Knowledge Quiz 17

3rd Period
1. The first ten amendments are the Bill of Rights.
2. The Executive Branch insures the laws are carried out.
3. Checks and Balances were designed for one branch of government to not be
as powerful as another branch.
4. Early ancient civilizations were able to survive by staying near water.
5. Asian immigration boomed during the 1800s because of the finding of the
gold out west.
6. The 26th Amendment lowered the voting age from 21 to 18.
7. A physical map shows landscapes, rivers, mountains.
8. Trade is the buying and selling of goods.
9. Johannes Guttenburg created the Printing Press.
10.The first successful English settlement in the United States was Jamestown.

Knowledge Quiz 17
4th Period
1. There are 27 Amendments in the United States Constitution.
2. The stock market is financial trading: the activity of buying and selling stocks
and shares, or the global market for stocks and shares.
3. We have seven continents: North America, South America, Antarctica, Asia,
Europe, Australia, and Africa.
4. The United States has a mixed economy.
5. The first successful English settlement in the United States was Jamestown.
6. A physical map shows landscapes, rivers, mountains.
7. The 26th Amendment lowered the voting age from 21 to 18.
8. A stock market crash is a sudden dramatic decline of stock prices across a
significant cross-section of a stock market, resulting in a significant loss of
paper wealth.
9. Culture is a set of beliefs, customs, traditions, and ways that are amongst a
particular group of people.
10.The people who wrote the constitution are known as our founding fathers.

Knowledge Quiz 17
5th Period

1. Our nations capital is in Washington D.C.

2. The Sumerians are known for: restrooms, cuneiform, multiple level housing,
glass, pottery, and a calendar (in 60s).
3. A republic is a state or country where the people have a certain degree of
power.
4. Johannes Guttenburg created the Printing Press.
5. There are five major oceans: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic, and Southern.
6. The Phonecians were the first to create the alphabet.
7. In the mid 1800s, Americans moved out west for land, and gold with the
belief of Manifest Destiny.
8. A caste system organizes division of labor and money in human society.
9. Currency is a specific term for money.
10.The Constitution can be changed through the Amendments.

Knowledge Quiz 17
6th Period
1. The United States is divided into four distinct regions: Northeast, South,
Midwest, and West.
2. The three most popular religions in the world are: Roman Catholicism,
Christianity, and Islam.
3. Genocide is the attempt of extinction of a race.
4. The Trail of Tears was the removal of the Cherokee Indians from the east
coast to the west. This was administered by President Andrew Jackson.
5. The most printed book in the world is the Bible.
6. Egyptians are credited with: embalming, polytheism, the Pyramids, Pharaohs,
and Queens.
7. To be monotheistic means you believe in only one god.
8. The United Nations serves as a police to the world.
9. The people who wrote the constitution are known as our founding fathers.
10.There are 27 Amendments in the United States Constitution.