Grade 10:
Objective 3 Practice Quiz
1.
This chart shows births and deaths in the United States from 1960 to 1993. How do birth rates compare with death rates overall?
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a.
Birth rates are higher than death rates.
b.
Death rates are higher than birth rates.
c.
Birth rates and death rates are about the same.
d.
The chart does not provide enough information.
2.
This graph shows the number of years of schooling completed by Americans between 1910 and 1990. In what year did the number of Americans completing at least 4 years of high school reach about 50 percent?
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a.
1950
b.
1990
c.
1920
d.
1970
3.
According to the data in the graph, the United States has developed into a post-industrial economy in which ____.
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a.
most people are employed in manufacturing
b.
more emphasis is placed on service industries
c.
most people work for the government
d.
more emphasis is placed on agriculture
4.
This graph shows the percentage of workers employed in research and development in selected countries. Which of the following countries has the largest percentage of its labor force working in this field?
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a.
Greece
b.
Japan
c.
Sweden
d.
Turkey
5.
This map shows the resources located in the region of southern Africa. According to the map, which country has copper as its major resource?
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a.
Zambia
b.
Mozambique
c.
Angola
d.
South Africa
6.
Under Clay's American System, better roads and canals led to more industrial growth because ____.
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a.
people could travel farther to buy goods
b.
it would be cheaper for workers to travel to find a job
c.
industry could expand because raw materials would be cheaper to get
d.
American roads and canals could avoid the tariffs
7.
According to the map, Canada's forestry industry is concentrated ____.
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a.
around Hudson Bay
b.
near the Alaskan border
c.
in Quebec province
d.
in the country's southern belt
8.
Based on the information in the diagram and your knowledge of different countries, what can you conclude about the service economy?
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a.
The service economy represents nurses, doctors, lawyers, and teachers.
b.
The service economy develops later than industrialization.
c.
The service economy runs parallel to a strong agriculture.
d.
In China, less than 10 percent of GDP comes from the services.
9.
Mercantilism was an economic theory stating that ____.
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a.
free trade was the means to national prosperity
b.
agriculture was the key to economic power
c.
there should be many more exports than imports, insuring a good supply of gold and silver
d.
manufacturing and agriculture should each make up about half of the GDP
10.
The Navigation Acts supported England’s mercantilist policy by _____.
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a.
restricting England’s overseas trade
b.
eliminating the use of raw materials from the American colonies
c.
emphasizing the use of the colonies as sources of raw material
d.
strengthening the economic freedom of the American colonies
11.
What does this map reveal about the relationship between the United States and Canada?
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a.
The two countries have a close relationship based on economic and cultural cooperation.
b.
The United States and Canada are divided by deep cultural and economic differences.
c.
The two countries are friendly, but their cultures and economies are not closely intertwined.
d.
The United States and Canada are united by a common language and culture.
12.
Which of the following was a major result of the Atlantic slave trade?
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a.
Enslaved Africans working on plantations helped to shape the cultures of the Americas.
b.
Enslaved Africans worked on plantations in Europe but had little influence on European society.
c.
A profitable trade, mostly in food crops, developed between Brazil and West Africa.
d.
European influences transformed the cultures of East Africa.
13.
As part of the Columbian Exchange, Spanish explorers brought such things as chocolate and tobacco from the Americas to Europe. What is one item the Spanish brought from Europe to the Americas?
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a.
corn
b.
horses
c.
democratic government
d.
hieroglyphic writing
14.
Which technological invention contributed greatly to the settlement and economic development of the United States in the late 1800s?
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a.
automobile
b.
threshing machine
c.
transcontinental railroads
d.
stagecoach
15.
What nation’s use of unrestricted submarine warfare on American ships led to the United States’s entry into World War I?
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a.
Mexico
b.
France
c.
Germany
d.
Great Britain
