Social Studies Trivia Test: MCQ Quiz!
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- 1.The most useful indicator of the degree of democracy reached by a particular society is whether it has a:
- A.
Formal method whereby people can effect changes in government policy
- B.
System of government checks and balances
- C.
Two-house legislature
- D.
Civilian government
- 2.The task of economic policy is to create a prosperous America. The unfinished task of prosperous Americans is to build a Great Society. Our accomplishments have been many; these tasks remain unfinished: to achieve full employment without inflation; to restore external equilibrium and defend the dollar; to enhance the efficiency and flexibility of our private and public economies; to widen the benefits of prosperity; to improve the quality of American life Lyndon B. Johnson Former President Lyndon felt that the most important first step in the war against poverty is:
- A.
Full employment
- B.
A sound dollar
- C.
Private and public economics
- D.
Our natural defense
- E.
Efficiency in government
- 3.From the point of view of an environmentalist, which is probably the most significant argument against offshore drilling for oil?
- A.
There is little need to take such natural resources from the ocean waters.
- B.
Oil corporations are falsely advertising an oil shortage in order to expand their drilling operations.
- C.
The potential oil to be found is not worth the capital investment needed to extract it.
- D.
The possible harm to the balance of nature is more important than a gain in energy.
- E.
Coal is a preferable resource to oil.
- 4.Topography deals with surface features of a region, including its landforms and rivers, lakes, etc., and with man-made features such as canals, bridges, and roads. According to this definition, the topography of a region includes its
- A.
Plants
- B.
Animals
- C.
Climate
- D.
Mountains
- 5.Between 1935 and 1957, a period that included World War II, the birth rate rose from 16.9 to 25 per 1000 people. What was the most likely cause of this "baby boom"?
- A.
The expansion of the middle class and its new wealth
- B.
The return of young American soldiers from war
- C.
The change in view toward artificial birth control methods
- D.
The mobility of the American family of the 1950's
- E.
The growth of the urban/suburban areas after World War II
- 6.The president of the United States is elected by the electoral college. What type of system is this?
- A.
Monarchy
- B.
Oligarchy
- C.
Dicatatorship
- D.
Pure democracy
- E.
Representative democracy
- 7.In ancient Athens (Greece) tribes and generals took turns at power. This is an example of what type of political system?
- A.
Monarchy
- B.
Dicatatorship
- C.
Pure democracy
- D.
Oligarchy
- E.
Representative democracy
- 8.What type of political system is headed by Queen Elizabeth II of England?
- A.
Monarchy
- B.
Oligarchy
- C.
Dicatatorship
- D.
Pure democracy
- E.
Representative democracy
- 9.The Bubonic Plague of the mid-fourteenth century was the most devastating natural disaster in European History. We now know that this plague was caused by rats that were infected by bacteria-carrying fleas. The rats carried the disease as they were unknowingly transported with cargo ships through trade routes. A third of the entire population of Europe is thought to have been killed by this plague. What caused the Bubonic Plague?
- A.
Poor sanitation in crowded European cities.
- B.
A disease carried by sailors through trade routes.
- C.
A highly contagious virus spread by human contact.
- D.
Rats that carried the disease through crowded cities.
- E.
Fleas on rats that carried the deadly bacteria through trade routes.
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