most of the 20th century?
a. Communism
b. Democracy
c. Fascism
d. Anarchism
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. Life has always been hard in China.
b. China traces its civilization back six thousand years.
c. The Han Dynasty ruled until A.D. 220.
d. The primary Chinese language is Mandarin.
Think About It!
Why are so many products sold in the United States are made in China?
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World History
Mighty Mayan
1. What crop did the Maya farm?
a. Peanuts
Key Terms
b. Soy
c. Maize
d. Zucchini
2. What was Mayan architecture planned around?
a. Religious ceremonies
b. Parties
c. Military preparation
d. Bureaucrats
Maize: a corn-like plant
Fresco: painting on
a plaster surface
Corbelled arch: an
arch built upward and
outward from a vertical
opening, like a door
3. Chac is the god of what?
a. Sun
b. Moon
c. Spring
d. Rain
4. Sacrificial victims usually were:
a. Virgins
b. Members of an enemy tribe
c. Alligators
d. Criminals
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. The Maya Classic period flourished between A.D. 250 and 900.
b. Mayan farmers worked without metal tools or machinery.
c. All Mayan people believed that sacrifices would make it rain.
d. The Mayans used wood for decoration.
Think About It!
Why do you think the Mayans built tall pyramids for their gods?
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The Inca
1. The Inca inhabited:
a. A high-rise on Fifth Avenue
Key Terms
b. The Central Highlands of Peru
c. The Grand Canyon
d. The jungles of Brazil
2. Pachacuti’s son was named:
a. Lorenzo
b. Heepadala
Undertake: to assume
the duty
Encompass: include
Conquistador: Spanish
conqueror
c. Tupac
d. 50 Cent
3. What Spaniard conquered the Inca Empire?
a. Cortez
b. De Gama
c. Pizarro
Textiles: materials
made with cloth, fibers,
or yarn
Deity: a supernatural
being worshipped as a
god
d. Columbus
4. The Inca’s knotted rope communication system was called:
a. Gnarly
b. Quipu
c. Scrabble
d. Guacamole
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. The Inca empire stretched more than 2,500 miles north to south.
b. In 1525, the Inca Huayna died without naming a ruler.
c. Francisco Pizarro invaded South America with only 180 men.
d. The Spanish explorers were the worst kind of people.
Think About It!
How could the small Spanish army defeat the much larger Inca army?
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World History
Atlantis
1. Atlantis was:
a. A casino
b. A legendary island that disappeared
c. A type of ship
d. A football stadium in Atlanta
2. What island had a volcanic eruption that might have
inspired the story of Atlantis?
a. Martha’s Vineyard
b. Crete
c. Shangri-La
d. Britain
3. Who claimed Atlantis had flying ships powered by
a mysterious crystal?
a. Al Gore
b. Jules Verne
c. Edgar Cayce
d. Madame Blavatsky
4. What state senator wrote a book about Atlantis?
Key Terms
Philosopher: a person
who offers views or
theories on profound
questions, like the
meaning of life
Tsunami: a giant
ocean wave
Expertise: skill or
knowledge in a
specialized area
Utopian: impractical or
unrealistic dream of a
perfect society
Psychic: person who
is sensitive to supernatural events
a. Newt Gingrich
b. Teddy Kennedy
c. Ignatius Donnelly
d. Wilbur Mills
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. Most people do not believe that Atlantis existed.
b. Atlantis refers to a legendary island.
c. Crete is a Greek island.
d. A volcano destoyed the island of Thera.
Think About It!
Do you think a place like Atlantis could exist without being found by now?
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World History
Stonehenge
Key Terms
1. Stonehenge lies on:
a. Highway 61
b. The Valley of the Kings
c. The Salisbury Plain
d. The Tigris
2. Who tore the stones down?
a. The Phoenicians
b. The Greeks
Ritual: a system of set
forms handed down as
tradition
Lintel: horizontal
structure supporting
the weight above an
opening
lintel
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c. The Romans
d. The English
3. Gerald Hawkins believes Stonehenge was:
a. A calendar
b. A sacrificial temple
Concentric: rings
centered within rings
c. A court
d. An arena
4. Stonehenge is especially popular during:
a. Equinoxes and solstices
b. Christmas
c. Spring
d. Bad weather
Solstice: the one day
in summer and one day
in winter when the sun
is furthest from earth’s
equator
Druids: a priestly
caste in ancient Celtic
societies
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. The Stonehenge monument is in the south of England.
b. Most likely, the Stonehenge stones were moved on rollers.
c. Stonehenge is surrounded by a circular ditch.
d. Stonehenge is now protected by a fence.
Think About It!
How do we know the Druids didn’t build Stonehenge?
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World History
The Pyramids and the Sphinx
1. What are the biggest monuments ever built?
a. U.S. highway system
Key Terms
b. Mt. Rushmore
c. Pyramids in Egypt
d. Mayan pyramids
Pyramid: structure
made of four triangles
that meet at the top
2. Who designed the first stepped pyramid?
a. Tutankhamen
b. Ben Franklin
Monument: physical
reminder of something
or someone
c. Imhotep
d. Frank Lloyd Wright
3. The pyramids were designed to:
a. Grant access to heaven to the royal dead
b. Attract tourists
Pulley: a rope around
a wheel, used to move
heavy things
Pharaoh: a ruler of
ancient Egypt
c. Create jobs
d. Repel enemies
4. What do the pyramids usually conceal?
a. Treasure
b. Temple of Solomon
c. Burial chambers
d. Garages
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. Egypt’s pyramids are the biggest monuments ever built.
b. The Great Sphinx of Giza was built around 2500 B.C.
c. The Great Sphinx is 66 feet high and 240 feet long.
d. People in Egypt always wanted to help build the pyramids.
Think About It!
Why would Napoleon want to blast the nose off the Sphinx statue?
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World History
Nazca Lines
1. The Nazca Lines are only completely visible:
a. During a solstice
b. During an equinox
c. From the air
d. At high noon
2. What is one of the driest deserts on Earth?
a. White Plains
b. The Pampa Region of Peru
c. The Grand Canyon
d. Ireland
3. What wasn’t discovered until 1982?
a. Great Pyramid
b. King Tut’s Tomb
c. Astronaut figure
d. Sphinx
4. How many Nazca Line drawings have been found in
the Pampa Region?
Key Terms
Fascinate: to arouse
interest
Geometric: using
designs found in
geometry, such as circle,
square, triangle
Promontory: a high
point of land, especially
one extending into
the sea
Theories: beliefs
about why something
happened or what it
means
a. 5
b. about 300
c. over 1000
d. 100
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. The Nazca Lines are in Peru.
b. A scientist would never think the Nazca Lines were built by aliens.
c. The Pampa Region is dry and rocky.
d. The Naza Lines cover 400 miles of desert.
Think About It!
How could the Nazca designs be drawn without seeing them from above?
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World History
Secret of Oak Island
1. Who discovered the pit on Oak Island?
a. Sir Francis Drake
Key Terms
b. Daniel McGinnis
c. Ben Franklin
d. Captain Courageous
2. At what level did water begin to seep into the hole?
a. Ten feet
b. Thirty feet
c. Fifty feet
d. Ninety feet
3. Who discovered a series of five channels leading
to the ocean?
a. 1910 Fruitgum Company
Flagstone: a type of
flat stone
Inscription: words or
a design carved into a
hard surface
Rigged: set up
Notorious: having a
bad reputation
Buff: enthusiastic fan
b. Sir Francis Drake
c. The Truro Company
d. Alan Shepherd
4. Many history buffs believe Oak Island conceals
the treasure of:
a. Captain Kidd
b. Ben Franklin
c. Sir Francis Drake
d. Thomas Jefferson
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. Oak Island is off the coast of Nova Scotia.
b. Pirates are the best at hiding treasure.
c. In 1849, the Truro Company bought the rights to excavate Oak Island.
d. The Oak Island Treasure Company excavated to 173 feet.
Think About It!
Should the secret of Oak Island be pursued, or left alone?
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History of Cartography
1. Cartography is:
a. Taking pictures
Key Terms
b. Mapmaking
c. Hauling things
d. Study of horses
2. The first star map was found in:
a. President Reagan’s closet
b. A valley in Sweden
c. A bar in Germany
d. Central France
Innate: a trait you are
born with
Diskoid: shaped like
a disc
Revolutionized:
quickly and significantly
changed
3. European map making was a factor in:
a. The expansion of Western power
b. Helping Europeans find the right highways
c. Better illustrating books
d. The spread of the French language
4. What invention revolutionized mapmaking?
a. Telephone
b. Telegraph
c. Television
d. Computer
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. Star maps can be found on cave paintings.
b. Early European maps showed flat-world theory.
c. You have to have a map to know where you are going.
d. The printing press made it possible to mass produce maps.
