Answer Key: Social Studies MCQ — Family, School & Broader Community (Age 14)

Clear answer key and short explanations for a 25-question multiple-choice Social Studies quiz about the family unit, the school community, and the broader community — suitable for a 14-year-old student.

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Answer Key (25 marks) — Multiple Choice

  1. 1. A — A small-size family is usually easier to look after.
  2. 2. B — Encouraging fewer children is called family planning.
  3. 3. C — A small family is often easier and cheaper to care for.
  4. 4. A — Saying children do not have to obey parents does not make a happy family.
  5. 5. D — Families joined together in a larger group are shown by a family tree.
  6. 6. C — There are commonly three main types of families (e.g., nuclear, extended, single-parent).
  7. 7. C — In kinship diagrams a circle (O) usually represents a female.
  8. 8. D — A family tree diagram is also called a kinship diagram.
  9. 9. A — Using names like father, uncle, cousin is showing family relationships.
  10. 10. B — Your relationship with your brother is sister and brother (if you are a sister) — the pair term is sister & brother.
  11. 11. A — A contour line connects points of equal elevation on a map to show height and slope.
  12. 12. A — Goodwill school's history started in the Prima area (as given in the students' interviews).
  13. 13. A — One of Goodwill's facilities is a hall (basketball court).
  14. 14. B — The principal and school board are part of the school organisation.
  15. 15. C — All students, teachers, cleaners and workers together make up the school population.
  16. 16. A — "The world in our school" can mean having teachers from other countries.
  17. 17. A — The biggest community we belong to is the world community.
  18. 18. D — The world's wealth is not shared equally.
  19. 19. A — Vanuatu is in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Australia and northwest of New Caledonia.
  20. 20. A — The main languages in Vanuatu are Bislama, English, and French.
  21. 21. A — The capital of Vanuatu is Port Vila.
  22. 22. B — Simboro (a traditional Vanuatu food) does not connect you to the world as directly as TV, mobile phones, or traded foods like rice.
  23. 23. D — The first big regional community Vanuatu belongs to is the Pacific Community (a regional grouping in the Pacific).
  24. 24. B — Planning how to spend family income is a family budget.
  25. 25. C — In traditional Tanna marriage customs the chief often plays a role arranging agreements between the boy's and girl's parents.

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