66thth Grade GradeSocial Studies Social Studies

First Semester Final ExamFirst Semester Final Exam

Study Guide ReviewStudy Guide Review

World MapWorld Map

North America Atlantic

Ocean

Asia

Australia

Africa

Europe

South America

Pacific Ocean

Antarctica

EquatorEquator

What is the name of the What is the name of the imaginary line that divides imaginary line that divides the earth in half the earth in half horizontally, creating the horizontally, creating the Northern and Southern Northern and Southern hemispheres? hemispheres?

Prime Prime MeridianMeridian

►What is the name of the What is the name of the imaginary line that divides imaginary line that divides the earth in half vertically, the earth in half vertically, creating the Western and creating the Western and Eastern hemispheres? Eastern hemispheres?

North, South, North, South, East & WestEast & West

►What are cardinal What are cardinal directions? directions?

Exactly where it Exactly where it

is is ( its ( its latitude and latitude and longitude)longitude)

►What is a place’s absolute What is a place’s absolute location? location?

Where a place is Where a place is located relative to located relative to

something elsesomething else (Sue’s (Sue’s house is west of the school)house is west of the school)

What is relative location? What is relative location?

It gets warmerIt gets warmer (the (the temperature rises)temperature rises)

What happens to the What happens to the temperature the closer a temperature the closer a place is located to the place is located to the equator? equator?

Man-made Man-made features features such as such as cities, cities,

nations, nations, borders, etc.borders, etc.

►What features does a What features does a political map show? political map show?

Natural Natural (not (not man made)man made) features features such as such as

rivers and rivers and mountainsmountains

►What features does a What features does a physical map show? physical map show?

ClimateClimate

►What is the average What is the average temperature and rainfall of temperature and rainfall of a place over the course of a a place over the course of a year is called? year is called?

Location is where a place Location is where a place is located, it affects a is located, it affects a

society’s economy, society’s economy, culture and development.culture and development.

►What does the Enduring What does the Enduring Understanding Location Understanding Location mean? mean?

The student will understand The student will understand that humans, their society, that humans, their society, and the environment affect and the environment affect

each other.each other.

►What does the Enduring What does the Enduring Understanding Human-Understanding Human-environment interaction environment interaction mean? mean?

When there is conflict between or within societies,

change is the result

►What does the Enduring What does the Enduring Understanding Conflict and Understanding Conflict and Change mean? Change mean?

Northern, Western, & Northern, Western, & EasternEastern

►In what hemisphere(s) is In what hemisphere(s) is Europe located? Europe located?

MediterraneanMediterranean

►What type of climate, What type of climate, caused by the temperatures caused by the temperatures carried in from the carried in from the Mediterranean Sea, do the Mediterranean Sea, do the southern and south western southern and south western portions of Europe have? portions of Europe have?

European PlainEuropean Plain

►In part of the European In part of the European continent is most of the continent is most of the farming done? farming done?

Ural MountainsUral Mountains

►Which mountain range Which mountain range divides Europe from Asia? divides Europe from Asia?

RussiaRussia

►Which European country Which European country is also divided by this is also divided by this same mountain range? same mountain range?

Europe MapEurope Map

Spain

United Kingdom

France

Italy

Russia

Ukraine

Poland

European Plain

Urals

Pyrenees Alps

Mediterranean Sea

English Channel

ChristianityChristianity

►What is the primary religion What is the primary religion found throughout Europe? found throughout Europe?

TorahTorah

►What is the name of the What is the name of the holy book used by people of holy book used by people of the Jewish faith? the Jewish faith?

IslamIslam

►Which religion calls God Which religion calls God by the name of Allah? by the name of Allah?

JudaismJudaism

The synagogue is the The synagogue is the house of worship for house of worship for which religion? which religion?

The PeopleThe People (the (the

citizens)citizens)

►In a democratic type of In a democratic type of government, who controls government, who controls the government’s power? the government’s power?

Oligarchic: Oligarchic: AristocracyAristocracy

►Which type of government is Which type of government is run by a small group of people run by a small group of people who have this control due to who have this control due to wealth and/or land ownership? wealth and/or land ownership?

DumaDuma

►What is What is Russia’sRussia’s legislature legislature called? called?

Prime Prime MinisterMinister

►Who is the head of the Who is the head of the executive branch, chosen by executive branch, chosen by their parliament, in the United their parliament, in the United Kingdom? Kingdom?

Prime Minister Gordon Brown

He was He was removed from removed from power & they power & they

were all were all eventually eventually

killedkilled

►What happened to Czar What happened to Czar Nicholas II and his family as a Nicholas II and his family as a result of the extreme result of the extreme unhappiness of the Russian unhappiness of the Russian people? people?

Russia dropped out of Russia dropped out of the warthe war, which caused , which caused

a shift in which side a shift in which side was winningwas winning

►How did the change in the How did the change in the Russian government impact Russian government impact WWI? WWI?

A horrible A horrible nuclear nuclear disaster disaster

explosion that explosion that happened in happened in the Ukrainethe Ukraine

when it was a when it was a part of the part of the

Soviet UnionSoviet Union

►What was the Chernobyl What was the Chernobyl disaster? disaster?