Think About It!
Why are maps important?
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World History
Age of Exploration
1. The Age of Exploration began in:
a. 1969
Key Terms
b. The 15th century
c. Sometime B.C.
d. The 10th century
Net result: final result
after taking all factors
into consideration
2. Innovations that led to exploration included:
a. Shipbuilding and weapons
b. The discovery of paper for making maps
Navigation: guiding
ships or airplanes to
a destination
c. The discovery of the telephone
d. The invention of Ipods
3. In 1498, Vasco de Gama sailed to:
a. America
b. The Azores Islands
Via: by way of
Silk Route: trade trail
from Asia to Europe
that existed for
hundreds of years
c. India
d. China
4. Spain hired Christopher Columbus to:
a. Find America
b. Find China
c. Take the Azores Islands from Portugal
d. Find India via the Pacific Ocean
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. The Ottoman Empire ruled Constantinople.
b. Everyone in Europe wanted to visit India.
c. Spain was once called Castile.
d. The Portuguese claimed the Azores Islands.
Think About It!
Why was ship travel to Africa and Asia better than land travel?
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Magellan and World Discovery
1. Who was the first man to circumnavigate
the globe?
a. John Glenn
b. Francisco Pizarro
c. Ferdinand Magellan
d. Cabeza de Vaca
2. Why did Magellan renounce his
Portuguese citizenship?
Key Terms
Circumnavigate:
to travel completely
around
Renounce: to give up or
put aside
a. Disagreed with their policies
b. The king would not pay him
c. Taxes were too high
d. Didn’t like the language
3. Where did Magellan die?
a. The Philippines
b. Hawaii
Allegiance: loyalty
or devotion to some
person, group, or thing
Compensation:
something, like money,
given or received as
payment
c. Galapagos Islands
d. Morocco
4. Who took command after Magellan’s death?
a. Cabeza de Vaca
b. George Washington
c. Juan Sebastian del Cano
d. Francisco Pizarro
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. Being a ship captain was the best job to have.
b. Ferdinand Magellan was the first man to circumnavigate the globe.
c. Magellan was promoted to captain at age thirty.
d. King Charles agreed to finance Magellan’s trip.
Think About It!
Why did Spain wanted to find a different route to the East Indies?
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World History
Sir Francis Drake
1. Francis Drake became a ship’s master at age:
a. Ten
Key Terms
b. Fifteen
c. Twenty
d. Twenty-five
Dashing: stylish,
up-to-date in dress and
manners
2. What brought Drake to Queen Elizabeth’s attention?
a. His skirmishes with the Spanish
b. Selling slaves
c. Discovered Caribbean
d. Good clothes
3. What became known as Drake Passage?
a. Cape of Good Hope
b. Hudson Bay
Emblematic: being a
symbol for something,
in this case the heroic
age of exploration
Skirmish: a minor
battle
Rechristen: rename
c. Strait of Magellan
d. Panama Canal
4. Why did Queen Elizabeth knight Sir Francis Drake?
a. For bringing gold
b. For defeating the Spanish
c. For discovering the New World
d. For circumnavigating the globe
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. Drake made his first voyage to the New World at age 23.
b. In 1577, Queen Elizabeth asked Drake to raid the Spanish.
c. War broke out between Spain and England in 1585.
d. Most people agree that the English are the best sailors.
Think About It!
Why would England allow a pirate to be part of their navy?
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World History
Darwin and the Galapagos
1. Darwin was best know for the theory of:
a. Overpopulation
b. A round earth
c. Evolution
d. Relativity
2. Darwin took a job aboard what ship?
a. HMS Beagle
b. HMS Golden Hind
c. The Bismarck
d. The Titanic
3. In what islands did Darwin first begin to form
his theory?
Key Terms
Evolution: gradual
change or growth
Species: the major
category of biological
classification
Extinct: died out
Subtle: very small
or slight
a. The Canaries
b. The Azores
c. The Galapagos
d. Florida Keys
4. Who objected the most to Darwin’s theories?
a. The King
b. Parliament
c. The Army
d. The Church
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. Darwin was a 19th-century British scientist.
b. Darwin explored the Galapagos Islands.
c. It is easy to understand the theory of evolution.
d. The Galapagos Islands are off the coast of Ecuador.
Think About It!
Do you think evolution is still happening?
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World History
World War I
1. What act caused the outbreak of World War I?
a. Blockade of Germany
b. France declared war on Austria
c. Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
d. Germany bombed Poland
2. What event greatly increased the output of Britain,
France, and Germany?
a. The Industrial Revolution
b. The Stamp Act
c. Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
d. Invention of the cotton gin
3. Who was in the Triple Alliance?
a. Russia, France, and Mexico
b. Britain, the U.S., and Canada
c. France and Spain
d. Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy
4. What agreement ended the war?
a. Stamp Act
Key Terms
Assassinate: to kill
a leader
Heir: a person who
gets the property of a
dead person
Nationalism: devotion
and loyalty to one’s own
nation
Dreadnought:
battleship with big guns
all the same caliber
Armistice: agreement
to stop fighting
Prelude: an introduction,
a beginning
b. Emancipation Proclamation
c. Treaty of Versailles
d. Homestead Act
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. No one believes that war can be a good thing.
b. World War I broke out on July 28, 1914.
c. The U.S. entered the war in 1917.
d. Over eight million soldiers died during World War I.
Think About It!
How did nationalism contribute to World War I?
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World War II
1. What system did both Mussolini and Hitler push?
a. Fascism
b. Democracy
c. Parliamentary
d. Communist
2. Who promised to make Germany great again?
a. Churchill
b. Roosevelt
Key Terms
Armistice: agreement
to stop fighting
Besieged: attacked
Reparations: paying for
wrongs or injuries done
c. Tojo
d. Hitler
3. Japan claimed the U.S. was denying them:
Fascism: a government
that puts nation or race
above individual people
a. Food
b. Petroleum
c. Rubber
d. Aluminum
4. What caused the U.S. to enter the war?
a. Sinking of Lusitania
b. Attack on Pearl Harbor
c. Boycott of American goods
d. Attack on Panama Canal
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. In March 1938, Hitler took over Austria.
b. In 1939, the German army marched into Poland.
c. The U.S. entered the war on December 7, 1941.
d. Most people blamed Germany for starting World War I.
Think About It!
What are some reasons that countries fight each other?
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The Meaning of Empire
1. An empire is:
a. A type of store
Key Terms
b. An independent state
c. A collection of states conquered by another state
d. A type of building
2. What river was the Akkadian empire near?
a. Amazon
b. Nile
c. Mississippi
d. Euphrates
3. What empire included Australia and India:
a. American
Supreme: highest in
rank and authority
Conquered: gotten
by force
Peak: the point of
maximum intensity
Expansionist: a nation’s
practice of increasing
territory
b. British
c. Russian
d. Spanish
4. What Asian country was briefly an American colony?
a. Phillipines
b. Japan
c. Samoa
d. Fiji
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. The Roman Empire stretched from the Red Sea to Great Britain.
b. The British Empire included India and Egypt.
c. The Philippines were briefly an American colony.
d. There can never be another empire like the Roman Empire.
Think About It!
What do people mean when they talk about business empires?
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The Global Struggle for Oil
1. The world runs on:
a. Scoobie Snacks
Key Terms
b. Oxygen
c. Oil
d. Food
2. What country has the greatest known reserves?
a. Russia
b. Saudi Arabia
c. The U.S.
d. Canada
3. The U.S. has oil reserves in:
a. Puerto Rico
b. Texas and Oklahoma
Vulnerable: easy
to hurt
Refine: to bring to
a pure state
Alternative: a choice
limited to one of two
possibilities
Biofuels: fuel that
comes from corn or
other living organisms
c. Colorado and Wyoming
d. Gulf of Mexico and Alaska
4. Why are people driving less and using smaller cars?
a. High cost of gas
b. Cheaper insurance
c. Downward standard of living
d. TV is better than ever
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. Saudi Arabia has the greatest known oil reserves.
b. Oil must be refined before it can be used.
c. Oil is used to heat homes.
d. Using smaller cars is the best way to solve the oil problem.
Think About It!
In what ways can the United States become more energy independent?
