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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
rationed
B
supplied
C
got rid of
D
gave
2) A _________________ is a time when business activity is slow and many people were unemployed.
A
recession
B
depression
C
opression
D
sale
3) Shares ,or portions, or ownership in companies are called ________.
A
stocks
B
bonds
C
money
D
all of the above
4) When you sell something for less money than you bought it for it is called a __________.
A
loss
B
loan
C
profit
D
sale
5) ______________ become home to the Navy's first flight school during World War I.
A
Pensacola
B
Tallahassee
C
Tampa
D
Ybor City
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
lakes
B
cheap
C
ponds
D
land by the gallon
7) ___________ _____________ created St. Petersburg as a town by making it the last stop of his railroad, Orange Belt Railway.
A
Johnny Blanding
B
William Gilbreath
C
Carl Fisher
D
Peter Demens
8) The Dixie Highway was built to link Florida to the states in the Midwest beginning in 1915 by firends _____________ and _____________.
A
Peter Demens and William Gilbreath
B
Carl Fisher and Peter Demens
C
Henry Flagler and Jose Ybor
D
Carl Fisher and William Gilbreath
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
Farm Security Administration
B
Civilian Conservation Committee
C
Work Progress Administration
D
None of the above
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 Blanding
C
Camp Florida
D
Camp Augustine
11) Most of the prisoners of war at Camp Blanding were from _______ and _______.
A
Germany and Austria
B
Germany and Poland
C
Italy and Germany
D
Italy and Poland
12) The children of World War II helped the home front by volunteering to collect __________________ to recycle.
A
cans
B
rubber
C
grease
D
all of the above
13) Floridians were ordered to turn off their lights so that ______ ______ would not see the U.S. ships
A
German subs
B
war ships
C
None of the above
D
German planes
14) David McCampbell was the first American to receive the _____ of ______ during World War II.
A
Line of Duty
B
Medal of Honor
C
None of the above
D
Medal of Life
15) Thousands of workers in the Florida citrus industry lost their jobs because of the __________ _____________ _____
A
Subterranean Fruit Flies
B
Great Freeze
C
All of the above
D
Mediterranean Fruit Flies
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
None of the above
C
open
D
succeed
17) Cars contributed to Florida's land boom in the 1920's by making it ________ to travel.
A
free
B
easier
C
impossible
D
harder
18) When the demand for land began to drop as prices increased Florida's __________ came to an end in the 1920's.
A
land drop
B
None of the above
C
land by the gallon
D
land boom
19) Many people lost their jobs and many families had to leave their homes to find work during the ___________.
A
War
B
Land Boom
C
Great Depression
D
Great Freeze
20) After Japan bombed a naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii the US joined Great Britain, France, and ____________.
A
Soviet Union
B
United Kingdom
C
United States
D
Germany
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