Social Studies Quick Quiz #4

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* 1. In Social Studies you will see the word capital, what does it mean?

a sharp rise in prices and decrease in the value of money

the money invested by a producer to produce things needed for the product to be made and sold

taxes on a particular product

the production of goods and services

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* 2. What does infrastructure mean?

a business owned by stockholders

the movement of population from farms to the city

to arrange in a systematic way

the basic physical and organizational structures and facilities needed for the operation of society or an enterprise

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* 3. What does the term goods mean?

anything you can buy or sell; anything a person needs or wants

sharp rise in prices and decrease in the value of money

firsthand information about people or events

limiting the amount of a certain type of goods people can buy

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* 4. When a nation buys more goods and services from foriegn countries than it sells to them. This refers to:

stock

trade deficit

downsizing

import of goods

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* 5. Which amendment to the United States Constitution protects against unfair treatment in the legal process?

1st Amendment

5th Amendment

9th Amendment

19th Amendment

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* 6. How did Eli Whitney's invention of the Cotton Gin in 1793 most influence the US economy?

It decreased the dependence of plantations on slave labor

It reduced the U.S. need to import cotton

It led to many smaller cotton plantations

It elevated cotton as a basis of the Southern economy

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* 7. Which ranch of the federal government can veto legislation?

U.S House of Representatives

US Supreme Court

The President

The U.S. Senate

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* 8. State governments have the power to perform which of the following?

Conduct Elections

Regulate trade between States

Establish Post Offices

Make Treaties

ALL OF THE ABOVE

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* 9. The mnetary value of all the finished goods and services that are produced within a country's borders in a specific time period is the:

Money Supply

Gross Domestic Product

Balance of Trade

Aggregate Demand

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* 10. What amendment gave women the right to vote

1st Amendment

3rd Amendment

19th Amendment

21st Amendment