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The Global Struggle for Food
1. What is the world population?
a. Six million
Key Terms
b. Two billion
c. Three billion
d. Six and a half billion
2. Vast portions of what continent are desert?
Poverty : to be very
poor
Nourish : give food to
a. Africa
b. South America
c. Greenland
International: between
countries
d. Europe
3. What do many Africans in Sudan and Ethiopia depend on to survive?
a. A good cell phone connection
b. Charity from other countries
c. Good television shows
d. Factory jobs
4. How much of the world is underfed?
a. One-third of the people
b. None, everyone has enough food
c. Only people in Africa
d. Six and a half billion
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. There are six and a half billion people in the world.
b. Everyone believes that poverty is the cause of world hunger.
c. Geography affects food production.
d. Poor countries are helped with International aid.
Think About It!
Why should rich countries help feed people in poor countries?
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The United Nations
1. When was the League of Nations founded?
a. 1820
b. 1920
Key Terms
c. 1919
Permanent: everlasting
d. Last week
2. When was the United Nations founded?
a. 1945
b. 1944
c. 1919
Veto: the right to cancel
Resolution: decision
voted on by a group
Coalition: an alliance
d. 2006
3. Which countries have veto power in the United Nations?
a. Somalia, Greece, Turkey
b. Norway, Finland, Denmark
c. Sweden, Germany, Poland
d. Russia, U.S., Great Britain, France, China
4. Who was the leader of U.N. action in Korea?
a. U.N. forces
b. U.S. forces
c. Japan
d. Thailand
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. In 1919, the League of Nations was formed.
b. Twenty million Russians died in World War II.
c. Fifty-one nations formed the United Nations .
d. The United Nations should work harder for world peace.
Think About It!
Should the United Nations use military force to make countries cooperate?
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The End of Apartheid
1. Where was apartheid practiced?
a. North America
b. The American South
c. South Africa
d. France
2. Under apartheid, individuals were classified by:
a. Race
b. Gender
c. Intelligence
Key Terms
Segregation: keeping
races separate
Massacre: killing many
helpless people
Condemn: to call
something evil or wrong
d. Age
3. What party represented native black
South Africans?
a. Democrats
b. Republicans
c. Whig
d. African National Congress
4. What international organization condemned apartheid?
a. The League of Nations
b. United Nations
c. NATO
d. The Axis
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. Apartheid was a system of racial segregation practiced in South Africa.
b. In 1959, police gunned down a group of protesters in Sharpesville.
c. A new national fllag was created for South Africa.
d. It is hard to be a policeman in South Africa.
Think About It!
What are some non-violent ways can people use to change unfair laws?
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Communism
1. Communism is a system where all property is:
a. Privately owned
Key Terms
b. Owned by banks
c. On loan from the government
d. Commonly owned
Theory: a proposed
explanation that has
not yet been proved
2. Which country became communist first?
a. Russia
b. Germany
c. France
d. China
3. Who was the first communist leader in China?
a. Adolf Hitler
b. Benito Mussolini
c. Mao Tse-Tung
d. Wen Ho Lee
Totalitarian: a
centralized government
that doesn’t tolerate
opposition
Collectivization:
organization of a nation
or an economy based
on ownership by all
Centuries: hundreds
of years
4. Which of these are communist contries?
a. Australia and France
b. Germany and Great Britain
c. Brazil and Venezuela
d. North Korea and Cuba
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. Russia was once ruled by the czars.
b. Communism is never a good form of government.
c. China now allows private business ownership.
d. Cuba has a communist government.
Think About It!
Do you think we should be friendly to communist countries?
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The Global Village
1. Who coined the term “global village”?
a. Nikolai Tesla
Key Terms
b. Madonna
c. Marshall McLuhan
d. Ben Franklin
2. The world began to shrink with:
a. The Age of Exploration
b. The hot dry cycle
c. Sputnik
d. The Industrial Age
Ultimate: final, total,
the last word
Frontier: the furthest
edge of a land’s settled
or explored regions
Finite: having bounds
or limits
3. America’s TV audience is:
a. North America
b. The world
c. South America
d. Russia
4. What new invention spreads news further and faster?
a. Television
b. The Internet
c. The telephone
d. The Franklin stove
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. The Internet will always be the best form of communication.
b. By the end of the 19th century, most of the world was mapped.
c. Trans-Atlantic cables allowed instant communication.
d. The Internet provides communication across national lines.
Think About It!
How might books and newspapers change because of the Internet and computers?
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World History
Rise of AIDS
1. AIDS is a disease of:
a. The nervous system
Key Terms
b. The circulatory system
c. The immune system
d. The digestive system
2. The only sure method of prevention is:
a. Not to have contact with people who have AIDS
b. Stay inside
c. An AIDS prevention shot
d. Always wash your hands
Immune: protected
from a disease
Deficiency: lacking,
incomplete
Syndrome: a group of
symptoms characteristic
of a certain disease
3. Who declared AIDS “public enemy number one?”
a. Roosevelt
b. Kennedy
c. Reagan
d. Carter
4. Scientists have traced AIDS back to:
a. African zebras
b. Asian tigers
c. African monkeys
d. South Dakota
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. AIDS stands for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.
b. AIDS is a retrovirus.
c. AZT is an anti-HIV drug.
d. Everyone thinks that AIDS is the biggest problem to solve.
Think About It!
Why is it important to have accurate information about AIDS?
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World History
World Music
1. Rock and roll and jazz are based on:
a. Rachmaninoff
b. Poverty
c. The blues
d. Norwegian rhythm music
2. What culture is everywhere?
a. American
Key Terms
Blitz: a swift,
vigorous attack
Underrepresented: not
shown enough
b. Spanish
c. African
d. Somalian
3. What rock band played reggae in the eighties?
a. All of them
b. Madness
c. The Police
d. Motley Crue
4. Name two Afro-Cuban jazz pioneers.
a. Duke Ellington and Count Basie
b. Hugh Masekala and Herb Alpert
c. Dizzy Gillespie and Tito Puente
d. Miles Davis and John Coltrane
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. Jazz music also developed from blues music.
b. Bob Marley played reggae music.
c. It’s obvious that jazz music is loved by everyone.
d. Tito Puente used Afro-Cuban rhythmic styles.
Think About It!
Why do popular music styles keep changing?
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World Cinema
1. Hollywood is known as a:
a. Nature preserve
Key Terms
b. Industrial center
c. Science research facility
d. Famous place for movie making
2. The code of the West is very similar to
the code of the:
a. East
b. Samurai
c. South
Thrive: to prosper or
grow
Samurai: hereditary
warrior class of ancient
Japan
Stylistic: of or
pertaining to style
d. Ninja
3. Who directed Yojimbo?
a. Carl Franklin
b. Stephen Spielberg
c. Joel Schumacher
d. Akira Kurosawa
4. What Kurosawa masterpiece did Hollywood remake as a Western?
a. Lost in Translation
b. The Seven Samurai
c. Godzilla
d. Kagemusha
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. Billy Wilder was a movie director.
b. Hollywood movies are never as good as Japanese movies.
c. Kurosawa made a movie called The Seven Samurai.
d. The Departed is based on the Chinese movie Infernal Affairs.
Think About It!
How can movies teach us about the world around us?
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The Olympics
1. Who founded the Olympics?
a. Coubertin
b. Jesse Owens
c. Hitler
d. Hercules, son of Zeus
2. Where was the first modern Olympics held in 1896?
a. Athens
b. Moscow
Key Terms
Abolish: to end
Aryan: people who
come from Europe or
India, but used by Hitler
to mean a superior
white race of Germans
c. Rome
d. Beijing
3. Who hijacked the 1972 Olympics?
a. Israel
b. The Palestinians
c. Al Qaeda
Pagan: one who
follows a polytheistic
(many gods) religion
from ancient times
Hijacked: stolen
or kidnapped
d. Monty Hall
4. Why did President Carter pull out of the 1980 Olympics?
a. Not enough money
b. To protest Israel’s presence
c. To protest the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
d. They didn’t allow baseball
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. The first modern Olympics was held in Athens.
b. China was chosen to host the 2008 Summer Olympics.
c. The Olympic games should always be held in Greece.
d. Canada was chosen to host the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Think About It!
Should the Olympics be held in the same place every time?
