#LETREVIEWER - #SOCIALSTUDIES / SOCIAL SCIENCE - MIXED

Instruction: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write E if you think there is no correct answer.

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1. What is the name of the political party most often associated with Nelson Mandela?

a. National Party

b. African National Congress

c. South African Worker's Party

d. Socialist Party of South Africa

2. The Sahara Desert is _________. 

a. in Northern Africa.

b. in Southern Africa.

c. in Eastern Africa

d. in Western Africa

3. Which date is the oldest?

a. 1301 AD

b. 12000 BCE

c. 1044 CE

d. 120 BC

4. An important challenge facing the US Constitutional Convention was how to balance the _________. 

a. needs of eastern and western states

b. interests of large and small states

c. demands of farmers

d. rights of women

5. What Chaldean king formed an alliance with the Scythians and Medes to form the Second Babylonian Empire?

a. Nabopolassar

b. Ashurbanipal

c. Shalmaneser

d. Nebuchadnezzar

6. A _________ is an area that has at least one characteristic in common.

a. lake

b. dessert

c. a friend

d. region

7. Which of the following is NOT one of the requirements for immigrants, who want to become US citizens?

a. You must be 18 years or older

b. You must be a resident of the US for at least 10 years

c. You must be able to read, write and speak English

d. You must be a lawful person

8. Which of the following, is an example of Absolute Location?

a. 40*N, 90* E

b. 167 Fairway Drive, Helena, MT 59601

c. The distance from The Denver Center for the Performing Arts, to the Pepsi Center

d. The Statue of Liberty is in New York Harbor, across from the Island of Manhattan.

9.  Robert E. Lee surrenders his Confederate Army to General Grant on _______.

a. April 9, 1865

b. April 19, 1861

c. April 28, 1965

d. April 5, 2010

10. Which is NOT a form of democracy?

a. Direct Democracy

b. Republic

c. Constitutional Monarchy

d. Autocracy

11. In the humid continental and humid subtropical zones, precipitation is_____.

a. heaviest in summer

b. heaviest in winter

c. even throughout the year

d. almost nonexistent

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12. How did reading the pamphlet Common Sense affect many colonists?

a. It persuaded them to declare independence.

b. It reminded them they should be loyal to King George.

c. It encouraged the colonists to seek peace.

d. It convinced many colonists that could not win the war.

13. The Sumerians built temples to their gods called ________.

a. pyramids

b. churches

c. ziggurats

d. tombs

14. A citadel is a ________ found in a city.

a. mansion

b. fort

c. tent

d. fortress

15. Who believed that reason should guide the pursuit of knowledge?

a. Socrates

b. Plato

c. Aristotle

d. King Phillip

16. Who thought everything was made up of atoms?

a. Socrates

b. Thales

c. Plato

d. Democritus

17. Which of the following did NOT contribute to the high death tolls in the Civil War?

a. ancient battle tactics/ new technology

b. tight quarters, low-quality supplies

c. new medicine practices

d. casualties on both sides were from the same country

18. The branch of government that interprets laws is the

a. legislative

b. judicial

c. executive

d. constitutional convention

19. Why has Egypt been called the "Gift of the Nile"?

a. The Nile gave them gold and silver

b. The Nile River gave them everything they needed to survive.

c. The Egyptians took gifts to the Nile

d. The Nile is one of their gods and goddesses.

20. This source is information gathered by someone who did not take part in or witness an event.

a. Primary Source

b. Secondary Source

c. Both

d. Neither

21. Which city was the capital of the Assyrian Empire?

a. Ur

b. Agad

c. Babylon

d. Nineveh

22. Today Egypt, Tunisia, and Algeria are ________.

a. governed by dictators

b. constitutional monarchies

c. oligarchies

d. democratic republics

23.  What is a group of people called when they believe in one God?

a. Monotheism

b. Theocracy

c. Polytheism

d. Muslim

24. The US Constitutional Convention took place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from May 14 to September 17, 1787. The point of the event was to decide how America was going to be governed. 

a. Only the first statement is true.

b. Only the second statement is true.

c. Both statements are true.

d. Either statements are false.

25. The Taklamakan Desert and the_____Desert are the two main deserts in China

a. Gobi

b. Huang He

c. Sahara

d. Nile

ANSWERS:

1. b

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_National_Congress#:~:text=The%20African%20National%20Congress%20(ANC,winning%20every%20election%20since%20then.

2. a

https://www.britannica.com/place/Sahara-desert-Africa

3. b

https://www.crowcanyon.org/index.php/what-do-different-date-abbreviations-mean

4. b

https://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/constitutional-convention/issues-of-the-constitutional-convention/

5. a

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabopolassar

6. d

https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/region/

7. b

https://www.usa.gov/become-us-citizen

8. a

https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/location/#:~:text=A%20place's%20absolute%20location%20is,74%20degrees%20west%20(longitude).

9. a

https://www.nps.gov/apco/learn/historyculture/the-surrender-meeting.htm

10. d

https://www.britannica.com/topic/political-system/Autocratic-versus-nonautocratic-rule

11. c

http://www.cengage.com/resource_uploads/static_resources/0030338220/492/ch10.html

12. a

https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/thomas-paine

13. c

14. d

15. c

16. d

17. c

18. b

19. b

20. b

21. d

22. d

23. a

24. c

50. a