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Social Studies Invitational Test
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October 29, 2016
1. The geographic factor of renewable and non-renewable resources plays a large role in a country’s economy.
South Africa’s non-renewable resource of ____________has helped the country build the most successful
economy on the continent of Africa.
A. forests
B. oil
C. fish stocks
D. diamonds
2. Environmental stability can influence development which in turn affects the economy. For example,
Bangladesh suffers from all of the following natural disasters except ______________. All of these might
deter businesses from being established in Bangladesh.
A. landslides
B. earthquakes
C. monsoons
D. floods
3. The factors of production are the elements needed for production to occur. The factors of production are
natural resources, labor resources, capital resources, and __________________.
A. competition
B. GDP
C. free enterprise
D. entrepreneurs
4. The basis for the economy is the production of goods and services. The basic economic principal of
____________________ distinguishes how much of a role the factors of production play in the current
economy.
A. “Circular Flow of Income”
B. “Supply and Demand”
C. “General Equilibrium Theory”
D. “Production Possibility Frontier”
5. Which of the following is a factor that influences cultural change?
A. changes in the population
B. changes in attitudes, values, or belief system
C. changes in physical environment
D. all of the above
6. How has technology influenced cultural change around the world?
A. Technology has minimized the manual labor exerted by man.
B. Technology has contributed to a decrease in the world’s population.
C. Technology has brought about the attitude of isolationism.
D. Technology has strengthened the fundamental principles of social structure within a culture.
7. According to the opening paragraph of the Texas Ordinance of Secession, which of the following was a stated
reason of how the Federal government failed to accomplish the compact of Union between the states?
A. failed to give protection for people and their property on an exposed frontier
B. sent Union troops to occupy State forts
C. denied federal funding to the state due to the fact that Texas allowed slavery
D. all of the above
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8. In what year and city did the Texas Ordinance of Secession originate?
A. San Antonio, 1861
B. Galveston, 1860
C. Houston, 1860
D. Austin, 1861
9. According to the first section of the Presidential Proclamation Declaring a State of Peace between Texas and
the United States, who declared that the laws of the United States had been opposed?
A. President of the United States
B. Senate
C. House of Representatives
D. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
10. Which of the following is NOT a state that according to the first section of the Presidential Proclamation
Declaring a State of Peace Between Texas and the United States, had opposed the laws of the United States
and obstructed the execution of the law and were too powerful a combination for ordinary judicial
proceedings along with South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, and Alabama
A. Louisiana
B. Texas
C. North Carolina
D. Florida
11. When did the Battle of Palmito Ranch take place?
A. It was the first Civil War battle in Texas.
B. It took place after General Lee’s surrender to General Grant at Appomattox Court House.
C. It happened around the middle of the Civil War.
D. None of the above
12. What part of Texas did the Battle of Palmito Ranch take place?
A. Galveston
B. Austin
C. the Red River
D. Brownsville
13. All of the following are factors that contributed to Texas and other Southern states seceding from the United
States except…
A. tariffs
B. distribution of public land
C. distribution of power in Congress
D. state’s rights
14. The election of Abraham Lincoln as the sixteenth president of the United States was the immediate
cause of the ____________.
A. nullification crisis
B. secession of South Carolina
C. Confederate election of Jefferson Davis
D. Missouri Compromise
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PRESIDENT JOHNSON’S
REQUIREMENTS FOR
RE-ADMITTANCE INTO
THE UNION
Set up temporary
governments
End slavery
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15. Which of the following best completes the diagram above?
A. Must declare secession illegal
B. All white males must condemn the Confederacy
C. Each state must elect at least on African American to public office
D. Anyone with at least $20,000 cash or property did not have to make any oaths
16. Why did Congress remove Governor Throckmorton and replace him with Elisha M. Pease?
A. Pease had served in the Confederacy.
B. Throckmorton had served in the Confederate army.
C. Pease was not sympathetic to the goals of the African Americans.
D. Throckmorton was sympathetic to the goals of the African Americans.
17. Why did numerous whites and African Americans from other Confederate states come to Texas after the war?
A. Texas was home to the two biggest cities in the South.
B. Oil had been discovered.
C. Texas still had public lands available.
D. They were on their way to Mexico.
18. What agency was set up to assist the newly freed slave?
A. Civil Rights Bureau
B. Freedmen’s Bureau
C. Ex-Slave Protection Agency
D. Emancipation Division
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19. In 1863, the Union forces made an attempt to invade Texas. The plan called for the Union forces to sail up the
Sabine River so they could land troops on the southeastern coast of Texas and then march over land to conquer
Beaumont and Houston. The Battle of _____________was an important victory for Confederate forces. A
company of 47 Confederate soldiers took 350 Union soldiers prisoners and captured 2 Union ships.
A. Sabine Pass
B. Brownsville
C. Port Arthur
D. Fort Griffin
20. What news reached Texas around the end of April 1865?
A. The Emancipation Proclamation frees all slaves.
B. General Lee had surrendered to General Grant at Appomattox Court House.
C. Confederate troops had taken over Washington, D.C.
D. Confederate troops were to go to Mexico in order to re-group.
21. Colonel John S. Ford is known for leading the Confederate forces that recaptured the city of __________ from
the occupying Union forces.