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Jazz, America’s Gift to the World
1. Where did jazz music start in the 1890s?
a. New York City
Key Terms
b. Paris
c. New Orleans
d. Canadas
2. What was the first type of jazz called?
a. Ragtime
b. Boogie woogie
c. Bebop
d. Afro-Cuban
3. Who used his orchestra as a single instrument?
a. Count Basie
b. Duke Ellington
c. Benny Goodman
Blues: song form
originating with
American blacks based
on a twelve bar threechord form
Exuberant: extremely
joyful and vigorous
Norm: normal or usual
Flourish: grow, succeed
Jump-start: start
very fast
d. Artie Shaw
4. Who reinvented jazz as bebop?
a. Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker
b. Fats Navarro and Lester Young
c. Miles Davis and Wynton Marsalis
d. Spyro Gyra and David Sanborn
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. Jazz music originated in the United States.
b. Jazz music is never good when written down.
c. Duke Ellington was an orchestra leader.
d. The first jazz pioneers were pianists and trumpet players.
Think About It!
Why do you think people have different ideas of what jazz music should sound like?
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The International Language of Comics
1. What can cut across borders where words fail?
a. Music
b. Sign language
c. Images
d. Smells
2. Who was the first cartoon mascot?
a. Batman
b. Superman
Key Terms
Outrageous: grossly
offensive
Mascot: animal, person,
or thing adopted
by a group as its
representative
c. The Ray
d. The Yellow Kid
3. Who created Superman?
a. Einstein
b. Siegel and Schuster
Sequential: one after
another, continuing
Stodgy: old-fashioned
or boring
c. Nietzsche
d. Bernard Shaw
4. Who revitalized comics in the sixties?
a. Marvel
b. DC
c. Image
d. The Guardian Line
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. Pictures work better than words for communication.
b. Comic books are an American invention.
c. Newspapers use political cartoons.
d. Siegel and Shuster created Superman.
Think About It!
How could a political cartoon change how you think about a leader?
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World History
Parliamentary Systems
1. Parliament combines what two functions?
a. Monetary and foreign policy
Key Terms
b. The executive and legislative
c. Defense and natural resources
d. Taxing and spending
2. In Britain, the head of state is:
a. The president
b. The king or queen
c. The prime minister
d. Chancellor of the exchequer
3. What drives Parliament?
a. Party politics
Executive: the branch
of government that
carries out plans
Legislative: the branch
of government that
makes law
Ceremonial:
ritualistic, more about
appearances than
performance
b. Money
c. Envy
d. Sloth
4. Which system is friendliest to diverse ethnic groups?
a. Communism
b. Fascism
c. Parliamentary
d. American-style democracy
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. A parliamentary system means laws are made by a parliament.
b. A parliamentary system combines the executive and the legislative.
c. Spain and Germany have a parliamentary systems.
d. Most people wish their country used the parliamentary system.
Think About It!
Why is the right to vote for government leaders so important?
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Dictatorships
1. A dictatorship is a political system in which:
a. The people elect a dictator
b. All power rests with one person
c. Many political parties compete
d. There is a royal line of succession
2. What made dictatorships common in the
20th century?
a. Communism
b. Technology
c. The atomic bomb
Key Terms
Dictator: a person
exercising absolute
power over a country
Electorate: people who
can vote
Legacy: a gift handed
down from the past
d. The Treaty of Versailles
3. Who was the first Soviet dictator?
a. Lenin
b. Stalin
c. Khrushchev
d. Gorbachev
4. Which country has a communist dictator?
a. Argentina
b. Germany
c. Spain
d. North Korea
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. Hitler was elected to the German parliament in 1933.
b. Vladimir Lenin became dictator of Russia.
c. Dictators are never good for a country.
d. In 1922, Stalin replaced Lenin.
Think About It!
Why would a dictator not want to have elections??
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Globalization and Government
1. Globalization is:
a. Spread of culture through technology
Key Terms
b. An old heavy metal band
c. A new horror movie
d. Something to be feared
2. The European Union is:
a. A popular labor union
b. A political movement
c. An economic alliance
d. A bad idea
3. What is a name for loyalty to a national government?
a. Enthusiasm
b. Favoritism
Nation-state: an
independent state
united by a common
culture and history
Caliphate: traditional
Muslim government
under a central authority
Loyalty: being true to,
sticking with
Patriotism: love of
country
c. Patriotism
d. Membership
4. Enforceable international laws could:
a. Confuse everyone
b. Put a lot more people in jail
c. Convict innocent people
d. Defend people’s human rights
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. The European Union is an economic alliance of European countries.
b. The EU now has one currency, the Euro.
c. A passport is not needed to travel between EU countries.
d. The idea of world government is the best way to a peaceful world.
Think About It!
Do you think that a one world government would work?
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Tribalism
1. What is oldest form of human government?
a. Anarchism
b. Tribalism
c. Communism
d. Vegetarianism
2. What does tribalism teach people?
a. English
b. Math
c. Loyalty to the group
d. One world government
3. Politically, the Yankee tribe is:
a. Dangerous
b. Well funded
c. Harmless
d. Liberal
Key Terms
Tribe: a group of people
united by ties
Notorious: having a
bad reputation
Primitive: first or
earliest of its kind; crude
compared to later efforts
Elite: the choice or best
of anything
Ethnic: people sharing
a common racial,
religious, or cutural
heritage
4. Tribal people identify with:
a. The New York Yankees
b. The Boston Red Sox
c. American democracy
d. Their tribe
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. Tribalism is the oldest form of human government.
b. Tribal members always work to help their tribe.
c. The New York Yankees is a baseball team.
d. A tribe is a social group.
Think About It!
Would you prefer to live in a democracy or a tribal society?
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Civics
Becoming a Citizen
1. Who invented the idea of citizenship?
a. Romans
Key Terms
b. Native Americans
c. Greeks
d. Egyptians
Allegiance: loyalty
owed to a person or
state
2. You can become a citizen by being born here, and by:
a. Paying a fee
b. Naturalization
c. Cutting your hair
d. Renouncing your parents
3. Naturalized citizens have all rights except:
Applicants: those who
seek a position
Petition: a formal
request
Renounce: give up
a. Right to own guns
b. Right to leave the country
c. Right to run for governor
d. Right to run for president
4. Petitioners are required to read, write, and speak what language?
a. Spanish
b. Mexican
c. Farsi
d. English
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. A citizen is a legal member of a country.
b. Everyone wishes they were a U.S. citizen.
c. Petitioners are required to read, write, and speak English.
d. The United States system of government is based on democracy.
Think About It!
Do you think it should be harder or easier to become a U.S. citizen?
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Citizen Rights and Responsibilities
1. What does the Constitution protect?
a. Banks
Key Terms
b. Business
c. Our citizen rights
d. Politicians
2. The first ten amendments to the Constitution
are known as:
a. The Big Ten
b. The Bill of Rights
c. The Franklin Doctrine
Right: something you
can claim belongs to you
Passive: not actively
doing
Obligation: a promise
to do something
d. The Ten Commandments
3. The citizen’s primary responsibility is to:
a. Volunteer
b. Look out for his neighbors
c. Obey the law
d. Join the military
4. Representative democracy encourages us to:
a. Be good citizens
b. Own guns
c. Burn the flag
d. Stockpile food
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. The Bill of Rights is the first ten amendments to the Constitution.
b. Freedom of the press is a right in the United States.
c. The United States has 300 million people.
d. We’ll never need any more amendments for the Constitution.
Think About It!
What responsibilities do you have toward your fellow citizens?
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Civics
Rights of Juveniles
1. Age of consent means a person is old enough legally:
a. To drink
b. To drive
c. To have sex
d. To own a gun
2. Achieving majority for men means:
a. Paying taxes
b. Volunteering locally
Key Terms
Juvenile: young person,
not adult
Comply: obey
Draft: a way to get
people into the military
c. Registering for military service
d. Getting a haircut
3. Most states require you to be how old to purchase or consume alcohol?
a. Eighteen
b. Nineteen
c. Twenty
d. Twenty-one
4. How old must you be to obtain a provisional driver’s license in South Dakota?
a. Sixteen
b. Seventeen
c. Eighteen
d. Fourteen
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. Only adults should be allowed to use fireworks.
b. Our law determines the age when a juvenile becomes an adult.
c. The age of consent in Wisconsin is eighteen.
d. In South Dakota, you can get a provisional license at fourteen.
Think About It!
Should those old enough to serve in the military also be allowed to drink and vote?
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Civics
Rights of Visitors
1. Visiting the United States is:
a. A right
b. A privilege
c. An obligation
d. Impossible
2. Visa applicants must supply the reason they
are visiting and proof that:
a. They speak English
b. They have money
c. They intend to leave
d. Are disease free
3. Visitors must have:
a. American relatives
Key Terms
Privilege: something
given to you as a favor
Document: a written or
printed paper containing
facts
Passport: a document
required for traveling
between countries
Visa: stamp on passport
made by host country
b. A driver’s license
c. Steady work
d. A phone
4. What are foreign visitors obligated to do?
a. Speak English
b. Bring money
c. Promise to leave
d. Obey all U.S. laws
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. A visa is an official stamp on a passport allowing them to visit the U.S.
b. Summer is the best time to visit the U.S.
c. Visa applicants must give a reason for their visit.
d. Visitors must pay U.S. taxes on money they earn here.
