Seventh Grade Social Studies Exam Study Guide

2013 Seventh Grade Social Studies Exam Study Guide
1. Label the 7 continents. (You may abbreviate)
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b)________________________
c)________________________
d)________________________
e)________________________
f)________________________
g)________________________
2. Label the 4 oceans.
h)________________________
i)________________________
j)________________________
k)________________________
k
f
b
g
h
j
a
c
i
e
d
Standard 1 - Exploration and Expansion
3. What were the three reasons that Europeans explored? (3 g’s) ____________________________________
4. What European country first explored Africa? _________________________________________________
5. What is an astrolabe? _____________________________________________________________________
6. What are the three types of colonies? ________________________________________________________
7. What is the building up of gold and silver to gain power called? ___________________________________
8. On the map above draw with a RED PEN the triangle that shows the slave trade with the continents
involved. Indicate which leg of the triangle was the “Middle Passage.”
9. On what slave ship did a successful mutiny take place? _________________________________________
10. What is a person who risks money in order to own their own business called? _______________________
Standard 2 - Government
11. What type of government restricts the leader’s power? _________________________________________
12. What type of government gives the leader total control? _______________________________________
13. Classify the following types of government as “limited” or “unlimited.”
Democracy - __________
absolute monarchy - ______________
Oligarchy - ___________
autocracy - _______________
14. Name the 3 branches of the U.S. government based on Montesquieu’s philosophy of government?
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15. Who was removed from the throne of England in the Glorious Revolution? ________________________
16. What document did William and Mary of England have to sign that was similar to the Magna Carta before
they could take the throne of England? ______________________
17. What king of France set the model for absolutism (he was called The Sun King)? _____________________
18. What is an absolute monarchy? ___________________________________________________________
19. Which king of Russia westernized his country? _______________________________________________
20. John Locke believed people had a right to 3 things. Name them. _________________________________
21. The Enlightenment thinkers based their beliefs on what? _______________________________________
22. What Enlightenment thinker believed in the separation of government branches? ____________________
Standard 3 - Revolutions
23. Copernicus established the heliocentric theory. What is the heliocentric theory? ____________________
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24. What man proved Copernicus’ theory giving up his freedom for the rest of his life? __________________
25. In what country did the Industrial Revolution begin? __________________________________________
26. In what industry did the Industrial Revolution begin? __________________________________________
27. What was formed to protect workers during the Industrial Revolution? ____________________________
28. Socialism grew during the Industrial Revolution. What do socialists believe? _______________________
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29. Who belonged to each estate in France before the French Revolution? 1st - ________________________
2nd - __________________________ 3rd - _________________________________________________
30. What was unfair about the tax laws in France before the French Revolution? _______________________
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31. Name the king who was beheaded during the French Revolution. _________________________________
32. What was the time period called when French people lived in fear of the guillotine? __________________
33. Napoleon took control of France after a “coup d’etat.” What is a “coup d’etat?”_____________________
34. Who was the Great Liberator of South America? ______________________________________________
35. What country was the first to gain its independence in what is called Latin America? _________________
36. What policy stated that any country trying to establish an imperial empire in the Western Hemisphere would
have to answer to the United States? __________________________________________________
37. How did the sinking of the U.S.S. Maine lead to the Spanish-American War? _______________________
38. Name three countries that the U.S. gained control of after the War of 1898? ________________________
39. Who led the unification of Italy? __________________________________________________________
40. Who led the unification of Germany? _______________________________________________________
41. Who were Indian soldiers hired by the British East India Company that started a rebellion against the
British? ________________________________________________________________________________
42. What two countries in Africa remained free from imperial control? _______________________________
43. What continent was almost totally taken over by European imperial countries? ______________________
44. The Suez Canal provided a shorter route from the Mediterranean Se to the _________________________.
45. What did the Berlin Conference establish in Africa? ____________________________________________
Standard 4 – World Wars
46. What were the MAIN reasons for World War I? ______________________________________________
47. What was the spark that started World War I? ________________________________________________
48. Name the countries that made up the Allies of World War I? ____________________________________
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49. Name the countries that made up the Central Powers of World War I? _____________________________
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50. What is militarism? _____________________________________________________________________
51. What treaty ended World War I? __________________________________________________________
52. What political party took over the government of Russia changing it to communism? __________________
53. Who was the first communist leader of the Soviet Union? ______________________________________
54. What is one reason that the League of Nations was unsuccessful? ________________________________
55. What word means to close itself off to the rest of the world? ____________________________________
56. What were the years of the Great Depression? ________________________________________________
57. What happened on October 29, 1929? ______________________________________________________
58. What two presidents led the U.S. through the Great Depression? _________________________________
59. What program did Roosevelt implement that helped the US come out of the depression? ______________
60. How did appeasement help Hitler gain territory? ______________________________________________
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61. Name the countries of the Allies during World War II. ____________________
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62. Name the countries of the Axis Powers during World War II. ____________________________________
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63. What was Hitler’s Final Solution? _________________________________________________________
64. What country was invaded by Allied forces on D-day? _________________________________________
65. What world peace-keeping organization was created at the end of WWII? __________________________
Standard 5 – The World after WWII
66. What policy stated that communism must be contained at all costs? _______________________________
67. What alliance was made by communist countries in response to NATO? ___________________________
68. In what year was the Berlin Wall built? ________________________
69. What war was fought to keep the communist leader, Ho Chi Minh, from spreading communism throughout
the whole country? ______________________________________
70. What was the outcome of the Korean War? __________________________________________________
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71. Who was the first communist leader of China? ________________________________________________
72. What did the US do to beat the USSR in the Space Race? _______________________________________
73. In what year did the Soviet Union end? ______________________________________________________
74. What term means reconstruction in Russian? _________________________________________________
75. Who was the leader of the Soviet Union that brought a change to his country and ended communism?
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76. Yugoslavia broke up after the Soviet Union fell. Who struggled for power in this region?
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Standard 6 – Human Rights
77. What was the system of gov’t in South Africa that kept the races apart and allowed the whites to dominate all the races? ____________________________________________________________________________
78. Who was the first black president of South Africa? ____________________________________________
79. Who led the independence of India through non-violent civil disobedience? ________________________
80. What country was created when India was divided over religious tensions? __________________________
81. Who led the fight for equal rights for all people in America? ______________________________________
82. A person who has to flee their home because of war, famine or natural disaster is called what? ___________
83. The UDHR of 1948 states that all people have a right to what? ____________________________________
84. The main purpose of NAFTA is to increase trade between what 3 countries? _________________________
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85. What organization controls most of the oil in the world? _________________________________________
86. What terrorist group is responsible for many attacks around the world including the World Trade Center?
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