Chapter Review Quiz

Directions:

Decide whether each of the following statements is true or false. You may refer to pages 59–98 in Contemporary’s GED Social Studies if you need additional help. When you have finished the quiz, click on Submit Answers to receive feedback and results. You may also choose to e-mail your results to your instructor.


1	An opinion is a conjecture that is made for the purpose of explaining an event.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


2	It is a fact that Paris, France, is the most beautiful city in the world.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


3	The following quotation from the Declaration of Independence supports the conclusion that the American Colonies should declare independence from Great Britain. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


4	In order to persuade people to drink beer, advertisers often depict young, attractive people partying and drinking. The unspoken message of the ads is that if you drink beer, you will also be attractive and popular.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


5	Many political candidates send out campaign literature that includes a family portrait, complete with beaming spouse and children. The unstated assumption in these photos is that a person with such a happy family can be trusted to govern well.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


6	The death of thousands in a devastating earthquake in Turkey was the cause of widespread disregard of building codes when constructing housing.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


7	When Sojourner Truth said the following, she was expressing the point of view of a former slave woman. Dat man ober dar say dat womin needs to be helped into carriages, and lifted ober ditches, and to hab de best place everywhar. Nobody eber helps me into carriages, or ober mud-puddles, or gibs me any best place! And a'n't I a woman? Look at me! Look at me! Look at my arm! I have ploughed, and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me! And a'n't I a woman? I could work as much and eat as much as a man—when I could get it—and bear de lash a well! And a'n't I a woman?
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


8	The speech that included the following lines was first delivered during the Reconstruction Era. I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


9	A major comparison between the Democratic and Republican parties of the United States is their view of the role the Federal government should play in the private sector of the economy (small businesses and major corporations).
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


10	For tax year 2001, the effects of the tax cut started to be felt by taxpayers. The graphs below present two ways of looking at the tax savings for married couples filing jointly and taking the standard deduction. Tax savings from 1999 to 2001 are looked at through percent savings and actual dollar savings. If a politician wanted to de-emphasize how the tax cut mainly benefits the rich, he would use the percent savings graph rather than the dollar savings graph.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE

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