Think About It!
Do you think the U.S. should change its rules for visitors?
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Civics
How Citizens Lose Their Rights
1. How does Philip Nolan lose his U.S. citizenship?
a. Misplaces it
Key Terms
b. Kills the president
c. Renounces it
d. Trades it
2. Where did Bobby Fischer move?
a. California
b. Vermont
c. Massachusetts
d. Iceland
3. Native citizens can be stripped of citizenship for:
a. Treason
b. Grand larceny
c. Murder
d. Tax evasion
Renounce: to reject
Native: born in a place
Treason: trying to ruin
a government or kill its
leader
Traitor: a person who
commits treason
Felony: a very serious
offense such as murder
or robbery
Liberty: freedom to live
as you choose
4. Repeat traffic offenders risk losing:
a. Their cars
b. Their licenses
c. Their hats
d. Their wallets
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. Edward Everett Hale wrote The Man without a Country.
b. Driving is a privilege, not a right.
c. Bobby Fischer moved to Iceland.
d. Americans appreciate their rights more than anyone else.
Think About It!
Why would someone want to become a citizen of a different country?
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Civics
Organizational Structure of U.S. Courts
1. How do you become a Supreme Court justice?
a. Elected by Congressional vote
Key Terms
b. Elected by popular vote
c. Appointed by the president
d. Passing a test
2. Directly below federal courts are:
a. Prisons
b. District courts
Federal: national
Municipal: at the city
level
Conflict: to fight or
contest
c. Arbitration courts
d. The cafeteria
3. In order to rise to a district level, a case must concern:
a. Animal abuse
b. Freedom of speech
c. Federal sentencing guidelines
d. Some question of constitutionality
4. To relieve crowded courts some municipalities are turning to:
a. Judge Judy
b. Conflict resolution boards
c. Expanding prisons
d. Judge Joe Brown
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. Article III of the Constitution provides for the creation of federal courts.
b. Lawyers make the best judges.
c. Each county and city has its own laws.
d. There are nine justices on the Supreme Court.
Think About It!
Why is it important to have courts and judges?
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Civics
Supreme Court: Federal and State
1. How many justices are on the U.S. Supreme Court?
a. Five
Key Terms
b. Twelve
c. Fifteen
d. Nine
Impeach: to charge
a public official with
misconduct
2. State supreme courts exist solely to:
a. Issue summonses
b. Carry out the death penalty
c. Hear appeals from lower courts
Mandate: command
Remand: to send back
to a lower court
d. Adjudicate disputes between neighbors
3. Courts of appeal hear only:
a. Serious felonies
b. Cases involving treason
c. Cases involving federal law
d. Constitutional questions
4. What two states have two supreme courts each?
a. Oklahoma and Texas
b. Kansas and Nebraska
c. North and South Dakota
d. California and Florida
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. The U.S. court system is thought to be very fair to everyone.
b. The Supreme Court is the only court mandated by the U.S. Constitution.
c. State supreme courts are the highest courts in the state system.
d. Oklahoma and Texas have two supreme courts each.
Think About It!
How do Supreme Court decisions affect your life?
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Civics
How Do You Become a Judge?
1. Most judges began as:
a. Criminals
b. Police officers
c. Lawyers
d. Accountants
2. How many votes does the Senate require to
confirm a judge?
a. 100
b. 25
c. 50
d. 51
3. State court systems must conform to:
a. The U.S. Constitution
Key Terms
Jurisdiction: the
territory controlled by
a court
Nominee: a person
chosen for, or running
for, a public office
Combative: eager
to fight
Majority: more than
half
b. The Louisiana Purchase
c. The Gadsden Treaty
d. The Dangerous Book for Boys
4. Most state judges are
a. Elected
b. Appointed
c. Adopted
d. Insane
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. All federal judges are appointed by the president.
b. Supreme Court Justices are appointed for life.
c. Judges are serious people without a sense of humor.
d. Chief justices of state supreme courts appoint administrative law judges.
Think About It!
Should judges be elected or appointed?
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Civics
Difference Between Criminal and Civil Law
1. Criminal law deals with:
a. Parking violations
b. Overdue library books
c. Smoking in restaurants
d. Serious assaults on life, limb, or property
2. What defines crime in the U.S?
Key Terms
Limb: arm or leg
Negligence: failure to
be careful
a. Existing criminal law
b. CSI
c. Law and Order
Citation: ticket from
police
d. Judges
3. Some scholars point to what ancient text as the
basis for criminal law:
a. Hammurabai’s Code
b. Captain Kirk’s Code
c. The Ten Commandments
d. The Rosetta Stone
4. If the police fail to take action in regard to the barking dog, you can:
a. Sue your neighbor
b. Shoot your neighbor
c. Shoot the dog
d. Move
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. Criminal law deals with serious assaults on life, limb, or property.
b. Existing criminal law defines crime in the United States.
c. The Norman Conquest happened in 1066.
d. Life would be better without laws telling us what we can’t do.
Think About It!
What might happen if we had no civil laws to solve problems with neighbors?
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Citizens in the Courtroom
1. Any citizen charged with crime is entitled to:
a. A last meal
b. Free representation
c. Trial by a jury of peers
d. Transportation costs
2. Who informs the jury what to expect?
a. Judge
b. Accused
c. Defense
Key Terms
Bailiff: court-appointed
officer
Witness: someone who
gives evidence in a trial
Subpoena: document
order to appear in court
d. Bailiff
3. Who can make a ruling without a trial?
a. Judge
b. Accused
c. Defense
d. Bailiff
4. Reluctant witnesses can be forced to testify by:
a. A gun to the head
b. Threat of being charged with a crime
c. Subpoena
d. Bribery
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. A federal case requires twelve jurors.
b. No one wants to be on a jury.
c. Jurors are subject to interviews by both the prosecution and the defense.
d. A court bailiff tells you what to expect.
Think About It!
What do you think is an important thing to do when you are part of a jury?
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Congress
1. Congress’ two bodies are:
a. The executive branch and the Supreme Court
Key Terms
b. Fat and thin
c. The Senate and the House of Representatives
d. Male and female
2. The Constitution vests all legislative power in:
a. The president
Dispose: to deal with
Legislation: laws
Levy: to impose a tax
b. The Supreme Court
c. The Defense Department
d. Congress
3. How can the Senate defeat the president’s nominee?
a. Filibuster
b. Two-thirds vote
c. Criminal charges
d. Lies
4. What part of the Constitution allows the Congress to levy taxes?
a. The Bill of Rights
b. The Introduction
c. Section 8
d. Section 9
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. The U.S. Congress is bicameral.
b. There are 435 representatives.
c. The Senate has veto power over presidential appointments.
d. Reducing the number of representatives would make our government better.
Think About It!
Find out who the the senators and representatives are for your state.
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Census and Representation
1. The census takers try to count:
a. Citizens only
Key Terms
b. Citizens plus those here legally
c. Citizens plus guest workers
d. Everybody
2. Into how many regions does the Census Bureau
divide the country?
a. One
b. Two
Census: an official count
of the population
Mandate: a command
Compile: to collect
and gather
c. Three
d. Four
3. The census compiles information on race, age, family, and:
a. Hobbies
b. Religion
c. Language
d. Education
4. How often does the census happen?
a. Every year
b. Twice a year
c. Every ten years
d. Every other year
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. The Constitution mandates a nationwide census every ten years.
b. Today’s census includes non-citizens.
c. Doing the census is a waste of time.
d. The Census Bureau divides the country into four regions.
Think About It!
How could census information help a business?
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Filibuster
1. A filibuster’s purpose is to:
a. Stay up all night
b. Celebrate an election victory
c. Prevent a vote
d. Cut appropriations
2. Who set the record for the longest filibuster?
a. Millard Fillmore
b. Hillary Clinton
Key Terms
Dehydrate: to dry out
Majority: over half
Appointee: one who is
chosen for office
c. Strom Thurmond
d. John Kerry
3. How many votes are needed to kill a filibuster?
a. 40
b. 50
c. 60
d. 70
4. What is one way senators can avoid a filibuster?
a. Stay home
b. Argue
c. Hold their breath
d. Compromise
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. A filibuster is a way to extend a congressional debate.
b. Only a mean person would start a filibuster.
c. In 1917, the Senate adopted the closure rule.
d. Only a 60-vote supermajority can kill a filibuster.
