Social Studies Flashcards
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What does Gross Domestic Product (GDP) refer to?
Answer: The total wealth of a country
The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is a measure of a country's overall wealth.
How many members of the United States House of Representatives are there?
Answer: 435
The population of the state determines representation in the House of Representatives; but, by statute, only 435 votes may be cast per legislation.
How often must the United States take a census, according to the Constitution?
Answer: Every 10 years
Every ten years, the United States Census counts all of the country's residents.
What was the Voting Rights Act's purpose?
Answer: to get rid of voting restrictions
To get rid of voting restrictions.
What document's interpretation is used by the Supreme Judicial as a guidance in court decisions?
Answer: U.S. Constitution
When an appeal affects the United States Constitution, the Supreme Court exclusively hears cases from state courts.
The colonial Spanish practice of giving a portion of the native population to a single Spaniard and enslaving the Native American population is known as __________.
Answer: the Encomienda System
Spanish colonizers in the New World created the Encomienda System primarily to make it easier to exploit the Native American population as a work force.
What is the definition of an amendment?
Answer: a change to the Constitution
A change to the Constitution is referred to as an amendment.
What is the United States' largest state?
Answer: Alaska
Alaska is the United States' biggest state.
In terms of economics, when there are a significant number of Christmas decorations in December, there is a large...?
Answer: Supply
When there is a significant number of Christmas decorations in December, there is a large supply in terms of money. Something is offered that is desired or required.
The pilgrims who signed the Mayflower Compact travelled to America to __________.
Answer: flee religious persecution in Europe.
The Mayflower Compact, which basically declared the pilgrims to be an independent and self-governing nation, was signed by the European immigrants who came to Massachusetts from England to escape religious persecution under King James I.
The Wealth of Nations, a classic work on capitalism's economics, was authored by __________.
Answer: Adam Smith
British economist and author Adam Smith lived in the seventeenth century. He was a well-known proponent of free-market capitalism. His most well-known work, The Wealth of Nations, is a kind of shrine to free-market capitalism and continues to have an impact today.
Which of the following is an illustration of the Panic of 1837?
Answer: An economic collapse
The American economy saw a severe worsening during the Panic of 1837, a multi-year economic crisis or collapse. The word "panic" is widely used to refer to a time of financial instability, depression, or recession.
The economic model of European colonialism, in which the colony only serves to assist the transfer of resources, prosperity, and money back to the home nation, is known as __________.
Answer: mercantilism
The dominant economic doctrine in Europe during the 16 and seventeenth centuries was mercantilism. The establishment of trade monopolies and colonies to aid in the redistribution of wealth and resources back to the mother country was the major economic objective of the government under the mercantilist system.
A __________ is someone who works during a strike, effectively putting an end to it.
Answer: scab
In a derogatory sense, the term "scab" is used to describe someone who makes a strike less successful by working through it or by seizing a striking union member's job.
When __________, there is frictional unemployment.
Answer: workers are dissatisfied with their jobs
When people leave their occupations due to dissatisfaction, the condition is referred to as frictional unemployment.
What name does Karl Marx give to the working class in his writings?
Answer: Proletariat
Marx believed that the "proletariat" were effectively enslaved by the bourgeoise and the upper class who owned the means of production and, consequently, all the wealth and property. The working class is referred to as the "proletariat" in The Communist Manifesto.
What is the term used to describe the forced removal of a nation or people from their country of origin to live among other societies?
Answer: Diaspora
A group of people or a nation that has been uprooted from its native land and forced to coexist with other societies is referred to as a "diaspora." This term has been used in recent history to refer to the group of Jews who spent a significant amount of time living in diverse European societies.
Which continent is home to Brazil's Amazon rainforest?
Answer: South America
Brazil, a country in South America, is home to the Amazon River and the Amazon Rainforest. A continent is not what Central America is.