7th GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES - EXAM STUDY GUIDE

  1. Which Soviet Union leader enacted reforms (changes) that led to the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe?
  2. What was the Soviet policy of "openness" in religion and speech known as?
  3. What type of government did Russia beforethe fall of the Soviet Union?
  4. Whatalliance was formed to block communism during the Cold War?
  5. What two nations emerged as superpowers after WWII?
  6. What is nuclear proliferation?
  7. What are some “hot spots” that flared up during the Cold War?
  8. What is the destruction of the tropical rain forests known as?
  9. Nations formed two alliances in World War I that fought against each other: the Allied Powers and the Central Powers. What nations made up the Central Powers?
  10. What did the United States and other countries use to persuade civilians to support and contribute to thewar effort?
  11. Which empire disappeared completely after World War I?
  12. Which is the best prediction about what would have happened if there had been no alliances beforeWorld War I?
  13. Why was trench warfare so deadly?
  14. What was the major problem of the League of Nations?
  15. What was it called when people join together to rule themselves because of a shared culture and history?
  16. In 1898, the United States fought a war with Spain. Which of the following was a result of the War of 1898, also known as the Spanish-American War?
  17. What are some reasons that globalism is occurring in our world today?
  18. What are some examples of passive resistance?
  19. What type of government was all of Vietnam after the Vietnam War ended?
  20. What is the name of the group of European countries that banned tariffs on trade between them and they share a common currency - the Euro?
  21. What is the term for when gases in atmosphere trap solar heat from the sun and cause climate problems?
  22. What is the gradual heating up of the earth's atmosphere called?
  23. What is the study of relationships between living things and their environment?
  24. What are "developing countries" characterized by?
  25. What have scientists warned that the release of chlorofluorocarbons into the atmosphere may effect or damage?
  26. Why did European countries form the European Union?
  27. What has the rise of globalism meant for nations?
  28. What was the South African system of not treating people equally called?
  29. What was the name of the most radical of the Socialists groups in Russia during the RussianRevolution?
  30. What are reparations?
  31. What did Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points call for?
  32. Who was the popular leader in India who opposed violence in all forms in the struggle against British rule; led protest which eventually led to independence in 1947?
  33. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communists that set up a Communist government on mainland China, renaming it People's Republic of China & ruled unti11976?
  34. What was the US policy named for Pres. Harry Truman that provided economic aid to Greece and Turkey after WW II in an effort to keep communism from spreading?
  35. Who was the leader of the African National Congress (ANC) in South Africa that fought againstapartheid and was imprisoned but eventually freed; won the Noble Peace Prize in 1993?
  36. What is the term for refusal to obey unjust lays of a government?
  37. What were the USA's policies called that were intended to prevent the spread of communism?
  38. Who was the leader in China in the 1920's that tried to unite China to wipe out communism and wasforced to flee the mainland to Taiwan; set up a Nationalist government there?
  39. What was the US-sponsored program, named for US Secretary of State George Marshall, that providedeconomic aid to European countries after WW II from 1948-51?
  40. What was the term for when countries add more lands to their empires by using military force andcontrolling the colonies?
  41. The Sepoy Rebellion in India and the Boxer Rebellion in China took place in different lands, but the rebellions had something in common. What was it?
  42. What are some issues that women in developing countries face?
  43. What was the result of the Russo-Japanese War of 1905?
  44. What is the movement of people from urban to rural areas called?
  45. What are some examples of non-renewable resources?
  46. Why did the United States want to control islands in the Pacific Ocean such as Hawaii and Midway Islands?
  47. What is the term for a written agreement between two countries that agrees to certain terms or conditions?
  48. The "Iron Curtain" was a term used to describe the division between what 2 areas?
  49. What was the use of military threats, arms buildups, and other techniques short of all-out war by the United States and the Soviet Union called?
  50. What do you call the ability to wipe nations off the planet with nuclear weapons?
  51. Why was the European Economic Community (EEC), an alliance among European nations, formed?
  52. In an effort to take over all of the city of Berlin, Stalin tried to force the people in West Berlin to go along with his take over. What did Stalin use in an attempt to cut off the people in Berlin from all food and supplies so they would give in to his demands?
  53. The nation of Israel was created on May 14, 1948. Why was this nation created?
  54. During the Cold War, the United States came to the brink of war because of weapons in a nearby communist-backed country being aimed towards the USA. What do we call this tense situation of 1962?s
  55. DBQ: Why is this document called the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?

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