Think About It!
Why should senators be allowed to use the filibuster?
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Lobbyists and Campaign Finance
1. In what hotel did lobbyists hope to catch President Grant?
a. The Irma
b. The Hilton
c. The Double Tree
d. The Willard
2. What is another name for the
Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act?
a. Bill of Rights
b. First Amendment
c. McCain-Feingold Act
d. Pledge of Allegiance
3. The McCain-Feingold Act sought to control:
Key Terms
Special interest: person
or group whose job is
to ask for favors from
politicians
Lumber: wood logs
Bipartisan: both of the
political parties
Reform: to improve
or fix
a. Issue ads
b. Campaign contributions
c. Open primaries
d. Bribery
4. What does a “527 group” do?
a. Pays for charity work
b. Collects money for special interest politics
c. Loans money to people
d. Collects tax money
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. It is easy to see that election spending is out of control
b. Congress passed the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act.
c. The McCain-Feingold Act, it put restrictions on election spending.
d. Lobbies are legal and protected by law.
Think About It!
Should there be a limit to how much you can spend on an election campaign?
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Partisan Politics
1. To be partisan means:
a. You must go to every game
b. Unquestioning defense of the party position
c. First-generation American
d. Works with the soil
2. The first two political parties were the
Federalists and the:
a. Whigs
b. Bullmoose
c. Jeffersonian Republicans
Key Terms
Gridlock: situation in
which nothing can move
Administration: period
of time that a politician
is in office
Rivalry: competition for
the same thing
d. Trotskyite Disillusionists
3. Hamilton and Jefferson were men of:
a. Character
b. Means
c. Tomorrow
d. The church
Policy: plan to make
something happen
Bill: piece of legislation
Sabotage: ruin or get in
the way of
4. Why is gridlock a problem?
a. Wastes water
b. Nothing gets done
c. Slows down traffics
d. Too many bills are passed
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. It is easy to see that election spending is out of control
b. Congress passed the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act.
c. The McCain-Feingold Act, it put restrictions on election spending.
d. Lobbies are legal and protected by law.
Think About It!
Why is it important to listen to all points of view when creating laws?
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The Presidency
1. The president is head of what branch of government?
a. Legislative
b. Judicial
c. Executive
d. Disciplinary
2. Article II establishes the president as:
a. Commander in Chief of Armed Forces
b. Head of all volunteer organizations
c. Highly religious
d. Chief bottle washer
3. How long is a presidential term?
a. Two years
b. Four years
c. Six years
d. Eight years
4. Where does the president live?
a. Hyannisport
b. Kennebunkport
c. Texas
d. The White House
Fact or Opinion?
Key Terms
Domestic: about your
own country
Cabinet: a group of
advisors to the President
Pardon: forgiveness of
a crime by head of state
Utility: a public service
such as supplying water
Indictment: formal
accusation that starts an
investigation
Impeachment:
indictment of
government official
Treason: trying to
overthrow government
Bribery: trading of
favors with elected
person
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. The president appoints ambassadors.
b. Article II sets the president’s term at four years.
Misdemeanor: a
minor crime
c. George Washington drew a salary of $25,000.
d. Presidents should be paid more money.
Think About It!
What effect does the presidency have on the president’s personal life?
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Role of the Administration
Key Terms
1. The attorney general is both a cabinet member and:
a. A judge
b. A lawyer
c. The top law enforcement officer
d. The president’s best friend
2. Who appoints ambassadors to other countries?
a. The president
b. The Senate
c. The House of Representatives
Cabinet: a group of
executives responsible
for government
Enforcement: making
sure that laws are
followed
Ambassador: official
representative of a
country
d. The Electoral College
3. How many votes are necessary in the Senate for confirmation?
a. Over half
b. A third
c. Two-thirds
d. 90 percent
4. If the other party gains the presidency, cabinet members are expected to:
a. Give the new president a gift
b. Wait for their orders
c. Clean their offices
d. Resign
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. The attorney general is a member of the cabinet.
b. The attorney general should not be a member of the cabinet.
c. The cabinet also includes the Environmental Protection Agency,
d. The president may dismiss any appointee at any time
Think About It!
If you were president, what kind of people would you choose for your cabinet?
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How Do You Become President?
1. What job did Bill Clinton have before he
became president?
Key Terms
a. Senator
b. Representative
c. Governor
d. Attorney General
2. In order to govern, governors must forge:
a. Road systems
b. Consensus
c. Infrastructure
Consensus: agreement
Compromise: a deal
where both sides get
most of what they want
Media exposure: when
news people talk about
someone or something
d. A liberty bell
3. What does it cost to launch a presidential campaign these days?
a. 1 million dollars
b. 5 million dollars
c. 10 million dollars
d. 100 million dollars
4. Gone are the days of the:
a. Professional pols
b. Campaign chairman
c. Citizen politician
d. Crooked senator
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. No member of a third party has become president since 1900.
b. Everyone agrees that Harry Truman was a great president.
c. Harry Truman retired after one term.
d. Ross Perot was a third party candidate in 1992.
Think About It!
Why does it cost so much money to run for president?
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Vote and Veto
1. Vetoes can be overridden by:
a. The president’s cabinet
b. The attorney general
c. One-third House vote
d. Two-thirds Senate vote
2. The president’s constituency is:
a. The folks back home
b. Members of his own party
c. Members of his own family
d. The entire country
3. What would permit the president to remove
specific pork items from legislation?
Key Terms
Veto: the right to cancel
decisions
Line-item veto: the
authority to veto certain
parts of bills
Constituency: the
voters in one area
Rider: addition
a. The line-item veto
b. The red pen
c. Backing of Congress
d. U.N. backing
4. What is one of the president’s most powerful tools?
a. The ability to communicate directly to the nation
b. His four-octave range
c. The electric drill
d. The electric veto
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. The Constitution gives the president the power to veto any legislation.
b. The president’s constituency is the entire country.
c. President Bush vetoed the Senate Appropriations Bill.
d. Freedom of speech should not include criticizing the president.
Think About It!
Should the president have the line-item veto?
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Impeachment
1. A president can be impeached for “high crimes” and:
a. Lying to his wife
b. Cutting in line
c. Stealing
d. Misdemeanors
2. President Andrew Johnson’s party
affiliation was:
a. Whig
b. Southern Democrat
c. Northern Democrat
d. Republican
Key Terms
Misdemeanor: a minor
crime
Bribery: doing favors in
exchange for money
Scandal: damage to
reputation, disgrace
3. Whom did President Johnson fire?
a. Secretary of State
b. Secretary of Education
c. Secretary of Interior
d. Secretary of War
4. Clinton was impeached for:
a. Statutory rape
b. Lying to a grand jury
c. Stealing silverware
d. Stealing furniture
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. Only men should be allowed to be president.
b. Andrew Johnson was impeached in 1868.
c. Clinton was impeached but not convicted.
d. A president can be impeached for treason.
Think About It!
Should citizens be allowed to vote to impeach a president?
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Past Influences for Democracy
1. In a Democracy, the people:
a. Trust the king
b. Obey the oligarchy
c. Have no voice
d. Rule themselves
2. Who established democracies in ancient times?
a. Iran and Iraq
b. Venezuela and Bolivia
c. Greece and Rome
d. Egypt and the Sudan
3. In Italy, Germany, and Flanders, participation in
the democratic process was limited to:
Key Terms
Franchise: the right or
license, such as to vote
Incorporate: to unite or
combine so as to form
one body
Philosopher: a person
interested in profound
questions of life and
death
a. Dogs and cats
b. Children
c. Slaves
d. Free men
4. Which philosopher influenced our Constitution?
a. Baruch Spinoza
b. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
c. Thomas Hobbes
d. John Stuart Mill
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a French philosopher.
b. Democracy is a form of government in which the people rule themselves.
c. Ancient Greece and Rome both established working democracies.
d. All countries would be better off with a democratic form of government.
Think About It!
Why would a true democracy make things complicated for the United States?
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Revolution and Declaration of Independence
1. What geographic factor helped the American Revolution?
a. Mountains
b. Lakes
c. Distance from England
d. Rivers
2. What did the Stamp Act require?
a. Stamps on all mail
b. Stamps for most commerce
c. Colonists to turn in their stamps
Key Terms
Intolerable: too horrible
to bear
Retaliate: strike back
Fines: money to pay as
punishment for a crime
d. Colonists to stamp their feet
3. Where did war first break out in 1775?
a. Fort Ticonderoga
b. Boston
c. Charleston
d. Lexington
4. What do we celebrate on July 4?
a. Tax freedom day
b. Diversity day
c. Sensitivity day
d. Declaration of Independence
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. King George III levied taxes on the colonies.
b. The Sons of Liberty was a secret society.
c. Violence is never an acceptable way to solve problems.
d. The Massachusetts militia fought with British troops outside Lexington.