A. Galveston
B. Brownsville
C. Laredo
D. Austin
22. Lieutenant Governor Edward Clark replaced ______________as Governor of Texas when he refused to take an
oath to the Confederacy.
A. Hardin R. Runnels
B. James W. Henderson
C. Elisha M. Pease
D. Sam Houston
23. Texas’ location in the south central part of the United States makes it attractive to many types of businesses
including
A. airline industry
B. movie industry
C. fashion design
D. coal production
24. Historically, Texas was the leading oil producing state due to the discovery of…
A. North Slope
B. East Texas Oil Field
C. Western Panhandle Field
D. Coastal Plain Pipeline Field
25. Texas is a hot, arid region of the southwestern United States. The population in Texas is growing so water is a
precious commodity. Texas has two hundred major lakes. All but one of these lakes was made by
___________________ in an effort to modify the environment for flood control and water conservation.
A. damming a river
B. connecting basins
C. building steppes
D. all of the above
26. Texans have adapted to Texas’ dry climate by relying on water from two major _____________, underground
reservoirs, in the Hill Country and Texas High Plains.
A. basins
B. escarpments
C. aquifers
D. savannas
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27. How often is the state legislature in session?
A. every year for 60 days
B. every year for 90 days
C. every two years for 140 days
D. every two years for 175 days
28. There are several members of the Texas Executive Branch. Which of the following is NOT part of that branch?
A. Comptroller
B. Speaker of the House
C. Commissioner of Agriculture
D. Attorney General
29. The Texas Bill of Rights includes all of the following except…
A. the right to a speedy trial by jury
B. how to make changes to the Constitution
C. freedom of speech
D. freedom of worship
30. Which of the following is NOT a major source of revenue for local governments?
A. property taxes
B. school bonds
C. sales tax
D. motor fuel tax
Led to conflict
between North and
South
TARIFFS
South opposed rising tariffs
due to an economy dependent
upon foreign trade
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31. Which of the following best completes the flowchart which is describing just one of the disagreements between
the North and South?
A. President Adams would lower tariffs to help his Southern friends.
B. New York would use to the doctrine of nullification to reject the high tariffs.
C. Tariffs helped Northern manufacturers sell their products at lower price than imported goods.
D. The government spent the tariff revenue internal improvement only in the North.
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32. The expansion of slavery in the western territories was a highly debated topic between North and South. One
solution was that of popular sovereignty. Which of the following best describes popular sovereignty?
A. Voters in territories would decide the issue of slavery by who they elected to office.
B. Slavery must be allowed to exist.
C. A territory that followed certain federal standards would decide if it was a slave state or free state.
D. Ban federal money from being spent in any state that chose to be a slave state.
33. I was graduate a of West Point and served in the Mexican War. I later resigned from the army. When the
Civil War broke out I joined the Union army. President Lincoln made me a general. I accepted General
Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Courthouse. Who am I?
A. Ulysses S. Grant
B. George B. McClellan
C. Jefferson Davis
D. George G. Meade
34. What nickname was given to the Southern General during the battle of Bull Run when he would not allow
the Union troops to push back the Confederate line.
A. “Fightin” General Lee
B. “Iron will” Sheridan
C. “Stonewall” Jackson
D. General “Burnside”
35. Union forces stopped a Confederate invasion of the North at which battle, the bloodiest one-day battle in
American history?
A. Antietam
B. Gettysburg
C. Shiloh
D. Vicksburg
36. How did slavery impact political power in the South?
A. The Planter Class, with a large amount of slaves and land, were able assume political power.
B. The Planter Class, with a large amount of slaves and land, drove out all of the small farmers.
C. The Planter Class, with a small amount of slaves and land, joined together to assume political power.
D. The Planter Class, with a large amount of slaves and land, controlled the economy.
37. The growth of Northeastern ______________increased the demand for Southern cotton which led to the
expansion of slavery in the South.
A. textile mills
B. clipper ships
C. factories
D. telegraph system
38. In the 1660s, plantation owners looked to Africa for slave labor because…
A. Native Americans would usually die from European diseases.
B. the indentured white servant could save enough money to start a farm.
C. it became politically dangerous to keep whites as indentured servants.
D. All of the above
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39. Which of the following describes an economic difference between the North and the South prior to the Civil
War that would contribute to feelings of sectionalism?
A. Northern factories had better working conditions than factories in the South.
B. Southern agricultural workers produced a greater variety of farm products than farmers in the North.
C. The economy of the South relied on slave labor, while the North’s economy was based on wage labor.
D. The North had fewer people to work on large farms.
40. The longstanding debate over which powers rest in the hands of the federal government and which powers should be
left in the hands of the states came to a head in 1860. At a convention in Montgomery, Alabama seven states
formed a new nation, the Confederate States of America. They also elected Jefferson Davis president. Most
southerners believed they had the right to secede from the United States because of the phrase, “it is the right of the
people to alter or abolish” a government that denies the rights of its citizens. Where can this phrase be found?
A. Declaration of Independence
B. Bill of Rights
C. United States Constitution
D. All of the above
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