Category 1 for 1Q: The Inuit lived in
A. North Carolina
B. The Southwest United States
C. Arctic regions
D. The Plains region
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Category 1 for 2Q: When producers freely choose to sell and
consumers freely choose to buy, it is called
A. Competition
B. A closed market
C. Voluntary exchange
D. Specialization
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Category 1 for 3Q: What is the best heading for the list below?
Education
People could lose their job
Being ready for financial challenges
A. Reasons to Spend Money
B. Causes for Increased Income
C. Reasons People go Into Debt
D. Reasons to Save Money
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Category 1 for 4Q: The writers of the Constitution believed that
the people should
A. Elect leaders to represent them
B. Not have a voice in government
C. Govern themselves without elected leaders
D. Be allowed to live and act however they choose
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Category 1 for 5Q: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Seneca Falls
Conference are most associated with
A. Abolition of slavery
B. Women’s suffrage
C. Western expansion
D. Education reform
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Category 2 for 1Q: Who does the following list describe?
Great inventor, scientist, and writer
Helped to convince France to support America during the Revolutionary War
A. King George III
B. Benjamin Franklin
C. John Adams
D. Thomas Jefferson
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Category 2 for 2Q: How did the invention of the telegraph impact the
United States?
A. It did not impact the US at all.
B. It allowed people to communicate with each other all over the country.
C. It made long-distance transportation easier and faster.
D. It made many US citizens wealthy landowners.
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Category 2 for 2Answer:
B. It allowed people to communicate with each other all over the country.
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Category 2 for 3Q: What document explains that the government
gets its powers from “We the People”?
A. The Declaration of Independence
B. The Preamble to the Constitution
C. The Mayflower Compact
D. The Articles of Confederation
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Category 2 for 4Q: What is the best heading for the list below?
* staying informed * voting
* volunteering * communicating
A. Fiscal Responsibilities
B. How Citizens Take Part in a Democratic Republic
C. Duties of Government
D. Examples of Federalism
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Category 2 for 5Q: In New England, fishing and shipping were important.
Rather than try to produce everything, they focused on these industries. This led to more production and also improved the standard of living in the colonies.
The passage above is describing colonial ___________
A. Voluntary exchange B. Free trade
C. Specialization D. Supply & Demand
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Category 3 for 1Q: A positive character trait of good leaders is
A. Fear
B. Selfishness
C. Honesty
D. None of the above
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Category 3 for 2Q: Which natural feature links the Atlantic Ocean
to the Great Lakes?
A. Erie Canal
B. Atlantic Coastal Plain
C. St. Lawrence River
D. Continental Divide
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Category 3 for 3Q: The Midwest Plains became home to the
A. Inuit
B. Seminole
C. Hopi
D. Pawnee
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Category 3 for 4Q: Which of the following is guaranteed
under the First Amendment?
A. Brian’s right to vote.
B. Christopher’s right to drive a car
C. Eric’s right to own a gun
D. Martha’s right to criticize Congress
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Category 3 for 5Q: What does the map MOST LIKELY show?
A. The Erie Canal
B. The Great Basin
C. The Continental Divide
D. The Ohio River
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Category 4 for 1Q: Jack was a Puritan living in
Massachusetts. He lived in a _________
A. Southern Colony
B. Northern Colony
C. New England Colony
D. Middle Colony
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Category 4 for 2Q: Native Americans who lived in forest regions,
close to rivers, or along coasts often
A. Built permanent settlements
B. Lived nomadic lifestyles (moved around often)
C. Relied on the buffalo for food
D. Relied on deserts to survive
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Category 4 for 3Q: Why was slavery less important in the
Middle and New England Colonies?
A. They relied heavily on cash crops.
B. They were far behind the South in business and industries.
C. They did not rely as heavily on cash crops.
D. Slavery was just as important in all colonial regions.
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Category 4 for 4Q: In the United States, most leaders are
chosen by ______________
A. Natural rights
B. Federalism
C. Concurrent powers
D. Popular sovereignty
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Category 4 for 5 New England’s biggest city and commercial center during the
colonial period
Protested British Imperial policies in the 1760s and 1770s
Home to much trade and commerce
Q: Which city is the list above describing?
A. Philadelphia C. New York
B. Boston D. Chicago
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Category 5 for 1Q: Natural rights are ____________________
A. Rights that promise happiness and good fortune
B. Rights that people are born with
C. Rights that the government can take away
D. Rights that people are given when they turn eighteen
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Category 5 for 2Q: Having a budget, investing for the future,
and saving money are all ways citizens
A. Increase government spending
B. Go into debt
C. Spend more money than they make
D. Manage their money wisely
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Category 5 for 3“Gentlemen, I believe that this compromise presents the best possible solution to this
problem. Those in the North feel strongly that slaves are not citizens and therefore should not be counted in the population. Our southern representatives feel just as strongly that they should be, and I see no other solution.”
Q: What is the above quote most likely describing?
A. The Slave Trade Compromise
B. The Three-Fifths Compromise
C. The Great Compromise
D. The North-South Compromise
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Category 5 for 4Q: A price incentive
A. Makes people not want to buy goods or services
B. Encourages people to buy or produce goods and services
C. Is made by consumers
D. Is used by the government to raise taxes.
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Category 5 for 4Answer:
B. Encourages people to buy or
produce goods and services.
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Category 5 for 5Q: In 1851, this woman gave a famous speech
remembered as “Ain’t I a Woman?” at the Ohio Women’s Rights Convention. Who is she?
A. Sojourner Truth
B. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
C. Harriet Tubman
D. Eleanor Roosevelt
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