Think About It!
Could independence from England have happened without fighting a war?
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Constitution: Protecting Our Rights
1. Who wrote most of the Constitution?
Key Terms
a. Stephen King
b. J.K. Rowling
c. John Adams
d. Thomas Jefferson
2. The specific requirements of high government
officials are laid out in:
a. The phone book
b. Harry Potter and the Lobbyist of Steel
c. The president’s black book
d. The Constitution
Tranquility: calmness
Posterity: our children,
children’s children, etc.
Ordain: order by law
Ratified: officially
approved
Unanimously: agreed
by all
3. The Supreme Court mostly reviews cases
involving what type of law?
a. Law of the jungle
b. Laws of physics
c. Constitutional law
d. Religious law
4. How many states initially ratified the Constitution?
a. Four
b. Five
c. Six
d. Nine
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. Because it is so old, the Constitution should be rewritten.
b. The Constitution became law in 1788.
c. George Washington was unanimously elected as president of the United States.
d. Constitutional law outlines our rights and our responsibilities.
Think About It!
Why is it good to have a written constitution that describes the government?
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The Country and the State
1. The Constitution was a reaction to whose rule?
a. Russia’s
Key Terms
b. Mexico’s
c. Canada’s
d. Britain’s
2. Each representative has how many constituents?
a. Ten thousand
Autocratic: ruling with
unlimited power
Redress: relief from
wrong or injury
b. Twenty thousand
c. Thirty thousand
d. Forty thousand
Constituent: a person
who authorizes another
to act on his behalf
3. During the sixties, the feds sought to impose what
types of law on the states?
a. Antidiscrimination
b. Compulsory seatbelt
c. Uniform drinking age
d. Good taste
4. What do some Southwestern states and the federal government disagree on?
a. Water rights
b. Border control
c. Recycling
d. Diversity
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. The Constitution defines rules for how to select our leaders.
b. International border crossings are controlled by the federal government.
c. There is one representative for every thirty thousand citizens.
d. We need a new way to select our leaders.
Think About It!
What things do you think the federal government should be in charge of?
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Constitutional Amendments
1. How does the Constitution allow for change?
a. Through amendments
Key Terms
b. The president decides
c. No changes are allowed
d. By the Supreme Court
Amendment: an
alteration or addition
2. How many states must agree on an amendment to
the Constitution?
a. Half
b. All of threm
c. Simple majority
d. Two-thirds
3. The Bill of Rights is concerned with:
a. Tax law
b. Copyright law
c. Government’s limitations
d. Probate
4. The Second Amendment establishes the right to:
a. Arm bears
b. A speedy trial
c. Own guns
d. To wear a hat
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. The Constitution allows for change through amendments.
b. Amendments should be easier to change.
c. Amendment Ten protects the powers held by the individual states.
d. The first ten amendments are known as the Bill of Rights.
Think About It!
Do the amendments written in 1776 still make sense today?
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Two-Party System
1. Who led the Federalists?
a. John C. Calhoun
b. Alexander Hamilton
c. Aaron Burr
d. Thomas Jefferson
2. Based on what issue did the modern
Republican Party form?
a. Slavery
b. Taxation
c. States’ rights
d. Universal suffrage
3. Whose election led to a realignment of the
Democratic Party?
Key Terms
Ideologies: important
“belief systems” held
to by groups or whole
societies
Alignment: proper
adjustment
Mouthpiece:
spokesperson
Scope: size
a. Teddy Roosevelt
b. Franklin Roosevelt
c. Woodrow Wilson
d. Jimmy Carter
4. The Republicans have become the party of:
a. The rich
b. The poor
c. States’ and individual rights
d. Illegal aliens
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. Third parties are never likely to win an election.
b. The first two parties were the Federalists and Democrat/Republicans.
c. Famous Whigs included Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, and John C. Calhoun.
d. There have been third parties in the United States.
Think About It!
How might elections change if there were more big political parties?
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Electoral College
1. What agency certifies that votes accurately
reflect the will of the people?
a. The CIA
Key Terms
b. The FBI
c. Homeland Security
d. The Federal Register
2. What crisis occurred in 1801?
a. Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr received the
same number of electoral votes
b. Women demanded the vote
Certify: to attest as
certain; vouch for
Crisis: a desperate
situation
Reflect: to make
apparent
c. The South seceded
d. The Boston Tea Party
3. Who received the majority vote in 1960?
a. Kennedy
b. Nixon
c. Carter
d. Cash
4. What two states don’t have a “winner take all” rule?
a. North and South Dakota
b. Texas and Indiana
c. Maine and Nebraska
d. Wisconsin and Colorado
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. Electors cast each state’s votes for president.
b. There are currently 538 electors in the Electoral College.
c. The National Archives oversees the Electoral College.
d. The Electoral College is no longer a fair voting system.
Think About It!
If one candidate gets the most popular votes, should they win the election?
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Third-Party Candidacy
1. The U.S. political system falls into how
many broadly defined camps?
a. One
b. Two
c. Three
d. Four
2. On what party’s ticket did Teddy Roosevelt seek
a third term?
Key Terms
Camp: people who
share general opinions
Segregation: separation
of the races
a. Know Nothing
b. Free Soil
c. Whig
d. Bullmoose
3. George Wallace promised to preserve:
a. Segregation
b. Jam
c. Old-growth forest
d. The lake
4. What third-party candidate ran in 1992?
a. George Wallace
b. Ross Perot
c. Ron Paul
d. Jesse Jackson
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. Strom Thurmond ran for president on the segregationist Dixiecrat ticket.
b. Ross Perot won 19 percent of the popular vote in 1992.
c. It would be better if there was no term limit for being president.
d. Theodore Roosevelt served two terms as president.
Think About It!
Is there a need for more political parties in the U.S.?
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Getting the Right to Vote
1. The U.S. was born as:
a. A democratic republic
Key Terms
b. A fascist dictatorship
c. A communist dictatorship
Patriarchal: run by men
d. A monarchy
2. Where did the first American Women’s Rights
meeting take place?
Suffrage: the right
to vote
a. Moscow, Idaho
b. Seneca Falls, New York
c. Mitchell, South Dakota
d. Madison, Wisconsin
3. Which Amendment guarantees women’s right to vote?
a. Twelfth
b. Fourteenth
c. Nineteenth
d. Twentieth
4. What Act finally secured black voting rights?
a. Civil Rights Act of 1965
b. Civil Rights Act of 1964
c. The Borenstein Act
d. Civil Rights Act of 1924
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. The first American Women’s Rights meeting took place at Seneca Falls.
b. The Nineteenth Amendment guarantees women’s right to vote.
c. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 outlawed the voting literacy test.
d. Everyone agrees that women should have the right to vote.
Think About It!
Are women treated equally in the United States today?
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Voting Technology
1. National elections traditionally use:
a. Hammer and sickle
b. Computer screen
c. A marked ballot and a privacy booth
d. Show of hands
2. How many districts in the U.S. hold elections?
a. Fifty
b. Two hundred
Key Terms
Technology: branch of
knowledge that deals
with the practical means
of getting things done
Optical: constructed to
assist sight or vision
c. One thousand
d. Ten thousand
Erroneous: wrong
3. The 2000 presidential election hinged on the
votes of what state?
a. Florida
b. New York
c. Minnesota
d. California
4. What group uses absentee ballots the most?
a. Tourists
b. Men and women in the armed forces
c. Korean Americans
d. Women
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. Paper ballots are obviously the most reliable voting method.
b. States and municipalities administer elections in ten thousand districts.
c. There are five different kinds of voting technologies.
d. The Office of Election Administration assists states in running their elections.
Think About It!
Why might some people not trust computer voting?
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Roles of Federal, State, and Local Governments
1. Which amendment protects states’ rights?
a. First
b. Third
c. Fourth
d. Tenth
2. America was once ruled by:
a. England
b. Russia
Key Terms
Delegate: to hand
duties off
Compromise: make a
deal where both sides
get most, but not all, of
what they want
c. China
d. Germany
3. Ideas for running the country should come from:
a. Television
b. Radio
c. Citizens
d. Newspapers
4. Where do the states get money to help pay for health care services?
a. Federal government
b. King of England
c. Bono
d. The Founding Fathers
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. The first Thirteen Amendments imit federal government powers.
b. We need to make the federal government smaller and less powerful.
c. Minnesota is a state.
d. Federal money is distributed to the states.
