Turn of the Century
1._____Alexander Graham Bell a. invented the electric lightbulb
2._____George Washington Carver b. flew the first motorized airplane
3._____Thomas Edison c. invented the telephone
4.______Orville Wright d. developed crop rotation
1. c
2. d
3. a
4. b
Louis Armstrong rose to fame in what occupation?
A.Actor
B.Author
C.Jazz musician
D.Baseball player
C.Jazz musician
After Roosevelt took office, Congress passed laws to deal with the Depression that were called the _______.
New Deal
It took thousands of years to form this canyon. What MOST LIKELY caused the formation of the canyon?
A.A volcano
B.An earthquake
C.A rushing river
D.A tectonic shift
C.A rushing river
Animals that are able to have the same body temperature, regardless of their surroundings are ________________.
A.Terrestrial
B.Cold-blooded
C.Warm-blooded
D.Aquatic
C.Warm-blooded
What were the reasons for building the Panama Canal?
A. military and economic
B. cultural and government
C. social and military
D. None of the above
A. military and economic
*African-American Poet
*newspaper columnist
*”The Weary Blues” *Harlem Renaissance
All of these re describing what author?
A.Langston Hughes
B.Louis Armstrong
C.Georgia O’Keefe
D. William Faulkner
A.Langston Hughes
During the Depression, many people lost their homes and were forced to live in shantytowns. Some people referred to these shantytowns as Hoovervilles because
A. President Hoover had failed to act to fight the Depression
B. President Hoover had built the shantytowns
C. President Hoover was a very popular president
D. President Hoover had died in office
A. President Hoover had failed to act to fight the Depression
A student places an open hardcover book face down on a table. Slowly, he pushes the two halves of the book toward each other. Which geologic process is he trying to model?
A.Mountain building
B.Sediment deposition
C.Sea floor spreading
D.Divergent plate boundaries
A.Mountain building
A student wants to research invertebrate animals. Which of these animals should she study?
A.Bear
B.Snake
C.Frog
D. Clam
D. Clam
What was NOT a problem that builders experienced while building the Panama Canal?
A. yellow fever
B. Theodore Roosevelt
C. malaria
D. death
B. Theodore Roosevelt
Which of these was a factor in the United States entrance in World War I?
A.The invasion of Poland
B.Japan’s invasion of China
C.The Axis threat to the Panama Canal
D.German unrestricted submarine warfare
D.German unrestricted submarine warfare
The Dust Bowl of the 1930s was caused by
A. clearing of sod to plant wheat
B. a severe drought
C. strong prairie winds
D. all of the above
D. all of the above
Forecasting the time of, location, and magnitude of a seismic event does not prevent the event from happening, but it can help us reduce the destruction caused by
A.Earthquakes
B.Flooding
C.Hurricanes
D.Tornadoes
A.Earthquakes
Which of the following vertebrates is cold-blooded but has lungs?
A. fish
B. birds
C. mammals
D. reptiles
D. reptiles
Which was NOT one of the four reasons why people immigrated from their countries?
A.Religious freedom
B.For life to be the same
C.War and famine back home
D.Better opportunities
B.For life to be the same
According to the Treaty of Versailles, what country was expected to pay for the damages in World War I?
A.Austria-Hungary
B.France
C.Germany
D.Russia
C.Germany
Which New Deal program provided jobs for unemployed people?
A. Civilian Conservation Corps
B. Works Progress Administration
C. Fair Labor Standards Act
D. Both A & B
D. Both A & B
Which human activity does NOT help control water erosion?
A.Dams
B.Levees
C.Paving with asphalt
Plant vegetation
C.Paving with asphalt
Which sentence describes how the differences between a plant cell and an animal cell can be determined by looking at the parts inside the cell?
A.Plant cells have a nucleus, but animal cells do not.
B.Plant cells have chloroplasts, but animal cells do not.
C.Plant cells do not have a nucleus, but animal cells do.
D.Plant cells do not have chloroplasts, but animal cells do.
B.Plant cells have chloroplasts, but animal cells do not.
After the Civil War, thousands of African-Americans migrated west in search of work as cowboys. In addition to the availability of steady work, what drew many of these newly freed ex-slaves to the west?
A.There were laws in place that prevented them from moving to northern cities.
B.They moved west because of better educational opportunities for children.
C.There was less discrimination in the west compared to the northern and southern states.
D.They were lured by the chance to earn extra money working on the newly built Indian reservations.
C.There was less discrimination in the west compared to the northern and southern states.
When World War I began, what was the official policy of the United States regarding its involvement in the war?
A.They promised to enter on the side of the Allies
B.They pledged to remain militarily and politically neutral
C.They pledged to support the Central Powers by providing war materials
D.They promised to support the Allied Powers while staying out of the war
B.They pledged to remain militarily and politically neutral
"I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people." - Franklin D. Roosevelt
What was one way President Franklin D. Roosevelt worked to accomplish this?
A. by asking Congress to end poll taxes
B. by authorizing food rationing during WWII
C. by establishing the Works Progress Administration
D. by freezing wages after the U.S. Stock Market crash
C. by establishing the Works Progress Administration
uWhich of these constructive processes results in a build up of earth material through a slow process over a long period of time?
A.Deposition
B.Faults
C.Earthquakes
D.Volcanoes
A.Deposition
Why do you use a microscope to view cells?
A.Cells are too dark to be seen otherwise.
B.Cells do not remain still enough to be viewed.
C.Cells are too large for humans to see them at once.
D.Cells are too small for humans to see them with their eyes.
D.Cells are too small for humans to see them with their eyes.