PACT Social Studies 2

Question 1

Which of the following correctly describes the purpose of the Bill of Rights?

Accepted Answer

To protect individual liberties from government infringement

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To establish the three branches of government

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To define the process for electing the president

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To outline the powers of Congress over taxation

Question 2

What was the primary cause of World War I?

Accepted Answer

The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary

Answer

Germany's invasion of Poland

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The attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan

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The rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party

Question 3

The term 'gross domestic product (GDP)' is best defined as which of the following?

Accepted Answer

The total monetary value of all goods and services produced within a country in a given period

Answer

The total debt owed by a country's government to foreign nations

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The average income per person in a country

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The total value of a country's exports minus its imports

Question 4

Which of the following best describes the concept of 'federalism' in the United States?

Accepted Answer

A division of power between the national government and state governments

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The exclusive authority of the national government over all laws

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The process by which the Supreme Court reviews laws

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The right of individual citizens to participate in lawmaking

Question 5

The Emancipation Proclamation, issued by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863, declared which of the following?

Accepted Answer

That all enslaved people in Confederate states in rebellion were to be considered free

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The end of the Civil War and terms of surrender

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The abolition of slavery throughout all U.S. territories including border states

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That African Americans had the right to vote in federal elections

Question 6

Which type of map projection attempts to show the Earth's surface with accurate area measurements, though it distorts shapes?

Accepted Answer

Peters (Gall-Peters) projection

Answer

Mercator projection

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Robinson projection

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Stereographic projection

Question 7

What was the main purpose of the Marshall Plan (1948)?

Accepted Answer

To rebuild European economies after World War II and prevent the spread of communism

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To establish the NATO military alliance against the Soviet Union

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To create the United Nations as an international peacekeeping body

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To divide Germany into East and West following the war