Think About It!
Should police and fire departments be managed by federal or local government?
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States’ Rights
1. The Tenth Amendment is part of the:
a. Federalist Papers
Key Terms
b. Bill of Rights
c. A fictional invention
d. Highway funds
2. What act prompted Thomas Jefferson to
resist federal power?
a. The Stamp Act
b. Louisiana Purchase
c. Alien Sedition
d. The draft
Sedition: try to get
others to resist laws or
people in charge
Integrate: to let
different races have
equal membership
Nullify: cancel
3. Who used states’ rights to justify resisting the
North during the Civil War?
a. Robert E. Lee
b. Jefferson Davis
c. Ulysses S. Grant
d. John Pershing
4. What acts forced Southern states to integrate?
a. Brown v. Board of Education and the Civil Rights Act of 1964
b. The Homestead Act and the Civil Rights Act of 1964
c. The Alien Sedition Act
d. The Stamp Act
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. The Tenth Amendment is a part of the Bill of Rights.
b. In 1798, the Federalists passed the Alien Sedition Act.
c. The Union is a voluntary collection of states.
d. The U.S. should be divided into four separate countries.
Think About It!
Why should the Interstate Highway system be the same in all states?
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Running a City
1. What document lists a city’s responsibilities and
rules of office?
a. The phone book
b. Roberts’ Rules of Order
c. Harry Potter and the Rule of Law
d. A charter
2. Municipalities are chosen for their:
a. Location
b. Population center
c. Economy
d. Religion
3. Who presides over the governing council?
Key Terms
Municipality: city,
town, or other
district that has been
incorporated
Incorporated: formed
or constituted as a legal
corporation
Competition: rivalry,
a contest
a. The mayor
b. District attorney
c. Chief judge
d. Chief cook and bottle washer
4. Why are city politics more intense than national politics?
a. Issues hit close to home
b. Taxation
c. Neighbors can’t get along
d. The pay is greater
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. Municipalities are chosen for their population centers.
b. Each city should always have a public library.
c. Municipalities have a governing council presided over by the mayor.
d. The charter lays out the provisions of city government.
Think About It!
What might be different about running a small town and a large city?
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School Districts and School Boards
1. Where did children study a century ago?
a. Washington, D.C.
b. Never-Never Land
c. The school farthest away from them
d. The closest school
2. Some school boards have the power to levy:
a. Fines
b. Taxes
c. User fees
d. River boats
3. How many members serve on school boards in
large cities?
Key Terms
School Board: a group
of people who help
decide how to run
their schools
Contend: deal with
Superintendent:
person who oversees
school operations
a. Ten
b. Fifteen or more
c. Twelve
d. Two hundred
4. What is one main issue facing many school boards?
a. Low math scores
b. Low reading scores
c. Low social studies scores
d. Busing out of district
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. A local government decides school policy through its school districts.
b. The government should not be in charge of schools.
c. Larger boards leave operations of the schools to a school superintendent.
d. School boards also have the power to levy taxes.
Think About It!
Why is it important that cities and towns have schools?
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Volunteers in Civic Life
1. America is a nation of:
a. Coffee drinkers
Key Terms
b. Democrats
c. Volunteers
d. Yahoos
2. Most volunteers at polling places are
a. Women
b. Mexican Americans
c. Elderly
Per capita: per unit of
population
Polling: voting
Mission: the stated
and highest goals of an
organization
d. Republicans
3. What type of hotlines do volunteers staff?
a. Rape crisis and suicide
b. Shoplifting
c. Entertainment
d. Stubbed toe
4. What volunteer program helps people in other countries?
a. Housing and Urban Development
b. Education
c. Peace Corps
d. Habitat for Humanity
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. Habitat for Humanity is a volunteer organization.
b. The federal government has created volunteer organizations.
c. All citizens should do volunteer work.
d. Volunteers in the Peace Corps receive training to help people.
Think About It!
Why should people volunteer to help others without getting paid?
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Different Types of Taxes
1. When first started, the United States was
mostly populated by:
Key Terms
a. Lawyers
b. Celebrities
c. Politicians
Complex: made of
many parts that connect
d. Farmers
Levy: to collect
2. How many levels of government levy taxes?
a. Two
b. Three
c. Four
d. Five
3. What kind of tax does the federal government collect?
a. Sales
b. Income
c. Property
d. Hobby
4. What did California’s Proposition 13 do?
a. Limited development
b. Imposed special sales tax
c. Limited property taxes
d. Issued paper money
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. We should not have to pay a state income tax.
b. Taxes are paid to five different levels of government.
c. A federal income tax was started by the U.S. government in 1913.
d. States have their own income tax systems.
Think About It!
Should people without children have to pay taxes for schools?
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Budgeting and the National Debt
1. The national debt is the money owed by:
a. Individual households
Key Terms
b. Major corporations
c. The federal government
d. Only licensed voters
2. Who does a congress member help by adding
an earmark to the budget?
a. Their home district
b. Their family
c. Washington street repairs
d. China
Budget: plan for getting
and spending money
Deficit: a lack or
shortage
Earmarks: in a budget
bill, money to be spent
on certain people or
certain things
3. In a budget, pork items benefit:
a. The pork industry
b. Individual members of Congress
c. The beef industry
d. Restaurants
4. The government can raise money by:
a. Minting new money
b. Stealing from Canada
c. Constantly reselling the Brooklyn Bridge
d. Issuing bonds
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. Every year the president creates a new budget.
b. The U.S. should not spend more money than it has.
c. The government can raise money by selling treasury bonds.
d. There is a legal limit for how large the national debt can be.
Think About It!
How can the federal government pay off the national debt?
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Where Does Tax Money Go?
1. What part of the Constitution allows
government to raise taxes?
a. The Bill of Rights
b. The Sixteenth Amendment
c. Section 7
d. Section 9
2. How much income tax goes to the military?
Key Terms
Revenue: earned
money or income
Debt: money owed
a. 80 percent
b. 60 percent
c. 70 percent
d. 54 percent
3. What did President Eisenhower want for the military?
a. Burning Tree Golf Course
b. The interstate highway system
c. NORAD
d. The Internet
4. In 2005, how much did the federal government spend?
a. More than 2.5 trillion dollars
b. One billion dollars
c. Nothing
d. 200 thousand dollars
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. We should spend less money on the military.
b. Section 7 allows the government to create armies.
c. As of 2008, 54 percent of our income tax money goes to the military.
d. Interstate highways connect the states together.
Think About It!
Is it fair to make all citizens pay taxes? Should some people pay more than others?
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“Making” Money
1. The fifty-dollar gold piece was called:
a. Herman
b. An eagle
c. A slammer
d. A turkey
2. Coins today are made from:
a. Iron and kryptonite
Key Terms
Currency: medium of
exchange, money
Mint: a place where
coins are made
b. Gold and silver
c. Nickle and steel
d. Copper, zinc, and aluminum
3. Since 1946, the federal government has printed
nothing larger than:
a. Thousands
b. Ten thousands
c. Hundred thousands
d. Hundreds
4. What is featured on the newest dollar coins?
a. U.S. presidents
b. U.S. wildlife
c. U.S. artists
d. Famous U.S. buildings
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. Coins are produced at the U.S. Mint.
b. Gold is no longer used to make any of our coins.
c. Pennies are made from copper.
d. We don’t need to keep using pennies.
Think About It!
Since you can’t buy anything for one cent, should the penny still be used?
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Social Security
1. Who signed the first Social Security Act?
a. Teddy Roosevelt
b. Franklin D. Roosevelt
c. Jimmy Carter
d. George Clinton
2. What is the world’s largest government program?
Key Terms
Authorize: to give
authority for, to license
Payroll: a company’s list
of people to be paid
a. The U.N.
b. NATO
c. Social Security
d. Medicaid
Retirement: removal or
withdrawal from service,
office, or business
3. Who signed the 1983 Social Security Act?
a. Teddy Roosevelt
b. Franklin Roosevelt
c. Jimmy Carter
d. Ronald Reagan
4. How are social security benefits dispersed?
a. Premiums
b. Stamps
c. A check
d. Direct deposit
Fact or Opinion?
5. Which statement is an OPINION — not a FACT?
a. Baby boomers should not expect any social security money.
b. Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act.
c. In 2004, the federal government paid out 500 billion dollars in benefits.
d. Baby boomers were born between 1946 and 1964.
Think About It!
Should the federal government force us to save money for retirement?
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