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Chapter 6 Social Studies
Test Description: Social Studies Study Guide
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1) The government limited, or _______________the amount of food and supplies that a person could purchase during the Great Depression.
A
supplied
B
gave
C
got rid of
D
rationed
2) A _________________ is a time when business activity is slow and many people were unemployed.
A
opression
B
sale
C
depression
D
recession
3) Shares ,or portions, or ownership in companies are called ________.
A
stocks
B
all of the above
C
money
D
bonds
4) When you sell something for less money than you bought it for it is called a __________.
A
profit
B
loan
C
loss
D
sale
5) ______________ become home to the Navy's first flight school during World War I.
A
Pensacola
B
Tallahassee
C
Ybor City
D
Tampa
6) Some people took advantage of people buying land without seeing it and often sold them land that was under water. This was joked about by calling it ____________________.
A
land by the gallon
B
ponds
C
cheap
D
lakes
7) ___________ _____________ created St. Petersburg as a town by making it the last stop of his railroad, Orange Belt Railway.
A
Peter Demens
B
Carl Fisher
C
Johnny Blanding
D
William Gilbreath
8) The Dixie Highway was built to link Florida to the states in the Midwest beginning in 1915 by firends _____________ and _____________.
A
Carl Fisher and Peter Demens
B
Carl Fisher and William Gilbreath
C
Peter Demens and William Gilbreath
D
Henry Flagler and Jose Ybor
9) The ____________ was the party of President Roosevelt's 'New Deal that hired artists and actors to create and perform plays in their communities.
A
Work Progress Administration
B
None of the above
C
Farm Security Administration
D
Civilian Conservation Committee
10) The main uses of _________________ one of Florida's largest military bases during World War II, was to train troops and hold prisoners of war.
A
Camp Germain
B
Camp Augustine
C
Camp Blanding
D
Camp Florida
11) Most of the prisoners of war at Camp Blanding were from _______ and _______.
A
Germany and Poland
B
Italy and Poland
C
Italy and Germany
D
Germany and Austria
12) The children of World War II helped the home front by volunteering to collect __________________ to recycle.
A
rubber
B
grease
C
all of the above
D
cans
13) Floridians were ordered to turn off their lights so that ______ ______ would not see the U.S. ships
A
German planes
B
None of the above
C
German subs
D
war ships
14) David McCampbell was the first American to receive the _____ of ______ during World War II.
A
Line of Duty
B
None of the above
C
Medal of Honor
D
Medal of Life
15) Thousands of workers in the Florida citrus industry lost their jobs because of the __________ _____________ _____
A
Great Freeze
B
Mediterranean Fruit Flies
C
Subterranean Fruit Flies
D
All of the above
16) Many norther newcomers withdrew their money from the bank and fled back north after a hurricane tore through Florida, causing many banks to ______.
A
fail
B
open
C
None of the above
D
succeed
17) Cars contributed to Florida's land boom in the 1920's by making it ________ to travel.
A
harder
B
easier
C
free
D
impossible
18) When the demand for land began to drop as prices increased Florida's __________ came to an end in the 1920's.
A
None of the above
B
land boom
C
land by the gallon
D
land drop
19) Many people lost their jobs and many families had to leave their homes to find work during the ___________.
A
Land Boom
B
Great Freeze
C
War
D
Great Depression
20) After Japan bombed a naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii the US joined Great Britain, France, and ____________.
A
United Kingdom
B
Soviet Union
C
Germany
D
United States
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