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SOCIAL STUDIES CUMULATIVE ASSESSEMENT STUDY GUIDE
1. What was a benefit of building the Suez Canal in Egypt? ______
2. List four environmental problems in the Middle East. ______
3. Give three examples of how people in the Middle East have adapted to their environment. ______
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4. Explain what economic interdependence is and give an example. ______
5. Islam split into two different religions, the Sunni and the Shia. Why? ______
6. What is anti-Semitism? ______
7. How did Zionism cause a conflict/problem with the Palestinians? ______
8. What led the US to invade Iraq in 2003? ______
9. Why did the US invade Afghanistan in 2001? ______
10. How has desertification caused famine and poverty in the Sahel? ______
11. Explain how the literacy rate changes the standard of living. (3 examples) ______
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12. What is the religious symbol of the Ashanti? ______
13. Define Apartheid in your own words. ______
14. Why did the Afrikaners make just English and Afrikaners the only two official languages in South Africa? ______
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15. What did that do to education and the literacy rate in South Africa? ______
16. Why would the Africans want to fight for independence if the Europeans brought so many things to Africa?
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17. The Yangtze River so important because it supplies millions of people with ______, ______, and ______.
18. The Chinese government decides to go ahead and build the Three Gorges Dam project along the Yangtze River even though it would hurt the ______, destroy ______, and displace people because they desperately needed a reliable source of ______.
19. If Japan has a limited amount of farmland, how do they feed their large population? ______, ______, and ______
20. What do the Bible, Quran, and the Vedas all have in common? ______
21. What do Buddhists believe people need to do to be happy and find peace? ______
22. What do Buddhist have to do to reach nirvana? ______
23. Explain who Confucius was: ______
24. Confucianism teaches about behavior between ______, ______and ______and stresses honor in public as well as within the home.
25. What are the three most prominent religions in SE Asia today? ______
26. Chiang Kai-Shek’s role in the Communist Revolution? ______
27. In the Communist Revolution of 1949 in China, Communists forced the Nationalists out of power. Where did they go? _
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28. What form of government did Mao Zedong establish in China after the Chinese Revolution? ______
Define/Explain the following terms/policies/events:
29. Communist Revolution: ______
30. Great Leap Forward: ______
31. Cultural Revolution: ______
32. Communes/Collective farms: ______
33. Why did the US get involved in Korea and Vietnam after WWII? What were we afraid of? ______
34. What is an “economic tiger?” What has a country done to become one? ______
35. North Korea has made different choices from S. Korea. While S. Korea has invested in business, what has N. Korea invested in? ______
36. How do Japanese companies invest in human capital in dealing with their workers? ______
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37. Japan was once a monarch with an Emperor in power. Today it’s considered a because the Emperor ______and the ______rules the legislature, called the ______.
38. What is Hinduism? What are the beliefs? ______
39. What is the Ganges River? Why is it important? ______
40. What types of pollution affect the Ganges River? ______
41. What is the Asian Brown Cloud? How does it affect the people of India? ______
42. What is the Green Revolution? How has it helped improved India? ______
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43. What were some ways in which micro-lending helped the standard of living in India? ______
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44. Why did the Muslims request to divide or partition India upon India’s independence? ______
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45. What type of Industry does MOST of India have? ______
46. After the British left South Asia, the countries were reluctant to follow the western style of economies, thus they followed more of a command/communist type of economy. Without competition, this led to widespread ______, ______, and ______.
47. Describe how international trade with the US helps boost India’s economy? ______
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Define/Explain the following terms/policies/events:
48. Distribution of Power: Unitary: ______
49. Distribution of Power: Confederation: ______
50. Distribution of Power: Federal: ______
51. Citizen Participation: Autocratic: ______
52. Citizen Participation: Oligarchic: ______
53. Citizen Participation: Democratic: ______
54. Democratic Governments: parliamentary: ______
55. Democratic Governments: Presidential: ______
56. Types of Economies: traditional: ______
57. Types of Economies: command: ______
58. Types of Economies: market: ______
59. Types of Trade Barriers: tariffs: ______
60. Types of Trade Barriers: Quotas: ______
61. Types of Trade Barriers: embargos ______