All Geography
Cardinal directions, intermediate directions, longitude, latitude, equator, prime meridian
How do location, climate, and natural resources affect where people live and how they trade?
(All History
Timelines, 1492 is 15th century
England~Great Britain~United Kingdom)
All Governments
Unitary, confederation, federal
Autocracy, oligarchy, democracy
Branches: legislative, executive, judicial
Parliamentary democracy:
Prime minister chosen by parliament
Presidential Democracy:
President elected by people
Legislature: upper house speaks for states, lower house speaks for people
Prime minister, president
Constitutional monarchy
Head of state, head of government
All Economics
Traditional, Command, Market economies
What to produce? How to produce?
Who to produce for?
Production, distribution, consumption
Continuum: from command to market; most countries mixed.
Trade Barriers: tariff, quota, embargo
Currency exchange
All economics, continued
Investment in human capital and physical capital connected to per capita Gross Domestic Product
Natural resources in economy
Entrepreneurship
Europe: Geography
Danube River, Rhine River, English Channel, Mediterranean Sea, European Plain, Alps (mountains), Pyrenees (mountains), Ural Mountains, Iberian Peninsula,
Scandinavian Peninsula
Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Russia, Spain, Ukraine, United Kingdom
Europe: Culture
Compare languages: German, English, Russian, French, Italian
Religion: Judaism, Christianity, Islam
Literacy rate affects standard of living
Europe: Economics
Compare economies of United Kingdom, Germany, Russia
UK and Germany mixed, towards free market
Russia mixed, toward command
Europe: Environment
Acid Rain in Germany
Air pollution in United Kingdom
Nuclear disaster in Chernobyl, Ukraine
6th Social Studies Standards, 1
Europe: History
Exploration, colonization reasons: religion, natural resources, market for goods, Prince Henry the Navigator
Empires of Portugal, Spain, England, France in Asia, Africa, and N and S America
United Kingdom colonized Australia
European Empire-building in Africa leads to World War I.
Events after WWI: Russian Revolution, Treaty of Versailles, worldwide depression, rise of Nazism.
WWII: Holocaust, Cold War, Superpowers
Collapse of Soviet Union, end of cold war, reunification of Germany
Europe: Government
United Kingdom = parliamentary democracy,
constitutional monarchy
2 Houses: Upper house is House of Lords
Lower house is House of Commons
Germany = federal, democratic, republic
2 Houses: Bundesrat is upper house
Bundestag is lower house
Russia = federation
2 Houses: Upper House is Federation Council
Lower House is State Duma
European Union: purpose, relationships among member nations
6th Social Studies Standards, 2
Canada: Geography
St. Lawrence River, Hudson Bay, Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Great Lakes, Canadian Shield, Rocky Mountains
Canada: Environment
Acid rain, pollution in Great Lakes
Natural resources of Canadian Shield
Deforestation, timber resources
Canada: History
Influence of French and English
How Canada became independent
Quebec’s Independence movement
Canada: Government
Constitutional monarchy, parliamentary democracy, federation (federal)
Voting, personal freedoms
Latin America: Geography
Amazon River, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Pacific Ocean, Panama Canal, Andes Mountains, Sierra Madre (mountains), Atacama Desert
Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Haiti, Mexico, Panama, Venezuela
Compare location, climate, natural resources of Mexico, Venezuela, Brazil, Cuba
Latin America: History
Spanish, Pizarro, Incas, Atahualpa
Spanish, Cortez, Aztecs, Montezuma
Columbian Exchange: goods, animals, esp. horse, diseases
African slavery in the Americas
Spanish and Portuguese religion, language, culture in Latin America
Independence Movements: Toussaint L’Ouverture, Simon Bolivar, Miguel Hidalgo
Cuban Revolution
Zapatista Movement
Latin America: Government
Brazil: Federative Republic
Mexico: United Mexican States
Cuba: Communist Dictatorship
Leadership, voting, personal freedoms
Latin America: Economics
North American Free Trade Agreement NAFTA
Compare economies of Canada, Cuba, Brazil
Latin America: Environment
Air pollution in Mexico City
Destruction of rain forest in Brazil
Oil-related pollution in Venezuela
Australia: Geography
Great Barrier Reef, Coral Sea, Ayers Rock, Great Victoria Desert
Australia: History
Aboriginal culture
British colonization of Australia, convicts
British diseases, weapons, culture conquer Aboriginal people
Australia: Government
Federal, parliamentary democracy
Constitutional monarchy
Voting, personal freedoms
Australia: Economics
Describe Australian economy
Personal Finance
Personal money management choices
Income, spending, credit, saving, investing