Social Studies 8/21/18 7th grade

Question 1

Obeying laws, paying taxes, defending the nation, serving in court, and ________ are duties of American citizens

Answer 1

attending school

Question 2

Taxes provide ________ off the money government needs to keep running

Answer 2

most

Question 3

Since 1973, only volunteers have served in the United States armed forces

Answer 3

TRUE

Question 4

Citizens have a duty to serve in court on a jury if called

Answer 4

TRUE

Question 5

________ is a responsibility of a citizen

Answer 5

Staying informed

Question 6

If U.S. government officials perform in a irresponsible manner, citizens are powerless to change leaders

Answer 6

FALSE

Question 7

which of the following is an example of contributing to the common good

Answer 7

Donating food to a food pantry for the poor

Question 8

Volunteerism involves giving _______ to others without receiving payment

Answer 8

Time and Services

Question 9

which group works primarily on issues of education, public safety, health, and the environment ?

Answer 9

Americorps

Question 10

The U.S. government has _______ of support for voluntarism

Answer 10

A long history

Question 11

All the colonies were founded by English settlers

Answer 11

FALSE

Question 12

Indentured servants came to colonies ________

Answer 12

To seek a better life

Question 13

The Puritans were religious dissenters

Answer 13

TRUE

Question 14

Colonists who left Massachusetts for religious reasons settled in

Answer 14

Rhode Island and Connecticut

Question 15

American’s first written constitution was developed in ___________

Answer 15

Connecticut

Question 16

In New England, most people ______________

Answer 16

Lived in towns

Question 17

Which were the middle colonies ?

Answer 17

New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware

Question 18

Cash crops helped New York City into a busy port

Answer 18

TRUE

Question 19

Plantations were common in

Answer 19

Georgia

Question 20

By the mid - 1700s, all the colonies were quite satisfied with their treatment under British rule

Answer 20

False

Question 21

The ancient Romans overthrew their king and formed the world’s first ___________

Answer 21

Republic

Question 22

In ancient Greece, a 23-year-old woman could be a citizen

Answer 22

FALSE

Question 23

At first, the Manga Carta mostly protected __________

Answer 23

The nobles

Question 24

The English Bill of Rights guaranteed that citizens

Answer 24

Would get fair trial

Question 25

John Locke believed that people have the right to own property

Answer 25

TRUE

Question 26

Who wrote about dividing the government into branches ?

Answer 26

Baron de Montesquieu

Question 27

Enlightenment thinkers helped shape the ideas found in the Declaration of Independence

Answer 27

TRUE

Question 28

All the Enlightenment thinkers were against the idea of strong leaders

Answer 28

FALSE

Question 29

Why did the Virgina Company allow the Jamestown settlers to make their own laws ?

Answer 29

To attract more settlers

Question 30

What kind of local government did the Mayflower Compact set up ?

Answer 30

A direct democracy

Question 31

Which of the following is a job of the government

Answer 31

Make laws

Question 32

A person with a disability could look to the government for help

Answer 32

TRUE

Question 33

Libraries, hospitals, parks, and ________ are examples of services run by the government

Answer 33

Schools

Question 34

Which of the following develops plans to reach public policy goals ?

Answer 34

Government

Question 35

Which branch of government has the highest level of authority

Answer 35

Federal

Question 36

___________ is the world’s oldest representative democracy

Answer 36

The United States

Question 37

All true democracies have free, fair, competitive elections

Answer 37

TRUE

Question 38

In a democracy, people agree to abide by rules that the majority of people want

Answer 38

TRUE

Question 39

Which of the following is a feature of totalitarian states ?

Answer 39

Government controls industries

Question 40

Totalitarian rulers use scare tactics, violence, and _________ to force people to obey their ideology

Answer 40

Propaganda