Practice

Which of the following best illustrates how the process of socialization influences development of the self

A child receives timeouts from grabbing items from other children and eventually learns to ask for things he wants

Which of the following best describes a likely global consequence of the destruction of tropical rain forests in Asia, Africa, and Latin America?

Deforestation will deprive humans of additional food, medicines, and other benefits they would have obtain from lost plant and animals species.

Which of the following political questions was a major source of tension between England and it American colonies during 1760's

Did Parliament possess the authority to levy and collect taxes in the colonies

Which of the following national developments most influence the growth of the Texas economy during the first half of the twentieth century?

Expansion of the automobile

Communities in preindustrial and industrial societies most often share which of the following characteristics?

Families are expected to play a major role in socializing young children

Steel plows, sod houses, barbed-wire, fences, windmills, and irrigation most typified the environmental adaptations of early settlers in which of the following regions of the US

Great Plains

The sociological perspective is based on which of the following assumptions

Human behavior is shaped mainly by the group to which they belong

European knowledge of the decimal system came from

India by way of Arab merchants

Which of the following statements best describes the basic features of a democratic form of government

Its fundamental assumption is the worth and dignity and creative capacity of the individual , so that the cheif aim of government is maximum of individual self direction, the chief means to that end the minimum of compulsion by the state

Which best explains Jefferson's motivation for including the passages above in his inaugural address?

Jefferson's election was the first time that one party took control of the presidency from another party.

Which of the following best describes a major feature of the cultural geography of Eastern Europe?

Linguistic and religious diversity have

Which of the following best describes an important factor that contributed to Great Britain's emergence as the worlds first industrial power during the mid eighteenth century

Many fine harbors and an extensive canal system made it easy to ship raw materials to factories and goods to market

Wheat, barley, and rye are domesticated grasses native to this region that avoid drought by completing their life cycle quickly. Where are these agricultural conditions in which of the following.

Middle East

To operate successfully in the U.S. free enterprise systems, it is important that businesses be able to

Produce goods and services that consumers want at fair prices

Which of the following best explains why the river bottom prairies found in the valleys of the Colorado, Red, and Brazos Rivers were particularly attractive to early Anglo- American settlers in Texas

The rich soil of these areas could be cultivated without having to devote considerable labor to clearing forests

Which of the following best describes the major feature of the Caddo Indians culture of East Texas during the pre-Columbus period?

Through their use of crop rotation and other innovative farming methods, the Caddoes produced food surpluses that allowed them to trade with other tribes for goods they did not produce

x

a

Which of the following most influenced the location of the steel mills during early stages of the industry's development in Europe and the United States?

access to raw materials and fuel

Which of the following accurately describes a major cause of desertification in regions of the earth?

allowing herds of animals to overgraze arid and semiarid land

The Reconstruction Period in Texas marked a major turning point resulting in:

an era of Democratic dominance in state politics that would persist for more than a century

Which of the following would most likely cause producers to decrease the supply of paper?

an increase in price of paper inputs such as wood pulp

Which of the following changes in a major economic indicator would most strongly suggest an upcoming rise in the general level of economic activity

an increase in the number of new businesses started relative to the number of enterprises going out of business.

x

b

x

c

x

d

Which of the following is the best way of measuring economic the economic well being well being of the average U.S. citizen today compared with a decade ago

dividing real gross domestic product (gdp) by total population for the two periods

A manufacturing firm makes a large capital investment to triple the size of its production facilities and upgrade its machinery. With enlarged facilities and new equipment, the firm is able o produce goods more quickly and with a savings in per-unit costs. This best illustrates which of the following economic concept?

economies of scale

One of the more common ways in which nineteenth-century settlers in the West Texas sought to adapt to the regional environment was by

employing dry farming methods to conserve soil moisture

Compared with the class system of present day United States, the castle system of traditional Indian society tended to

erect more rigid social boundaries between social strata

Individuals are likely to find economic concept of opportunity cost most useful when they are attempting to

establish guidelines for spending and saving money

Scholars who emphasize the importance of adaption in the development of human societies are most likely to

exhibit a preference for environmental explanations of social phenomena

in the decades before the civil war, Democratic politicians regularly urged voters to support policies that would fulfill the nations "manifest destiny to overspread the continent." Efforts to carry out carry out those policies contributed to growth of sectionalism by

focusing attention on the question of slavery in the territories

Which of the following most influenced the rise of the abolitionist movement during the 1830's

intensification of religious sentiment in areas affected by Second Great Awakening

Which of the following locational factors most influence New York City's growth as a major urban center during the first half of the nineteenth century

its access to the continental interior through the Hudson river and Erie canal

Which of the following features of contemporary Japanese society most strongly reflects the influence the United States had on Japan after World War II?

its form of government

Citizens of the United States can best carry out their responsibilities as voters by

learning about the records and political views of candidates

Jefferson Davis's actions as President of the Confederacy, best illustrated how difficult it was for the Confederacy to:

maintain its commitment to states rights under wartime conditions

Which of the following best explains why all societies must develop a means of dealing with the problem of scarcity

people have limited resources with which to satisfy unlimited wants

The major social function of religious rites of passage is to

prepare individuals for the exercise of new rights and responsibilities

Which of the following best illustrates how geographic factors have influenced economic development?

rice cultivation in areas of Asia that have monsoon climate

In which of the following regions did the political boundaries established by European colonialists became a major source of intergroup conflict in the post-colonial period?

sub-Saharan Africa

As the term is used by geographers, a region can best be defined as any area:

that exhibits unity in terms of selected criteria

Which of the following best illustrates how the states Spanish heritage has influence the history of Texas?

the development of the Texas cattle industry

The capacity of major European nations to alter cultures throughout the world increased most significantly as a consequence of which of the following?

the technological advances made possible by the industrial revolution