Asia Unit Test Map Content

The Asia Unit Test is on Wednesday, May 23.  The following could potentially be on the test:

Rivers: Indus, Ganges, Yangtze, Huang He (Yellow).

Deserts: Gobi, Great Indian, Taklamakan.

Mountains and Mountain Ranges: Himalayas, Mt. Everest, K2, Hindu Kush, Kuntun, Tien Shan, Atai.

Political locations:

India, New Delhi
Pakistan, Islamabad
Nepal, Kathmandu
China, Beijing
Japan, Tokyo
North Korea, Pyongyang
South Korea. Seoul
Vietnam, Hanoi
Thailand
Indonesia
Philippines
Malaysia
Hong Kong
Taiwan

Final Exam Overview

Social Studies (Geography and World Cultures) Final Exam

The test will have 50 multiple choice, matching, fill-in-the-blank, and short answer questions. Below is the content that may appear on the final exam.  The first review sheet goes out Friday (5/18), but this should pretty much tell you what to study! 🎓

Geography

·       You should be able to identify all the continents and oceans.

·       You should be able to identify, locate and use the elements of TODALSIGS on a map.

·       You should be able to find a specific location given latitude and longitude.

·       You should be able to identify the Equator, the Prime Meridian and each hemisphere.

·       You should be able to figure out time changes between Pacific, Mountain, Central and/or Eastern time zones.

·       You should be able to identify the following countries we have studied “in snap shot” this year: Canada, USA, Mexico, Cuba, Panama, Venezuela, Brazil, Peru, England, Greece, Italy, Germany, Spain, France, Russian Federation (Russia), Egypt, Sudan, South Sudan, Syria, Jordan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Madagascar, Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa,  China, Japan, Taiwan, North Korea, South Korea, Vietnam, Australia,

·       You should be able to name the three longest rivers and where they are.

·       You should be able to explain why and how physical features are often used as political boarders.

·       You should be able to identify these deserts: Sahara, Kalahari, Gobi, Arabian

·       You should be able to identify these mountain ranges: Andes, Rockies, Hindu Kush, Great Dividing Range, Himalayas, Pyrenees, Ural.

·       You should be able to identify any of the landforms on pages 6&7 of your ISN.

Culture

·       You should be able to identify the elements of PERSIA and evaluate examples to determine which element(s) they represent.

·       You should be able to identify types of and examples of governments as given on pages 9 & 10 of your ISN.

·       You should be able to analyze demographic information to make inferences and generalizations about elements of PERSIA.

·       You should be able to identify the major beliefs of the world’s top 5 religions and analyze the effect they have had on cultural regions.

·       You should be able to explain or recognize the general trend of development for human civilizations and name an exception.

·       You should be able to demonstrate understanding of the causes and consequences of the rise and fall of European colonization.

·       You should be able to identify leaders of non-violent revolutions and their methods/inspirations.

·       You should be able to explain reasons why people revolt against their governments and why there was a wave of Communist revolutions in the first half of the 1900s.  

·       You should be able to show how our absolute need for water has influenced human civilizations.

·       You should understand the meaning of and be able to give examples of the following terms: colonization, coup d’état, apartheid, genocide, migration, desertification, deforestation, ecotourism, refugee, and infrastructure.

Textbook Pages for Asia Unit

Religions: 767 - Religions and Art, 818 - Religious Traditions, 825 - Religions and Art

4/30 Homework: 816-827

5/3 Homework: 756-761 and 788-793 (stop at "Independent Countries")

5/9  In class: China background 748-763  & Homework 274-284 in the LITERATURE book