Bjc Social Studies Questions Inspired By Past Paper

Front 1

What is the name of the map which shows natural and/or physical features of a landscape, including altitude contours.

Back 1

Topographic or Contour Map

Front 2

How many degrees has compass?

Back 2

360

Front 3

Which direction is opposite to WSW (West South West)?

Back 3

ENE

Front 4

What is the name of the part on a map which shows a ratio of the distance on a map to the actual distance of the ground.

Back 4

Scale

Front 5

Which line of Latitude is directly South of the Equator?

Back 5

Capricorn

Front 6

How would you describe the origin of a river?

Back 6

Where it begins to flow

Front 7

What is the term used for "either of the two times in the year when the sun reaches its highest or lowest point in the sky at noon, marked by the longest and shortest days."

Back 7

Solstice

Front 8

What is the term used for "the time or date (twice each year) at which the sun crosses the celestial equator, when day and night are of equal length (about 22 September and 20 March)."

Back 8

Equinox

Front 9

The trade winds are the prevailing pattern of easterly surface winds found in the tropics. From which direction do they predominantly blow in The Bahamas?

Back 9

North East

Front 10

What is the name of the agricultural system in which plots of land are cultivated temporarily, then abandoned and allowed to revert to their natural vegetation?

Back 10

shifting cultivation

Front 11

What is the term for the system in which the farmers focus on growing enough food to feed themselves and their families. The output is mostly for local requirements with little or no surplus for trade.

Back 11

Subsistence farming

Front 12

What is the term used for "money paid regularly at a particular rate for the use of money lent, or for delaying the repayment of a debt."

Back 12

Interest

Front 13

Which types of banks only buy and sell foreign currencies?

Back 13

Offshore

Front 14

If someone illegally kills or takes fish, what is their crime?

Back 14

poaching

Front 15

What is the name of the body of water located south-southeast of the North American mainland and between the Florida Keys (U.S.) and Cuba?

Back 15

Florida Strait

Front 16

What is the major type of vegetation found on Andros?

Back 16

Mangrove

Front 17

With what did the loyalists make their rain-proof roofs?

Back 17

Palmetto leaves

Front 18

Define "Solar System":

Back 18

the collection of eight planets and their moons in orbit round the sun, together with smaller bodies in the form of asteroids, meteoroids, and comets.

Front 19

The document which sets out how the country should be governed is called:

Back 19

The constitution