Weekly Quiz #10

Meteorologists say this winter will be warmer and wetter because of what weather pattern?

• La Nina

• Oh Ninja

• Al Echo

• El Nino

In Monday’s episode we explained the idea of regenerative farming which helps keep microorganisms in the soil healthy. Farms also rely on which animal to graze across fields?

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When a government spends more money in a given year than it takes in, that is referred to as a ​ (a)   . The total amount of money that a country’s government has borrowed is called the (b)   .

• national debt
• deficit
• double down
• credit advance
• digital divide

In the Ivory Coast, entrepreneurs are recycling trash to make what type of new product?

• synthetic floor tiles

• bricks

• shoes

• tires

After three weeks of voting, Congress elected a new ____________.

• Speaker of the House

• Senate Majority Leader

• Vice President

• Minority Whip

The quota system, established as part of United States’ immigration policy in the 1920s, was mainly designed to

• Limit the number of immigrants from certain nations
  
• Increase the total number of immigrants
  
• Allow an equal number of immigrants from every country
  
• Attract skilled workers and business investors
  

Based on the information in this graph, why did immigration increase rapidly between 1895 and 1905?

• Railroad construction created jobs for immigrants.
  
• Cheap land prices in the West attracted immigrant farmers.
  
• Industrial growth provided factory jobs for immigrants.
  
• World War I caused immigrants to flee Europe.
  

Base your answer to the next question on the poem below and your knowledge of social studies.
… “Keep ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she With silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost [tossed] to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” -Emma Lazarus, “The New Colossus”
This poem is found on which national landmark?

• Plymouth Rock
  
• Lincoln Memorial
  
• Statue of Liberty
  
• Independence Hall
  

During the 1800s, Irish immigrants faced discrimination mainly because of their

• Religious beliefs
  
• Upper-class backgrounds
  
• Conservative political views
  
• Reluctance to learn the English language
  

Allowed more Mexican immigrants into the US for mostly temporary agricultural work

• Plyler vs. Doe

• Bracero Program

• Mexican Cession

• Executive Order 13780