Social Studies Skills Test #4

Use the maps, graphs or charts to answer the questions that follow.

1. Prior to the Civil War, which side dominated the Industrial side of the economy?

2. Prior to the Civil War, what percentage of farmland did the South possess?

3. What would be the significance of the fact that the North held 78% of the Bank Deposits?

4. What would be the significance of the fact that the South only contained 15% of the factories?

5. In times of high inflation, how can government influence and lower the inflation rate?

6. In times of high inflation, how can normal people influence and lower the inflation rate?

7. During an economic depression, how can a government influence the economy to perform better?

8. During an economic depression, how can normal people have an influence on events?

9. What was the dominant job category in each sector listed in 1840?

10 Do you think that these charts would show the same thing today? Why?

11. Which sector of the country had the most manufacturing jobs during 1840?

12. Which sector of the country had the most trading jobs during 1840?

13. Which sector of the country had the least manufacturing jobs during 1840?

14. Who lived longer during the years 1850-1910?

15. What was the average life expectancy for women in the year 1890?

16 What was the average life expectancy for men in the year 1910?

17. Why do you think that average life expectancy for both men and women rose between the years 1850 and 1910?

18. How would you characterize the rise of life expectancy for both men and women, by looking at this graph?

19. What countries make up the Central Powers at the start of WWI?

20. What countries make up the Allied Powers at the start of WWI?

21. What countries are represented by the color white on this map?

22. What direction is Austria-Hungary from France?

23. What state does the letter A represent?

24. What type of landform is that state?

25. What waters touch that state?