Social Studies Skills Test #2
Use the maps, graphs or
charts to answer the questions that follow.

1. What was the
average price of corn per bushel between 1886 and 1889?
2. Which product
was more expensive between the years 1882 and 1885?
3. What happens
to the price of corn per pound between the years 1878 and 1897?
4. Which how much
did the price of wheat decline between the years 1878 to 1897?
5. What factors
might account for the drop in the price of cotton between 1878 and 1897?

6. What nation
does the best job at keeping air pollution to a minimum?
7. What nation
does the worst job at keeping air pollution to a minimum?
8. What is the
percentage difference between the countries of India and the USSR?

9. How many total
banks failed in 1937?
10. How many
total banks failed in 1931?
11. What is the
difference in total number of banks that failed between 1926 and 1931?

12. What mountain
range is shown above Italy?
13. What two
countries does the Pyrennees Mountains border?
14. The Ionian
Sea is close to what two countries?
15. How many
mountain ranges total are shown on this map?
16. What country
is south of Norway?
17. What country
is north of Bulgaria?
18..What is the largest sea shown on the map?
19. What is the
northernmost ocean shown on this map?

20. What
continent is #6 on the map?
21. What water is
represented by #10?
22. What country
is represented by #8?
23. What water is
represented by #11?
24. What country
is represented by #14?
25. What strait
is represented by #17?