Social Studies Review Units 1-3

What is the earliest form of self-government?

• Declaration of Independence
• Parliament
• Sons of Liberty
• Mayflower Compact

Native American cultures have contributed many ideas to modern American culture. One of these ideas is:

• Using money to buy goods
• owning property
• respecting nature
• writing books

Some early colonists chose to search for gold rather than plant crops in Jamestown. What was their opportunity cost?

• food
• gold
• land
• shelter

In colonial America, which region of colonies had large plantations, a long growing season, rich farm land, and a warm climate?

• New England
• Middle
• Southern
• Desert

In most Native American cultures, hunting was the responsibility of the

• men
• women
• children
• elders

Native Americans had many different types of shelter. The Lakota Sioux built tepees for shelter because they

• settled in one place
• moved from place to place
• lived along the Great Lakes
• lived close to large forests

A political map is a map that

• shows resources
• shows landforms
• shows the boundaries of states and countries
• shows the climate

You have $15 either to go to a movie with a friend or buy a family member a present. You decide to purchase the present. What is your opportunity cost? 

• Seeing the movie
• Saving $15
• There is no opportunity cost
• the present

A people's way of life, including language and customs, is called

• unity
• culture
• prejudice
• census

An example of a secondary source is

• a journal
• a textbook
• an artifact
• a letter