Sixth Grade
Social studies
Semester Test Review 2017 December 8, 2017
Name the five themes of Geography. Give examples of all five.
Name Mexico’s main landforms (Mountains, plains, & Peninsula).
What makes Mexico City cooler in the summer than Houston?
Name the early civilizations
Explain how these civilizations have impacted the Mexican culture.
Name the United States three branches of government.
What civilization first made a three branches of government?
What civilization made the first democracy?
WWII involved which three countries?
Where were most of the battles of WWII?
Which group experienced attempted genocide during WWII?
What ended the WWII?
What makes a society?
What did Europeans gain from Christopher Columbus’s discovery of America?
Private Ownership, Industry
Where did the industrial revolution begin and what product was being manufactured?
What does bi-lingual mean?
What bilingual country have we covered?
Describe limited and unlimited government. Give two examples of each.
Give examples of Absolute and Relative locations.
Describe the North American Free Trade agreement and the effects it had on the United States.
Name the main battles of the Texas revolution. When Santa Anna surrendered, Texas believed what landform made its southern boarder?
Starting in the 1500s, materials were being shipped from the Americas to Europe, European goods were shipped to Africa. What was shipped from Africa to Americas and what the effect of this “Triangle of Trade?”
What is a limited government? Give a country as an example.
What is an unlimited government? Give a country as an example.
What is Tyranny?
What Human Feature protects Galveston from Hurricane floods?
What would contribute to cooling the temperate in a tropic area? Rain fall, Altitude, Sea Breeze, Rain Forest
All were influences from long ago on Mexican culture today EXCEPT -
Span, Inca, Aztec, and Mayan Roman Catholic Church?
America's democratic roots can be traced to which civilization? Spain, England, France, Rome, Greece, Russia, Africa?
Who was involved in the Holocaust in WWII and what their roles were.
All of the following are institutions basic to all Society includes all EXCEPT – government, multiculturalism, religion, education, language
The United States government is based on which civilization? Greece, Rome, Mesopotamia, Egypt
The industrial Revolution began in England.
What product was first manufactured?
Textile, Wax, Furniture, Automobiles
What does bi-lingual mean?
What bilingual country have we covered?
Which of the following is likely to be found in an unlimited government? Multi-party elections, protection of human rights, one-party rule, free speech
True or False: The North America Free Trade Agreement caused jobs to disappear.
Which of the following geographical features was part of the treaty settlement that ended the Mexican War with the United States? Baja California, Gulf of Mexico, Rio Grande, Yucatan Peninsula
The triangle of trade took raw materials from the Americas to Europe. What was the other point to the triangle and what was it’s contribution to the trade triangle?
1) What imaginary line divides the world?
2) How many hemispheres are there?
3) Name all the hemispheres?
4) What imaginary line sits approximately 23˚North of the Equator?
5) What imaginary line sits approximately 23˚South of the Equator?
6) What imaginary line sits approximately 66 ˚North of the Equator?
7) What imaginary line sits approximately 66 ˚South of the Equator?
Using the map above, complete the following three assignments.
- Draw this map of North America.
- Include all landforms
3. Draw and label the major waterways and water forms.
Using the map above, complete the following: When finding countries, Use the Center of that country.
- What country lies at 20˚S, 20 ˚E? What country lies at 20˚S, 20 ˚E?
2. Write coordinates for: A) USA
B) England
C) Australia
D) Hawaii Islands
E) Africa
F) Alaska
G) Mexico
H) South America
I) India
J) Canada.
Using the above diagram, complete the following three questions.
- List the countries that out produce the US in Fruit.
2. Which top producing countries combined would it take to produce more than China?
3. How much fruit is produced in the Western Hemisphere?
Using the above diagram, complete the following three questions
- List the items South America received from the Columbian Exchange.
2. List the items Europe received from the Columbian Exchange.
3. Which received more positive goods, Europe or South America? Explain
Using the above diagram, complete the following four questions
1) What is this graph measuring?
2) Which is the most costliest?
3) Which is the least costliest?
4) What percentage does the Physician & Hospital add up to?
Complete the following three assignments.
- Draw this map of North America’s United States & Canada. Include
A) Two major physical features that the United States and Canada share.
B) Draw three landforms (dirt) found just in the United States
C) One landforms (dirt) found just in Canada.
2. Draw the major waterways and water forms in and around the United States and Canada.