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1st Semester Review
Mr. Spires 1 semester final review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Resources are limited and cannot satisfy all the wants of people and governments is the definition of | Scarcity |
| What is a biome? | a complex biotic community characterized by distinctive plant and animal species and maintained under the climatic conditions of the region. |
| What biome would be best for farming? | Grasslands |
| What is the geographic makeup of Hawaii? | Mountainous |
| What determines the price of goods and services in a market economic system? | Law of Supply and demand. |
| What is the theory about the first people to come to the America's? | Some may have crossed a land bridge that joined Asia and North America |
| If you were describing the desert area of the Unites States, which theme of geography would you most likely be using? | Region |
| The Boston Harbor would be most closely tied to which Act leading to the American Revolution? | Tea Act |
| Bowling Green is located between Nashville, TN, and Louisville, KY, is giving the _________________________ for Bowling Green. | Relative Location |
| What chain of events did Columbus begin after his arrival in 1492? | Great Convergence |
| Joining a club would be related most closely with which aspect of Culture? | Daily Life |
| What are the eight aspects of culture? | Art, Religion, Music, Food, Clothing, Government, Language, Daily Life |
| What is the famous quote Patrick Henry is credited with? | “I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!” |
| Describe a traditional economic system. | Most people earn their living based on the tradition of their family and area and they do so using the same methods of the generations before them. |
| Describe a command economic system. | Government control ownership as the means of production, with a central authority setting prices for goods and services. |
| What does a command economic system produce for it's citizens? | Strong military, housing, food, education. But it controls how much of each of these things people receive. Most money goes toward military. |
| From which perspective (patriot or British) was the engraving of the Boston Massacre drawn? | Patriots perspective. |
| Beach Bend Park would BEST show which aspect of culture about Bowling Green? | Place |
| Why is the battle of Saratoga considered the turning point of the American Revolution? | Because after the Patriot victory, France signed the Treaty of Alliance to help the U.S. |
| What was Benjamin Franklin saying to colonists in his "join or die" cartoon? | That in order to defeat the British the colonies must all join or stick together as one to fight against the British. |
| What explains why the Battle of Lexington and Concord is referred to as “The Shot heard ‘round the world?” | Because news of the battle spread around the world very quickly. |
| THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. This quote is from | Thomas Paines "The Crisis" |
| Boston was "caged" by Britain through which Acts? | Coercive Acts or Intolerable Acts |
| Who would have most likely tried to help Bostonians during the Intolerable Acts? | Sons of Liberty |
| What was the Triangular Trade Route | The route from the American Colonies that went to Africa to trade for Slaves and then to the West Indies and back to the colonies. |
| The Mayflower Compact, the Fundamental Orders, and town meetings all showed the determination of colonists to | Govern themselves and make their own decisions. |
| Why was John Peter Zenger's trail about the freedom of the press not be considered breaking the law in most peoples view? | Because Zenger’s writings could not be considered libelous because they are true. |
| What does libelous mean? | the publication of defamatory (injurious to someone's name or reputation) matter in permanent form, as by a written or printed statement, picture, etc |
| What is a tariff? | Tax on an imported good. |
| What explains why New York and Chicago have both grown into large urban areas? | Close location to major water sources. |
| What was the purpose of Quilting Bees in Colonial America? | They were a way for colonial women to work and socialize at the same time. |
| What is a primary source? | a firsthand or eyewitness account of an event |
| What is a Native American nation? | Native Americans who spoke the same language and shared cultural traits |
| The major elements of a market economy are competition, economic freedom, private ownership and | earning a profit. |
| What type of economic system does the United States have? | Free Enterprise or Market Economy |
| The Sons and Daughters of Liberty were set up to do what? | Create protest and resistance to British policies in the U.S. |
| Three resources needed in the production of a good are | Land, Labor and Capital |
| The Great Awakening was a religious movement that was the renewal of focus on religion and what other part of colonial life? | democratic ideas that later led to many colonists to united to fight for independence. |
| In the English colonies, the right to vote was held by | white men who owned a certain amount of land & property |
| What was the purpose served by Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" | It caused many people to want to fight for independence. |
| What is the production equation? | Land + Labor + Capital = Product |
| How did colonists resist the Townshend Acts? | Boycotted British made goods and Daughters of Liberty began to hand make the items being taxed. |
| If prices of an item are going up, more than likely the supply is doing what? | Going down. |
| If you went to the mall to buy a new shirt and a new CD, but you only have money to buy one of these items. The item you don't buy is your what? | Opportunity Cost |
| What happened to the Stamp Act after the Boycott of the goods being taxed? | It was repealed. |
| Behavior that is considered reasonable and standard for the society is best defined as | Laws |
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