Social Studies 1

Question 1

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1929 to 1939
1. Which era in United States history lasted during these years?

Answer 1

Great Depression

Question 2

2. Economic hard times in Europe led to the rise of ambitious leaders called _____, who wanted
   complete control of their countries and their people.

Answer 2

Dictators

Question 3

3. What was a period of severe drought in the 1930s that destroyed many farms on the Great
   Plains?

Answer 3

Dust Bowl

Question 4

4. Where did many Americans try to make money during the 1920s?

Answer 4

Stock Market

Question 5

5. Who in an address to the United States Congress gave this famous quote?
   “Yesterday, December 7, 1941- a date which will live in infamy- the United States of America was
   suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.”

Answer 5

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Question 6

6. Which nation was NOT a member of the Allies during World War II?

Answer 6

Italy

Question 7

7. In the early 1900s, what created a demand for people to work in the factories in the North?

Answer 7

Demand for military equipment in World War

Question 8

8. Who became a symbol for the women who kept American factories running during World War
   II?

Answer 8

Rosie the Riveter

Question 9

9. Which colonial region enjoyed the warmest climate and longest growing season?

Answer 9

Southern Colonies

Question 10

10. Why was New York City built in its location?

Answer 10

Settlers could control trade on the Hudson River

Question 11

11. How did settlers on the Great Plains adapt to the lack of trees or rocks?

Answer 11

Used sod as a building material

Question 12

12. What New Deal program built dams along rivers in the South?

Answer 12

Tennessee Valley Authority

Question 13

13. Why did Francis Lowell build his cloth-making factory close to a river?

Answer 13

Source of power

Question 14

14. Which mountains did the Transcontinental Railroad have to cross for its completion at
    Promontory Point, Utah?

Answer 14

Sierra Neveda

Question 15

15._____ is the amount of a good or service that is available.

Answer 15

Supply

Question 16

16. Who makes these economic decisions?

• Which goods or services to produce
• How to produce the goods or services
• At what price to sell the goods or services
• How the goods or services will be distributed

Answer 16

Business Owners

Question 17

17. What did the German army accomplish when it swept around the right and rear of the Armies
    of the north?

Answer 17

Severed British communications for food and ammunition

Question 18

18. Who had appealed to the British and French armies for help?

Answer 18

Belagian King

Question 19

19. What posed as a problem for the evacuation of Dunkirk?

Answer 19

Adverse weather

Question 20

20. Why did Churchill think the House of Commons might want to enter into a secret session?

Answer 20

So the enemy will not read it the next day

Question 21

21.When did Franklin D. Roosevelt deliver the first of his four Inaugural Addresses?

Answer 21

March 4, 1933

Question 22

22. How did Roosevelt’s address reflect the personal difficulties of the times?

Answer 22

Stated a great number of people toil with little return

Question 23

23. What did Roosevelt ask Congress for permission to use in the “war against the emergency”?

Answer 23

Broad executive power

Question 24

Who was Eisenhower addressing in his World War II memo?

Answer 24

Allied Expeditionary Force

Question 25

25. What title finishes the chart?
    ?
    *Lowest place on the Earth’s surface *Earth’s saltiest body of water
    * Important source of potash

Answer 25

Dead Sea

Question 26

26. Because of its location in the Alps and policy of neutrality, which nation is the headquarters for
    many international organizations?

Answer 26

Switzerland

Question 27

27. Who has the longest unprotected border in the world?

Answer 27

Canada-United States

Question 28

28. Most of the economy of Panama is based on farming but it also earns money from what
    source?

Answer 28

Panama Canal

Question 29

29. Which of these factors finishes the list on how speed has changed trade?
    * Telephones
    * ?
    * High-speed cargo ships

Answer 29

Jet Planes

Question 30

30. Taiwan’s wealth comes largely from high-technology industries, manufacturing and trade with
    other countries. What are high-technology industries?

Answer 30

Produce computers and other kinds of electronic equipment

Question 31

31. Who is an entrepreneur?

Answer 31

Person who organizes and manages a business undertaking, assuming the risk for the
sake of profit

Question 32

32. Which territory in Canada has more than 60 percent of its population under the age of 25 and
    the government is the largest employer because of a lack of other jobs?

Answer 32

Nunavut

Question 33

33. What action did the Indian government take in an effort to keep another Bengal Famine from
    occurring?

Answer 33

Green Revolution was an effort to use modern techniques and science to increase food
production

Question 34

34. Which animal that brought profits to early European traders is now protected in Cote d’Ivoire?

Answer 34

Elephants

Question 35

35._____ has one of the most powerful telescopes in the world.

Answer 35

McDonald Observatory

Question 36

36. Which natural resource in Texas finishes this chart?

Nonrenewable Resources in Texas

Answer 36

Natural gas

Question 37

37. Who became the first surgeon to successfully implant a mechanical heart pump in a patient?

Answer 37

Michael DeBakey

Question 38

38. When is Texas Independence Day?

Answer 38

March 2

Question 39

39. Who is the Texas political leader in the picture?

Answer 39

Greg Abbott, Governor

Question 40

40. Which Texas politician is a Commissioner on the Texas Railroad Commission?

Answer 40

Wayne Christian